Re: [Pen-l] Reagan conservative's anti-imperialist plan

["Jim Devine" <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

did Roberts mention imposing the gold standard?

On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Charlie <charles1848@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> What Uncle Sam Has to Tell His Creditors
>
> By Paul Craig Roberts
> ...
> Our [international] creditors would like to preserve as much as possible the
> values of their trillions in US dollar assets. This is easier done  if the
> dollar remains the reserve currency. Therefore, the US government  has an
> opportunity to go to its creditors with a plan. This is what the  plan must
> be: A declaration that repudiates the neoconservative goal to  achieve US
> hegemony over the world; a budget that reduces annual US  borrowing needs by
> several hundreds of billions by ending the Afghan and  Iraq wars, by closing
> overseas military bases, and by cutting military  spending; a new corporate
> tax system that brings back American jobs,  manufacturing capability, and
> export potential by taxing US  corporations' worldwide profits according to
> the value-added in the US.
> ...
> Complete article at http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts11202008.html
> ___
>
> Roberts is a Reagan conservative. Pretty good start on revamping the
> international financial order. What do pwogwessives have to add?
>
> Charles Andrews
>
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