NP - Toryism (Austerity) Isn't Working.

[Ian Livingston]

Government by miracle. Hm. We could have lovely deaf-mute balls at the
Capitol. Hell, come to think of it, isn't that a pretty picture of Congress
as it is, was, and likely will be, anyhow? World without change, amen.

On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 6:30 AM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I vote for all of you/us, a plistocracy to save the world.
> On Apr 29, 2012 7:48 AM, "Mark Kohut" <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>  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
>>
>>


-- 
"Less than any man have I  excuse for prejudice; and I feel for all creeds
the warm sympathy of one who has come to learn that even the trust in
reason is a precarious faith, and that we are all fragments of darkness
groping for the sun. I know no more about the ultimates than the simplest
urchin in the streets." -- Will Durant
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