Like I've said all along. The whole country is becoming Oklahoma. Several years ago when Samuel Lipman the conservative God-father and publisher of the New Criterion came back from Tulsa where he had lectured, he told me that he hated it and couldn't stand the people. I said, "Sam, that's what your philosophy is creating. They are your people." He got so mad that I was disinvited from all of those lovely parties with the wealthy doctors on Madison Avenue where I used to have nice food and a lovely free concert. Meanwhile, his wife a concert pianist from Texas took me aside at a party and told me how much better they were doing since Sam had given up the concert piano and become a full time conservative. (Sam was a terrific musician and coach and had been one my coaches.) Luckily for Sam, he died before he got to see Tulsa invade New York City.
REH -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Gurstein Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 3:23 PM To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION' Subject: [Futurework] "America "on the unlit, unpaved road to nowhere." (Newser) - Local governments across America are cutting back on basic services that virtually everyone needs-roads are being broken down into gravel, teachers laid off, and, in at least one town, the street lights literally turned off-because they have no money and can't stomach a tax increase. The situation infuriates Paul Krugman of the New York Times. The federal government could help, but instead, Republicans insist we reduce the deficit, then clamor to preserve tax cuts for the uber-rich. "Given the choice between asking the richest 2% or so of Americans to go back to paying the tax rates they paid during the Clinton-era boom, or allowing the nation's foundations to crumble, they're choosing the latter," Krugman fumes. The whole thing is "the logical consequence of three decades of anti-government rhetoric." Republicans pretend they're rooting out waste, but instead, they've crippled basic services. They've left America "on the unlit, unpaved road to nowhere." Read more: http://www.newser.com/story/97638/suck-it-up-we-need-taxes.html?utm_source=2 cents&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20100809#ixzz0w8czlvxi _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
