I don’t know much about New York City, but I do know that the upcoming NYC election will be about democracy vs wealth, the people vs wealth; about whether wealthy interests or the people govern. How do I know this? Because, ever since our Declaration of Independence and Constitution threw off the tyrannies of monarchies […]
Stable genius, me arse. Veritable idiot, more like. And, a neanderthal. Abysmally ignorant of state craft, of economics, of finance, of trade, of government, of science, of history, … of anything other than his own own oral anal. From anal to oral, gut to mouth, sixteen and more hours a day. But for Fred and […]
(Anti-De) Not all republicans, all Republican politicians. Who weren’t always. In my lifetime, in my children’s lifetimes, patriotic, democracy loving Republican politicians were common. Now, I challenge anyone to name one Republican congressional member worth spit. Before the Republican party’s infamous ‘southern strategy’, liberal, honest Republican politicians were not uncommon. One could easily name a […]
Part II of II Due to automation (The Digital Age) and the offshoring of production (Globalization), since the early 1970s, we have seen less demand for labor lead to fewer production workers with less bargaining power settling for lower wages, leading to significantly less wealth being distributed to fewer of the population. For this and […]
Part I of II Was wealth that brought us this far. The wealthy say that it was them, but it wasn’t. It was wealth. Those first surpluses after the climate stabilized were the genesis of civilization, of the modern world. Gave mankind more time to think, to make better tools. Gave us democracy and the […]
The Age of Dis-Enlightenment “It takes an ignorant man to lead an ignorant throng,” w/ deepest apologies to Woody, the Kingston Trio et al. Dumb — yeah but, they are the epitome of dis-enlightenmenters. Dissers here, there, everywhere back during The Age of Enlightenment. But, then was 200-350 years ago when it was new and […]
Positing that the purpose of an economy is to produce and equitably distribute the requisite goods and services for a given societal unit, that the purpose of government is to provide a societal unit essential services including a well functioning economy, that no form of either is ordained, that it is neither the duty nor […]
Chief Justice John Roberts bears a great deal of responsibility for the situation we are in. His Citizens United alone did tremendous harm. Then there were Shelby and Rucho. If asked, he would say the three were the right decision when they obviously weren’t. They were rationalizations. Something humans are very good at. Often, […]
And The Income Tax From Wikipedia: A tariff is a tax paid by consumers in a given country imposed by the government of that country or customs territory, or by a supranational union, on imports or exports of goods. Besides being a source of revenue, import duties can also be a form of regulation of […]