Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: US Consumer Confidence index surges

[Joel Blau <jblau@xxxxxxxxx>]

 That's not my take among students and other people of good will who are not
leftists.

Doug, I still don't understand why this view sets you off. I'd like to hear
you  sketch a plausible political scenario favorable to the left that doesn't
include a bursting of the bubble.

Joel Blau

Doug Henwood wrote:

> Joel Blau wrote:
>
> >Look, I don't wish mass impoverishment on anybody, but the plain fact of
> >the matter is that as long as the "boom" continues, the ethic of looking
> >out for number 1 will persist, and we are just pissing into the wind.
>
> Sally Lee, editor, Parents Magazine: "In the last two or three years,
> there's a sense of let's start raising kids who are not so
> individualistic. In a bad economy, everyone wants to raise this
> Horatio Alger. Now we want to raise kids who are good citizens who
> will help people." - quoted in Belluck, Pam (2000). "New Advice for
> Parents: Saying 'That's Great!' May Not Be," New York Times, October
> 18, p. A18.