Naomi Klein on the Bailout - An "Economic Patriot Act"

[romeoechomike369]

The greatest act of a revolutionary is to protect his home against illegal entry. They will come for your arms to take away this ability. If you give up your defense, you will be subject to unmerciful exploitation. When they can no longer pick your pockets economically, and they have nothing else to lose, they will inevitably resort to force. In making you poor, they have made themselves rich. Wealth is not "created,' it's simply shifted from your wallet to theirs.

[SuperGuitarman69]

The Democrats love to meddle in corporations. Healthcare, auto, you name it. They are criminals and charlatines and NOT ONE should be in office. Deregulation and a tax break to companies would keep them here and not go to China where the can do business and not get closed down like Chrysler because of the UAW crooked union that was the main cause of their demise. Tell me what good is a union IF YOU DON'T HAVE A JOB

[hwbanger]

The first bailout was probably just one last shakedown while the Wall Street banksters still had their man in office.

[zeno57]

You dont think tim guiegtner [paulsons secsessor ] is thier man also ,he was the head of the new york fed.

[flyhead2]

They still do.

[Politica88]

Klein's good, but Chomsky's in a league of his own.

[2pac4life7777]

cant agree more.....Chomskys on a different level.

[Giovannisenzaterra]

yes Chomsky is great

[axe863]

@Giovannisenzaterra I thought it would be hard to find someone crazier than Glenn Beck... then I found out about Chomsky....lol

[PerryLogan]

I'll bet the people who crafted the bailout are the same people who thought the markets would regulate themselves. They haven't figured out life is not an Ayn Rand novel.

[iheartdd4eva]

Actually the people who crafted the bailout are the ones who actually regulate the market. Artificially low interest rates, inflation and boom-burst economic cycles are all created by a central bank, the greatest regulator of them all. Destabilize the economy, consolidate the wealth. Destabilize the economy, consolidate the wealth. That's the great economic cycle, with each concentric ripple getting bigger until the wealth of nations are consolidated under the international central bank.

[senorfarqueso]

@PerryLogan wow are you crazy? your post makes no sense. you obviously dont know anything about ayn rand's or free market ideas in general. rand and free market capitalists would be, and are, completely against bailouts. know what you are talking about before making stupid statements.

[axe863]

@PerryLogan Im not a hardcore libertarian...but seriously what do you think limited govt means :P

[leonidas656]

Criminal...thats a great way to describe the entire 8 years of G.W Bush & Co. Why on earth hasn't he been brought before the Supreme Court and formally charged?

[Mjhavok]

This bailout stuff seems criminal to me.

[anyusmoon1]

That's because it is criminal. If it walks like a duck...

[Kingery4President]

Another Tyrant Trait recognized in USA politics... "has abolished our Representative houses." Declaration of Independence.

Daniel Kingery

Apprenticing with the People for the Office of President of the united States

[dellsprospects22]

fora put "liberal" in the description about naomi regardless of majority bipartisan disgust for the bailout?

[rumpelstillskin65]

i am for NO bailouts

[befranklintoo]

First and foremost this bailout is now in the banks of NATO

an in Georgia & Ukrania this is the the convert tactics of the IMF to continue on the W.Order like the beginning of the last century. It is extreme. Now is the time for a all out TAX REVOLT in America

[dollaresque]

First and foremost, please read what you write and edit for clarity. With so many mistakes in one sentence, it's hard to follow your convoluted logic when you are writing at a kindergarten level.

Second, IMF couldn't try to do anything at "the beginning of the last century" since it was only created in the middle of the century (1944).

And lastly, learn about economics instead of wasting time filling your head with conspiracy theories. Education is the way to overcome your irrational fears.

[befranklintoo]

Second,IMF is just the new cover name from the last

series of European Central bankers and the fore front of weapon deals.

Kindergarten level is accepted as the German mind is so correct in English grammar that the point is always avoid.

This being the case! thank ya'yoll for correctness. Best wish's getting a higher position in "your"field JDL

jdl

[toolshed333]

"...one of the reasons why I am in favor of less government is because when you have more government, industrialists take it over..." - Milton Friedman

[toolshed333]

R.I.P. Dr. Friedman.

[Milroy82]

If there is less government though who do you think is running the show? Industrialists. Either way they are running the show.

[toolshed333]

I would trust the industrialist over government any day. At least industrialists are not all made up of lawyers and inefficient bureaucracies. Government bureaus are constantly loosing billions of dollars that they puff up in a ball of smoke never to be found. Hows that for efficient? I wonder how much of this bailout will get "lost" in the shuffle.

[mrzack888]

Naomi Klein is booooooring. she doesn't say anything we don't know already. Naomi Wolf is much better.