On 09/21/2010 12:33 PM, Leland Jackson wrote: > On 09/21/2010 12:18 PM, Leland Jackson wrote: >> On 09/21/2010 11:37 AM, Pete Theisen wrote: >>> Leland Jackson wrote: >>>> The wealthiest American want it all. There isn't enough money in the >>>> world to satisfy any one of them, given their obsessive, compulsive need >>>> for power, influence, prestige, (eg sense of self worth), all stemming >>>> from money, and they don't have a clue about the laws of diminishing >>>> return, as it applies to money. >>>> >>>> If they did, they might have some sense of real compassion and spirit of >>>> patriotism. Instead they are busy about filling their own coffers, >>>> while the country's poor has grown to its highest leave since Lyndon >>>> Johnson >>> Hi Leland, >>> >>> The war on poverty is over. Poverty won. >>> >>> The poor PEOPLE lost, though. Nowadays if you are poor you are a "whiny >>> liberal". Never mind that it is the great wealth of a few that *causes* >>> the poverty of many. >>> >>> I agree with those who such as John Kenneth Galbraith when they say that >>> "trickle down" is a fallacy and the real idea is "pass through". 'If you >>> feed the horse enough oats, some will pass through to the road for the >>> sparrows.' >>> >>> So we poor are to pick through whatever the rich discard? I guess. >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickle-down_economics >> The only thing true about "Trick"le-down_economics is it has been used >> to "Trick"; rather than to Trickle_down, the American voters into >> granting generous tax cut to the wealthiest Americans, who already have >> far more than they need. Many of the poorest countries in the world >> have a few individual that are some of the wealthiest people on earth. >> These countries are ruled by kings, emperors, dictators, warlords and >> other royalty like individual, who trickle down only enough to keep >> their people alive enough to continue serving them. >> >> The problem with trickle down economic is the share in the productivity >> doesn't trickle down; it trickle up as the wealthiest American get >> richer and richer and poor continue to get poorer and poorer. >> >> This says it all: >> >> Them that has, gets. -- anonymous >> >> >> Regards, >> >> LelandJ >> >> >> > Also, it's interesting to note that the countries that have the best > economies and are receiving the most investment from the international > community are all capitalist, have basic social programs directed > towards the needs of all their citizens, and have a growing population > moving into the middle call to share in the wealth. China, India, and > Brazil are such countries. > > Regards, > > LelandJ
Whoops, I should have written "middle class" instead of "middle call". Regards, LelandJ > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
