Obama Nominates America’s Biggest Walmart Cheerleader as His Chief Economic Adviser
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On June 10, 2013, President Obama announced his intention to nominate Jason Furman to become the next chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. This is a big-time, highly influential post. So what kind of economist is Furman?
One who thinks Walmart is the best thing since sliced bread.
For Furman, Walmart is nothing short of a miracle for Americas poor and working-class folks. For him, progressives should be cheering the firm: he even wrote a 16-page paper titled, "Wal-Mart: A Progressive Success Story".
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In Furmans view, the US productivity miracle and the emergence of Wal-Mart-style retailing are virtually synonymous.
For the man who will have President Obamas ear on vital matters like jobs, the evidence of whether Walmarts wages and benefits are substandard is murky. And he doesnt much care for those who question Walmarts approach: In the 2006 dialogue with Ehrenreich on Slate, he upbraided activists who had pushed the firm to increase wages and offer better benefits:
"The collateral damage from these efforts to get Wal-Mart to raise its wages and benefits is way too enormous and damaging to working people and the economy more broadly for me to sit by idly and sing 'Kum-Ba-Ya' in the interests of progressive harmony.
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http://www.alternet.org/economy/jason-furman-obama-and-walmart?paging=off
Another scab appointment from our scab loving president. I support the Walmart Strikers. Take your "comfortable shoes" and shove them up your ass.
FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)Many of us held out hope it wasn't true only to witness again and again Obama handing America over to Wall St
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Phlem
(6,323 posts)"bipartisanship."
Seems every new president has a tell while in the midst of the presidential acceptance speech. I forgot what shrub's was but I new right away this country was going to start circling the drain in a bad way.
-p
Laelth
(32,017 posts)Sigh to the man I voted for twice.
-Laelth
limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)Or something.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)This is very disappointing. Again.
hay rick
(7,611 posts)Surprising, no.