tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103331758289461747.comments2023-09-02T03:31:42.724-07:00TimelessMariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10923273274730877029noreply@blogger.comBlogger235125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103331758289461747.post-38716340350644172742015-08-02T04:35:27.071-07:002015-08-02T04:35:27.071-07:00Hi Marie,
I think this is a very good analysis of...Hi Marie, <br />I think this is a very good analysis of the present situation. I personally would want the US going even more in a socialistic direction, which is impossible with both candidates. Even though Bernie Sanders calls himself a socialist, he's not coming close. Socialism doesn't start where Bernie is: top down. Socialism starts bottom up. As long as there is not a grassroots movement that starts vocalizing what people need and start getting support from other grassroots people, enough to form their own political force that chooses their own political candidates, it is not real socialism. Look at what Kshama Sawant is doing in Seattle. She comes from a grassroots movement and has been building that movement and that's why she was chosen so overwhelmingly into the city council of Seattle. Her policies are derived from the community that supports her.<br />Or look at Jill Stein. Her policies are even more socialistically defined, although I'm not sure how she got her base.<br />I'[m convinced that the US is not ripe yet for real socialistic policies and that for now the best chance to get a president that would not ruin the SCOTUS for a generation, Bernie Sanders is the best you can do right now. Hillary is definitely out of the question, because she's bought and paid for by Wall Street.<br />So, though I don't agree with you completely, I still think that you wrote down a valuable analysis of the present situation. Thanks for that.<br />LydiaLydia Beerensnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103331758289461747.post-2173972546088941572014-03-03T23:12:41.169-08:002014-03-03T23:12:41.169-08:00Great article Marie
With our thoughts we will our...Great article Marie <br />With our thoughts we will our society,,,<br />and the thoughts always can change if you want it<br />Fernando Muñoz<br />Lima, PerúDreamwashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05376199201275718861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103331758289461747.post-82898005810948144072013-12-24T08:46:29.029-08:002013-12-24T08:46:29.029-08:00Best of times to you, Marie!
May God Bless & ...Best of times to you, Marie!<br /><br />May God Bless & Keep You Always!<br />Serr8dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083811545504469815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103331758289461747.post-22772318702853116692013-12-16T00:00:07.680-08:002013-12-16T00:00:07.680-08:00Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year to you, Mar...Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year to you, Marie!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07172932444070874532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103331758289461747.post-60976245926905776852013-12-15T19:39:47.688-08:002013-12-15T19:39:47.688-08:00Thanks Marie, for all you do!! Best wishes this ho...Thanks Marie, for all you do!! Best wishes this holiday season!! Your forever friend, Lola/Marinalolapowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16234171261231566274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103331758289461747.post-77194160941618259792013-11-30T21:04:44.509-08:002013-11-30T21:04:44.509-08:00I agree...im just motivational speaker...Im well a...I agree...im just motivational speaker...Im well aware of the power Republican wage over people, cause im well aware of the fallability of individual human to be sold for a few extra pocket change...<br />We must focus on those of us who understand the reality that is at stake...<br />Thank you for your comment, hoppefully my reply is not too late...Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923273274730877029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103331758289461747.post-87123389495063500812013-09-19T07:27:42.536-07:002013-09-19T07:27:42.536-07:00Marie,
I really love your passion and pretty muc...Marie, <br />I really love your passion and pretty much agree with most of what you've written, however I vehemently disagree that we should take satisfaction in the so called demise of the Republican Party. Not so. Republicans are relentless, focused, and much more organized than Progressives could ever hope to be and have made tremendous gains over the last 40 years, or so and right now is simply going for broke in it's attempt to destroy the Democratic Party. They were well-positioned to do it after GWB won in 2000, but they were a little too greedy and missed their opportunity badly, that time. Now they are back and armed with Citizens United are using bucks instead of bullets or ballots to overthrow a largely impotent government of a distracted and disinterested people by buying courts and legislatures at the state and local level. They already own SCOTUS, have compromised Congress, and has isolated POTUS until they can again make a bid for the entire US Govt. Be very wary.Frank ezzd1212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103331758289461747.post-3421701144694703182013-08-20T21:09:58.627-07:002013-08-20T21:09:58.627-07:00I would accuse Eva of projecting, but I believe th...I would accuse Eva of projecting, but I believe the phenomenon she described is more a function of social media, rather than the fault of any one group or groups. Shooting from the hip makes for shallow discussion.Andrew Parkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103331758289461747.post-22135981595273997792013-08-17T19:01:51.661-07:002013-08-17T19:01:51.661-07:00Freedom of speech...make people speak their mind.....Freedom of speech...make people speak their mind...Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923273274730877029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103331758289461747.post-45620566811722105092013-08-15T12:41:41.362-07:002013-08-15T12:41:41.362-07:00The minute anyone circles back around in their &qu...The minute anyone circles back around in their "argument" to their starting-point or any previous point I shut it down and they probably get killfiled/blocked. (Previously seemingly-sensible folks get three chances.)John Kennardhttp://jdkabc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103331758289461747.post-75679242420381311732013-08-05T17:57:21.465-07:002013-08-05T17:57:21.465-07:00Marie is too far advanced for you. Marie is too far advanced for you. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103331758289461747.post-28336904371198087082013-08-05T16:44:25.066-07:002013-08-05T16:44:25.066-07:00Hey Anti-Socialist. They have very little "So...Hey Anti-Socialist. They have very little "Socialism" in Third World Countries. So what keeps you in America? For we do have some Socialism here as does any country in the world that is "fit" to live in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103331758289461747.post-10860664148853729542013-07-14T15:32:18.989-07:002013-07-14T15:32:18.989-07:00People Marie is a complete nut job in case you hav...People Marie is a complete nut job in case you haven't figured that out yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103331758289461747.post-788351099699462012013-07-10T09:48:31.725-07:002013-07-10T09:48:31.725-07:00Sorry, the references mentioned above are:
http:/...Sorry, the references mentioned above are:<br /><br />http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2007/10/09/who-earns-the-minimum-wage/<br /><br />http://www.bls.gov/cps/minwage2011.htmAndrew Parkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103331758289461747.post-4165604321396912592013-07-09T16:29:49.259-07:002013-07-09T16:29:49.259-07:00Regarding the minimum wage, again, the Federal Min...Regarding the minimum wage, again, the Federal Minimum Wage is not, nor ever was, intended as a living wage, and certainly not intended to support a household.<br /><br />Again, we are in America and any discussion of the Federal Minimum Wage should use American nomenclature. So, the minimum wage -- not the living wage -- in the US is arbitrarily set by government and is not tied to the standard of living, the poverty line or a living wage.<br /><br />Reagan had nothing to do with women entering the workforce. My grandmother worked outside the home in the 1930's. Her great-grandmother worked outside the home in the 1830's. You are working with an unrealistic Victorian ideal that was reborn as a Post-war ideal in the 1950's.<br /><br />Please review this article for a reasonable explanation of who is earning the Federal Minimum Wage: ; and this article, for the most up-to-date information from the Dept. of Labor: .<br /><br />Your argument then is that raising the Federal Minimum Wage to the level of a Living Wage, will eliminate poverty? Unfortunately, poverty, as it is currently defined, can never be eliminated until we all make the same amount -- real income equality. That is to say, in the US, under the Obama Administration, the Federal Minimum Wage can never be a tool to be used to eliminate poverty -- unless it is used, in conjunction with confiscatory taxes, to force real income equality.<br /><br />Since we seem to be reaching outside of Economics in this discussion, there is no political will to replace government handouts with a Federal Living Wage. Where would be the political benefit? Politicians, and most especially Democrat politicians, need a domesticated electorate.<br /><br />I abhor the domestication of the American people.Andrew Parkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103331758289461747.post-11394436355917841792013-07-09T16:28:29.336-07:002013-07-09T16:28:29.336-07:00Sorry for the late response.
We obviously differ ...Sorry for the late response.<br /><br />We obviously differ in what an ideal economy should look like. I was not raised a statist. Statism is a distinctly un-american notion. It is not the state's place to guarantee outcomes.<br /><br />You claim skyrocketing poverty, but what do you base that on? Income inequality? So, they are poor because someone has more than they do? Yes, by that definition, there are many poor people in the US. Will income equality make them happier? No. They all want what the rich have. Most won't achieve that, but that is life.<br /><br />The State can't make them rich. The State can only take what the rich have and flush it. I suppose, ideally, you could take what the rich have and divide it equally among the population. Yipee, a highly diluted dividend that then disappears forever. Same result.<br /><br />You mention the Amish and primitive jungle societies. They are not representative of humanity. Their societies, at least in the case of the Amish, allow the dissatisfied to leave. In order to superimpose such an egalitarian structure at the national or global level, you can have no escapees. These forced societal structures are unnatural and never succeed.<br /><br />I live in Utah where many utopian communities, living the "United Order" under the authority of the Mormon Church, were attempted in the 1800's. Even with the force of the Church behind them, they failed, with two short term exceptions, and the effort was abandoned. It was generally agreed that for such a utopian society to prevail it would have to be managed by God -- directly, with no middlemen. Humans are simply too fallible. You will rarely find an individual who can rally the people behind him/her for a short time, but then you change the leader, or the leader changes, and things fall apart.<br /><br />Free Market Capitalism works because it acknowledges human nature.<br /><br />Income equality takes the energy out of an economy. If you must rely on everyone's good intentions, to survive as a group, you will perish. Egalitarian societies, so called, only exist by force and intimidation, where the individual becomes a slave of the state -- except, of course, for the apparatchiks (and macroeconomists).<br /><br />So, it comes back to the little saying I used in my first comment, "An unequal portion of something is better than an equal portion of nothing."<br /><br />Is there a role for the State in the economy? Yes, but a limited role. The State can lesson the negative aspects of free market capitalism, but using hand pruners, rather than a chainsaw. Every intervention by the State in the economy has negative consequences, intended or not.<br /><br />If business owners and investors were confident of a reasonable return for their investment and efforts, they would start hiring. With deficits, Obamacare and tax hikes looming, they are disinclined to expand and many are retreating or shutting down altogether.Andrew Parkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103331758289461747.post-81005800648810385552013-07-08T17:47:34.195-07:002013-07-08T17:47:34.195-07:00My, but Eva's wise. ;)My, but Eva's wise. ;)ThePoliticalCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06561906144646421575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103331758289461747.post-36069207992019762622013-07-08T17:36:29.209-07:002013-07-08T17:36:29.209-07:00Looks like the "debate" approach used by...Looks like the "debate" approach used by most liberals I've ever dealt with. You get an A+ for self-awareness! But you did forget one liberals are especially good at: Deny all inconvenient facts, no matter the source or the supporting evidence. If you deny them they don't really exist.Anti-socialistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103331758289461747.post-37167570177633761382013-07-08T16:39:40.034-07:002013-07-08T16:39:40.034-07:00I will add any comment in the end of the week...
S...I will add any comment in the end of the week...<br />So nice to see you Rick...Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923273274730877029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103331758289461747.post-70387735370365269852013-07-08T16:38:53.572-07:002013-07-08T16:38:53.572-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923273274730877029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103331758289461747.post-25018590087419296562013-07-08T16:26:56.789-07:002013-07-08T16:26:56.789-07:00Great list! Here's one I've noticed is de ...Great list! Here's one I've noticed is de rigeur for Republicans. Romney did it a lot:<br /><br />Accuse others of all the things you are guilty of, especially pathological tendencies and beliefs. Assume, righteously, that everyone has the same fantasies and repressed sexual and other desires that you do and they deserve opprobrium and scorn for having them, though you are absolved because you have accepted Jesus as your personal savior.Rick Laddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12010743776362112813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103331758289461747.post-47677345660201990522013-06-26T14:47:47.655-07:002013-06-26T14:47:47.655-07:00In continuum...
"I am unconvinced, however, ...In continuum...<br /><br />"I am unconvinced, however, that the policies of FDR did anything to end the Depression, rather, they extended it 10 years, when the rest of the world had recovered by the early 30's."<br /><br />I don't know why in America FDR politics are taken as crises solutions, but I guess that is official case, and its wrong...<br />FDR policies as any further Keynesian measures of Government interventions do not solve the crises, they just soften the fall and are purchasing time for the system to get out of the crises on its on...<br />I agree that the crises was prolong for ten years...I actually have a post on this blog that say the exit of crises was WWII...<br /><br />"You mention Society's unwillingness to sell without making a profit. That is a truism of human nature far older than modern Capitalist theory. Why make an effort without gain? Why work without pay? Why invest without a return?<br /><br />True...its truism older then Capitalism...if you see the world with the eyes of an Amish, or the Amazon tribes that knows no money and exist even today, your statements are equally questionable for them as it is for you...<br />Society do not sale in order to profit...individuals do...and individuals are motivated by selfish desire that usually contradict the needs of a Society...<br />The role of Government is to set the rules of engagement between individuals that will benefit the whole Nation, that will enrich our Society on account of all of its people not just few...<br />Governments who can accomplish that are considered good leaders, others fail and set one National State on road of desperation...<br /><br />"Why discuss wealth inequality? What has it to do with supply and demand curves? It is inserted into the discussion because of socio-political concerns. Your post was meant to create a feeling of frustration and anger among workers against employers and the wealthy. You are seeking to foment class envy."<br /><br />Not at all...<br />I am macroeconomist...where I come from, macroeconomist is the one who take care for the benefit of one National economy...Income equality is prerequisite for prosperous Society...only in America talking about wages and wealth or taxes is somehow class war...not in my eyes...The table #643 showing annual compensation that I post above, is unsustainable for America and its a fertile soil for all sorts of problems that we facing today, from deficit and debt to skyrocketing poverty and pressure on every welfare and program...<br /><br /> Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923273274730877029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103331758289461747.post-81735358363370208032013-06-26T14:04:28.292-07:002013-06-26T14:04:28.292-07:00Thank you...Thank you...Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923273274730877029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103331758289461747.post-62962933412275925372013-06-26T14:03:39.674-07:002013-06-26T14:03:39.674-07:00Dear Andrew...
I can not begin apologizing for not...Dear Andrew...<br />I can not begin apologizing for not continue are little discourse...I can only say that I was wrong assuming you are not interested in exchange, but I cant explain how that assumption cross my mind...<br />I was wrong...<br />I hope you will understand...<br />Let resume our chat, if its still doable...Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923273274730877029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6103331758289461747.post-63118580003518827482013-06-20T14:10:30.808-07:002013-06-20T14:10:30.808-07:00Anonymous, do you have anything constructive or in...Anonymous, do you have anything constructive or intelligent to contribute to this thread?<br /><br />You chose not to use your name. What are you afraid of?<br /><br />I am not afraid of Marie nor was I silenced by the weight of her logic. I have been politely waiting for her to finish her point, which she was to have continued on June 8.<br /><br />Ronald Reagan was an excellent B-grade movie actor and that background helped him immensely in politics. He was also intelligent, with a quick mind and a sharp wit. Unlike Obama, he was never at a loss for words without a teleprompter.Andrew Parkernoreply@blogger.com