Great research by Public Accountability Initiative. This is an interesting conclusion, and seems correct: Though the Gilders and Kochs are particularly out there, it also seems that the anti-safety net language they are speaking is not all that alien to the corporate elite’s center – represented by Pete Peterson, Fix the Debt, the Business Roundtable. Its been well-established in recent Congress-watching and esp. in this months shutdown that previous tactics of negotiating (e.g., doling out earmarks) no longer obtain, largely, particularly in the House. One reasonable interpretation (Kevin, Donny, others?) is that corporate leaders in Fix The Debt simply didnt see harmful political costs to having Tea Party reps leading the charge for cuts to the social safety net, as theyre portrayed as insulated from them in the media (w/ sops to issues like immigration reform). Implication is that getting the media to foreground these networks (via much-needed resources like LittleSis) is crucial to understanding the bonkers austerity discourse in D.C. and how much Beltway coalitions like Fix The Debt proscribe (thoroughly negatively) whats possible. So, go LittleSis, check out the blog post.
Posted on: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 19:59:24 +0000
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