[Peace-discuss] [Fwd: [SuperLiberty] Edward Kennedy 1932-2009]

[C. G. Estabrook]

[One of Kennedy's "accomplishments" was substantial deregulation of US 
industry, notably airline and trucking, with results practically as 
disastrous as the concurrent Democratic deregulation of banks. 
Kennedy's aide for much of this nefarious work was Stephen Breyer, later 
elevated to the Supreme Court. --CGE]

 From an editorial in today’s Washington Post:

TED KENNEDY once said that his own legislative record was one he’d love 
to run against. A number of people tried, of course, and lost. But then, 
they weren’t Ted Kennedy. Mr. Kennedy spent 46 years in the Senate 
hewing pretty steadily to his course while others trimmed or just plain 
bailed out.

He remained committed to a brand of New Deal and postwar liberalism 
that, even when it had lost some of its luster and had run up against a 
conservative tide in politics, still had much to offer the country.

—

 From the Wiki article on the New Deal:

Roosevelt formed what he called the Brain Trust, a group of academic 
advisers to assist in his recovery efforts. Their solutions to the 
economic crisis called for more extensive government regulation of the 
economy. Donald Richberg, the second head of the NRA, said “A nationally 
planned economy is the only salvation of our present situation and the 
only hope for the future.”

—

 From Ted Kennedy speech to the 1980 Democratic Party convention:

The task of leadership in 1980 is not to parade scapegoats or to seek 
refuge in reaction, but to match our power to the possibilities of 
progress. While others talked of free enterprise, it was the Democratic 
Party that acted and we ended excessive regulation in the airline and 
trucking industry, and we restored competition to the marketplace. And I 
take some satisfaction that this deregulation legislation that I 
sponsored and passed in the Congress of the United States.

See full article at 
http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2009/08/26/ted-kennedy-as-new-dealer/

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E. Wayne Johnson wrote:
> 'Tis so well put it bears repeating.
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