What to do

March 2, 2008

I thought this was interesting. From Naomi Klein’s latest newsletter:

“Moody’s, the credit-rating agency, claims the key to solving the United States’ economic woes is slashing spending on Social Security. The National Association of Manufacturers says the fix is for the federal government to adopt the organization’s wish-list of new tax cuts. For Investor’s Business Daily, it is oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, “perhaps the most important stimulus of all.”

According to the National Priorities Project, the cost of the war in Iraq is 275 million dollars A DAY, to the tune of nearly half of a trillion dollars spent so far.

But yes, clearly the only way for the US to fight the downturn in their economy is to cut social spending, lower business taxes and drill for more oil in wildlife refuges. I certainly can’t think of any other way they could save a couple of bucks….Honestly, you can’t make this stuff up.

Posted in United States, War in Iraq