For a five year old, it starts with who has the most candy. Same for the rich in America. They will not suffer- they are buffered.//Now is now the time to buy a new car and care less about mileage as gas prices have tanked. So goes the Green Revolution.// Look, Lone Wolf, life is a selfish journey of survival, sadly. Your Mother was probably the only soul that adored you. Have you called or written recently?
On Nov 21, 2:31 am, "\"Lone Wolf\"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The howls against the evils of socialism and wealth distribution are > now another standard brainless slogan of Republican and Libertarian > supporters who are so stupid that they mindlessly repeat anything they > are told like retarded sheep. > > A quick examination of some basic statistics shows just how > irrevocably stupid they are. > > • The United States "the richest country in the world" is also the > world's most polarized country in the world. > > • In America "the richest country in the world" the richest 1% of the > population owns more than the bottom 90%, while the bottom 40% own > just 0.2% of total wealth. > > • In America "the richest country in the world" the average household > is in debt 170% of per annum income--a record amount > > • America, "the richest country in the world" also has more people in > jail per capita than any other country in the world. A clear indicator > of the severe social dislocation of American society > > • American "the richest country in the world" has the worst rate of > child poverty of all OECD countries > > • In America "the richest country in the world" it is expected that by > 2011 5.5 a total of million families will lose their homes, putting 20 > million people on the streets. > > • In America "the richest country in the world" the big 3 auto makers > have seen their sales drop by over 35% from the same period last year, > while over one million people have lost their jobs because of business > downturn. > > In other words because the rich have all the money and the workers > have none, as they are in record debt, they can no longer pay for > their homes and buy new cars etc The working class are bankrupt and > Republicans and Libertarians blame socialism for the economic problems > of the US. How obvious is it that greed inspired capitalism is the > problem and an unequal share of the wealth of the country? > > A five year old could work this out, but they have a lot more sense > than conservative Neanderthals. > > On Nov 21, 3:34 pm, "M.A. Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Was Obamathe Only Socialist Running?Posted byMike Tennantat 12:41 > > PMGeorgeWill doesn't think so.In fact, says he, "spreading [wealth] is > > mostly what Washington does. Here, the Constitution is an afterthought; the > > supreme law of the land is the principle of concentrated benefits and > > dispersed costs."GOP must admit it has spread wealthBy George Will > > Washington Post Writers Group > > Sunday, November 16, 2008 > > Washington - Conservatism’s current intellectual chaos reverberated in the > > GOP ticket’s end-of-campaign crescendo of surreal warnings that big > > government - verily, “socialism” - would impend were Democrats elected. > > John McCain and Sarah Palin experienced this epiphany when Barack Obama > > told a plumber that he would “spread the wealth around.” > > America can’t have that, exclaimed the Republican ticket while Republicans > > - whose prescription drug entitlement is the largest expansion of the > > welfare state since President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society gave birth to > > Medicare in 1965; a majority of whom in Congress supported a lavish farm > > bill at a time of record profits for the less than 2 percent of the > > American people-cum-corporations who farm - and their administration were > > partially nationalizing the banking system, putting Detroit on the dole and > > looking around to see whether some bit of what is smilingly called “the > > private sector” has been inadvertently left off the ever-expanding list of > > entities eligible for a bailout from the $1 trillion or so that is to be > > “spread around.” > > The seepage of government into everywhere is, we are assured, to be > > temporary and nonpolitical. Well. > > Probably as temporary as New York City’s rent controls, which were born as > > emergency responses to the Second World War, and which are still distorting > > the city’s housing market. The Depression, which FDR failed to end but > > which Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor did end, was the excuse for > > agriculture subsidies that have lived past three score years and 10. > > The distribution of a trillion dollars by a political institution - the > > federal government - will be nonpolitical? How could it be? Either markets > > allocate resources, or government - meaning politics - allocates them. Now > > that distrust of markets is high, Americans are supposed to believe that > > the institution they trust least - Congress - will pony up $1 trillion and > > then passively recede, never putting its 10 thumbs, like a manic Jack > > Horner, into the pie? Surely Congress will direct the executive branch to > > show compassion for this, that and the other industry. And it will mandate > > “socially responsible” spending - an infinitely elastic term - by the > > favored companies. > > Detroit has not yet started spending the $25 billion that Congress has > > approved but already is, like Oliver Twist, holding out its porridge bowl > > and saying, “Please, sir, I want some more.” > > McCain and Palin, plucky foes of spreading the wealth, must have known that > > such spreading is mostly what Washington does. Here, the Constitution is an > > afterthought; the supreme law of the land is the principle of concentrated > > benefits and dispersed costs. Sugar import quotas cost the American people > > approximately $2 billion a year, but that sum is siphoned from 300 million > > consumers in small, hidden increments that are not noticed. > > Conservatives rightly think, or once did, that much, indeed most, > > government spreading of wealth is economically destructive and morally > > dubious - destructive because, by directing capital to suboptimum uses, it > > slows wealth creation; morally dubious because the wealth being spread > > belongs to those who created it, not government. But if conservatives call > > all such spreading by government “socialism,” that becomes a classification > > that no longer classifies: It includes almost everything, including the > > refundable tax credit on which McCain’s health care plan depended. > > Hyperbole is not harmless; careless language bewitches the speaker’s > > intelligence. And falsely shouting “socialism!” in a crowded theater such > > as Washington causes yawning. This is the only major industrial society > > that has never had a large socialist party ideologically, meaning candidly, > > committed to redistribution of wealth. This is partly because Americans are > > an aspirational, not an envious people. It is also because the socialism we > > do have is the surreptitious socialism of the strong, e.g. sugar producers > > represented by their Washington hirelings. > > In America, socialism is un-American. Instead, Americans merely do > > rent-seeking - bending government for the benefit of private factions. The > > difference is in degree, including the degree of candor. The rehabilitation > > of conservatism cannot begin until conservatives are candid about their > > complicity in what government has become. > > As for the president-elect, he promises to change Washington. He will, by > > making matters worse. He will intensify rent-seeking by finding new ways - > > this will not be easy - to expand, even more than the current > > administration has, government’s influence on spreading the > > wealth.http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2008/11/16/willed.html- > > Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
