I've seen this and always thought it spoke volumes....."illusion vs
reality"...in politics - Democratic or Republican - two sides of the same coin.
Having said that, in concept and theory I fall on the Democratic side
believing that they represent the lesser evil...but in the end, all politicians
are corrupted by the money..it is the corporations that are pushing the agenda
and it does not include the concept of "public good."
I think Obama is pushing the "equity" issue out to the public while buckling to
the reality of trying to negotiate a budget in an environment of political
extremism. Is the larger good a compromise or a fight to the death? He is
compromising - there will be another fight...Obama has taken the corporate
powers/financial industry on in many ways and irritated them to no end by
raising the issues again and again.
The equity issue is easy for us citizens to understand so it gets vetted.
Having worked years in the corporate environment and coming from a family that
confuses money with love.....I have strong opinions on the importance of
messaging the concept of sharing and accountability. Concentrated wealth
breeds fear and bad behavior and lack of accountability in almost all
cases....we, as shareholders, need to rethink the entire model of how we define
"value and profit." Again, they made their profits on our backs and we allowed
them to concentrate wealth and power and the evils it has brought. The movie
The Last Mountain brings this directly into perspective.
No, asking corporate america and the billionaires to pay their fair share won't
solve our budget woes, but it will send a message that we are all accountable
and is the only thing they care about and the only place to hit them - in their
pocketbook. Concentrating wealth privately at the expense of the masses is not
the answer!
Corporate america is fighting back, in part, by refusing to hire, etc. We
bailed them out and we're being paid back for our generosity now - what is not
clear about this message? When a system is all about the money period, there
is no conscience at work....which is why part of me wishes we allowed the
institutions to fail and chaos to descend....perhaps a more conscious and
connected "new world order" would have emerged from the ashes to benefit the
generations to come.
Corporations (as a stereotypical category) are all about greater and greater
monetary profits period - the system is flawed completely - we have sold our
soul to a short-sighted and unsustainable model. The "trickle down" theory is
a huge myth and has been tested time and time again. The only way to change
behavior at this point is to force it - and fair and proportional taxation by
the government for and by the people is one tiny way we can send a message.
If we give up on the concept of "government" and gut the powers we gave to our
government to oblivion, we will pay with the loss of our society. Just a
repetition of history...many civilizations have gone down before us....the
future generations will have to start again. Mother nature will ultimately
take care of herself - that seems to be evidently clear these days.
--- On Tue, 7/19/11, raunchydog <raunchy...@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: raunchydog <raunchy...@yahoo.com>
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Economic Collapse -- why it won't be stopped (and
The Last Mountain)
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, July 19, 2011, 7:27 PM
Our country has moved so far to the right that there's hardly any
difference between a Republican who wants to cut Social Security and Medicare
and a Democrat who wants to cut Social Security and Medicare but raise taxes
slightly. Ronald Reagan raised taxes and IMO was more of a Democrat than
Obama.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/the-budget-deals-of-reagan-bush-clinton-and-obama-in-one-chart/2011/07/06/gIQA98w11H_blog.html
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Denise Evans <dmevans365@...> wrote:
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> question is "do the american people want a proportionately fair tax system on
> the money made from the corporations and wealth aristocrats (that is not
> coming back to us via the "trickle down theory or will it ever) on the backs
> of us working class." Â This is another Republican myth that they are
> spreading to instill fear.
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> --- On Tue, 7/19/11, richardjwilliamstexas <willytex@...> wrote:
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> From: richardjwilliamstexas <willytex@...>
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Economic Collapse -- why it won't be stopped
> (and The Last Mountain)
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, July 19, 2011, 3:26 PM
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