oops sorry, I always confuse you for someone else. On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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:337634 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
