[was: Re: [PEN-L:16340] RE: Re: RE: Re: Jane D'Arista on Doug Henwood's Show]
When will the [US Democratic Party] left wake up to the mistake and reverse their positions, so that this opening for increasing spending, cutting taxes or whatever can be done in a more progressive way? Will spending be military or penal Keynesianism or will it be on much needed social programs, spending that will improve lives of working people?
when will they wake up? only when there are obvious signs of popular discontent (just as the events in Seattle, etc. have pushed the powers that be on a little toward more reasonable positions on trade issues). The main influence on the Democratic Party is the massed power of campaign contribution-givers. It's only when there's a countervailing power that things will change.
Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~JDevine
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