You mean like this? Buddhist economics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Is_Beautiful
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Is_Beautiful
Once the State starts funding political parties, better
quality politicians will start coming into the system.
Another problem is, fraudulent religions with their insane
philosophies, shaping political policies is bound to be
disastrous.
There is a difference between a state that recognizes all
religions, and a state that recognizes no religion. The
state should not recognize any religion.
--- noozguru@... wrote :
Uh Turq, Iceland's entire population is less than the county I live in. So it
wasn't hard for them to do what they did with the banksters. In fact in this
county our commissioners gave themselves a 30% raise and it was met with public
ire and they had to rescind it and give themselves just a 7% one instead. And
they better not be on the ballot next time either.
I frequently argue that if you want change in the US you need to start from
the bottom up. Start by changing your local government. A lot of cities like
this one and the neighboring Vallejo are run by a few opportunistic creeps.
Vallejo had to declare bankruptcy but the town is primarily owned by three old
families who of course are conservative and stodgy as rocks. All they care
about is their pocketbook and nobody else's. This town is run by a group of
real estate agents so you can understand their agenda which we have to often
fight. We did manage to get one new council member who isn't a real estate
agent this last election.
Once the public controls their local city then the county is next then the
state and then maybe if this is done across the country the federal government
can be revised.
But there is a lot of work to be done. For one thing we need to get rid of
too big to fail businesses. Not just banks but the telecoms too. And we need
to eliminate the disease called billionairitis. That's far easier to cure than
cancer. Just relieve them of their huge wealth tumor. They can't handle that
much wealth. Only allow estates of a few million dollars and companies of
limited size. And while we're at it we can really streamline what government
we need and start by throwing out a lot of dated laws that never get repealed
as new ones are made.
On 03/23/2015 09:09 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoiseb@... mailto:turquoiseb@...
[FairfieldLife] wrote:
Nice post.
I'd comment, but I'm so disgusted at what passes for politics in the land of
my birth these days that I dare not for fear of offending someone. Instead,
here's my *positive* suggestion for how to fix America and make it whole
again.
First, trash the Constitution and the current electoral system and go out and
hire some fuckin' professionals instead of all these amateurs. Go to Iceland --
a country that managed to create leaders who actually stood up to the Banksters
and the 1% and made their country economically sound again -- and hire these
people who've actually DONE THAT as consultants, for a four-year contract. Pay
them handsomely -- nay, extravagantly, so there is no fear of them trying to
supplement their income through graft -- and just let them do their thing.
Throw out the current Executive branch and Legislative branches of U.S.
government, and allow these seasoned professionals to actually RUN THINGS for a
four-year period. They get to do whatever they think is necessary to fix the
economic and social ills of America.
At the end of four years, offer the American people a choice of whether they'd
prefer to go back to the old system, or continue on with professionals running
things.
From: anartaxius@... [FairfieldLife] mailto:anartaxius@...[FairfieldLife]
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Another X-ian nut from Texas running for Pres?
My objection to Cruz is he is a scientific ignoramus, more so than most
politicians, which tend as a group to fall into this category. Also he is
presenting a view of the intent of the founding fathers of the United States
that is not in line with history. They were largely Episcopalians in name only,
following deistic ideas for the most part; Jefferson, in particular, was
sometimes called an atheist by his contemporaries.
'Whenever the Supreme Court makes a decision that in any way restricts the
intrusion of religion into the affairs of government, a flood of editorials,
articles, and letters protesting the ruling is sure to appear in the
newspapers. Many protesters decry these decisions on the grounds that they
conflict with the wishes and intents of the founding fathers.'
'Such a view of American history is completely contrary to known facts. The
primary leaders of the so-called founding fathers of our nation were not
Bible-believing Christians; they were deists. Deism was a philosophical belief
that was widely
