{"article":{"id":246761,"heading":"Palm Trees in the Snow","author":"Mark Engler","created":"2011-07-02 10:23:31","modified":"2011-07-02 10:23:31","last_modified":"Sat, 02 Jul 2011 17:23:31","article":"

Mark Engler is a senior analyst with Foreign Policy In Focus and author of How to Rule the World: The Coming Battle Over the Global Economy (Nation Books). He can be reached via the website http:\/\/www.DemocracyUprising.com<\/a>.

to read Mark Engler's article \"Palm Trees in the Snow\" in: The New Internationalist June 2011, click on

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<\/p>\n","contact":"mbatko@yahoo.com","link":"http:\/\/www.therealnews.com","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"In my column for the June issue of the New Internationalist, I write about "Palm Trees in the Snow" as a metaphor for the big lie conservatives are telling about the budget crises in our states. There are no palm trees in Wisconsin. And public fiscal problems were not caused by union greed.\r\n\r\n","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2011\/07\/246761.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}