ronpaulforprez2008
11-18-2008, 01:18 PM
Soros-Funded Democratic Idea Factory Becomes Obama Policy Font (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aF7fB1PF0NPg)
By Edwin Chen
Nov. 18 (Bloomberg)
Three blocks from the White House, on the 10th floor of a sleek glass building, young workers pound at computers, with giant flat-screen TVs overhead. It has the look and feel of a high-tech startup.
In many ways it is. The product is ideas.
[snip]
Some of the group's recommendations already have been adopted by the president-elect.
Withdrawal of Troops
These include the center's call for a gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and a buildup of forces in Afghanistan, a plan for universal health coverage through employer plans and proposals to create purchasing pools that allow small businesses to spread the cost among a larger group of workers. Obama has endorsed much of a benefactors such as billionaire George Soros, the Center for American Progress (CAP) plan to create ``green jobs'' linked to alleviating global climate change.
CAP also is advocating the creation of a ``National Energy Council'' headed by an official with the stature of the national security adviser and who would be charged with ``transforming the energy base'' of the U.S. In addition, CAP urges the creation of a White House ``office of social entrepreneurship'' to spur new ideas for addressing social problems.
To help promote its ideas, CAP employs 11 full-time bloggers who contribute to two Web sites, ThinkProgress and the Wonk Room; others prepare daily feeds for radio stations. The center's policy briefings are standing-room only, packed with lobbyists, advocacy-group representatives and reporters looking for insights on where the Obama administration is headed.
[full story at link above]
Bertrand Russell and John Stuart Mill were calling for a world run by experts....looks like we got what they wanted.
"The public do not know enough to be experts,
but know enough to decide between them."
- Samuel Butler (1612-1680) British poet and satirist
By Edwin Chen
Nov. 18 (Bloomberg)
Three blocks from the White House, on the 10th floor of a sleek glass building, young workers pound at computers, with giant flat-screen TVs overhead. It has the look and feel of a high-tech startup.
In many ways it is. The product is ideas.
[snip]
Some of the group's recommendations already have been adopted by the president-elect.
Withdrawal of Troops
These include the center's call for a gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and a buildup of forces in Afghanistan, a plan for universal health coverage through employer plans and proposals to create purchasing pools that allow small businesses to spread the cost among a larger group of workers. Obama has endorsed much of a benefactors such as billionaire George Soros, the Center for American Progress (CAP) plan to create ``green jobs'' linked to alleviating global climate change.
CAP also is advocating the creation of a ``National Energy Council'' headed by an official with the stature of the national security adviser and who would be charged with ``transforming the energy base'' of the U.S. In addition, CAP urges the creation of a White House ``office of social entrepreneurship'' to spur new ideas for addressing social problems.
To help promote its ideas, CAP employs 11 full-time bloggers who contribute to two Web sites, ThinkProgress and the Wonk Room; others prepare daily feeds for radio stations. The center's policy briefings are standing-room only, packed with lobbyists, advocacy-group representatives and reporters looking for insights on where the Obama administration is headed.
[full story at link above]
Bertrand Russell and John Stuart Mill were calling for a world run by experts....looks like we got what they wanted.
"The public do not know enough to be experts,
but know enough to decide between them."
- Samuel Butler (1612-1680) British poet and satirist