> Jerry wrote: > You must be kidding Gruss. He is brilliant. > Almost everything he set out to do is being done. >
Heh, point taken. In a nutshell he's got the perfect storm of support from the Religious Right, the war mongers, the business lobby, the mindless Rush/Hannity/Fox News set, and the rich. All at a time when 99% of the Democrats are morons. And the fact that people look up to him is indicative of a new trend of hate-the-smart-people. There was a time (50s, 60s, 70s) when the average person aspired to be intellectual and intellectuals regularly weighed in on public policy. Mr. Bush's popularity is a product of a full swing away from valuing intelligence. Many baby boomers and some GenXers have taken to outsourcing their thinking to Rush or Fox. It's positively Orwellian. And it's not just happening with politics. It's happening with money too. More Americans today own stock than at any other time, yet fewer Americans than ever are direct owners. That is, Americans are outsourcing their owership, just like their thinking, to middle managers who reap the rewards while they wonder why their portfolio is so slow to grow. RESULT: a widening gap between the rich and the poor. If you're a manager (money manager or executive management) you're getting richer, but if not you're getting poorer. You hear all this talk of how great the economy is doing, yet the consumer price index is down and the average American is worried. If the economy is doing so great why are people worried? Because the spoils of the good economy are going to the rich while the cost of living (petrol, gas, milk, bread) is rising for the average consumer. Warren Buffet's net worth has skyrocketed in the last 20 years, yet he pays half the taxes he did 20 years ago, and probably less than you (source: Fortune Magazine). Dana and Larry might say the solution is for the government to start doling out money via minimum wage or some other sort of program. I say the solution is capitalism, but the flaw in my plan is that capitalism requires the average consumer to supply the capital and act as a manager. They don't seem interested in doing that anymore. *crash* <soap box collapses> //...gruss crawls off ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase RoboHelp from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=59 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:179721 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
