The Socialists are going berserk!
(The Republicans, of course.)
The Capitalists are in retreat!
(The Democrats, of course.)
Bill Clinton deregulated financial services!
Bill Clinton didn’t bat an eye when the dotcom bubble was pricked!
Bill Clinton gave us “welfare to workfare”!
Bill Clinton got NAFTA passed over fierce resistance from both parties!
[To be sure, Mr Clinton had a little help on the ground from Newt Gingrich & Co, and the intellectual support of Alan “Ayn” Greenspan.]
George W. Bush, to the conservative rag, the New York Times, this morning’s edition, has through yesterday unwound the Clinton radical pro-capitalist legacy via $7,800,000,000,000 [$7.8 trillion] in government assistance and guarantees.
(1) To quote Margaret Thatcher, it’s a funny old world.
(2) In all seriousness, to those blinded by partisanship who say Mr Bush is sitting out the financial crisis, I say, Baloney! [And thank God.]
(3) Now what?