tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post2956814978415705325..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: America's Vanishing DreamThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-71145624820023321882016-12-12T07:26:33.598-08:002016-12-12T07:26:33.598-08:00Headline today:
"Lockheed Martin shares drop...Headline today:<br /><br />"Lockheed Martin shares drop after Trump says F-35 program too expensive"Hughnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-52568677077410051602016-12-12T03:35:31.693-08:002016-12-12T03:35:31.693-08:00Back in the seventies, Hunter S Thomson wrote '...Back in the seventies, Hunter S Thomson wrote ' the rich are getting restless and I'm getting scared '.rumleyfipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03346146988416679423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-7786886126811487252016-12-12T00:53:14.718-08:002016-12-12T00:53:14.718-08:00What I should add, TB, is the distributive aspect ...What I should add, TB, is the distributive aspect is akin to opening economic arteries that have been choked off by the forces of inequality. The consumptive aspect is a function of regulating economic flow - consumption. If you want to curtail consumption, as we must, you'll cause untold hardship and potential unrest if you don't first attend to the distributive function.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-69111844737957792472016-12-11T20:07:43.905-08:002016-12-11T20:07:43.905-08:00I disagree, but only in part, TrailBlazer. The inc...I disagree, but only in part, TrailBlazer. The income-distribution driven inequality is a stand alone issue even if it is related to excess consumption. In a society in which political power is so connected to economic clout, income distribution is critical. Not for nothing were the 50s through the 70s the golden years of the middle class. Income, properly distributed, enabled the rise of a vibrant, robust and broad-based middle class that spanned from the reaches of organized labour to the highest professions. That middle class also ensured genuine political stability for it spurned extremism, especially the radical right of today. Gutting that middle class and transferring that considerable wealth into the pockets of the few has had a transformative impact on our once liberal democracy. It has facilitated the rise of an oligarchic, corporatist state in which the public will is more narrowly given voice.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-11777856511469983852016-12-11T16:28:09.992-08:002016-12-11T16:28:09.992-08:00Spreading out the dividends will only increase the...Spreading out the dividends will only increase the demands put upon our planet; more autos, more TV,s etc.<br />The American/Canadian dream is out of control,unrealistic and debt/credit fed.<br />Whilst I do see signs of poverty here in BC especially first nations and the mentally ill or drug dependent ; the majority of thirty and thirty plus crowd live a life that is only substandard by their own over consuming , must have , habits.<br />Yes the friggen Carbon Barons get away with murder and then some but don't equate inequality as that between those that rob us ( and the environment) those that purchase BMW autos over ninety six months and houses that are above their pays cale even though they do it because it's the only way they can 'see' to save for the future.<br />When I pass schools in Nanaimo I cannot believe the number of autos in the parking lots.<br />Many are high end ( Dover Bay) others are gas guzzling jacked up behemoths deleted of all emissions controls and geared for power!<br />The owners are sixteen 16 year old kids with a hundred dollar a month cell phone bills.<br />Look to the future when these spoiled brats ( we spoiled them) tell their children..<br />We went to school; up hill both ways! with our Porsche Cayenne in four wheel drive.<br />The gas milage beat the shit out of my allowance. <br /><br />The fact is we all have to take a hit; the oligarchs more so.<br /><br />Much of our problems is that we equate standard of living with stuff; too much stuff.<br />Should we not concentrate upon a standard of living that relates to quality of life?<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn1u6tzwRxA<br /><br />TB <br /> <br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-43794336976397981472016-12-11T15:33:46.203-08:002016-12-11T15:33:46.203-08:00Stiglitz correctly analyzed the problem long ago, ...Stiglitz correctly analyzed the problem long ago, Mound. But the powers that be refuse to listen listen to him. It's not in their self interest to do so.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.com