"Today we have George . . . . . . . . . . "
Ray,
Were that it were so!
Where on earth did you get that idea?
George was a Land Reformer and Free Trader, thus pitting himself against the real seats of power in every country: the large landlords who take their cut of production and give nothing in return; every corporation that buys politicians to legislate protection for them; every secondary beneficiary of corporative greed, such as the major unions, who support the import protections - even though they reduce the standard of living of the rest of us - that is lower the real wages of everyone else.
Take a look around and tell me who won - George, or the combined forces of privilege?
Yet, look at the political left - who we might expect to oppose the privileged. They spend their energies trying to redirect some of the stolen honey in the direction of the hungry poor. They are still trapped in variations of "take from the rich and give to the poor".
That is, those who haven't been diverted into various dubious aspects of planetary climate, and to anxiety about diminishing species, even though the earth is crawling with every kind of creature and not one of them needs humans to get all excited about them.
And of course - overpopulation - that wonderful problem that no-one can do anything about, which makes it perfect for childless yuppies, who can view with alarm, be seriously concerned, and heighten their sensitivities, as about 1.5 million new births each day arrive hopefully on this empty earth - unfortunately, mostly to be disappointed.
Harry
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Harry Pollard
Henry George School of LA
Box 655
Tujunga CA 91042
Tel: (818) 352-4141
Fax: (818) 353-2242
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