Jeez...paragraph corrected. On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]>wrote:
> I think that particular problem is resolved by adhering to our Tenth > Amendment, and keeping administration of these services local. The farther > the power seat gets from the people, the less it cares. > > > On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 11:43 AM, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Sorry. Didn't mean to cut them off. I've got a habit of cutting off >> extraneous past posts which don't respond to the most recent request. >> I suppose I should cut some slack in that though. Thanks for >> repeating. >> >> I can agree with all your points including Francis' addendum but for >> one consideration -- which is not a complete impediment but one which >> must be dealt with. I'm sure all of us at one time or another have >> had occasion to contact a government agency for one reason or another >> and have been rebuffed by the bureaucratic, CYA, pass the buck, I >> don't know, my supervisor's not here, I'll hang up if you don't calm >> down firewall. This has been, in my 69 years experience, the most >> common, most persistent, most irritating complaint about anything >> government. >> >> I'd have to see some progress in removing that mind set from the lower- >> level bureaucracy that we the people get to deal with before I'd feel >> comfortable trusting that much of my life to it. >> >> On Aug 5, 7:44 am, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I outlined some in the original post, but you chopped them off! >> > >> > 1. Socialized medicine. >> > 2. Socialized education through a degree, trade, or technical >> certification. >> > 3. Socialized energy >> > 4. Socialized farming at the community level (see Japan's city farms) >> > 5. Socialized infrastructure which includes all basic utilities >> > >> > All of this supporting a free market encouraging manufacturing, >> artisanship, >> > culture, and technological innovation. All welfare type programs as we >> know >> > them would be gone (food stamps, AFDC, WIC, SS Disability), replaced by >> work >> > programs within the social infrastructure. I'd tie in paid work programs >> > which began at the high school level, and structure competition to spur >> > innovation and job creation. >> > >> > The ideas are complex, and would take a while to write out...perhaps a >> > different thread. >> >> >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
