Okies..sooo...dunno who the Angel is since my name on the lists is VIVEC *ahem* :) ...
but ..uhh... The issue of the widening gap between rich and poor is a worldwide one. It is just most noticeable and the gap is largest in the US. But it has become a growing trend worldwide. It is responsible for the instability and the revolutions of the Middle East in no small part. The issue of who will change things is relevant. Because we are unlikely to get the style of demonstrations in the Western world, that we had in the Middle East. Sure a few march in England when they raise the cost of education, Greece had its marches as did France...but that never really threatened the government in the same way that they were threatened in say Egypt. So I think the question is valid. To look at say the Caribbean, the policies of Wall Street extend to the region and directly affect it.In my view, there's no real insulation. When the US defaults on trade agreements and treaties with the WTO because of the influence of the Gambling Lobby on political decisions, it is directly felt in Antigua and smaller islands in a sudden and drastic loss of jobs and a gutting of the GDP. In Trinidad Government faces a 14 billion dollar debt due to the financial failure in 2008 caused by Wall Street in the US (don't think there is any debate anymore on what and which companies caused it). So if we believe that having this massive gap and Boom and Bust is bad for economies and countries, what is going to change it? I can't think of anything right now. On 10 May 2011 10:28, Chris Stoner <[email protected]> wrote: > > Simplistic paraphrasing that illustrates how I read this thread > > *Angel:* "...americas rich are too few and too rich and that is bad..." > *Jerry:* "...in america, our lower middle class has it pretty good > comparatively speaking..." > *Angel:* "...well if its so good for everybody, people will never want to > change (which is bad)..." > > or > > *Jerry:* "...comfortable with standard of living..." > *Angel's Translation:* "...apathetic or disenfranchised..." > > > > What's going to be the catalyst for this change? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:337628 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
