Capitalism in its purest form is not sustainable as most Intelligent Americans are well aware of now You can lead people to knowledge but you can't make them think
--- On Mon, 2/28/11, Julie Dinkins-Borkowski <julie@borkowskifamily.com> wrote:
From: Julie Dinkins-Borkowski <julie@borkowskifamily.com> Subject: RE: [Politics_CurrentEvents_Group] Re: Fwd: they're losing To: Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, February 28, 2011, 9:42 PM
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. ~ Albert Einstein
~computerjules From: Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of voice.of.god Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 6:58 PM To: Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Politics_CurrentEvents_Group] Re: Fwd: they're losing Every government program that is cut only adds to the unemployment count and reduces the cash flow that keeps our economy floating, and in doing this, actually hurts the private employment sector because the reduction in cash flow reduces the demand for goods and services that keeps the capitalists in $10 cigars. They will also be forced to cut back, depending on existing inventory to buy those $10 cigars.
--- In Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com, "Julie Dinkins-Borkowski" <julie@...> wrote: > > I happen to think that cutting those programs will help create jobs, as well > as help to save America. Government is so overbloated and we must stop > feeding the beast. It is consuming us. Obama and the Democrats have > exploded the growth of government exponentially since they were in power and > then stimulated, bailed out, regurgitated the industries willing to submit > themselves to the will of Government control and government regulation. > That never works. That ruins the middle class. > > > > Peacefully yours, > > <http://www.homeschooljules.com/> ~homeschooljules > > Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a > tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. ~ Albert > Einstein > > Description: Laughing > > > > <http://www.politicaljules.net/> ~computerjules > > > > > > From: Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bruce > Majors > Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 6:14 AM > To: libertarian-352@... > Subject: [Politics_CurrentEvents_Group] Fwd: they're losing > > > > > > > > > > > The Tea Party is winning > > > > Network News > > > > <http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?node=admin/registration/manage&des > tination=hpPref&nextstep=update> X > <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/network-news/> PROFILE > > <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/network-news/> View More Activity > > TOOLBOX > > > <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/20/AR201102200 > 2480.html> Resize > > > Print > > E-mail > > Yahoo! Buzz > > Reprints > > > > > <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/20/AR201102200 > 2480.html> COMMENT > > > <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/20/AR201102200 > 2480.html> 1671 Comments | View All > > > > <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/20/AR201102200 > 2480.html> COMMENTS ARE CLOSED > > > <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/20/AR201102200 > 2480.html> By E.J. Dionne Jr. > > > <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/20/AR201102200 > 2480.html> Monday, February 21, 2011 > > > <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/20/AR201102200 > 2480.html> Take five steps back and consider the nature of the political > conversation in our nation's capital. You would never know that it's taking > place at a moment when unemployment is still at 9 percent, when wages for so > many people are stagnating at best and when the United States faces > unprecedented challenges to its economic dominance. > > > <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/20/AR201102200 > 2480.html> No, Washington is acting as if the only real problem the United > States confronts is the budget deficit; the only test of leadership is > whether the president is willing to make big cuts in programs that protect > the elderly; and the largest threat to our prosperity comes from public > employees. > > > <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/20/AR201102200 > 2480.html> Take five more steps back and you realize how successful the Tea > Party has been. No matter how much liberals may poke fun at them, Tea Party > partisans can claim victory in fundamentally altering the country's > dialogue. > > > <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/20/AR201102200 > 2480.html> Consider all of the problems taking a back seat to the deficit in > Washington and the media. You haven't heard much lately on how Wall Street > shenanigans tanked the economy in the first place - and in the process made > a small number of people very rich. Yet any discussion of the problems > caused by concentrated wealth (a vital mainstream issue in the America of > Andrew Jackson and both Roosevelts) is confined to the academic or left-wing > sidelines. > > > <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/20/AR201102200 > 2480.html> > > > <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/20/AR201102200 > 2480.html> You haven't seen a lot of news stories describing the impact of > long-term unemployment on people's lives or the difficulty working-class > kids are encountering if they want to go to college. > > > <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/20/AR201102200 > 2480.html> You hear a lot about how much the government spends on the > elderly but not much about facts such as this one, courtesy of a report last > fall from the Employee Benefit Research Institute: People over 75 "were more > likely than other age groups - including children under 18 - to live on > incomes equal to or less than 200 percent of poverty." > > > <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/20/AR201102200 > 2480.html> Any analysis of the economic struggles many elderly people endure > would get in the way of the "greedy geezer" storyline being spun to justify > big cuts in Medicare benefits and Social Security. > > > <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/20/AR201102200 > 2480.html> Thanks to the Tea Party, we are now told that all our problems > will be solved by cutting government programs. Thus the House Republicans' > budget bill passed Saturday. They foresee nirvana if we simply reduce our > spending on Head Start, Pell grants for college access, teen pregnancy > prevention, clean-water programs, K-12 education and a host of other areas. > > > <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/20/AR201102200 > 2480.html> Does anyone really think that cutting such programs will create > jobs or help Americans get ahead? 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