"the real extremists here are America’s oligarchs"

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/10/opinion/panic-of-the-plutocrats.html?_r=2

Panic of the Plutocrats By PAUL KRUGMAN

<snip>the extremists threatening American values are what F.D.R. called “economic royalists,” not the people camping in Zuccotti Park.

<snip>What’s going on here? The answer, surely, is that Wall Street’s Masters of the Universe realize, deep down, how morally indefensible their position is. They’re not John Galt; they’re not even Steve Jobs. They’re people who got rich by peddling complex financial schemes that, far from delivering clear benefits to the American people, helped push us into a crisis whose aftereffects continue to blight the lives of tens of millions of their fellow citizens.

<snip>So who’s really being un-American here? Not the protesters, who are simply trying to get their voices heard. No, the real extremists here are America’s oligarchs, who want to suppress any criticism of the sources of their wealth.

I hope they are in a panic ...and I hope they stay that way.

[RKP5637]

1. Glad to see this posted. I thought it was right on target!!! n/t

[L0oniX]

2. I hope we see more editorials like this in more papers ...and everywhere else.

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3. Kick