Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have come to the same conclusion. Creating wealth via capitalism > only works if the wealth actually gets spread around. >
Easy fix: regulation. It all comes down to the concept of a market, like a produce market. If you have a regulator that: 1.) runs the burearcracy of the market (location, infrastructure, advertising, banking, complaints, etc) 2.) ensures all vendors grew under the same conditions (organic :) 3.) ensures all products at the market are safe to consume 4.) ensures all customers have equal access to all vendors 5.) ensures medium of exchange is even (money, weights & measures, etc) Then capitalism force for wealth creation. What's happened in the US three things: (a.) Trickle-down economic principles have dismantled regulation, created dysfunctional markets. In other words, no more level playing field to accomplish the American Dream. (b.) Those that have benefitted from dysfunctional markets are further warping regulators and government (lobbyists). (c.) The people that have lost out due to dysfunctional markets, keep voting in the new "free market" regulators because they've been duped into thinking that if only we had less regulation, then I could succeed. In other words, they don't recognize their oppressor, nor the mechanism being used against them. This all creates a vicious cycle where-by the rich get richer (and fewer), and poor get poorer (and more). If we're smart, it will end in voted-in major government overhaul of banking, insurance, tax code, farming, etc bringing it into the 21st century. If we fail to do that it will end in revolution, the beginnings of which we're already seeing. McVeigh was the beginning. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:335030 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
