On Sunday, November 11, 2012 12:41:52 AM UTC+1, archytas wrote:
We lack simple explanation that isn't crass Allan. I have little--
doubt the rich have stolen the wealth they have and it should be taken
from them - but how do we do this without it ending up with big
government that doesn't work any better? I think we are tranced by a
work ethic that really makes no sense. We need facts on just how much
work needs to be done and how we might organise that. Simples! Yet
no answer because we don't understand the 'trancing'.
On 10 Nov, 07:15, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> From what I see is the answer lies in manufacturing. And crazy things like
> 50% less sales tax on products that are produced in the country origin,
> that includes good thru all industrial products.
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> Better tax collection on all international corporations and stock or money
> sent out of the country.
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> In the US all corporation papers say they agree to abide by all the laws
> and if they don't they lose all corporate rights and privileges. This
> needs to be enforced and you will see major changes in business. You have
> to remember tax evasion is against the law.
> Allan
>
> Air gunner full of hot air ready to release it quickly
> On Nov 10, 2012 2:04 AM, "archytas" <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > The weird thing is that we are being told all sorts of stuff can't be
> > 'afforded' - yet productivity is up by factors of ten since we did
> > decent things like national health services - we should be able to
> > afford loads more. In the UK we were told the answer was US
> > management, then Japanese - German stuff had too much industrial
> > democracy for our business ethos. Even the IMF has realised austerity
> > is a crock. We're in the grips of something else. Debt is the
> > obvious answer -but we have to address our attitudes towards it. Its
> > owned by robber barons and all link between work and reward has really
> > gone.
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> > On 9 Nov, 21:59, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I totally agree with you management is based on rot..but from what I
> > > have been reading it is the same problem from eons ago,, unchanged
> > > what does it take to get management that is interested in the
> > > betterment of society .. the ideas sit with in beliefs which puts
> > > part of the burdens on religions ,, then the problems comes how does
> > > one get beliefs to work for the betterment of mankind in this world.
> > > Allan
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> > > On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 9:45 PM, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Get your head back on Al - I know about the Japanese war crimes. The
> > > > book I was referring to was written by a Japanese clown. The point is
> > > > that management miracles are based on rot..
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> > > > On 9 Nov, 19:07, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >> Neil I had two uncles in ww II One in the European theater the other
> > > >> was in pacific theater and was captured even before the war started in
> > > >> my memory is right he survived 2 death ship and four death marches
> > > >> that is talking five years of imprisonment into account loss of close
> > > >> to 70 kilos.. you need to get your facts straight as to strategies of
> > > >> both wars.. and if Germany was acting like J ,, Berlin would have
> > > >> been Nuclear ashes also..
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> > > >> Yes the US has serious fiscal problems.. thanks to some
> > > >> irresponsible politicians starting with the Reagan administration ..
> > > >> hopefully they will get something done . and stop sticking one thumb
> > > >> in their mouth and the other in their ass then rotating.
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> > > >> As for what happens iihope for the best but in reality we will
> > see..
> > > >> Allan
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> > > >> On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 6:23 PM, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/us-debt- ..problems-threaten-t.
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> > > >> > The Germans are considering the USA as a potential Greece.
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> > > >> > I'm remembering attitudes towards Japan in the 1980s. There was a
> > > >> > dreadful book called 'The Japan That Can Say No' which summaries
> > thus:
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> > > >> > + Japan must use its technological superiority as a negotiating
> > > >> > weapon, and it should
> > > >> > even threaten to trade secrets with the Soviet Union as a bargaining
> > > >> > tool against the US and refuse to sell components that go into US
> > > >> > missiles.
> > > >> > + The quality of American goods is low because the level of the
> > > >> > workers is low, while the superior education of Japanese workers is
> > a
> > > >> > big advantage.
> > > >> > + The Japanese character is innately superior to the character of
> > > >> > Americans.
> > > >> > + Americans believe that the Caucasian race is superior since the
> > > >> > modern era is dominated by the western world, and this prejudice
> > will
> > > >> > hurt them in the end.
> > > >> > + Former American colonies are rife with problems, while former
> > > >> > Japanese colonies are thriving.
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> > > >> > + America's dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan and not Germany in
> > > >> > World War II arose from racism because Germans are white people and
> > > >> > Japanese are not. (Though at the time of the German defeat in April
> > > >> > 1945, the atomic bomb was as yet incomplete and untested until July
> > > >> > 16, 1945, so that may have been a factor)
> > > >> > + The trade surplus with the U.S. is caused by the lack of desirable
> > > >> > products made in the U.S.
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> > > >> > I read it on a plane out there on a journey to discover their
> > > >> > shipbuilding secrets. I met a lovely bloke out there who told me
> > the
> > > >> > idea of copying Japanese management secrets filled him with dread.
> > > >> > The only secret was they were rotten, sexist and callous. Japan
> > fell
> > > >> > off its fiscal cliff when I left (1980s). Almost sadly, this wasn't
> > > >> > because of anything I left behind. The 'brilliant' Japanese
> > > >> > management techniques were taught by lazy lecturers for the next 20
> > > >> > years.
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> > > >> > The coming fiscal cliff in the US isn't like Greece in that USD can
> > be
> > > >> > printed at will. Der Spiegel says this:
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> > > >> > The US has more in common with heavily indebted southern European
> > > >> > countries than it might like to admit. And if the country doesn't
> > > >> > reach agreement on deficit reduction measures soon, the similarities
> > > >> > could become impossible to ignore. The fiscal cliff looms in the
> > near
> > > >> > future, and its not just the US that is under threat.
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> > > >> > The US has finally voted and the dark visions of America's future
> > > >> > broadcast on television screens across the country -- and most
> > > >> > intensively in battleground states -- have come to an end.
> > Supporters
> > > >> > of both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney had developed doomsday
> > scenarios
> > > >> > for what would happen if their candidate's opponent were to win.
> > Four
> > > >> > more years of Obama, the ads warned, would result in pure
> > socialism. A
> > > >> > Romney presidency would see the middle and lower classes brutally
> > > >> > exploited.
>
> > > >> > But following Obama's re-election, Americans are now facing a
> > > >> > different, much more real horror scenario: In just a few weeks time,
> > > >> > thousands of children could be denied vaccinations, federally funded
> > > >> > school programs could screech to a halt, adults may be forced to
> > > >> > forego HIV tests and subsidized housing vouchers would dry up. Even
> > > >> > the work of air-traffic controllers, the FBI, border officials and
> > the
> > > >> > military could be drastically curtailed.
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> > > >> > That and more is looming just over the horizon according to the
> > White
> > > >> > House if the country is allowed to plunge off the "fiscal cliff" at
> > > >> > the beginning of next year. Coined by Federal Reserve head Ben
> > > >> > Bernanke, it refers to the vast array of cuts and tax increases
> > which
> > > >> > will automatically go into effect if Republicans and Democrats can't
> > > >> > agree on measures to slash the US budget deficit.
>
> > > >> > The answer is to abolish debt instead and start again with new
> > world-
> > > >> > wide agreements on workers' rights that abolishes races to the
> > > >> > bottom. This isn't much in comparison with losing wars and having
> > to
> > > >> > rise from real ashes as Germany and Japan did.
>
> > > >> > --
>
> > > >> --
> > > >> (
> > > >> )
> > > >> |_D Allan
>
> > > >> Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living.
>
> > > >> I am a Natural Airgunner -
>
> > > >> Full of Hot Air & Ready To Expel It Quickly.
>
> > > > --
>
> > > --
> > > (
> > > )
> > > |_D Allan
>
> > > Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living.
>
> > > I am a Natural Airgunner -
>
> > > Full of Hot Air & Ready To Expel It Quickly.
>
> > --
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