http://retrovirus.com/brunch/2007/01/marshall-plans/ Tue, 23 Nov 2010 02:10:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://retrovirus.com/brunch/2007/01/marshall-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-1518 Mike Lavoy Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:23:08 +0000 http://retrovirus.com/brunch/2007/01/marshall-plans/#comment-1518 <p>Thing is, the Marshall Plan was both an investment <em>and</em> insurance. It would help dissuade Europeans from falling under the ideological influence of the Soviet Union and by recreating a middle class, it would ensure the U.S. had plenty of customers ie: healthy trading partners. Crime on the other hand, is a great source of wealth for some Americans. They're the ones who build the prisons. In the earlier part of the 20th century American politicians often had to "head off" potential social unrest and did so by creating programs to prevent it. Nowawadays, the solution invariably lies in "privatizing" the results; build more prisons.</p> Thing is, the Marshall Plan was both an investment and insurance. It would help dissuade Europeans from falling under the ideological influence of the Soviet Union and by recreating a middle class, it would ensure the U.S. had plenty of customers ie: healthy trading partners.
Crime on the other hand, is a great source of wealth for some Americans. They’re the ones who build the prisons.
In the earlier part of the 20th century American politicians often had to “head off” potential social unrest and did so by creating programs to prevent it. Nowawadays, the solution invariably lies in “privatizing” the results; build more prisons.

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