Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sarah Palin Talks Tough to NRA

2014-05-02 Thread Bhairitu
Have you ever visited any socialist countries? The problem in the US is we have runaway laissez-faire capitalism. Yes, crony socialism is as bad as crony capitalism. in general I am against tyranny of any kind. Of course most of this is of little interest on FFL where the favorite topic is a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sarah Palin Talks Tough to NRA

2014-05-02 Thread Bhairitu
On 05/01/2014 04:05 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote: On 5/1/2014 1:29 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > The capitalist's party. Corporations now have personhood which means > we can arrest them and throw them in prison. So let's arrest > Goldman-Sachs to start. > Maybe we should arrest Russia and China since

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sarah Palin Talks Tough to NRA

2014-05-02 Thread jedi_spock
Capitalism needs to be tweaked. Richard Wolf says that 'centralized state socialism' is as bad as 'centralised state capitalism'. IOW, Crony socialism is as bad as crony capitalism. Crony socialism existed in india, Soviet union, China and large swaths on the globe in the 1950's and 60's. I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sarah Palin Talks Tough to NRA

2014-05-01 Thread jr_esq
Another hot day in San Francisco, CA. It's 81 degrees here in my town. I'm wishing for rain to fall anytime soon.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sarah Palin Talks Tough to NRA

2014-05-01 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 5/1/2014 1:29 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > The capitalist's party. Corporations now have personhood which means > we can arrest them and throw them in prison. So let's arrest > Goldman-Sachs to start. > Maybe we should arrest Russia and China since they are the largest corporations and they are b

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sarah Palin Talks Tough to NRA

2014-05-01 Thread Mike Dixon
Uh... we also tax them. What was the cry before the revolution... no taxation without representation?  On Thursday, May 1, 2014 11:29 AM, Bhairitu wrote:   The capitalist's party.  Corporations now have personhood which means we can arrest them and throw them in prison.  So let's arrest Gold

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sarah Palin Talks Tough to NRA

2014-05-01 Thread Bhairitu
The capitalist's party. Corporations now have personhood which means we can arrest them and throw them in prison. So let's arrest Goldman-Sachs to start. "The US economy no longer is based on education, hard work, free market prices and the accountability that real free markets impose. Inste

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sarah Palin Talks Tough to NRA

2014-05-01 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 5/1/2014 10:46 AM, Bhairitu wrote: > The bottom line is that capitalism is to chaotic to exist in a world > population of 7 billion plus. The party is over. > Which "party" - the commie or the socialist? Go figure. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus prot

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sarah Palin Talks Tough to NRA

2014-05-01 Thread Bhairitu
The bottom line is that capitalism is to chaotic to exist in a world population of 7 billion plus. The party is over. On 05/01/2014 05:25 AM, jedi_sp...@yahoo.com wrote: It's important to draw a line of distinction between "creation of wealth" and "accumulation of wealth". If the income is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sarah Palin Talks Tough to NRA

2014-05-01 Thread jedi_spock
It's important to draw a line of distinction between "creation of wealth" and "accumulation of wealth". If the income is not spent, but put in banks or government bonds, no tax should be levied on it. Banks can lend that money to government who can use the money for infrastructure developme

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sarah Palin Talks Tough to NRA

2014-04-30 Thread Bhairitu
San Francisco is like another country. Only NYC has higher rents. City workers can't even afford to like in San Francisco. $22 an hour minimum wage? The problem isn't the minimum wage but the extreme cost of living. Minimum wage jobs were meant for unskilled workers and students who migh

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sarah Palin Talks Tough to NRA

2014-04-30 Thread jr_esq
Bhairitu, The USA does not have a pure capitalist economy. It is now a mixture of economic doctrines. Specifically, some industries are regulated, such as the power and gas companies. Even the housing rental market, in most big cities like San Francisco, is regulated which includes very st

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sarah Palin Talks Tough to NRA

2014-04-30 Thread Bhairitu
The original intent of the founding fathers was a mix of capitalism and socialism. There are just some things that need to be in the commons and the Internet is now a new one that belongs there. It is the role of government to maintain the commons and leaving it open for everyone. It is the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sarah Palin Talks Tough to NRA

2014-04-30 Thread jedi_spock
Agreed that greed kills. Sustainable development can be done if taxes are based on 'consumption of resources' and not income. Salaries and wages paid to employees should not be treated as consumption, but as general expenses (created wealth). The salaries and wage differentials across hi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sarah Palin Talks Tough to NRA

2014-04-30 Thread jedi_spock
Agreed that greed kills. Sustainable development can be done if taxes are based on 'consumption of resources' and not income. Salaries and wages paid to employees should not be treated as consumption, but as general expenses (created wealth). The salaries and wage differentials across hie

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sarah Palin Talks Tough to NRA

2014-04-29 Thread Bhairitu
You're confusing capitalism with free enterprise. Capitalism itself generates entropy and chaos. Just look at what it has done to this country now. You really want to live in a country of poor people? Some correction needs to be done to reign in the oligarchs and plutocrats. Greed kills.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sarah Palin Talks Tough to NRA

2014-04-29 Thread Mike Dixon
Agreed. The Democrats must do everything possible to disguise their true intentions in order to avoid an outright rebellion at the polls. Incrementally, is the safest tactic. Set the hook in the jaw then reel in very slowly. On Tuesday, April 29, 2014 6:02 AM, "jedi_sp...@yahoo.com" wrote:  

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sarah Palin Talks Tough to NRA

2014-04-29 Thread jedi_spock
Capitalism is the only system that can incentivize and motivate people. Again, only capitalism drives innovation and creativity, enables people to adapt to the everchanging conditions. It also generates wealth. By failing to emphasize incentives, socialism is a theory inconsistent with hum