Posted on 11/14/2009 3:02:45 PM PST by arkadyka
No, this has nothing to do with liberals or conservatives or socialism or any of the other crap that we are used to hearing. I present to you a video of one, Dr. Edwin Vieria Jr, a Harvard educated expert in the matters of money and how money works in America. It is becoming apparent to me as I explore in more detail some of the profound historical changes that have taken place in America and their root causes. Somehow, it all tends to lead to the exact same source. While we can certainly discuss until the cows home the merits of government intervention, policy and how much of a social safety net we should, none of it means a damn bit when you realize that our government has the power to create money and put us in debt.
(Excerpt) Read more at rightcondition.com ...
It was never meant to improve anything. Its the French Revolution. The lower half want to vote themselves more money, healthcare and education. Period.
Even if it destroys the economy, THEY are more free things.
Easier to knock down than to lift up. They are hell bent on an even playing field or a complete reversal of the on tops now on the bottom and the bottoms now on top without any effort on the bottoms part. This is class warefare and we, the middleclass are the losers. The orchestrators of this despicable decietful abomonation are the criminal thugs in DC and if we don’t utilze our anger and keep it at a rabied pace come 2012 we will have ourselves to blame. Our children will want answers
Middle class soccer moms voted this abomination not the poor.
Elections have consequences.
ACORN and SEIU must be driven into the sea.
I have a very liberal classmate who thinks it is right to distribute wealth. I asked “what if someone came to your house and took $40 out of your purse each week to pay for other peoples stuff?” She said she wouldn’t mind because it is charitable. I told her I am charitable too, but I like to have a choice as to whom and when I give my charity.
Because the post-WWII period was unique, anomalous.
No, they are hell-bent on an even score board; they will tilt and skew the playing field however it's needed whenever it's needed to achieve an even score.
SEIU and other unions are damaging, but think about it - are they not just protecting themselves from the Fed?
Infation hurts union workers the most, it may very well come down to allying with unions if we ever plan to stop this.
There was nothing unique about it, its hardly an explanation my friend.
If were only $40 out of our purses each week, I’d be ok with that too. The government’s “take” is well over half of our income and rising, even as our incomes decline or disappear completely.
Jeeez, that is too easy. Just tell her you’ll be over every Friday afternoon to pick up $40 from her. Apparently you’ll need to just simply tell her you need it.
I have the feeling she’ll not go for this ......
I’d make her explain why not ......
Nothing unique about the post-WWII period?
I try it and let you know what happens. ;-)
From the standpoint of a single male affording enough money to provide for his family, no, nothing unique.
Productivity inherently drives prices lower and after ww2 the strength of the dollar was superior to foreign currency. Once our government turned on it and began destroying it, things began to change it.
Another Ron Paul nutjob. Sigh.
Notice that such worries about "disparity" are never about how much popular figures make.
What morality is at issue because of J.K. Rowling's $800 million in wealth that came from her unique talents? Her wealth has nothing to do with how poor anyone else is. The difference in levels of wealth, a factor that so many love to amplify as if the ratio indicates something evil is at work in the economy, is nonsense.
The answer I get when I test this question in various ways with friends who fret about income inequality, is to say, well, er, um, I wasn't really talking about people like Rowling.
But people who are fixated on the issue of “income disparity” or “inequality” are happy to give people like Rowling a pass. Likewise, they will give actor Brad Pitt, the members of the Rolling Stones rock group (whose Big Bang Tour that ran from 2005-2007 grossed $558 million), media tycoon Oprah (whose net worth is estimated at $1.4 billion), or basketball star Michael Jordan (who earned an estimated $37 million in 2007 alone) passes as well. Who then is the target of such worries about “disparity” and “inequality” and how is their worry expressed?
Who is the target? Only (always wealthy) business executives. Why? I think because only these people are producing the things that allow the rest of us to prosper, such by inventing new medicines or other improvements in our lives.
Those who worry about disparity never complain about Bill Clinton being paid $100,000 dollars to make a lousy speech or Hillary paid millions for a paper-weight-book.
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