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Why the American Middle Class Must Disappear...Lessons from Chile


A friend of mine once said, that "America is about to change in the most profound way..." He said this back in the 1980's when I was still too young to understand what he meant. But then a radical plan was proposed from the Chicago school of economic theory that proved him correct. I think he knew this was coming. His experience was from Chile.

When we compare his experience to what we see in America today there is very little difference.
http://www.tni.org/detail_page.phtml?page=letelier-docs_thenation

Of all the sources Greg Palast sums the situation up the very best, an alumni of Chicago and student of Milton Friendman he gives us a rare insight into the mechanics of globalization that we see around us in America today: http://www.gregpalast.com/tinker-bell-pinochet-and-the-fairy-tale-miracle-of-chile-2

My friend Ty Anders over at FSU lays the reality of the American situation bare here: http://www.financialsense.com/fsu/editorials/andros/2007/0524.html

Not only do all of our economic theories and laws in current practice come from Chicago, but so too our zoning and the "other laws" and regulatory apparatus.

So will America change in a fundamental way? Yes. I want to say thanks to all the people in Chicago for all the hard work they have done in the deconstruction of American social life, political freedom and economic muscle. Your genocidal plans are working. Maybe it will create an Uber Chicago School society who will use the same policies on you.

Hats off to RSmitty over at Delaware Politics for explaining why this plan and system were made possible: http://delawarepolitics.net/2008/03/06/congressional-schedule/

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