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 > >
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