On Sep 11, 2008, at 8:48 PM, John Williams wrote:
>> Most of them already know -- they don't need me to tell them.
>
> If you say so. You are obviously an expert entrepreneur. But no
> doubt your skills are more useful telling people what they should do
> than what they do not have the intelligenc
At the invitation of the editors at Salon Magazine, I've started an
occasional political blog at:
http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=17245
I don't know how well it will work out. Certainly better than DailyKos!
If you'd like to drop by and leave a comment, cool.
He's hoping for good news
Ronn! Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> That said, it's hard to see how this forced change is about anything
> else but money:
No, it is not hard to see. A lot of people appreciate the benefits of HDTV,
as evidenced by the number of people with cable who are willing to pay
extra for HD servic
At 07:54 PM Wednesday 9/10/2008, John Williams wrote:
>Ronn! Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > Whether I am aware of it is less the point than whether little old
> > ladies living alone on Social Security need something else technical
> > to bother with.
>
>So, you think elderly women are too
> how rules and policy affect productivity in
> a number of countries.
> Since standard of living ultimately depends on
> productivity, this is a key factor
> to study if you are interested in what helps to improve
> people's lives around the world.
a better way to improve people's lives around th
> > however, if you have any genuinely realistic
> suggestions how i can
> > use my "wealth" to help others (other than
> giving it to you) i will
> > consider them. jon
> I have! Give it to _me_!!!
> Alberto Monteiro
sorry alberto, what i would like are ideas how to create a non-profit
founda
> Oh, I thought it was just what tax is - it's giving up
> some of your
> wealth to pay for roads, schools, infrastructure, basic
> health needs
> and basic support for society.
> Charlie.
and to pay for invading sovereign nations under false pretenses...
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By the way, another excellent economics book relevant to our discussion and
requiring little background economics knowledge is "The Power of Productivity:
Wealth, Poverty, and the Threat to Global Stability" by William W. Lewis. This
book discusses how rules and policy affect productivity in a nu
Bruce Bostwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Most of them already know -- they don't need me to tell them.
If you say so. You are obviously an expert entrepreneur. But no
doubt your skills are more useful telling people what they should do
than what they do not have the intelligence or ability to do.
>
On Sep 11, 2008, at 6:27 PM, John Williams wrote:
> Yes, people are too stupid and inept to improve their productivity
> unless
> the evil employers help them. And I see business owners going around
> all the time telling their employees to reduce revenue and decrease
> their productivity.
If y
On 12/09/2008, at 6:58 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 1:16 PM, John Williams
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> If you think that some people are not being paid adequately, why
>> don't you give them some of your wealth?
>
>
> Here in the United States, like many countries,
Bruce Bostwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> As long
> as there's an unregulated-labor pool outside that scope, organized
> labor is fighting a losing battle because it is still ultimately only
> pricing itself out of the market.
Seems the obvious solution is to not price oneself out of the market
Jon Louis Mann wrote:
>
> however, if you have any genuinely realistic suggestions how i can
> use my "wealth" to help others (other than giving it to you) i will
> consider them. jon
>
I have! Give it to _me_!!!
Alberto Monteiro
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On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Jon Louis Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>
>
> nick did you mean to say... you're NOT giving part of your wealth...? tax
> evasion is something mostly engaged in by the wealthy, and it is legal if
> you use loopholes created for that purpose!~)
>
You have confused
> > If you think that some people are not being paid
> adequately, why
> > don't you give them some of your wealth?
> Here in the United States, like many countries, if
> you're making a good
> income and you're giving part of your wealth to the
> weak and vulnerable,
> you're almost certainly bre
> > no one individual (not even bill gates) is going to
> make a
> > dent in wage inequities, out of their own pocket.
> Ah, I see, you don't want to give your own money to
> help people. You want
> to give OTHER people's money! A cunning plan...
not really, i pay taxes. i have no problem with
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 1:16 PM, John Williams
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>
>
> If you think that some people are not being paid adequately, why
> don't you give them some of your wealth?
Here in the United States, like many countries, if you're making a good
income and you're giving part of your
Jon Louis Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> no one individual (not even bill gates) is going to make a
> dent in wage inequities, out of their own pocket.
Ah, I see, you don't want to give your own money to help people. You want
to give OTHER people's money! A cunning plan...
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> > does it take that much intelligence to submit to
> economic slavery rather than starve?
> Choosing to do a job that makes you better off than choosing
> to do some other job (or not working at all) does not take a
> lot of intelligence. Which is part of why I think that people
> are capable o
> > i am NOT
> > telling anyone how much property they can own, OR how
> much they can consume.
> Good for you! I'm glad to hear that you no longer
> support restrictions on property ownership and free trade.
you are a piece of work, john. like that other john with an 'h' (mc cain)
instead o
Jon Louis Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> does it take that much intelligence to submit to economic slavery
> rather than starve?
Choosing to do a job that makes you better off than choosing
to do some other job (or not working at all) does not take a lot of
intelligence. Which is part of why I thi
Jon Louis Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>go back and read what i did
> i am NOT
> telling anyone how much property they can own, OR how much they can consume.
Good for you! I'm glad to hear that you no longer support restrictions on
property
ownership and free trade.
> > you tell me, john,
> I already did. You believe that the amount you own is okay,
> but people may not
> own more than you. You believe that the way to allocate
> resources is for everyone
> to ask you if it is okay, since you obviously know what
> everyone else should do.
there you go again, i
> Liberal loud :-). Nice description!
reactionary conservatives loud, sarcastic and obnoxious!~)
jon
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On Thu, 11 Sep 2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
> On Sep 10, 2008, at 11:18 PM, Julia Thompson wrote:
>
>> Dunno if the guy who was showing it to me posts, but if you ever see
>> something from "Sodium" or "Captain Sodium", that's probably my buddy.
>>
>> (And despite the name, he's quite OK if he ge
On Sep 10, 2008, at 11:18 PM, Julia Thompson wrote:
> Dunno if the guy who was showing it to me posts, but if you ever see
> something from "Sodium" or "Captain Sodium", that's probably my buddy.
>
> (And despite the name, he's quite OK if he gets rained on. Heck, I've
> hung out in a pool with h
Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
>
> O-kay. Maybe it's time for everyone to take a few deep relaxing
> breaths . . . ?
>
Why fscking bother? The world will end anyway, and we are all
going to Hell.
Alberto Monteiro
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