Thursday, March 17, 2005

Wolfowitz to spread neo-con gospel

Oh yay.
One of the big neo-con names, one of the biggest arguers for the invasion of iraq, has been put forward by the US as the next president of the World Bank. This is a man who has NO banking experience, except maybe debt what with the US being so deeply in deficit because of the war (among other things).
Apparently the neo-cons "are about free markets and elections and reducing the role of government in societies" though the enormous increase in government spending and the totally one sided 'free markets' they desire don't seem to back this up. (BTW why is it that governments like the OZ one are so obsessed with free trade, lack of tariffs, and running tight fiscal policy to keep the deficit in check, when the most successful country in the world ignores these off hand - because they are the most successful of course! Mark will give better reasons for this)
It seems frightening that one of the big pushers for a war will be in charge of the purse strings of aid to largely non-christian countries.

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