“Tent protest” (Israel earlier version of “occupy… everything” leftist movement, Summer 2011; “TP”)

The Jerusalem Institute for Market studies (JIMS) reaction on Trajtenberg Commission proposals: trachtenbergPR2english (link at JIMS web site are temporarily out of order)

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the post content is part of the report for 2012 Public Choice Society Annual Meeting

#	The issue (the problem)	Reason/     Decision of the problem	Government proposal and “TP” leaders    reaction	“Trachtenberg commission” proposal and    “TP” leaders reaction	“Tent protest” leaders demands
1	“Mass feeling of injustice” (means   “feeling of unequal distribution of wealth)	New branches (High Tech) arising in the Israel and   new prospering groups of population respectively; first time in the Israel   history incomes not depend on bureaucracy and politicized oligarchy, controlling   Public and other leading Mass media    resources	Enhance “progressivity” of taxation (two   new “brackets” of the scale); references on “biblical   prophets” (as if the prophets ever were communists, demanded equal   distribution not equal treatment in the court only) / too little too late;Moderate economic liberalization reversed		To break the trend of incomes  inequality
2	To substitute security agenda by “social   justice” agenda	New security challenges caused by Islamic   fundamentalism rising to the power around the Israel; the TP leaders urged   “to repeat success of Tahrir Square in Israel” http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/04/israel-protests-social-justice?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487	Shares the TP leaders rhetoric; actual cuts of   military spending till not happened
3	Cheap (subsidized) dwelling	At the same time demand to break building in Judea   and Samariahttp://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/04/tel-aviv-tent-city-protesters?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487	Actual   freezing in building in Judea and Samaria; liberalizing of building projects   procedure (see the bill draft: http://www.knesset.gov.il/committees/heb/material/data/kalkala2011-07-06.pdf   –   Hebrew)	–	No liberalizing[1],   no Judea and Shomron building, subsidizing only
4	Free pre-schooling child-care (since 3 years old)

More sources on the Issue:

Ori Chudy   (29 August 2011) (on TP leaders demands)

Trachtenberg commission reports  http://hidavrut.gov.il/ (Hebrew)

TP own “panel of experts” (see for example http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/alternative-experts-panel-vows-to-address-israel-s-unacceptable-economic-policy-1.378729 ); no any plan published as a result;

Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies:  Trachtenberg’s Plans Will Be Costly Failures  JIMS Cites Report’s Faulty Logic, Offers Alternatives http://www.jims-israel.org/pdf/trachtenbergPR2english.pdf

Hillman (2010) “expressive behavior” (means voting or rioting for leftist agenda just “to looks fine” in spite of the majority of Israeli voters never shared this values and not interested in the agenda issues) concept reflects Israelis’ habit to the leftists ideological indoctrination[2]. Leftists ideological indoctrination (“state provided butter better than  guns” or “war is no solution” etc) means practically change the national agenda from security issues to welfare-redistribution issues and substitution the pure public goods by mixed public goods.

Mixed public goods provision defined and interpreted by leftists as “moral” and pure public goods provision (reliable defense and security provision) as  “vigilantism”, “militarism” and even fascism

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