Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > I keep hearing "sky is falling" people, especially on the right, > saying "We're broke, we can't afford these things like social > programs". Fuck that. We aren't broke, we're making stupid choices. > > Yeah, I agree, although I think it's less a war and more an outcome of some well-meant and some not-so-well-meant intentions.
Take the trickle-down theory. That would probably work great if we had solid regulatory institutions that kept the playing field fair. We don't have to go much farther than your stats to see that not only have things *not* trickled down, they've flooded up. Why? Because the mechanism that capitalism uses to create good - greed - is evil if not managed and regulated. just like electricity. Bill Clinton and George Bush decided we should eliminate the regulation and capitalism moved from good to evil. When you watch the acadamy award winning documentary, Inside Job, you see just how pervasive yet mundane that evil is. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:335027 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
