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	<title>Comments on: Chavez II?</title>
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		<title>By: Social Democracy Now</title>
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		<dc:creator>Social Democracy Now</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2006 06:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8216;the fact that corruption has risen in that period can hardly be blamed on the economic model, and rather indicates weakness of institutions and of the rule of law.&#8217;</p>
<p>You write as if neoliberalism were not a form of institutionalized corruption. Let&#8217;s be blunt and call a spade a spade a spade, my friend. The neoliberal model is all about the use of politics as a vehicle for funneling economic opportunity to foreign corporations (and the few local companies big enough to be able to compete with them on a more or less equal footing). </p>
<p>Corruption simply thrives in neoliberal soil. A classic example place recently in Sydney, Australia, over the building of the Cross City Tunnel by &#8216;an international syndicate headed by Li Ka-Shing, Asia’s wealthiest individual.&#8217; In this case, the NSW government was the facilitator of &#8216;the plunder of public funds for the benefit of private road and other infrastructure companies.&#8217;</p>
<p>This sweetheart deal was done in secret, until finally exposed &#8211; causing a great scandal &#8211; apprently thanks to a leak within the government itself.</p>
<p>See <a href="http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/oct2005/tunn-o21.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/oct2005/tunn-o21.shtml</a></p>
<p>I urge you to read this report to the end: this report shows very clearly how neoliberalism IS corruption.</p>
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