> As I am writing this I have heard that the House of Representatives > is debating a multi-billion dollar bailout of the airline industry. > The Senate has already passed the legislation. This is pretty > disgusting. I have two comments: > 1) The class bias of Congress is very clear. The airline industry > is "suffering" because of a decline in ridership in light of the > terrorist hijackings. Instead of shoveling billions of dollars into > the pockets of the big corporations, why not nationalize the airline > industry and set up a single, unified system? (And at the same time > do away with the ridiculous system of charging people different prices > for the same seats). The government took over the passenger railroads > and created Amtrak, they can do the same thing for air travel. > 2) How about the poor people? There are over 40 million people > without health insurance, millions losing jobs, people homeless, > schools in crisis, and much more. Why isn't the government passing > billion dollar "emergency" legislation for them? (This is actually a > rhetorical question.) > And a followup to "Firesong." I thought it an interesting irony > that Bush wants to go after those who harbor terrorists, while several > of the terrorists took flight lessons in Florida, and we all remember > who is governor of Florida. > > —----- Well spoken. Whenever there has been a problem, the answer was always simple--nationalize the industry whether it be education, healthcare, transportation or other industries. But no the Republicans won't do that, how dare we take away their fifth beach house. The Democrats won't do it either cause the people have been brainwashed to believe the Republicans so then the people would only vote for them. I think we need to be much more vocal in our actions. We need to denounce violence and nationalistic imperialist militaristic expansionist tendencies. At work, we had the choice to wear American flag shirts. I stood my ground and was the sole person to refuse for the simple reason that I'm not a nationalist. I'm a globalist. I want to end oppression here and everywhere, now and forever, for in the words of Albert Camus, "It is better to stand and die, then to live on one's knees." (paraphrased) For the environment, the dead innocents in all countries, and the rough tough workers who stick through bourgeosie bullshit and stand tall and be true, Comrade 8888888888 _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
