Struck By Congress: Social Welfare In The United States

Eddie J. Girdner

doi:10.1501/Intrel_0000000142

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Struck By Congress: Social Welfare In The United States

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to present a state of the union status of the United States, which is likely to ring very different than that which is delivered by the US President every January. The perspective will be from that of the working class and based upon published statistics, mostiy from the US Government itself. The paper will also attempt to address the above observation by Harry Magdoff concerning the dominance of neoliberalism in mature capitalist countries. Is it a result of Gramscian ideological hegemony, vvhich tends to preclude democracy from the grass roots, or is it necessarily part of the logic of mature capitalism and part of the contradictions of the capitalist system? Even if life is to become more of a struggle for the majority in the interests of corporate profits and capitalist accumulation, why do the vast majority of people tolerate their economic degradation vvhen the tools of democracy are available to be used?

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Political Science

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Eddie J. Girdner This is me

Publication Date

May 1, 2007

Submission Date

January 1, 2007

Acceptance Date

-

Published in Issue

Year 2007 Number: 38

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000142

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https://izlik.org/JA45TW73JS

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APA

Girdner, E. J. (2007). Struck By Congress: Social Welfare In The United States. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations, 38. https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000142

AMA

1.Girdner EJ. Struck By Congress: Social Welfare In The United States. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations. 2007;(38). doi:10.1501/Intrel_0000000142

Chicago

Girdner, Eddie J. 2007. “Struck By Congress: Social Welfare In The United States”. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations, nos. 38. https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000142.

EndNote

Girdner EJ (May 1, 2007) Struck By Congress: Social Welfare In The United States. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations 38

IEEE

[1]E. J. Girdner, “Struck By Congress: Social Welfare In The United States”, The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations, no. 38, May 2007, doi: 10.1501/Intrel_0000000142.

ISNAD

Girdner, Eddie J. “Struck By Congress: Social Welfare In The United States”. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations. 38 (May 1, 2007). https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000142.

JAMA

1.Girdner EJ. Struck By Congress: Social Welfare In The United States. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations. 2007. doi:10.1501/Intrel_0000000142.

MLA

Girdner, Eddie J. “Struck By Congress: Social Welfare In The United States”. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations, no. 38, May 2007, doi:10.1501/Intrel_0000000142.

Vancouver

1.Eddie J. Girdner. Struck By Congress: Social Welfare In The United States. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations. 2007 May 1;(38). doi:10.1501/Intrel_0000000142