Riots are a danger to democracy and scary, but not as scary as these!!!
"The new breed of players," writes Wedel, "who operate at the nexus of official and private power, cannot only co-opt public policy agendas, crafting policy with their own purposes in mind. They test the time-honored principles of both the canons of accountability of the modern state and the codes of competition of the free market. In so doing, they reorganize relations between bureaucracy and business to their advantage, and challenge the walls erected to separate them. As these walls erode, players are better able to use official power and resources without public oversight."
The shadow elite clearly knew that the months and months of so-called debate over the issue was nothing more than a charade -- the ultimate outcome never in doubt. The bill was created in the shadows. The public process since then has essentially been like a Hollywood adaptation -- complete with the requisite third act happy ending (or, in the words of our elected officials, a "historic" ending).
"That's a spot-on description of what happened with health care -- as well as a spot-on description of the totally-lacking-in-transparency bailout of the financial system. Remember how the bailout was supposed to take care of not just Wall Street but Main Street
Perhaps the decade!
Perhaps the decade!
Gerhard Schröder:
He is currently the chairman of the board of Nord Stream AG."We Are Wall Street Main Street America:
They are beyond the police or anyone!!! That is scary!!!
Looks like they are here and targeting our much loved I think there is something fundamentally scary about our
As Chancellor, Gerhard Schröder was a strong advocate of the Nord Stream pipeline project, which aims to supply Russian gas directly to Germany
He is currently the chairman of the board of Nord Stream AG."We The 21st century power brokers -- less stable, less visible, more peripatetic, and more global in reach than their elite forebears -- are potentially more insidious and dangerous to democracy. Their manoeuvrings are largely beyond the reach of traditional monitors. Unlike the rest of us, these players are virtually immune to accountability to voters or government or corporate overseers, because the full range of their activities and their true agendas are more difficult to detect.
Janinie R. WedelNHS.
democracy….
Because I think people have a sense that the system is rigged,
and it’s hard to argue that it isn’t.
Michael Lewis: The Big Short
Health:
Ex-Blair: Patricia Hewitt: now with Cinven (Bupa Hospitals)
Simon Stevens: now with UnitedHealth
David Bennett is the current head of Monitor (a sort of health FSA!) He is not a medical doctor.
David was a Director at McKinsey & Co. In his 18 years with McKinsey he served a wide range of companies in most industry sectors, but with a particular focus on regulated, technology-intensive industries.
NHS & Monitor: Eggs & Enron.
FSA:
Councils blamed over Iceland savings
Adapted from Monday June 27, 2011.
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