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NEOLIBERAL ECONOMICS, the theory used
to justify globalization—jk 6/08, 4/09, 2/12
There is an evil
afoot, neoliberalism economics, the brain child of the globalizers. It is neither new nor liberal, but the
rebirth of the economics practices during the era of the Robber Barons. It brought on the Great Depression. Neoliberalism
holds that the forces of the
market place should be unfettered, viz., without regulations; and a second
premise is that the roles of government are better fulfilled by private businesses. Neoliberalism is the sophistry used
to
justify the ruling clique’s return to the economic conditions of the 19th
century. It is just a deceptive sales
pitch pushed by the corporate media and taught in a university system which has
strong ties to the business community. Don’t
look to the globalizer’s theory, but to their actions and its consequences (as Naomi
Kline has done in “The Shock Doctrine”). It is the actions of a consortium headed by
the big banks, and supported by global corporations and brokerage houses. Through their WTO, World Bank, IMF, and the
foreign diplomacy of the wealthy nations, over 200 nations have found it PRUDENT
to sign free-trade agreements, which cover much more than trade. These trade treaties--with acronyms such as
NAFTA, CAFTA, AFTA, and MEFTA--require the dismantling of regulations governing
their currency and finance, require opening the resources, land, transit, media,
utilities, banking, manufacturing, and markets for foreign purchase and
competition. There are over 900 clauses
in these trade treaties which
permit the overriding of national and local environmental, commerce, labor,
banking, and trade regulations. This
signing of a treaty is a continuation of the ruling clique/party’s historical
course of action: the ruler’s powerbase is
tied to the business community and its press. A nation which resists
globalization faces economic sanctions. If that fails there is the Marines and
NATO. The principle reason for the Iraq
war is MEFTA, with Iraq
being hung out as an example—the same occurred with Libya, and Iran will likely
experience the same. The corporate press
inculcates a different explanation. Foreign
policy of the developed nations is tied on a global scale to the shadow
governments. Today’s
new Robber Barons are not the monopoly capitalists & bankers like
Rockefeller, Rothschild, and Morgan, but a much bigger corporate fish. Their goal is to eliminate local competition,
by establishing a world government for whom they are the shadow government. The business ethics hasn't changed, only
the
size of the board upon which they play, for now it covers our planet.
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There has always been a
shadow governments. Consider the words
of Theodore Roosevelt, New York Times 1922: “These International bankers and Rockefeller-Standard Oil interests
control the majority of newspapers and the columns of these papers to club into
submission or rive out of public office officials who refuse to do the bidding
of the powerful corrupt cliques which compose the invisible government”. These shadow governments wants globalization,
wants bailouts for the financial sector, and governments obeys. Ours has guaranteed 23.7 trillion of
bad loans and speculative vehicles such as derivatives, and we have 80
major military bases around the globe.
U.S. and EU’s domestic & foreign policies promote the type of globalization
that the shadow governments want. They
wanted to expand the
debt-based currency, so we went off gold 1972—interest payments go to the
banks. The expanding currency must be
used, and most has gone into shadow banking activities and loans. Consumer, commercial, and government debts in
2011 totaled over $60 trillion. Servicing government debt is now the second biggest
item in the budget ($454
billion for 2010). The manufacturing
foundation of our economy has been eroded to below 10% of employment—fast-food
workers not counted. This has resulted
in an imbalance of trade amounting to over $70 billion per month (more
debt). From 2000 to 2006 the dollar has
depreciated against the EURO by 38%--which of course is also loosing purchasing
power, but not as fast. This drop in our
dollar’s value keeps the foreign dollars here to buy new T-bills to replace the
T-bills that have matured. This
expansion of currency has created for speculators the specter of “Panic”. It almost caused a 2nd
great
depression in 08. What happened in Argentina, Asia, and Greece today, awaits
the US. The Robber Baron’s media passes the blame for economic
crisis and strife on national government’s spending, but the shadow government
is the ultimate cause. Debit entails
interest payments; crisis entails higher interest rates, foreclosures, and
bargain purchases. The shadow global government profits from these panics.
The
shadow-government policies has resulted in the out-sourcing of jobs, the flood
of tariff-free goods, the flood of immigrants and illegal aliens, the reduction
of worker’s buying power, the breaking of unions, the reduction of social
services, and a shift of the tax burden by a drastic reduction of corporate &
the top 1% income taxes. The U.S. ranks 4th in GDP, yet is 92nd
in distribution of
wealth—UN stats. The purchasing power of workers has steadily
dropped since 1972, even though their productivity has increased by 45%.
It is consumed by the financial section which makes up 44% of
corporate profits. In 1950s a family got
by on one income; there were very few working mothers. Standards of living are falling not
just in the developed nations, but also the poor nations—another fact that the
corporate media denies. Global corporations including banking are the foreign
weeds choking out native industries around the globe. We need to return to unions (a voice for the
masses), tariffs, and business regulations, like in the 50s. We need a government with its sole primary
duty being the promotion of the well-being of the masses. And this can only be accomplished
by
ending corporation’s political donations and also by having a public media
committed to truth, education, and the public weal. Neoliberalism, the sales
tool of the globalizers, is good for the masters of mankind.
Afterword
California Skeptics are publishing articles
which show why you shouldn’t be sold on neoliberal policies. Their economic
results speak of their failures. In a few South American countries, populist movements have elected governments
that reject these policies. Articles on this opposition, on economics, the WTO
have been published by us. California skeptic supports the public weal; our politicians don’t!
The term neocons and neoconservative
I find mislead. Because neoliberalism is a disease that effect all are elected
politicians. Those labeled neocons are most severely infected. To label most of the Republican Party as neocons confuses the problem, because Democrats also propose and
pass legislation that falls within the flatworlder’s sphere. They, for
example, passed NAFTA. As long as the dollars flow, both parties will dance their
tune.
There is
a conflict of interest when the legislators are dependent on election funding upon the very parties whom the policies they
pass affect. And in particular international corporations have very, very deep
pockets.
The Canadian government has addressed the problem that funds buys votes--both of
legislators' and the public's. First the Broadcasters Guidelines and CRTC rules
require that each broadcaster make available up to 390 minutes for political parties to purchase. This 390 minutes is divided according to voter’s registration—there
are 4 substantial parties in Canada. Second a limit on spending is set per district (riding) according to the size of the electorate and the
number of districts with candidates. The 4 major parties each had a limit of
$18,278,278.64. In 2004 the law was amended so that if a party received more
than 2% of the national vote and 5% in the ridings it contested, then it would qualify for payment equal to 60% of its election
expenses (22.5% in 2000). There is in addition a limit on donations made by third
parties (individuals and groups) to $3,000 for each constituency and $150,000 for a national advertising campaign—set
in 2000. (These limits have been adjusted for inflation.) Condensed from http://www.sfu.ca/~aheard/elections/laws.html by jk
Must watch:
Parts of Europe (such ask Netherlands and Denmark) use small local electricity generation plants, which permits the use of the byproduct heat for heating. In one example they use all he CO2 generated to supply 4,000 hectares of green houses. The combined heating and energy production (CHP) is a proven technology that lowers the energy consumption
for electricty and heating by over 50%. British (BBC) documentary on this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klooRS-Jjyo&mode=related&search
Teddy Roosevelt's advice that, "We must drive the special interests out of politics. The citizens of the United
States must effectively control the mighty commercial forces which they have themselves
called into being. There can be no effective control of corporations while their political activity remains."
For the
best account of the Federal Reserve (http://www.freedocumentaries.org/film.php?id=214). One cannot understand U.S. politics,
U.S. foreign policy, or the world-wide economic crisis
unless one understands the role of the Federal Reserve Bank and its role in the financialization phenomena. The same sort of national-banking relationships as in our country also exists in Japan and most
of Europe.
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