It fits neatly into the category of governments abrogating themselves of
responsibility for social infrastructure, and for cleaning up the mess they
created by demolishing the social infrastructure through "privatisation" in
the first place.
Third sector policies are neo-liberal claptrap and further emphasise the
"Third Way" approach of "handing responsibilty back to the people" and
other such trite, neo-liberal, Plutocratic rot. The US experience should
show this: 50 million working poor and the so-called "third sector" is in
shambles. Anyone who cares to run back over Bush's "points of light" speech
will see the "third sector" as an inscription that implicitly heralds the
end of the social contract.
Capital is predatory. Governments should protect their citizens from the
excesses of capital, not roll over and sing an idiotic chorus of "tra la
lee" while substituting speculative capital market growth for real growth
(viz. growth in secure employment).
Governments are not merely economic managers, they are the will of the
people in action (at least in theory). The paradigm of managerialism within
governments throughout the developed nations is proving to be a disaster.
Economics is a social science, and is, therefore, an inaccurate and
insufficient basis upon which to base entire policy streams.
As soon as government stops pandering to big business, pretending to be
capitalist visionaries, and gets on with their appointed task of looking
after their constituency, the better off the world will be.
Phil Graham
pw.graham@student.qut.edu.au
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/8314/index.html
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