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Capitalism Erodes Democracy

Capitalism and Democracy cannot exist together and are by definition mutually exclusive. Think:

Capitalism: Capitalism is wealth in the hands of a few, so legislation should support that few and their efforts to make more capital.

Democracy: Legislation that reflects the will of the majority of people regardless of whether that will be for making more capital or not. Making more capital is of concern to the majority, however, so are many other issues that have higher priority.

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More on moronic republican ideals

I once heard a jackass republican boss of mine say that Russia fell because no one wanted to work for such little money, so money is the motivator of people.

I was like oh really, is that why teachers teach in America? Is that why attorneys work "pro-bono", are doctors in it for the money or do they just care about life?

And what about the firemen and police that risk their very lives for little money, is money really their motivation? I think not.

Then he says about off-shoring or outsourcing to foreigners, "why shouldn't I be able to make some profit if someone wants to work for so cheap, what else do you suggest?"

I was like, how about paying an equal amount of money to any man from anywhere in the world that does the same work? Ever hear 'honest days work for an honest days pay?' but then I'm reminded that republicans don't know what an honest anything is much less a whole day of it or doing it at work!

Summarized version of the 2nd depression in America

I realize that all my posts are explanations of whats happened recently, but for a reader that doesn't know exactly whats happened to warrant these posts, and for future posterity lemme give the world a quick summation of whats happened in America in the last few decades:

At the end of the 1990's it was economic boom times. Clinton was just finishing an 8 year term of issuing tax credits for business owners in America that hired Americans. Unemployment was at its lowest rate in decades and the economy was growing at a rapid pace. This was a time when a young American could say to themselves "what do I want to do with the rest of my life" and actually go out and get a job working in that profession. During this time we didn't hear much about what was going on in the world and other nations, we didn't have anything to really be afraid of. We also had a surplus of the national budget and were quickly erasing the national debt. How this happened really is a miracle. Bill Clinton created this life-style from ashes. Let me tell you how it was the 8 years prior to Bill:

I was about 20 when the Clinton years started so my experience with the Regan / Bush years that preceded Bill Clinton was only as a youngster on the playground in grade school. Here's what I got to hear every day during those years:

First we were on the brink of nuclear annihilation with Russia so we were shown videos of how to put your head between your knees and get under the desk. (Like this would afford any protection from a nuclear blast). So all Americans lived in a constant state of terror, kinda like how some Americans are choosing to live right now!! (Just because little Bush is pushing his dads agenda, the rich think they have more power if they rule with fear). Now keep in mind what kid knows about any of this? Answer is: only kids with desperate parents are going to hear those conversations at home. It was from this environment (similar to now) that Bill Clinton was able to remove all the madness. Our economy and stature in the world (which consequently does better when we don't label parts of the world as enemies) was stabilized. This stability was the spring board for economic prosperity. Unfortunately, coming from a "less affluent" family life, I spent much of the Clinton years getting my Bachelors Degree in Computer Science.

2001:

I graduated in 2005 and little Bush stole the election in 2001. Al Gore (the one that is heavily into saving the planet, Movie: Inconvenient Truth) was up for election. He was supposed to be the next president after Clinton and would have gotten America off of oil, but Jeb Bush, brother of little Bush Jr., had a problem counting votes in the state of Florida due to small pieces of paper on the voting ballots called chads. This has never happened in an election so far as I can research. It amazed me that this would happen in this day and age of computers. There's no way this could happen unless it was intentional. George Bush has built a career on ambiguity. Either he was too inept to protect the country during 9/11 or he was part of setting the stage for the attack. Either way he didn't do his job. I believe this to be the same strategy used in the 2000 election. Either Jeb Bush was too inept to make sure votes were tallied correctly or he set the stage for the corruption. Of course Bush wont come out and defend himself to these allegations because that's how Republicans operate; just like Nixon who wouldn't take responsibility for Watergate, but wouldn't release the tapes either. Republicans never try to explain their screw ups, instead they play the "lets not point fingers" game. Now if I went to work and screwed up and said "lets not point fingers", Id be fired and probably never get a job in that field again, and that's how it should be. Republicans are masters of screwing things up and they are equally masterful at not taking responsibility.


So now that Bush is in office from a stolen election, suddenly right after the election, Al-Qeda hits the twin towers. Now there is no reason at all why Al-Qeda would wait till now to do this. If they hated us so bad they could have hit us the same way they did on 9/11, at any time before Bushs' election. He needed this to happen to get elected for another term. The puppet masters that control Bush knew this. There would be no way possible for him (them) to get elected in 2004 and they knew it. And of course there is no explanation from Bush either way as to how this happened. Like usual when Republicans are in office we see behavior we question and get no explanation on how it happens. Bush has a responsibility to tell the nation how this happened and what will be done to fight it in the future. Anything less is like pleading the 5th and means like in court of law, that your guilty. So of course Bush puts the fear of terrorists in all Americans just so he could get elected. When looked at in this perspective, one sees that there is no possible way Bush didn't know about the attacks ahead of time. Besides, when else do we ever get to see a class full of 3rd graders teach Bush?

2004:

So, early in 2001 Bushs' 8 year term was already solidified. In the ensuing 8 years he proceeded to give American business owners tax credits to send Americans jobs to other countries. So here we are in 2008 in the 2nd great depression. 122 million jobs lost in that 8 years. Unprecedented low numbers in growth, and job creation. Unprecedented high numbers in the national deficit and national budget. And the saddest part of the tale, Bush Jr. never went after Osama Bin Laden, the supposed leader of Al-Qeda, the terror organization that was responsible for the twin towers destruction on 9/11, even though he said plainly after the attacks that he would.

Off-shoring: The actual largest threat to national security

I would think sending tech jobs to India strengthens their tech abilities. If Al-Queda comes to them and wants work done against the United States, India doesn't have to say no, they are trying to make money right? And what or whom would keep them from doing so? And how do we keep extremists from stealing tech we gave to India, from India. And when you need highly trained tech experts in the U.S., there will be none to defend the country because people are already starting to gravitate away from science and tech because they know which countries do that work. This would seem to me a huge hole in national security that no one has ever stopped to consider. Sending my programming work to India really benefits absolutely no one, except possibly terrorists, and it just keeps me and my family in poverty and creates instability in the world. Heck, if I had an opportunity to program, so would many people and the economy would not be ready to die. I realize I'm probably preaching to the quire but I just haven't heard any of the things I'm discussing mentioned by anyone. Its actually the cause of all the countries current ills. If you put scientists and technical workers back to work, we will develop the new auto technologies that will pull us out of despair. If our jobs hadn't been shipped to India, we would have already developed the technology by now and would not be having to deal with auto bailouts. My family has been waiting for 8 yrs for me to be able to get a good technical job, and we don't know how much longer well be able to hang on with out having to go homeless. Not all families have many members that one can go to for help. Sometimes two poor kids with only a single parent, find love in each other. Sometimes, any family that one may have, still cant help because they have their own problems. I realize that auto workers see a bailout as necessary to keep their jobs, however if infrastructure is not created to maintain highly trained science and technical workers, the technology will never be created so the auto workers still will not have jobs. As I sit here unemployed, I will be sending you pertinent information as frequently as I can. When my family and I have to live on the streets, Ill be going strait to the news to show them my cyber "paper trail" of begging for assistance, and the fact that no one listens. I have much information that you need and here I still sit.