This thread no longer pertains to Hurricane Sandy, and has become quite political in nature. Please stop. On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Joseph Giandalone <rufy at rcn.com> wrote: > > You call it "the government stealing from us" but a more realistic view > is: returning to The Commons (that is, to all of us) some of what you > couldn't have earned without your use of (and reliance upon) what WE ALL > built in the first place. > > Secondly, the government doesn't print "fake money" – the government > issues ALL the money, which is a symbolic means of exchange – not something > of inherent value in and of itself. > > I agree with you that mega corporations don't deserve massive federal > subsidies. The solution might be to enforce the still-existing > anti-monopoly laws, thereby giving not-so-mega enterprises the opportunity > to compete. (Of course, we'd have to allow some federal agencies to use > some of "our" money to implement such a thing.) > > Robbing banks to use the money to stimulate our local (and national, > perhaps international) economy is kind of what I was suggesting, actually. > Let's force them to put some of the piles of cash they have on the books to > good use instead of dreaming up new investment schemes that will only > benefit the banksters and other insiders in the game. Hey! the Federal > Government could do that!! The Federal Government IS ALL OF US !! We could > use the dough to build roads, bridges and schools, courts and police and > fire departments, communications infrastructure, cost-saving medical > facilities, future-oriented energy technologies, water projects, medical > and scientific research!! All of this a huge INVESTMENT in our future > economic success! Once all those projects got cranking, think about how > many more folks would be employed; think of all the business that would be > created at all levels of our consumer-driven economy! > > Well?? > > Joseph > > > On Oct 31, 2012, at 12:46 PM, Dean May wrote: > > > Indeed! We must have the government steal from us through taxation and > > printing fake money to funnel to those mega corporations who couldn't > exist > > without massive federal subsidies. If stealing to spend is the answer, > why > > don't we all go rob banks so we can use the money to boost our local > > economy? > > > > Dean > > Dean W May (812) 235-5272 voice and text > > PianoRebuilders.com (888) DEAN-MAY > > Terre Haute IN 47802 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On > Behalf > > Of Joseph Giandalone > > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 9:03 AM > > To: pianotech at ptg.org > > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Sandy coming ashore > > > > > > Dave, > > > > Your criticism is frankly absurd. Massive federal spending (given high > > unemployment, an economy operating far under capacity, companies sitting > on > > piles of cash, and nonexistent inflation) is exactly what is needed to > > stimulate a full recovery !! > > > > Joseph > > > > > > On Oct 31, 2012, at 7:19 AM, Dave Doremus wrote: > > > >> That's frankly absurd. This storm won't get close to the damage caused > by > > Katrina and Rita and that was certainly not a boost to the economy. In > fact > > it led to a massive amount of criticism of the government spending money > on > > storm recovery. This will be even worse because of the lack of flood > > insurance purchased in the Northeast. Recovery is going to demand more > > federal dollars than the Gulf Coast did. Tuners/rebuilders will not be > busy > > until people assess housing damage and get other aspects of their life > > moving again. Most are going to be well underinsured and homeowners does > not > > cover flood damage. Pianos come long after shelter. > >> > >> > >> ---Dave > >> New Orleans > >> > >> > >> On Oct 30, 2012, at 7:40 PM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote: > >> > >>> I feel very sorry for everyone effected by this storm. But Not only > are > > tuners going to be very busy, the silver lining of the storm is that it > will > > have a tremendous economic boost for the entire Northeast, if not to the > > whole country. It might the kick in the ass this country needed to get us > > going, just as WW II got us out of the depression . > >>> > >>> Wim > >>> > > > > > > > > ----- > > No virus found in this message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2441/5364 - Release Date: 10/30/12 > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20121101/cea3f31b/attachment.htm>
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