Re: [Marxism] Free Governor Blagojevich!

["Lüko Willms" <lueko.willms@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 9 Dec 2008 18:41:21 -0500, Joaquin Bustelo wrote:

>       Offering President-Elect Obama's Senate seat to the highest bidder,
> mostly, plus a few dozen more similar applications of free markets
> principles to the public's business.

   The anti-trust commission would have intervened if somebody would get 
for free what others can only get after shelling out a huge sume of money. 
Being the incumbent is an advantage over other candidates, and that should 
not be given out for free. At least if one believes the strong neoliberal 
"competition is everything, but it must be a competition without unfair 
advantages to nobody".. 


Cheers, 
Lüko Willms
Frankfurt, Germany
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