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Taking Back Our Economy - Part 10
What
do They Really Mean?
This week
our defining of “Corporate Agenda” terms continues.
Corporate Agenda Term #2: Small Government
What they say:
"Get
government off our backs! What we need is a small government."
What they mean:
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We don't want to deal with government regulation and rules; we
should be able to do what we want, when we want.
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We don't want to worry about resources for anyone who becomes
disabled or can't work, the poor, their children, the elderly,
or anyone without health care -- they should have to fend for
themselves.
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Rules tie the hands of corporations. We should just trust them
to do the right things.
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In the words of Grover Norquist, we need to cut government "to
the size where we can drown it in the bathtub."
(Norquist is a right-wing extremist who advocated for abolishing
government departments such as the FDA and the Department of
Education.)
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Corporate Agenda Term #3: Economic Stability
What they say:
"We
need to focus on keeping inflation down."
(Note:
Inflation has to do with rising prices of wages and goods.)
What they mean:
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It's better if more people (at least 5%) are unemployed so
companies don't have to raise wages to attract workers.
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We need to keep flooding our market with cheap goods from
foreign producers so there's never a shortage for people to
buy -- and us to make money on!
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Everything -- high unemployment, strong and rapid economic
growth, etc. -- should take a back seat to policies that prevent
inflation.
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We don't want to deal with unions that want higher wages to keep
up with rising costs.
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UNITED
STEELWORKERS