"The Great Communicator" dismantled and defunded mental health. Funding dropped to 10% of what it was when he took office. Also, as those in California know, he put an end to free education. Clearly, as he said, government (him in this case) is the problem and not the solution....
On Mar 11, 5:09 am, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > I remember Ronnie well, Orn. I came within 500 meters of him in > Dublin, 25 years ago, when he visited Ireland and I was part of a > massive demonstration against his foreign policy (particularly in > Central America). Ironically, three years later (1987) I spent six > months working with him as my ultimate boss. Having moved to Germany > and (at the time) hardly speaking the language, I got a job working > for an accounts company of the US Army near Heidelberg. A strange > experience. The radio in the office played U2's Joshua Tree and > continual news reports about Oliver North and the Iran/Contra affair. > The question at the time was, "What did the president forget and when > did he forget it ...?" > > On 10 Mrz., 20:48, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > “…I thought you US Americans adhered to the idea of government of the > > people, by the people, for the people. Why are you (and Craig) then so > > wary of it? Or are people with neo-con tendencies really anarchists in > > disguise? :-)” – fran > > > Fran, unfortunately many over here across the pond drank the Kool Aid > > of Ronnie Reagan! A true testament to avarice and greed….not including > > the associated ignorance and callousness. > > > On Mar 10, 11:20 am, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > One of Keynes' great strengths was his basic attitude that economies, > > > economic structures and systems and economics are there for people and > > > not the other way round. The same is true of his most prominent > > > disciple J.K. Galbraith. The events of the past months have seen their > > > ideas being rediscovered, long after the Friedmanites and neo-liberals > > > had declared them dead and buried - maybe one of the positive things > > > to be coming out of this whole mess. > > > > Don, your attitude to government puzzles me somewhat. I thought you US > > > Americans adhered to the idea of government of the people, by the > > > people, for the people. Why are you (and Craig) then so wary of it? Or > > > are people with neo-con tendencies really anarchists in disguise? :-) > > > > Francis > > > > On 10 Mrz., 07:31, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Roger Schank. What an unfortunate name. What were his parents > > > > thinking? The essay emphasizes the role of government but it fails > > > > to say what the government shouldn't do. When the government > > > > guarantee's loans for some lending institutions and not others it is > > > > meddling in the market and thus causing the 'invisible hand' to > > > > tremble and clinch up in arthritic spasms. It's like taking a > > > > Thoroughbred to the race track and tying one end of a rope to his left > > > > hind hoof and the other around his scrotum and expecting him to win > > > > the race. It doesn't work like that. Although it might be amusing to > > > > watch if you truly hate horses and I suppose it would be one way to > > > > control the spirit of an animal... > > > > > Yes, capitalism has winners and losers. So does life. Putting a > > > > government in charge of the Commanding Heights of a country's economy > > > > has proven to be a disaster so I'm concerned about the current trend > > > > to subsidize certain forms of energy and punish others with 'carbon > > > > credits.' I have no problem with taxing a bit more in a boom so that > > > > taxes can be relaxed during a bust. Likewise I have no problem with a > > > > 'bust fund' that can be used during a recession to help ailing > > > > industries. > > > > > dj > > > > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 8:52 AM, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > A failure to control the animal spirits ... > > > > >http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/453e55ca-0c0c-11de-b87d-0000779fd2ac.html?n...quoted > > > > > text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Zitierten Text ausblenden - > > > - Zitierten Text anzeigen -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
