Re: Mind's Eye What is really going on in America?

Matriarchies are what started the problems and from history they tend
to love war..
they are not a solution..
Allan


On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 10:49 AM, rigsy03 <rigsy03@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I think that matriarchies are back in style- in all races and nations-
> and think it will be just as suffocating as the patriarchy.
>
> On Nov 11, 1:39 am, andrew vecsey <andrewvec...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Voting with your wallet could be an effective way to change things and put
>> the wealthy exploiters out of business. Buying cheap products is more
>> expensive in the long term anyways. Buying food from local markets is also
>> healthier. As long as we all play the game, the game will keep playing
>> until every business becomes a monopoly and globalization will take over
>> our wallets. Once our wallets are gone, we are really screwed and will have
>> no other choice than to play robin hood. So much for free markets.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> > > Better tax collection on all international corporations and stock or
>> > money
>> > > sent out of the country.
>>
>> > > 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:
>>
>> > > > 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.
>>
>> > > > 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
>>
>> > > > > 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..
>>
>> > > > > > 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..
>>
>> > > > > >> 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.
>>
>> > > > > >> As for what happens iihope for the best but in reality we will
>> > > > see..
>> > > > > >> Allan
>>
>> > > > > >> On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 6:23 PM, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>>
>> > > >http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/us-debt-problems-threaten-t...
>>
>> > > > > >> > The Germans are considering the USA as a potential Greece.
>>
>> > > > > >> > I'm remembering attitudes towards Japan in the 1980s. There
>> > was a
>> > > > > >> > dreadful book called 'The Japan That Can Say No' which
>> > summaries
>> > > > thus:
>>
>> > > > > >> > + 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.
>>
>> > > > > >> > + 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.
>>
>> > > > > >> > 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.
>>
>> > > > > >> > The coming fiscal cliff in the US isn't like Greece in that USD
>> > can
>> > > > be
>> > > > > >> > printed at will. Der Spiegel says this:
>>
>> > > > > >> > 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.
>>
>> > > > > >> > 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.
>>
>> > > > > >> > 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.
>>
>> > > > > >> > --
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>> > > > > >> --
>> > > > > >> (
>> > > > > >> )
>> > > > > >> |_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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