The obvious, primary result of government spending is somebody getting money, whether it be a pay check or a subsidy or whatever other way it’s spent. But the less obvious, secondary effect is that the person to whom the taxpayer would have given that same money had he not been taxed now no longer has [...]
This little note, despite the imperative tense in the title, isn’t about telling you what to do. It’s about realizing that the first steps towards a better world must necessarily be steps away from the corporatist, overinflated, top-down monopoloy money world we currently live in. Votes formerly represented our freedom and autonomy- however the obvious reality [...]
This was going to be a disastrous recovery without government intervention because of the extent of the bubble that burst. But I don’t think this government, whether during Bush’s or Obama’s administration, has done anything but put the disaster off until later. It’s still lying just beneath the surface, and it needs to happen. Propping up a failed economic model for the sake of politics isn’t the answer.
America has the leadership it deserves, and when this country finally finishes its thrashing, shrieking, pitiful death throes, hopefully ignorant, lazy people will know enough to stay the hell out of its government, for their own sake.
There should be no investor class in the first place; the existence of institutional investors at all is a major contributor to our current socio-economic reality’s absolute fuckedupness. I’ll start with my model of how I think things should be then point out the most significant divergences and their ramifications. I’ll finish by praying to [...]
“Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.” -Emerson I’ll go one step further and say that all lives are experiments. There are endless infinities standing before us, paths leading through life in every possible way; each of us is here to try one of them. There are [...]
Offering universal healthcare will always be a good way to get elected, but it makes no sense as a practical solution to health issues facing the nation. Before we embark on a plan which will somehow magically make affordable healthcare available to everyone, we should embark on a plan to get people to live in [...]