Dear F,
Once you've let "them" set the terms of terms of the debate, the debate is lost.
It's counterproductive to say "we can't do it anymore" when, in fact, there is FAR more resource per capita sloshing around the economy than ever before.
It's a question of allocation - "wealth re-distribution" - after which the rich would still remain rich by any reasonable standard.
There's oodles of wealth - so much that the sheer amount of wealth is fueling the environmental degradation spotlit by "Planet Of The Humans." (Did you finish watching the movie? I just sent you my review embedded in an email to Ed Myer.)
What we do have to contend with is a paucity of political will based on the premises of Common Good, General Welfare (a phrase from the preamble/mission-statement of the constitution) and a truly Social Contract.
"The Greatest Generation: Labor, Capital And Betrayal Of The Social Contract"
http://paxonbothhouses.
"How We Ended Up In 2 Totally Divided Camps, Both Convinced They're Absolutely Right"
"Automation, Robotization, Software-Enhanced Productivity And Permanent Job Loss"
Automation Could Kill One Third Of All American Jobs By 2030 (That's 12 Years Away)
Fact-Checking Bernie Sanders: "99% Of New Income Goes To The Top 1%"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspoFact-Checking Bernie Sanders' Claim That 3 Families Control More Than Half Of U.S. Wealth
https://paxonbothhouses.
Since 1989, The Top 1% Gained $21 Trillion While The Bottom Half Lost $900 Billion
https://paxonbothhouses.
"The Rich Aren't Just Grabbing A Bigger Slice Of The Income Pie.
They're Taking It All"
http://paxonbothhouses.
Ben Franklin On "No New Taxes"
Ben Franklin On "No New Taxes"
Leave "The Undeserving" Alone. Instead, Follow The Money And Lambaste Plutocrats Relentlessly
On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 12:03 PM FV wrote:
I'm not against unions, I think pensions are unsustainable and employer should establish 401k etc. to which employee could also contribute.
Pensions worked when life expectancy was about 5 years after retirement .I don't care if it's teachers or police or auto makers or any one.
On Thu, Apr 30, 2020, 1:59 PM Alan Archibald <alanarchibaldo@gmail.com> wrote:Dear F,As you may know, I have "always" thought that you harbor counterproductive resentment for Rochester teachers' "pay and benefits," achievements attributable to Rochester teachers' strong union (at least "back in the day").Sure, we can point to the shortcomings of unions -- and they are many.But without unions, labor has NO leverage against CAPITAL and everything goes to Hell... as it has gone to hell.The following post features Pope Francis strong support for the indispensable role of unions and probes why our "damnation" has taken place.https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/04/great- graph-showing-relationship. html
Early in my career as a teacher for Orange County Schools, Denise "shadowed" me for half a day, and at dinner that night commented that she couldn't imagine doing what I did for a single day, much less as an "everyday" career.Teaching is damn hard work. (As I recall, teaching so exhausted you that you used to put your head on your "teachers desk" to take naps while "class was in session." This is not a criticism. It's an acknowledgement of how damn hard it is - except for a rare few who have a particular gift.)Consider:Leave "The Undeserving" Alone. Instead, Follow The Money And Lambaste Plutocrats Relentlessly
"Since 1989, The Top 1% Gained $21 Trillion While The Bottom Half Lost $900 Billion"
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/01/since- 1989-top-1-gained-21-trillion. html
"A Billionaire, A Worker, A Poor Man And 1000 Cookies"
"Divide And Conquer": How The Filthy Rich Stay In Power By Manipulating Fools Like You
"Nixon's Guaranteed Minimum Income Proposal"http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/07/nixons- guaranteed-minimum-income.html
To summarize:Plutocrats "like Trump" always "come out on top" because they successfully manipulate the middle class to disdain society's underbelly while blinding the middle class to The Fat Cats who - for thousands of years, without interruption - have sequestered so much wealth that THEY are The Core Malfeasants, they are the bedrock thugs who create - and sustain - the underbelly.It works!Every. Single. Time.Alan: The above Lincoln quote fact-checks.Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1The following Lincoln quote also fact-checks:
Lincoln On Labor And Capital: Ask Conservative Friends To Mass Email This, Then Ask Why Not
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/05/lincoln- on-labor-and-capital-ask.html Finally, if you have not seen the following documentaries, I encourage you to check them out.They are not only enlightening, but riveting.Eyepopping "whodunnits.""Inside Job," Oscar Winning Documentary About 2007-2008 Financial Meltdown
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/01/inside- job-oscar-winning-documentary. html
("Inside Job" sometimes streams for free.)"Park Avenue: Money, Power And The American Dream" Why 400 People Control Half The Wealth
("Park Avenue" always streams for free.}
And we're blaming teachers and poor people.
Billionaire Nick Hanauer's TED Talk: "Capitalism's Dirty Little Secret"
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/01/ billionaire-nick-hanauers-ted- talk.html
"The Pursuit," A Netflix Film That Champions "Essential" Capitalism As THE Way Out Of Poverty
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/09/the- pursuit-netflix-film-that- champions.html
Is Wall Street Full Of Sociopaths?
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/11/is-wall- street-full-of-psychopaths. html
Fact-Checking Bernie Sanders' Claim That 3 Families Control More Than Half Of U.S. Wealth
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/12/fact- checking-bernie-sanders-on- his.html
Compendium Of Pax Posts: Bernie Sanders' Inestimable Achievement
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