tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post3960920493294928538..comments2024-03-25T16:03:36.810-07:00Comments on The Existentialist Cowboy: Why the U.S. is No Longer a Productive NationAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-66767700815692097492012-01-03T13:27:56.241-08:002012-01-03T13:27:56.241-08:00Thanks, Mark. Good to see ya...: )Thanks, Mark. Good to see ya...: )Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-36041695797571324642012-01-03T11:59:46.370-08:002012-01-03T11:59:46.370-08:00Another great post! Again, this is something we...Another great post! Again, this is something we'll never hear from the mainstream media (t.v.).<br /><br />Thank goodness Al Gore invented the Internet. :-)MarkHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-26189532527344544522012-01-02T05:41:42.626-08:002012-01-02T05:41:42.626-08:00Mauigirl said...
It amazes me how the GOP either ...Mauigirl said...<br /><br /><em>It amazes me how the GOP either doesn't see the writing on the wall ... or else just doesn't care because they only have their eyes on short-term gains for themselves and their cronies. </em><br /><br />I can't prove it, of course, but the evidence strongly suggests that the reality is your 'second' possibility, i.e, they just don't care. Sadly, I suspect that the ruling elite of 1 percent are not in the least bit alarmed by the very real prospect of an utter collapse of the U.S. economy due to THEIR export of the wealth that WE, the people, have created with WORK. They are not alarmed because they have invested their windfalls, their 'ill-gotten' gains OFFSHORE where is had created NO jobs at home, contributed NOTHING to the nation's GDP. It is what economists call a 'contraction' i.e, a depression. Official stats indicate that this has been the result after every GOP tax cut. <br /><br />Just this morning, I have been re-reading the father of modern economics --Adam Smith. He states the Labor Theory of Value in the very first paragraph of his seminal book: 'The Wealth of Nations'. The rich have always benefited from the labor of others. But --in America --this absurd, upside-down world has reached the point of absurdity if not imminent collapse. <br /><br />Indeed ---down with the ruling 1 percent. Down with the 'elite class'. Unless this is done, our nation is done for.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-17559505490766626572012-01-02T05:23:17.269-08:002012-01-02T05:23:17.269-08:00Len, you have hit the nail on the head. It amazes ...Len, you have hit the nail on the head. It amazes me how the GOP either doesn't see the writing on the wall that is the result of their policies, or else just doesn't care because they only have their eyes on short-term gains for themselves and their cronies. Maybe it's some of both. At any rate, it's bad news for America. Happy 2012 and let's hope the election doesn't give even more power to the GOP...fingers crossed.Mauigirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529827915262851910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-40693137871341100732011-12-31T14:17:10.221-08:002011-12-31T14:17:10.221-08:00Ben Merc,
Indeed...one needs to take a break, re...Ben Merc, <br /><br />Indeed...one needs to take a break, recharge, re-connect with whatever makes life meaningful. Let me say that I am honored that you have chosen to leave so many great posts on this humble blog. I am enriched. And, as it was put to one 'George Bailey in "It's a Wonderful Life", no man is a failure who has friends"! Look forward to 'seeing' you next year. Cheers! And all my best wishes.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-38148036539211029352011-12-31T13:49:31.556-08:002011-12-31T13:49:31.556-08:00Hey Len...Happy New Year to you, hope it keeps you...Hey Len...Happy New Year to you, hope it keeps you well. Have taken a political break...Can't take it much more, following the GOP primary is worse then watching all of the many bad 1970's disaster movies in sequence...what an indictment of our current political culture and it's constituencies. Anyhow, we hope the temps drop enough around here to hang around the old pot-belly out on the back deck to burn some dead wood and spin yarns...Talk at you next year!<br /><br />Ben MercadanteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com