Wealth re-distribution in the USA [rah, rah, rah]

alice wellintown alicewellintown at gmail.com
Tue Aug 23 09:12:20 CDT 2011


> you could also say the same about Iran, lots of poorer classes love
> Mahmoud or Venezuela

The huge difference, obviously, is that Brasil is no longer ruled by a
dictator; Lula, a former shoe shine and lathe opperator, then labor
leader, managed to get elected president and then grow an economy
that, despite the political factions and corruption, raised the
standard of living of the vast majority, and focused on the landless
poor. Dilma, a woman, yes, an a former rebel who was imprisoned and
tourtured, has, already taken steps to deal with corruption while she
extends and expands the policies that are supporting the poor and
powerless masses. I am biased, of course, but in my mind, for the
first time, the words on the banner of Brasil ring true, Order &
Progress. These are ideas that Americans, who have a solid base in
English/Irish & German stock, simply take as given them with manifest
destiny, even feel guilt for, but nothing is more golden than order
and progress and the Americans, now getting a reminder from the only
European nation with any, Germany, despite their AA rating from S&P,
are the model of it.

>
> Dilma has an uphill battle, getting out of Lula's shadow, large
> learning curve, and tackling crippling corruption, and an unwieldy
> coalition. luckily she dumped her chief of staff. all things being
> relative one could argue that corruption isn't as bad as in those
> other three BRIC states. suppose we'll have to wait and see. but let
> us remember Lula and his successor have made it policy to make nice
> with the finance people which surprised some of their supporters. a
> necessary evil one might say but w/o the submissiveness of someone
> like Obama fortunately
> good to see more women in power in latin america (viz Argentina).
> we just need less of the Chavezs and Castros w/o returning to
> military/family elites
>
> rich
>
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 6:47 AM, alice wellintown
> <alicewellintown at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Lula,  and now Dilma, have proven that it can be done. While not
>> perfect, Lula deserves a Nobel. Brazil has a long way to go, but at
>> least the distribution of wealth is more than lip service in Brazil.
>>
>



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