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Tuesday 15 July 2014

What a Neat Statement of the Neo-Liberal Intention

Ian Verrender

"policy aims to take money from polluters and distribute it to taxpayers. Direct Action takes money from taxpayers and hands it out to polluters."

This sentence encapsulates the end result of neo-liberal policy. Admittedly the context is Climate Change Policy, but if you substitute 'vested interests', 'big business' or what Paul Krugman is now calling 'the 0.01 percent' for 'polluters' and 'government', 'the people', or, to maintain consistency, 'the 99.99 percent', you come up with a reasonable approximation of reality.