NP - Toryism (Austerity) Isn't Working.

[Mark Kohut]

 If we eliminated official "capitalism", just pretend riffing  here, 
more black markets would develop....Uh, i.e. capitalism, perhaps
an inherent vice as well as a necessary good.....small merchants
as they developed as the Middle Ages went dark were capitalists

So, I vote for the ultimate societal winner, capitalism, with a lot more 'sharing' and difference
from what we have. I want a law redefining the personhood of corporations;
I want laws for companies that understand Size Matters...Too Big to Screw
Us laws....
I want laws making employee ownership of companies
mandatory...I want a guaranteed income for all......and/or that five-figure 'inheritance'
of the US's general wealth that some economists argue we could give all at 
18 or so.....I want a capitalism that would create more jobs............
I want Medicare for all from birth...................................

Vote for me. 


----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net>
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Cc: 
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 12:48 PM
Subject: Re: NP - Toryism (Austerity) Isn't Working.

On 4/28/2012 12:12 PM, alice wellintown wrote:
> I'm not sure if we have capitalism here, but I'll vote to keep the
> system we have in place, in place. I vote for it not because it is
> moral or good, or even the best we can get, but because I'm selfish
> and too much change will only cause me to make changes that will upset
> my plans, probably increase my risks and reduce my income. So, I don't
> like making a deal with devils or pigs, don't like all those banker
> boyz playing cards with our economy, don't like the the piss poor
> protection put in place after the government mustered just enough
> nerve to push the lobbyists out for a few minutes, and while I
> certainly don't like the rich getting richer and richer, the ordinary
> citizen getting poorer and poorer, or most of trends Professor Krug
> charts for us on his blog, including the chart Professor Krug added to
> his blog today, a chart that shows productivity gain and wage
> stagnation,  I no more expect the devil to take my soul to hell than a
> revolution that will change the system we have in place, and,
> honestly, it won't do me any good so....here's looking at you 99
>

Thank you, Alice.

A well articulated explanation for your vote.

And speaking for myself, 99 doesn't look too far behind.

P