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Originally posted by CultureD
reply to post by tsloan
tsloan,
I am interested in your response- it sounded urgent. There has been discussion here thatsome members are not who they claim to be- but , rather, Government researchers. Is this the cautionary point you made?
I, too, have learned to say what I think- but to kep certain things to myself. I don't ind if the government knows I'm unhappy with its agenda, for example- I could email the WhiteHouse and say that- but are you suggesting that a percieved "safety" (e.g., utter freedom of expression) is unsafe here?
I'm interested in your opinion, if you feel comfortable sharing it- or to message me.
Many thanks, C
Originally posted by Amaterasu
I have been reading all the "solutions" here - and every one revolves around a scarcity paradigm. "How do we control money better?" "How can we afford this solution or that one?"
I offered ideas on the first page, but I see none moving out of the scarcity paradigm, none moving outside that box.
This saddens me that so few add the abundance paradigm to the mix of solutions.
I hope the many of you learn of what abundance and a resource economy offer, and at least discuss these as a possible solution, along with all the military coups and more legislation.
Let market work its magic. Abundance comes with economic freedom, not from sitting on ones behind and thinking about it.
Originally posted by ActuallyActuary
What planet are you from, again? This one surely is not abundant in your terms. Earth resources are limited and need to be managed wisely.
Free market is the best resource management system so far: if the resource becomes scarce - it becomes prohibitively expensive, so the market drives inventions to find ways around the scarcity.
Example: expensive gas drove development of economical cars, not government regulations.
Another one: heavy polluters were forced to cut pollution or invest in cleaner technologies by a popular revolt, not by government intervention.
Let market work its magic. Abundance comes with economic freedom, not from sitting on ones behind and thinking about it.
I am not taking a flu shot, I cashed out, I am prepared, and I am going to keep preparing. I dont drink the flouride.
The sweeping new bill which just passed the House last Friday, the Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, is ostensibly about climate change, but it is in fact a bill of staggering economic ramifications that is going to accelerate the takeover of the economy by the well-placed financiers who have already plundered the Treasury and the Fed of $12+ trillion and counting.
It was rushed through the House in the tradition of such nightmarish legislation as the Patriot Act and the banker bailout of last October: hundreds of pages were added to it at the last minute and it was humanly impossible for anyone to have read it before they voted on it.
This, of course, is exactly what Obama promised his administration would never allow to happen, and for good reason; bills passed in this manner are always the result of fear and panic and inevitably results in legislation that would never be passed upon sober second thought.
For those who cannot be convinced to consider an issue until it affects them personally, rest assured this draconian new legislation will reach into every American citizen’s living room…literally. As Congressman Steve Scalise has already pointed out, this “climate bill” contains within it a new national building code that supersedes all existing state codes.
If enacted, this legislation will create an entirely new class of federally-funded green brigades with the mandate to perform house-to-house inspections to look for violations of this new “green” building code. They would even be able to impose civil penalties for code violations (like having the wrong windows or lightbulbs). Watch Congressman Scalise’s comments in the player below:
Originally posted by burntheships
We need to keep votiing