For Lefties too Stubborn to Quit
[I know it's not the done thing to re-post all of a post without permission, but Tom McDonnell was so succinct over on progressive-economy.ie, that an extract would be pointless.]
Growth?
Tom McDonnell: We’ve turned the corner…and gone over the cliff. See here.
The expansionary fiscal contraction crowd seem to have gone a bit quiet of late.
 | Jim Monaghan on Republican Party Crazy Stateme… |
| Jim Monaghan on SF Ard Fheis… the latest… |
 | Tomboktu on No fault dismissal…Yeah, that… |
 | CL on SF Ard Fheis… the latest… |
 | makedoanmend on Sunday Independent Stupid Stat… |
 | ivorthorne on Sunday Independent Stupid Stat… |
 | Alan Rouge on Sunday Independent Stupid Stat… |
 | GM on Sunday Independent Stupid Stat… |
| As the crisis unfold… on Those Labour Posters … | |
| GM on Sunday Independent Stupid Stat… |
 | EWI on Sunday Independent Stupid Stat… |
| EWI on Republican Party Crazy Stateme… |
| EWI on Republican Party Crazy Stateme… |
| CL on SF Ard Fheis… the latest… |
| GM on No fault dismissal…Yeah, that… |
And the only possible allowed solution is… more austerity!
(Of course, what they really want is ‘permanent’ austerity and an end to social democracy and the state as anything other than a coercive enforcer of the “rights” of the better off)
Honeymoon over – poll in tomorrow’s ST showing FG on 30%, Labour on 11% – SF up to 21% and now the second most popular party….FF on 20%
In general across Europe I think you can see a shift, not in policy but in argument: from “we need cur¡ts for a while, to recover” to “fuck you, you don’t deserve these things anyway”. This is disguised, for a while, by directing the “fuck you” at particular groups, notably public sector workers and immigrants, but eventually it may become clear that it really means all of us.
Don’t forget those on social welfare.