William Greider Quotes - Page 2

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• The trauma of 9/11 stimulated infinite possibilities for worry - some quite plausible, but most inspired by remote what-if fantasies. A society bingeing on fear makes itself vulnerable to far more profound forms of destruction than terror attacks. The "terrorism war", like a nostalgic echo of the cold war, is using these popular fears to advance a different agenda - the re-engineering of American life through permanent mobilization.

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  War, Echoes, Engineering

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• In the deregulated realm of US banking and finance, crime does occasionally pay for its foul deeds, not in prison time but by making modest rebates to the victims.

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  Prison Time, Doe, Banking

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• In its present terms, the global system values property over human life.

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  Life, Term, Humans

  William Greider (1998). “One World, Ready Or Not: The Manic Logic of Global Capitalism”, p.359, Simon and Schuster

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• Leaks and whispers are a daily routine of news-gathering in Washington.

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  Gathering, Routine, News

  "All the King’s Media". www.thenation.com. November 3, 2005.

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• The quest for homeland security is heading ... toward the quasi-militarization of everyday life ... If danger might lurk anywhere, maybe everything must be protected and policed.

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  Everyday, Might, Quests

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• If you think about it, Washington's overwhelming power in the world is founded on death, the awesome arsenal for killing people.

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  Thinking, People, World

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• The ways in which people treat animals will be reflected in how people relate to one another.

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  Animal, People, Way

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• The scandalous question that hangs over modern government and excites perpetual outrage is about political money and what it buys. What exactly do these contributors get in return for the hundreds of thousands, even millions of dollars they funnel to the politicians?

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  Government, Political, Dollars

  William Greider (2010). “Who Will Tell The People: The Betrayal Of American Democracy”, p.25, Simon and Schuster

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• A newly elected representative quickly discovers that his job in government-aside from making new laws-is to act as a broker, middleman, special pleader and finagler.

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  Jobs, Government, Law

  William Greider (2010). “Who Will Tell The People: The Betrayal Of American Democracy”, p.26, Simon and Schuster

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• Fellow senators balked at punishing Senator Alfonse D'Amato of New York though he was caught in a series of transactions that earned him the label "Senator Sleaze." D'Amato explained their reluctance as he defended his own behavior. "There but for the grace of God go most of my colleagues," he said.

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  New York, Punishment, Grace

  William Greider (2010). “Who Will Tell The People: The Betrayal Of American Democracy”, p.27, Simon and Schuster

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• Folks in the bottom half of the economy are already squeezed hard. They will be bloodied and bankrupt if economic policy inadvertently induces a recession.

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  Half, Economic, Economy

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• Children born today have a fifty-fifty chance of living to 100.

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  Children, Fifty, Today

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• If we have wealth, it will be protected from inflation and possibly even enhanced in value.

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  Wealth, Inflation, Protected

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• In 1900 Americans on average lived for only 49 years and most working people died still on the job.

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  Jobs, Average, Years

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• The do-it-yourself version of pensions is a flop, as many Americans have painfully learned.

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  Do It Yourself, Pension, Versions

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• Americans cannot teach democracy to the world until they restore their own.

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  Democracy, World, Teach

  William Greider (2010). “Who Will Tell The People: The Betrayal Of American Democracy”, p.403, Simon and Schuster

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• The regime of globalization promotes an unfettered marketplace as the dynamic instrument organizing international relations.

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  Globalization, Regimes, Instruments

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• If US per capita income continues to grow at a rate of 1.5 percent a year, the country will have plenty of money to finance comfortable retirements and high-quality healthcare for all citizens, including those at the bottom of the wage ladder.

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  Country, Retirement, Years

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• If there is a mystical chord in democracy, it probably revolves around the notion that unexpected music can resonate from politics when people are pursuing questions larger than self... I have seen that ennobling effect in people many, many times- expressed by those who found themselves engaged in genuine acts of democratic expression, who claimed their right to define the larger destiny of their community, their nations.

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  Peace, Destiny, Self

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