“The time has come” the walrus said, “To talk of many things: Of shoes–and ships–and sealing wax– Of cabbages–and kings– And why the sea is boiling hot– And whether pigs have wings.” –Lewis Carroll, “The Walrus and the Carpenter.” Ah, yes, let’s distract from the abstract. Let’s diffuse, distort, dissemble and dismember our rationality. Let’s [...]
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Greed
May 31st, 2010 · Comments Off · Capitalism, Corporations and Industry, Economics, jobs, taxes, Wall Street
Tags: Bush tax cuts·deficits·Economics·government spending·income inequality·national debt·Peterson-Pew Commission·reducing the national debt·securing Social Security and Medicare
It’s About Jobs…and the Economy…and How We Got Here!
January 26th, 2010 · Comments Off · Economics, jobs, Politics
Americans need jobs. Yes, you can say that the Gross National Product has increased a certain amount or fallen back a certain amount. You can say that our exports have risen as a percentage of our Gross National Product. You can say that the index of home values has risen against the year-over-year index. You [...]
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