On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 7:57 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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.
How so? The American dream is alive and well. New millionaires created all the time. And if you get yourself the right union job you're set for life and don't even have to work much. > (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. You seem to be confusing the term regulations with crippling companies you don't like. IE taxing coal companies out of business. Using the EPA to close factories that aren't green enough. Isn't GE advising this admin on new green EPA rules so they can increase position themselves to make the most? That's not trickle down, that's trickle up. > This all creates a vicious cycle where-by the rich get richer (and fewer), > and poor get poorer (and more). Nope, the rich stay rich and the poor get poorer. Someone should tell the poor the left is not their friend. > 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. We tried to regulate the banks in 2006. Maybe we should do it no while we have the votes. > If we fail to do that it will end in revolution, the beginnings of which > we're already seeing. McVeigh was the beginning. Now you're talking cra ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:335038 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
