military spending, more than a little ridiculous-
i believe the root of all of our alleged financial woes.
we are not in a budget crisis.
we are in an allocation of funds crisis.
imagine what we could do as a civilization nation with that 40% of our budget.
health care, education, pensions, anyone?
yes, we are spoiled, but it doesn't mean we don't deserve socialism.
i agree with joe that we are buying civilization with our tax dollars, and it looks like we benefit from half of it.
the rest is being grossly misallocated, understatement.
i don't buy how we need budget cuts, what we need is budget take back from the military industrial complex and billion $ corporations.
but since we all know thats not going to happen, lets all take cuts in pay and pensions and energy assistance and epa and planned parenthood and public broadcasting and americorps and anything that makes us slightly better off as human beings instead.
its a load of crap.
meanwhile, murder and oppression worldwide is costly.
and i do not believe it necessary to preserve our lifestyle, although it may seem to be the only justification.
on the other hand, perhaps our very lifestyle is at the root of the problem-
resource consumption the backbone of our "civilization."
although i more believe that it is corporate greed and a totalitarian takeover by multinationals that is the problem.
i think we could live our little bourgeois lifestyles without worldwide oppression.
but corporate capitalism just won't permit anything but global exploitation and poverty.
out of sight, out of mind.
i prefer to blame the top one percent, rather than the middle 30.
but, we are babies on the bottle of our falsely successful economic system.
don't see us weening ourselves off capitalism anytime soon.
i am available friday for the fair and equitable takeover.
although we may have to start with the state legislature, as washington is too far away, and too far gone.
the nm legislature is ridiculously accessible.
...and i am just learning this now?
those suckers respond to my emails, and even ask me for information to include in their opinion.
granted a well known and well supported financial issue, not my usual fringe anti-war/anti-globalization endeavors...
but there are real people over there trying to figure out what is best for our communities.
and we should not let them slip by unnoticed.
i'm getting to know them now, by name and by face.
been to two committee hearings, a roundhouse rally with reps presenting, and a private meeting with my very own mora county rep in the last few weeks.
state government is actually quite a phenomena.
what do you think about vermont and their rogue health care initiative?
they are breaking some serious ground over there.
"upon seeing the facts and ceasing to act, don't we deserve the leaders we have?
history books will be written this month, the story the tell is up to us."
~juice news, january 2011.
viva middle east, viva the people of wisconsin.
thanks to scott walker, bringing it home.
protesting happens when the issue touches us as individuals, and flourishes when we discover we are part of a touched group.
all power to the people.
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