tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post265146419639984262..comments2024-03-27T06:09:04.368-04:00Comments on Blogging, Near Philadelphia: Clean Cup, Move DownNancy Near Philadelphiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803134620826322075noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-9358746423019225772010-10-28T20:30:45.156-04:002010-10-28T20:30:45.156-04:00Thank you for posting this, Nancy. Another good o...Thank you for posting this, Nancy. Another good op-ed piece is in the NY Times by Thomas Friedman. Here's the link:<br />http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/27/opinion/27friedman.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rssOT Quilterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10816512255136804934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-77994210873374630512010-10-28T18:23:38.885-04:002010-10-28T18:23:38.885-04:00Ah, gotcha! Agree completely.Ah, gotcha! Agree completely.Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01727058505418312525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-91679588173606618042010-10-28T11:22:51.980-04:002010-10-28T11:22:51.980-04:00Good article, Laurie. Let me clarify the intentio...Good article, Laurie. Let me clarify the intention of my comment. I didn't mean to say that the rich haven't tried to screw the rest of society, but that they might not have thought out the long range consequences of that action. I see what is happening as analogous to a community getting their treated drinking water from a small lake and sending their sewage way out of town. But then someone convinces the city government to save money on water/sewer by cutting the treatment of the sewage (outflow) and water (inflow), and saving processing costs by putting the sewage in the lake. This might work for awhile, but since the taxes went down, there are many more people moving into the community, so there is more sewage going into the lake and the problems eventually catch up with EVERYBODY. Of course, the rich guys buy bottled water, so what do thy care?LoieJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977264499770654307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-9524820662613252242010-10-28T00:19:59.493-04:002010-10-28T00:19:59.493-04:00Oops, link didn't work. Try this:
http://ow....Oops, link didn't work. Try this:<br /><br />http://ow.ly/30DKiLauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01727058505418312525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-75187703716286038472010-10-28T00:18:45.962-04:002010-10-28T00:18:45.962-04:00Back in grad school in the late 80s I had to do a ...Back in grad school in the late 80s I had to do a paper on the deficit from the Reagan-Bush I years. Best line I read: "The deficit exists because Americans want far more government than we're willing to pay for." Until that changes, our problems will mount.<br /><br />And for PS and everybody else, about there not being there's a concerted effort by the rich to screw the rest, I'd suggest reading this: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/30/100830fa_fact_mayerLauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01727058505418312525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-12775601062202837922010-10-27T21:25:32.934-04:002010-10-27T21:25:32.934-04:00Hear, hear, Nancy. Thanks for sharing. I love th...Hear, hear, Nancy. Thanks for sharing. I love the comparison with the mad hatter's party!<br />SueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-2957204866497388272010-10-27T18:03:00.803-04:002010-10-27T18:03:00.803-04:00Sometimes I think that the there is a conspiracy o...Sometimes I think that the there is a conspiracy of the rich against the rest of the people, to screw them economically. But then that implies that there was a plan, a long range plan, and it doesn't look like that to me. For example, a couple of companies send their factories overseas to save money on labor, thereby depriving a number of people of good jobs. They get some service jobs instead. The meat packing companies, which used to pay a really good wage,over $15/hour, now hire mostly immigrants (and have sometimes been busted for wholesale hiring of illegal immigrants) and pay them $8 and they better not complain. So this goes on for awhile and lots of companies follow the pattern like sheep. What is the end result? Lots of people trying to make a living in the service economy. They can't afford STUFF anymore, unless it is foreign junk, and they can't afford vacation trips anymore. So then even some of the service workers have their hours cut. <br /><br />A REAL BRIGHT PLAN!LoieJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977264499770654307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-89403298546482653332010-10-27T18:00:58.632-04:002010-10-27T18:00:58.632-04:00Thanks so much for posting that article.
cindyThanks so much for posting that article. <br />cindyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-84830472899597804422010-10-27T17:57:05.986-04:002010-10-27T17:57:05.986-04:00Oh, but don't touch THEIR Social Security or T...Oh, but don't touch THEIR Social Security or THEIR Medicare! They huff and puff about encroaching "socialism" but what they fail to realize is that we already have it in a sense. Veterans get single payer health care through the VA, Medicare is a single payer system, Social Security allows retired and disabled people from falling into poverty and instead allows them to live in dignity. So as much as the Republicans have spent the past nearly 70 years trying to repeal the New Deal, do NOT touch their benefits, or they'll cry foul and find some finger to point. All they have to do is to look in the mirror. We have seen the enemy, and he is us.<br /><br />Word verification: rewan, as in, we 'publicans wanna rewan the clock back to the past and git rid of them thar socialists what put in that thar New Deal thang.SallyBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02866119113767406408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-52532237139287117862010-10-27T16:09:03.597-04:002010-10-27T16:09:03.597-04:00Thanks for sharing this well-written piece ... the...Thanks for sharing this well-written piece ... there are just too many folks caught up in slogans and rhetoric without really thinking about the underlying (bigger picture) issues.<br /><br />So many around here are angry and/or afraid and they need/want a target for that anger/fear. I'd hate to be a candidate in this climate.Quiltdivajuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15593385265961892847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-58571925847001732262010-10-27T15:00:11.083-04:002010-10-27T15:00:11.083-04:00The problem is that the masses look at "small...The problem is that the masses look at "small picture" dollars not "big picture" trends. The only reason they now realize that they aren't better off is because the tanking economy no longer hides all that was being stolen from them all along!<br /><br />But then populism was never about logic anyway......Vivianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17845920248231910491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-33009756797445918342010-10-27T11:36:58.360-04:002010-10-27T11:36:58.360-04:00Thanks for posting this excellent article. Here...Thanks for posting this excellent article. Here's hoping that 'bottom doesn't fall out' after the election.britehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04814072505496996061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-21681102839208480292010-10-27T10:31:47.524-04:002010-10-27T10:31:47.524-04:00Amen.....I can't wait until the election just ...Amen.....I can't wait until the election just so the campaign ads will stop. I wonder sometimes how policemen and policewomen keep their faith in humanity when, day after day, they see humans at their worst. I feel somewhat like them now....is there no civility left? Oy! It's very frustrating. Thanks very much for posting this...it eloquently states what I feel....piece.Jean Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11561861451734769447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-47102041153190358742010-10-27T10:27:58.998-04:002010-10-27T10:27:58.998-04:00It's possible to be a beacon if we'd quit ...It's possible to be a beacon if we'd quit apologizing for being the US! I know we'll never get as far extreme as some tea party people would like, but geez, get us out of the friggin hole we've started to dig for ourselves:)<br />'Nough said by me.<br />Love ya Nancy!!Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12460244411628464458noreply@blogger.com