A lot of the programs that got the U.S. of of the great depression was authored by Henry Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. V.P 1941-44. He recorded his Century of the Common Man speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAKrIdSPkHI . Corporate delegate blocked his nomination for VP in 1944, I think the world would have been much better if he had been in instead of Truman
On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 7:50 PM Bill Johnson <00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > LOL, the US has boatloads of socialism. The military, infrastructure, > schools, insurance of all kinds, social security, Medicare/Medicaid, and much > more. Capitalism is what the right screams to kowtow to the lesser educated. > There are zero capitalist countries on the planet. Much of your success is > from socialism. Reminds me of this. > > > An oldie but goodie > > Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his > morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal > fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of coffee, > he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take because some > stupid commie liberal fought to ensure their safety and that they work as > advertised. > > All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer's medical plan > because *some liberal* union workers fought their employers for paid medical > insurance - now Joe gets it too. He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and > eggs. Joe's bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for > laws to regulate the meat packing industry. > > In the morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly > labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because > some crybaby liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his > body and how much it contained. > > Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is > clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for laws to stop > industries from polluting our air. He walks to the subway station for his > government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in > parking and transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for > affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be > a contributor. > > Joe begins his work day. He has a good job with excellent pay, medical > benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal > union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe's employer > pays these standards because Joe's employer doesn't want his employees to > call the union. If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he'll get a > worker compensation or unemployment check because some stupid liberal didn't > think he should lose his home or go hungry because of his temporary > misfortune. > > It's noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills. > Joe's deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal > wanted to protect Joe's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the > banking system before the Great Depression. > > Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market > federal student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Joe and the > government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over > his lifetime. > > Joe is home from work. He plans to visit his father this evening at his farm > home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car is among the > safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car safety > standards. He arrives at his boyhood home. His was the third generation to > live in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration because bankers > didn't want to make rural loans. The house didn't have electricity until some > big-government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded > rural electrification. > > He is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on Social > Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating > liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn't have to. > > Joe gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. > The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. > He doesn't mention that the beloved Republicans have fought against every > protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day. > > Joe agrees: "We don't need those big-government liberals ruining our lives! > After all, I'm a self-made man who believes everyone should take care of > themselves, just like I have." > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 8:33 PM, Steve Thompson <ste...@wkyr.net> wrote: > > It is the government's job if it is based on socialism. The USofA > was based on the rights of the individual and giving them > opportunity, actually not getting in the way of opportunity. This > is why it was said, he is governed best who is governed least. > > WE the People have rights given by God, not the government. We > the People are supposed to run this. But if we give up rights for > safety, then we deserve neither. > > Somewhere Civics stopped being taught and the communist party got > in control (1963 the Communist Manifesto was read into the > Congressional Record -- You should look it up and read it). > > So, my thinking is, if AI is used by the wealthy to increase > their wealth it will be done on the backs of those least able to > prevent it. And why I have said that the Laws of Robotics needs > be implemented at the hardware level while we still can. > > Steve Thompson > > On 5/2/2023 7:05 PM, Bill Johnson wrote: > > I agree completely. It’s government’s job to protect the downtrodden & > > redistribute income. Even people like Warren Buffett have pushed for higher > > taxes on the wealthy. So what actually happened? The tax cuts of 2017 went > > mostly to the top 1%. Sheldon Adelson saved 700 million. Not a bad return > > for the 30 million he gave Republicans for the 2018 midterms or the > > donations he made in 2016. > > > > AI is going to cause many currently in the middle class and below to drop > > further down. I think UBI, universal basic income will be necessary. > > Finland has experimented with it and has seen promising results. Some US > > cities have tried or are trying it. Other countries are implementing it. > > Most countries not spelled America have universal healthcare. And WHO rates > > them higher than the US. (WHO rates US healthcare 37th, France is number 1) > > > > You’re also correct that income disparity causes other societal issues. > > Higher crime & earlier deaths to name two. > > > > Your kids deserve a fighting chance and if necessary government help. > > > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > > > > On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 12:30 PM, Matt Hogstrom <m...@hogstrom.org> wrote: > > > > Perhaps I’m just entering that golden period where I look at news like this > > and consider that technology like AI being unleashed has secondary, and > > negative, consequences of people losing jobs, income, etc. It makes the > > divide worse and causes angst, bitterness and redistribution of wealth as a > > necessity. One of my adopted foster kids will have difficulty crossing the > > chasm to make a living given some of his disabilities. It’s not just > > technology but there is an increasing societal consideration to be factored > > in. > > > > Matt Hogstrom > > > > “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." > > — Hogstrom > > > > > > > >> On May 2, 2023, at 12:11 PM, Lionel B. Dyck <lbd...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> So sad. No more entry level, or trivial, jobs for those just starting out > >> in the job market. No more mail room to board room opportunities. > >> > >> > >> Lionel B. Dyck <>< > >> Website: https://www.lbdsoftware.com > >> Github: https://github.com/lbdyck > >> > >> “Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what > >> you are, reputation merely what others think you are.” - - - John Wooden > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > -- > Regards, > Steve Thompson > VS Strategies LLC > Westfield IN > 972-983-9430 cell > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
