posted by leo
on Fri, 09/09/2011 - 09:06
The great Dean Baker comments on Tom 'Moustache of Understanding' Friedman's latest call for all of us to start making sacrifices:
.... In [Friedman's] world, sacrifice must be shared equally. Those who are incredibly rich and those who are barely getting [by] are both called upon to make sacrifices for the greater good. That's Thomas Friedman justice.
The absolute irony of all this is that the 'Moustache of Understanding' has spent a lifetime up until now raving about the joys of (de-)industrialization. So suddenly the bill has come due?
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