| Desperate for an opening, MN Gov. Tim Pawlenty has recently stuck attacking public employees smack-dab in the center of his, so far, pretty feeble presidential campaign.
This is infuriating. I'll get to some particulars; for now, what the whole deal is, is a sorry, conservative politician trying to claw his way out of a hole by taking cheap shots at people far, far more honest, hardworking, and (via results-based analysis) better at their jobs, than Tea-Paw, himself, has ever been. Despicable.
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| Regarding the pitiable likes of Pawlenty, there would seem to be a simple one, two, three here, and it's been going on for a long time:
1. Bash 'big government,' including its employees, in order to
2. Make the case for yet more 'privatization,' along with other, even more direct forms of welfare-for-the-wealthy policy like tax breaks for the super-rich, so that
3. The rich man continues to help worthless losers like little Timmy gratify their grotesquely distended egos and cravings for power, by financing their runs for elective office.
In their own heads, it works nothing like the above. We're talking 'true believers,' here. The 'small government/privatization' crowd has witnessed as...Almighty...Reagan...channeled St. Milton Friedman on all of this. They have no more chance, in their own ossified 'minds,' than a sack of potsherds would of comprehending what a failure it's all been, in practice. And even if by some miracle they did get smart and recognize that, they don't have the guts to own up to their own mistakes and make amends. They never have.
Another reason for attacks on government employees, and relentlessly extolling 'privatization,' is to try to deflect blame, especially among teabaggers, away from Wall Street and CEOs. They're hoping that if they can 'privatize' a few things, and make it work, the public (especially its younger contingent, just starting to vote - strongly Democratic, so far), will forget about the bailouts and criminality. Sure they will. There is a clear element of desperation, among Repug pols, on this one.
Question: If we "privatize government," where will newly corporate govt go for the subsidies and bailouts that seem to be needed to run any big corporate endeavor at a profit, or even at break-even, anymore? |
