[CTRL] The General Welfare LIMITATION

1999-12-17 Thread Michael A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ The General Welfare by Clarence B. Carson [Dr. Carson has written and taught extensively, specializing in American intellectual history. He is the author of several books. Among them are Organized Against Whom? The Labor Union in

[CTRL] Concerns for what?

1999-12-13 Thread Michael A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Thanks to the Mills/Nixon deal, more and more of the federal budget would be spent without any decision by Congress. The Kerrey-Danforth entitlement commission took notice. In 1973, just as the colas were going to be phased in, mandatory spending took up 45 percent of the

Re: [CTRL] $Capitalism at work.$

1999-12-11 Thread Michael A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Nurev Ind Research forwarded: Urgent Action: Brazil agrobusiness ranchers in secret forest destruction deal Brazil agrobusiness and ranchers in secret forest destruction deal Vote to legalize massive new forest destruction could come

Re: [CTRL] Global Inequality. Capitalism at work.

1999-12-09 Thread Michael A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Joshua: Some facts to ponder for pro-Free Traders. World Trade Oragnisation: special report MJ: The WTO has nothing to do with free trade. Regard$, --MJ The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see ... -- Dominique

Re: [CTRL] He who pays the piper...Capitalism vs democracy.

1999-12-09 Thread Michael A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Joshua: US Firms Tell Congress to Back China-WTO MJ: You have posited several examples of Democracy (mob rule), but no examples of Capitalism was this your effort to point out the perils of Democracy? Regard$, --MJ It is the besetting vice of democracies to substitute

Re: [CTRL] $Capitalism at work.$

1999-12-09 Thread Michael A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Nurev Ind Research forwarded: Urgent Action: Brazil agrobusiness ranchers in secret forest destruction deal Brazil agrobusiness and ranchers in secret forest destruction deal Vote to legalize massive new forest destruction could come tomorrow

[CTRL] Deliberately dumbing us down

1999-12-02 Thread Michael A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- During the 1973 International Education Seminar, Harvard psychiatrist Chester M. Pierce, speaking as an expert in public education, said: "Every child in America entering school at the age of five is mentally ill because he comes to school with certain allegiances

[CTRL] Microsoft and liberty

1999-11-26 Thread Michael A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ Microsoft and liberty by Walter Williams Think about the government's case against Microsoft and, just as importantly, it's implications for our liberty. Let's ask a general question just to get started. If there's an act we all agree is