Sounds fine Buck, and have a good time. But will broadcasting this on FFL put your dome badge in jeopardy?
--- In [email protected], "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: Buck > > > To: [email protected] > > > Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2012 4:42 AM > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Black Thursday > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <raunchydog@> > > > wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> "A half century ago America's largest private-sector employer was > > >> General Motors, whose full-time workers earned an average hourly wage of > > >> around $50, in today's dollars, including health and pension benefits. > > >> > > >> Today, America's largest employer is Walmart, whose average > > >> employee earns $8.81 an hour. A third of Walmart's employees work less > > >> than 28 hours per week and don't qualify for benefits. > > >> > > I am in downtown Detroit, Michigan right now at a Thanksgiving retreat with > Ammachi. Half of the Fairfield meditating community and many of the old TM > meditating movement are here too on retreat with Ammachi this week. It is > like TM old-home-coming. Is very nice. She is a powerful spiritual antenna > radiating the Unified Field in effect with a lot of people receiving and > reflecting that too here. She is very lit, helpful and generous that way. > > It is noteworthy to contemplate Detroit as an example of the new economy. > Fifteen years ago they had a middle-class work force. In that fifteen years > they lost a million people from the area. Neighborhoods are empty. Last year > they lost 70,000 people alone. The downtown also is sobering to think about. > An incredible amount of commercial tall-building real estate empty downtown. > What would it take to re-occupy all that empty space with $8.81 an hour > people living? I do think the TM movement could afford to be magnanimous and > offer TM to people given the new reality of general employment now in the > economy at a scale that reflects common incomes and not just hold out for the > 1 percent. TM out in the world is not known for that but the TM-Raja could > think about surprising people and actually be magnanimous, for a change. The > science seems to indicate that it would be helpful. > -Buck in Detroit > > > > I should like to see our David Lynch Foundation work with the TM-Raja > > > towards developing a subsidy to enable retail workers to learn > > > meditation. If these workers are only working 29 hours a week they > > > certainly have the time to help everything by meditating. Scale the > > > price of meditating to the 29 hour a week worker earning $8.81 an hour. > > > That would be helpful. Magnanimous even. > > > -Buck, the Apostle > > > > > >> There are many reasons for the difference â" including > > >> globalization and technological changes that have shrunk employment in > > >> American manufacturing while enlarging it in sectors involving personal > > >> services, such as retail. > > >> > > >> But one reason, closely related to this seismic shift, is the > > >> decline of labor unions in the United States. In the 1950s, over a third > > >> of private-sector workers belonged to a union. Today fewer than 7 > > >> percent do. As a result, the typical American worker no longer has the > > >> bargaining clout to get a sizeable share of corporate profits. > > >> > > >> Despite decades of failed unionization attempts, Walmart workers > > >> are planning to strike or conduct some other form of protest outside at > > >> least 1,000 locations across the United States this Friday â" so-called > > >> "Black Friday," the biggest shopping day in America when the Christmas > > >> holiday buying season begins. > > >> > > >> At the very least, the action gives Walmart employees a chance to > > >> air their grievances in public â" not only lousy wages (as low at $8 an > > >> hour) but also unsafe and unsanitary working conditions, excessive > > >> hours, and sexual harassment. The result is bad publicity for the > > >> company exactly when it wants the public to think of it as Santa Claus. > > >> > > >> Consumer spending is 70 percent of economic activity, but consumers > > >> are also workers. And as income and wealth continue to concentrate at > > >> the top, and the median wage continues to drop â" it's now 8 percent > > >> lower than it was in 2000 â" a growing portion of the American > > >> workforce lacks the purchasing power to get the economy back to speed. > > >> Without a vibrant and growing middle class, Walmart itself won't have > > >> the customers it needs. > > >> > > >> Most new jobs in America are in personal services like retail, with > > >> low pay and bad hours. According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, > > >> the average full-time retail worker earns between $18,000 and $21,000 > > >> per year. > > >> > > >> But if retail workers got a raise, would consumers have to pay > > >> higher prices to make up for it? A new study by the think tank Demos > > >> reports that raising the salary of all full-time workers at large > > >> retailers to $25,000 per year would lift more than 700,000 people out of > > >> poverty, at a cost of only a 1 percent price increase for customers. > > >> > > >> And, in the end, retailers would benefit. According to the study, > > >> the cost of the wage increases to major retailers would be $20.8 billion > > >> â" about one percent of the sector's $2.17 trillion in total annual > > >> sales. But the study also estimates the increased purchasing power of > > >> lower-wage workers as a result of the pay raises would generate $4 > > >> billion to $5 billion in additional retail sales." > > >> > > >> http://www.salon.com/2012/11/21/dont_shop_at_wal_mart_on_friday/ > > >> > > >>> ________________________________ > > >>> From: Bhairitu <noozguru@> > > >>> To: mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com > > >>> Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 11:45 AM > > >>> Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Black Thursday > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Ã > > >>> > > >>> This is also probably a generational clash. I know a lot of younger > > >>> people who might have gone to a movie or played a video game would > > >>> probably like to make the extra dough on Black Thursday and Friday. > > >>> Many find family gatherings "old fashion" and have not much interest in > > >>> them. I even recall in high school that after turkey dinner at my > > >>> cousins we (the younger set) would go out to a movie. > > >>> > > >>> But hey, this is Kapitalist Amerika where kapitalism is celebrated by > > >>> the masses though most of them couldn't give you a proper definition of > > >>> it. :-D > > >>> > > >>> On 11/21/2012 03:59 PM, Mike Dixon wrote: > > >>>> And if they(shoppers) do that, they(retailers) won't open on > > >>>> Thanksgiving next year. Market forces at work. > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> ________________________________ > > >>>> From: awoelflebater <mailto:no_reply%40yahoogroups.com> > > >>>> To: mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com > > >>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 1:55 PM > > >>>> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Black Thursday > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" > > >>>> <raunchydog@> wrote: > > >>>>> This year, Black Friday has become BLACK THURSDAY. Employees will > > >>>>> work > > >>>>> 12-14 hour shifts, beginning at 4 or 6 pm on THANKSGIVING DAY. > > >>>>> Workers > > >>>>> have been told that "there will be consequences" which means getting > > >>>>> fired. Workers need their jobs. The message needs to come FROM THE > > >>>>> PUBLIC that the big box retailers have chosen an irrational and > > >>>>> offensive way to do business. Tell the people who run those stores > > >>>>> that > > >>>>> you will not shop on Thursday. Tell them that disrespecting a > > >>>>> national > > >>>>> holiday for families to be together bothers you. 1-800-WALMART, > > >>>>> 800-440-0680 is the number for Target. > > >>>> The whole thing is patently ridiculous. Can people not stop shopping > > >>>> for 24 hours?! Everyone should just stay home and eat on Thanksgiving. > > >>>> Maybe even spend a little time with family. How's that for a concept? > > >>>>> [https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-lL87ygk3F94/UK0O33nU-cI/AAAAAAAABos/\ > > >>>>> mbmM4hVwhF8/s512/WalMart.jpg] > > >>>>> > > >>>> > > > > > > > > >
