As a child of the 50’s, childhood diabetes wasn’t typical. Today reports suggest childhood diabetes is growing. A personal opine is a memory from around 1970 in which one first began to hear about the interjection of corporate interests into the public school system that was explained as profiting both industry and the school system. At that time the first industrial inspiration was soda machines in school systems. So what about the health care costs that devolved onto the general public due to atrocious nutritional habits, while the public school system and industry profited? This seems a perfect setup for public/private partnerships that are so advertised as promoting economic well being. Another definition could be nationalizing risk while privatizing profit.
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WE’RE BEING POISONED!” | Coke Whistleblower EXPOSES Big Food
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Admittedly in the ’50’s we did have polio. But this is the difference in 2023 between a weather event handled by FEMA, and a train derailment handled by FEMA. In a hurricane, the disaster is a natural event. In a train derailment, it can be nationalization of risk and privatization of profits.
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[PROOF] WE DID IT! | Seymour Hersh First Nord Stream Interview
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One might say that predatory capitalism is synonymous with the “Western values” the USA is attempting to impose around the world in the name of spreading democracy. This systems feels like a directed transfer of wealth from the 100% to the 1%, with little to no benefit to the 99% who may be negatively impacted. C-Span offered an interesting discussion this morning.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?525872-3/washington-journal-keith-hall-discusses-federal-budget-government-spending — FEBRUARY 20, 2023 | PART OF WASHINGTON JOURNAL 02/20/2023
Washington Journal
Keith Hall Discusses the Federal Budget & Government Spending
Former CBO director Keith Hall, now a distinguished visiting fellow George Mason University Mercatus Center, discusses key components of the federal budget.–end of c-span info–
C-span–8:30AM–Keith Hall–paraphrase—The Congressional Budget Office is non-partisan and works equally in the interest of Democrats and Republicans.
(No doubt. The Democratic/Republican duopoly are in place and function as the Capitalist Party, to coin a phrase. Members are bought into the position of lawmaker by big-money interests via Citizens United, which introduced money into elections which is corruption)
8:36AM–Keith Hall–paraphrase–replying to a caller suggesting lawmaker salary be stopped until the budget fiasco is concluded–Lawmakers salaries are around $200,00 (says Hall) which salary is not making them millionaires. (So what is making them millionaires, as many of them are)—-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_by_wealth
8:45AM–Keith Hall–paraphrase–In response to a caller advocating for bringing back the high tax rates for the wealthy that have been lowered substantially in recent years–Cutting taxes increases growth. (No doubt. But economic growth is also spurred by giving the public a stimulus payment, and it helps individuals who aren’t wealthy. One wondered at the reason that Obama, at the behest of Jamie Dimon, during the Economic Meltdown, bailed out the financial institutions that had ostensibly caused the Meltdown, rather than giving $50,000 to each family to pay off the bad debt into which many consumers had been lured)
****As one who would be perfectly contented to retain the Senate if they adhered to Oaths of Office more than to Citizens United campaign donations, one is interested in a topic raised as to the reason we maintain the US Senate—-
This is a reminder of how much we don’t know. This brings one around to Howie Hawkins, who continues to impress with original thought. We also could acknowledge Hawkins often speaks to censored information. One such topic about which one would never have even considered, is whether the USA needs The Senate. Apparently The Senate is little other than expensive window dressing, promoting hierarchical interests, and too often placed in positions of power by big-money via Citizens United. But the public gets to fund this curiosity of pompous supremacy. Who knew? The Democratic Branch of the Republican/Democratic Duopoly are especially functional in voter suppression—–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNbdkuU1edw —#GreenSocialist Notes #76 Howie Hawkins brings up the concept of whether the USA needs the Senate. Apparently according to some people, the Senate isn’t necessary. This brings up the blockage from the Senate of many bills that would benefit We The People. Combined with Citizens United that promotes big-money interest choice of Senators, in which laws are passed that benefit big-money interest rather than We The People, and that We The People support economically, the members of the Senate, this seems a good topic for discussion. The US Constitution doesn’t seem to sanction elections run by political Parties, and to permit control of political debates by political Parties seems equally corrupt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ7kn2-GEmM —
Ross Perot in 1992 on NAFTA and the “Giant Sucking Sound”
Centralization is the lifeblood of the R&D duopoly. It’s the way to enforce capitalism onto workers in 2022.———————–We can do better———-
That “we are a 2-Party system” is a fabrication of the Republican/Democratic duopoly and spread by MSM. In FACT the majority of voters aren’t either registered Democratic or Republican. The censorship about this info must be envied by bureaucrats of the Former USSR and their simplistic style of 1-Party elections.
Regardless of which character sits in the Oval Office, We The People have work to do to maintain principles of our democratic (small d) Constitutional republic. Several items to challenge—*We need the integrity of ranked-choice voting so voters won’t feel compelled to “hold your nose and vote”*Censored debates must be stopped. The Democratic/Republican duopoly pretends to legitimate debates in what is nothing other than another campaign show. Independent debates run by uninterested sponsors such as The League of Women Voters, must be restored. (Access www.debates.org to understand the extent of duopoly control). The so-called Debate Commission is a corporation to promote the Democratic corporation and Republican corporation, not to inform We The People*Challenge and stop gerrymandering that is a trick especially of the Republican branch of the duopoly.*Stop voter suppression by political Parties, and especially confront and stop Party suppression, which is the over-arching approach to voter suppression. Party suppression seems to have been the responsibility of the Democratic corporation*Promote by law ranked-choice voting, so we won’t be told again, by D&R duopoly, to “hold your nose and vote” If these issues are handled, our next elections can be honorable. *******************************************************************https://news.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx—-Political Party affiliation of voters. https://www.lwv.org/newsroom/press-releases/league-refuses-help-perpetrate-fraud–LEAGUE REFUSES TO “HELP PERPETRATE A FRAUD”
WITHDRAWS SUPPORT FROM FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE–end of lwv info–Murray Bookchin, who founded social ecology, a theory that strongly influenced early Green Socialist thought, strongly advocated the discussion and study group as the first step of any revolutionary movement. A group of individuals meets to expand their knowledge of radical thought and form a radical intellectual community; through the give and take of discussion, can eventually form ideas for next steps in organizing and political activity. According to Bookchin, study groups help create solidarity and a shared language — with a shared coherent vision — for building a mass, organizing, political movement!
