> RoMunn wrote: > In a way, yes. The current dislocation is due to globalization and the rise > of the information society.
Your narrative is so far beyond facts I gotta wonder if you even care about reality. You think Wall Street pay and bonuses are due to "globalization"? LOL! 40% - that's 40 - of "wealth" creation over the last decade has been due to law changes in the financial services industry. In case you hadn't noticed, we've had a lobbyist bubble, so let's take a look at a few industries: (1.) Autos: Bankrupt. HUGE lobbyists. Had congress change all manner of laws to allow them to make SUVs. (2.) Financial Services: Bankrupt. HUGE lobbyists. Had congress change all manner of laws to allow them make all manner of unregulated products. (3.) Food Industry: Not Bankrupt. HUGE lobbyists. Had congress change all manner of laws to allow them to invent/change all manner of products to include corn. Result: America is basically being poisoned, record levels of obesity, diabetes, and other diseases and record amount of health care costs. Oh? Still not convinced? How about we look at an average family? * 1960s: dad worked, mom stayed home. * 1980s: dad work, had to send mom to work to keep same lifestyle * 2000s: dad worked, mom worked, had to borrow home equity money to keep same lifestyle. Seeing a pattern? Oh, and over the Bush years not only did debt rise to record levels, but average income fell. The problem, in case you hadn't noticed, is lobbyist-inspired laws that favor individual industries at the expense of America as a whole. And now we're reaping what we've sown. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:295414 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
