Should they exist ?
The obvious answer is no.
Do taxpayers have a union ? Nope.
Can taxpayers go on strike ? Nope.
Federal labor laws do not apply to States and localities. Why ? Read the 10th amendment and the rest of the Constitution. There is no Federal power to force the States to do anything (except obey the Constitution and have a Republican form of government).
Public employee unions are inherently corrupt. The union gives campaign donations of member in-kind support and money; in turn, the beholden legislator or governor gives them more pay and benefits. Where is the taxpayer ? The taxpayer is entangled in a web of corruption and self-dealing, paying and paying for ... nothing of value.
Civil service laws, service boards and other protections can and should prevent governmental corruption from harming worker groups or individual workers. Cronyism is rampant in government - it's likely an inherent nature of the beast. The balance, however, is not to put taxpayers at the mercy of more crony tactics. Why create another beast of prey to suck the blood of taxpayers ?
Taxpayers have no choice in whether to pay or not. It's pay or go to jail or be killed resisting arrest. In the private sector, a consumer can buy another product or do without. One can buy a car made in Alabama by a non-union plant. A taxpayer in Wisconsin has no choice, but to pay ... and pay ... and pay.
All powers of public employee unions should be eliminated. If public employees want to join an organization to lobby or whatever, fine. But DO NOT give that entity any powers whatsoever.
Public employee unions - no way, no how, no where. They have no place in a fair society.
Actions
None. All is in balance after yesterday's sale of some gold & silver. Budding sell signals for some stocks are now dormant. Krypto is still waiting for QE2 to end to get better prices on taxable bonds and TIPs.
Notice
Tomorrow's blog post will be R rated.
Word of the Day
"Gallous" - adjective [$10 ? or $1,000 ? unclear]; formed from the noun, "gall" [$10] but not listed in dictionaries of any value.
Gall means (usage #1) 1. impudence; 2. asperity, rancor; 3. bitterness, anything bitter.
Gallous means having a bitter, rancorous, or impudent quality.
Sentence: Gallous actions of public employees unions in extracting money from taxpayers and exercising power must be challenged and defeated. Nearly insolvent state and city governments show that their power must be eviscerated.
"Gallous" was used in the famous play by J. M. Synge, Playboy of the Western World (written in 1907 and first performed in Dublin, causing riots). The character, Pegeen Mike, says, "There's a great gap between a gallous story and a dirty deed." I read that line in a chapter in the Cambridge Companion to W. B. Yeats, page 123, as Yeats' influence on Synge was described. The title of the play is now a cliché, but the drift in meanings of words in time and space since 1907 in Ireland has caused its usage to have almost no relation to the play.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Washington's Birthday
Today IS the birthday of George Washington, born 279 years ago.
Tolstoy and Marxist philosophers believed that classes and masses of people determine the path of changes of a society, not people. George Washington is a counterexample.
Without this singular man, the American colonies would likely have lost their War of Independence.
Without this singular man, the independent American States would likely have split into a cacophonous mess after winning the war.
Without this singular man, the new American republic would likely have failed in its first decade of existence.
After the end of the war, even his "opposing number", King George III of England, recognized his greatness.
George Washington changed history. Without his existence, the world would be very different now. Would the United States even exist? Without the United States, would Europe be a German Empire? A Nazi Empire? A Communist Empire? Likely something of that sort would indeed exist.
The unwavering moral compass that George Washington possessed guided him. Perhaps it was connected to his dignitas - his drive to be a good, respected person. The man himself, however, gave full credit to "Providence" and / or the "Creator" and / or "Almighty God" in many letter and speeches and words in both his private and public life. His faith both motivated him, helped him endure adversity and hardship and kept him from the clutches of hubris.
Let's celebrate this great man, not by worshipping or adulating him, but by learning about him. That's how we can honor him, by learning about his values and virtues and beliefs, to use them as a model in conduct of our lives.
One wishes that the current nest of knaves in the Dark City in the Swamp (aka DC) would do this. But I suppose they will not even recognize this day for what is actually is. We need new leaders who measure up to George Washington to lead this nation into the 21st century. Just a few, maybe one, will do.
Books
Washington's God, by Michael and Jana Novak, researches many original sources to examine the nature of Washington's God. To quote a review, "This important book brings to light sorely neglected dimensions of George Washington's life and thought. Readers will better understand our country by understanding the deepest convictions of its founding father." I'll second that.
The answer: George Washington was not a deist. He was a practicing Anglican (aka Episcopalian) in the common 18th century latitudinarian manner, without any particular doctrine or needs for the surface practices of any sect beyond belief, prayer and faith. Washington's God was the God of the Hebrew, Christian and Muslim faiths. He saw the hand of Providence actively as guiding and helping him, his men in the army and the nation to become what it has become. He prayed often to Almighty God.
But read the book and form your own opinion. The book contains the facts from letters, speeches, and from his stepgrandchildren who knew him from family life.
Actions
This morning's action will definitely cause Krypto to give stronger sell signal for gold and silver. I'll sell some (about 10% of holdings) at the open, via GLD and SLV to re-balance the Krypto Fund. Proceeds to cash for now.
Word of the Day
"Intercalcate" - verb, intransitive [$10] and "intercalcating" - participle.
Intercalcate means 1. insert (an intercalary day or month); 2. interpose (something out of the ordinary course); 3. (as 'intercalcated' adjective) (of strata, etc.) interposed.
Sentence: On the day that George Washington was born, the date was February 11, 1732, but since 11 days were intercalcated in 1752 (see below), the date in our modern calendar is February 22, 1732.
From the Internet [ http://www.polysyllabic.com/?q=calhistory/gregorian ]: "Although Queen Elizabeth I initially expressed some interest in changing the calendar in 1582, the Church of England effectively tabled the idea, which was not taken up again for nearly 170 years. By that time, passions had sufficiently cooled that when the idea was introduced as an act of Parliament in 1752, it passed with hardly a murmur. The English colonies in America changed at the same time. By that time, 11 days now had to be added, which the English did by skipping from September 2 to September 14, 1752."
Tolstoy and Marxist philosophers believed that classes and masses of people determine the path of changes of a society, not people. George Washington is a counterexample.
Without this singular man, the American colonies would likely have lost their War of Independence.
Without this singular man, the independent American States would likely have split into a cacophonous mess after winning the war.
Without this singular man, the new American republic would likely have failed in its first decade of existence.
After the end of the war, even his "opposing number", King George III of England, recognized his greatness.
George Washington changed history. Without his existence, the world would be very different now. Would the United States even exist? Without the United States, would Europe be a German Empire? A Nazi Empire? A Communist Empire? Likely something of that sort would indeed exist.
The unwavering moral compass that George Washington possessed guided him. Perhaps it was connected to his dignitas - his drive to be a good, respected person. The man himself, however, gave full credit to "Providence" and / or the "Creator" and / or "Almighty God" in many letter and speeches and words in both his private and public life. His faith both motivated him, helped him endure adversity and hardship and kept him from the clutches of hubris.
Let's celebrate this great man, not by worshipping or adulating him, but by learning about him. That's how we can honor him, by learning about his values and virtues and beliefs, to use them as a model in conduct of our lives.
One wishes that the current nest of knaves in the Dark City in the Swamp (aka DC) would do this. But I suppose they will not even recognize this day for what is actually is. We need new leaders who measure up to George Washington to lead this nation into the 21st century. Just a few, maybe one, will do.
Books
Washington's God, by Michael and Jana Novak, researches many original sources to examine the nature of Washington's God. To quote a review, "This important book brings to light sorely neglected dimensions of George Washington's life and thought. Readers will better understand our country by understanding the deepest convictions of its founding father." I'll second that.
The answer: George Washington was not a deist. He was a practicing Anglican (aka Episcopalian) in the common 18th century latitudinarian manner, without any particular doctrine or needs for the surface practices of any sect beyond belief, prayer and faith. Washington's God was the God of the Hebrew, Christian and Muslim faiths. He saw the hand of Providence actively as guiding and helping him, his men in the army and the nation to become what it has become. He prayed often to Almighty God.
But read the book and form your own opinion. The book contains the facts from letters, speeches, and from his stepgrandchildren who knew him from family life.
Actions
This morning's action will definitely cause Krypto to give stronger sell signal for gold and silver. I'll sell some (about 10% of holdings) at the open, via GLD and SLV to re-balance the Krypto Fund. Proceeds to cash for now.
Word of the Day
"Intercalcate" - verb, intransitive [$10] and "intercalcating" - participle.
Intercalcate means 1. insert (an intercalary day or month); 2. interpose (something out of the ordinary course); 3. (as 'intercalcated' adjective) (of strata, etc.) interposed.
Sentence: On the day that George Washington was born, the date was February 11, 1732, but since 11 days were intercalcated in 1752 (see below), the date in our modern calendar is February 22, 1732.
From the Internet [ http://www.polysyllabic.com/?q=calhistory/gregorian ]: "Although Queen Elizabeth I initially expressed some interest in changing the calendar in 1582, the Church of England effectively tabled the idea, which was not taken up again for nearly 170 years. By that time, passions had sufficiently cooled that when the idea was introduced as an act of Parliament in 1752, it passed with hardly a murmur. The English colonies in America changed at the same time. By that time, 11 days now had to be added, which the English did by skipping from September 2 to September 14, 1752."
Friday, February 18, 2011
G-20 Garbage
Why does anyone pay attention to these G-20 meetings? They are simply utter garbage, boob bait for the world's bubbas, a form of circuses for the news junkies and policy knaves and dopes who want to think their governments care about or are doing anything to help the world's common people.
They are not.
G-20 meetings are simply press propaganda events for governmental leaders filled with phony photo ops and vacuous communiqués. Forget them. Ignore them. Don't feed the beast. Give it the derision it deserves. The public should give the G-20 the five fingered wave of good-bye.
Actions
Silver reaches a multi-year high. I'll check the Krypto Fund to see if any actions are warranted.
PS: None yet, getting closer.
Word of the Day
"Unctuous" - adjective [$10]; alternate spelling 'unctious'.
Unctuous means 1. having the quality or characteristics o foil or ointment; greasy; 2. unpleasantly flattering, oily (of behavior or speech.
Sentence: Why or why does our "press" behave like unctuous courtiers at G-20 meetings and Davos? Are they simply bending over to get ratings and interviews? Or is it more? Are they apart of the problem as allies of the hegemonic classes (aka Rich & Powerful) and their blood-sucking bureaucratic allies? I think yes.
They are not.
G-20 meetings are simply press propaganda events for governmental leaders filled with phony photo ops and vacuous communiqués. Forget them. Ignore them. Don't feed the beast. Give it the derision it deserves. The public should give the G-20 the five fingered wave of good-bye.
Actions
Silver reaches a multi-year high. I'll check the Krypto Fund to see if any actions are warranted.
PS: None yet, getting closer.
Word of the Day
"Unctuous" - adjective [$10]; alternate spelling 'unctious'.
Unctuous means 1. having the quality or characteristics o foil or ointment; greasy; 2. unpleasantly flattering, oily (of behavior or speech.
Sentence: Why or why does our "press" behave like unctuous courtiers at G-20 meetings and Davos? Are they simply bending over to get ratings and interviews? Or is it more? Are they apart of the problem as allies of the hegemonic classes (aka Rich & Powerful) and their blood-sucking bureaucratic allies? I think yes.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
The Center and the Fringes
The Center
The common man and woman is the center: 2/3 or more of the American people simply want to lead their lives with fairness, hope and some security. They want the government out of their bank accounts and bedrooms. They do not want to be pushed around by bureaucrats or billionaires. They are a sleeping tiger.
The Fringes
The fringes are represented by talk radio and NPR.
The Right
The billionaires on the right and their propaganda machines want to keep the people vulnerable and divided. "They" want no government so "they" can loot and pillage the people and get more wealth and power. They want to enserf the people with economic pressure.
The Left
The left wants to turn everyone into a government employee whom "they" can control with all sorts of regulations and restrictions on freedom. They despise Joe Sixpack; they think the common man and woman is stupid and unruly and needs to be "led" forcefully, like a herd of sheep, to live the life of a ... serf.
Both Fringes often team up in that Dark City in the swamp, aka Washington DC. Hmmm DC = Dark City, or maybe City of Darkness ? Certainly it's not a City of Light or that Shining City on a Hill, and definitely not St. Augustine's City of God.
The People
The principle problem the people not have is that they are being distracted and herded by the baying of the wolves on either side. They have no leader or leadership group - no vanguard party (to borrow Lenin's concept). They are pushed hither and thither, but going nowhere. Both sides are picking them off a few at a time, enserfing more and more people.
Politically, the door is wide open for a new Party of the Center; the barn door is wide open; one could drive a Mack truck thru ... if there was a driver.
The ideology would be Free Fraternalism (or something like it), but there's no driver - no leader.
Let's keep scanning the horizon for a leader, a big fellow on a white horse, an honest man (or woman) to support. Maybe one will appear.
Actions
None yet. Krypto still has a weak sell signal on some gold, but we usually wait for a strong signal in that volatile asset class. TIPs are not yet at favorable prices; those need QE2 to end to get Treasury bond prices down for less than 10 year maturities.
Word of the Day
"Revenant" - noun [$10]
Revenant means a person who has returned, especially supposedly from teh dead.
Sentence: Newt Gingrich wants to be a political revenant, but he has little support among the common man and woman.
The common man and woman is the center: 2/3 or more of the American people simply want to lead their lives with fairness, hope and some security. They want the government out of their bank accounts and bedrooms. They do not want to be pushed around by bureaucrats or billionaires. They are a sleeping tiger.
The Fringes
The fringes are represented by talk radio and NPR.
The Right
The billionaires on the right and their propaganda machines want to keep the people vulnerable and divided. "They" want no government so "they" can loot and pillage the people and get more wealth and power. They want to enserf the people with economic pressure.
The Left
The left wants to turn everyone into a government employee whom "they" can control with all sorts of regulations and restrictions on freedom. They despise Joe Sixpack; they think the common man and woman is stupid and unruly and needs to be "led" forcefully, like a herd of sheep, to live the life of a ... serf.
Both Fringes often team up in that Dark City in the swamp, aka Washington DC. Hmmm DC = Dark City, or maybe City of Darkness ? Certainly it's not a City of Light or that Shining City on a Hill, and definitely not St. Augustine's City of God.
The People
The principle problem the people not have is that they are being distracted and herded by the baying of the wolves on either side. They have no leader or leadership group - no vanguard party (to borrow Lenin's concept). They are pushed hither and thither, but going nowhere. Both sides are picking them off a few at a time, enserfing more and more people.
Politically, the door is wide open for a new Party of the Center; the barn door is wide open; one could drive a Mack truck thru ... if there was a driver.
The ideology would be Free Fraternalism (or something like it), but there's no driver - no leader.
Let's keep scanning the horizon for a leader, a big fellow on a white horse, an honest man (or woman) to support. Maybe one will appear.
Actions
None yet. Krypto still has a weak sell signal on some gold, but we usually wait for a strong signal in that volatile asset class. TIPs are not yet at favorable prices; those need QE2 to end to get Treasury bond prices down for less than 10 year maturities.
Word of the Day
"Revenant" - noun [$10]
Revenant means a person who has returned, especially supposedly from teh dead.
Sentence: Newt Gingrich wants to be a political revenant, but he has little support among the common man and woman.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Word of the Day
The Word of the Day in this blog is a selection from my card file of words that I have come across reading books, which at the time, I either did not know the meaning or, even if I had a slight notion of the meaning, I could not reasonably articulate that meaning. My card file dates back to high school circa 1970, when I was trying to improve my vocabulary. Yes, I had to take the SAT and various Achievement tests to apply to places like Harvard. Those tests were required to help those schools could measure the knowledge of a person from a small town in Ohio to students from the well-known prep schools of the East coast and famous schools of NYC. Doing well meant a chance at admission.
Being a per person who works hard and tries to improve oneself, I turned to keeping a card file of new words. And that file still exists. I occasionally find cards written in my old handwriting - cards that I created in high school for words like "mendacious".
I write about this so you'll know I'm not using some Internet word list, or words from the word of the day of dictionary.com, or any other artificially created list. These words are words used by writers of books that I am or have read at some time in my life, or from articles in a good magazine such as National Review.
A word list works for me; over time many of those words have moved into my oral or written vocabularies.
Word of the Day
"Metastory" - noun [$1000]: made from the Greek combining form, "meta" combined with the common word, "story".
Meta: a Greek combining form conveying the principle notion of sharing; action in common; pursuit or quest; and especially change (of place, order, condition or nature).
Sentence: [from "Washington's God" by Michael and Jana Novak, page 140, referring to changes circa the beginning of the French & Indian War] "A new sort of metastory began to take shape to explain what the colonists were experiencing ..."
Being a per person who works hard and tries to improve oneself, I turned to keeping a card file of new words. And that file still exists. I occasionally find cards written in my old handwriting - cards that I created in high school for words like "mendacious".
I write about this so you'll know I'm not using some Internet word list, or words from the word of the day of dictionary.com, or any other artificially created list. These words are words used by writers of books that I am or have read at some time in my life, or from articles in a good magazine such as National Review.
A word list works for me; over time many of those words have moved into my oral or written vocabularies.
Word of the Day
"Metastory" - noun [$1000]: made from the Greek combining form, "meta" combined with the common word, "story".
Meta: a Greek combining form conveying the principle notion of sharing; action in common; pursuit or quest; and especially change (of place, order, condition or nature).
Sentence: [from "Washington's God" by Michael and Jana Novak, page 140, referring to changes circa the beginning of the French & Indian War] "A new sort of metastory began to take shape to explain what the colonists were experiencing ..."
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Normalcy?
Yes, for the hegemonic classes (aka rich & powerful) and their bureaucratic and media allies (aka co-conspirators).
No, for the common man and woman. They are still bleeding and running harder on the treadmill, getting nowhere. When they falter, they get tossed into the pit.
Barry is providing no leadership. Why should we be surprised? He was never a leader for anything anywhere. He's reverted to form, playing an inside game with his Beltway buddies on the budget. Engage the people? No way for Barry - he despises the common man & woman.
Private equity scam artists are back, milking the tax deduction for interest expense for debt capital. That deduction should be gutted except for loans directly tied to business activity such as inventory loans.
The financial media spends half their air time buttkissing the billionaires and CEOs who lay off the common man to get a bigger bonus. They should be kicking their butts, as I do as often as possible.
Has anyone noticed that January provided many record low temperatures for many places worldwide? Uh ... under the global warming claims of the "scientists" for the past 20+ years, that should not be happening. The billions handed to them for "research" has been wasted.
Re investments, I am still riding the bull elephant; no waterhole in sight yet. My strategy is still to sell high, buy low, OR buy low, sell high, for each asset class.
Here's a tax strategy I am implementing a bit over time. If one is an AMT taxpayer, the effective Federal rate is 28%, which is as low a rate as I've seen in my lifetime, harkening back to the Reagan tax reform rates of 1986. Barring a massive tax reform (which I support), rates are going up. Why not accelerate income to now, pay taxes that low rate, and invest money in municipal bonds? In some ways this is the Roth conversion strategy, but without the Roth IRA and its restrictions.
Example: draw $10,000 from a retirement account (if no tax penalty rate), pay 28% tax, buy municipal bonds at 5%. One receives $360/year tax free. If one leaves the money in the retirement account, investing at 5% and withdrawing the income, the result is the same $360 aftertax income. BUT by doing it NOW, one diversifies against the risk of higher taxes in the future.
If one's investments are heavily weighted to retirement accounts AND one can withdraw money without a 10% penalty tax, it make sense to do a little bit of that every year to balance one's investments and lock in today's low tax rates nd high tax free bond rates.
Word of the Day
"Louche" - adjective [$10] pronounded 'loosh', with the 'oo' long as in boot. [from French word meaning 'squinting']
Louche means disreputable, shifty.
Sentence: Are not most DC politicians louche douches?
No, for the common man and woman. They are still bleeding and running harder on the treadmill, getting nowhere. When they falter, they get tossed into the pit.
Barry is providing no leadership. Why should we be surprised? He was never a leader for anything anywhere. He's reverted to form, playing an inside game with his Beltway buddies on the budget. Engage the people? No way for Barry - he despises the common man & woman.
Private equity scam artists are back, milking the tax deduction for interest expense for debt capital. That deduction should be gutted except for loans directly tied to business activity such as inventory loans.
The financial media spends half their air time buttkissing the billionaires and CEOs who lay off the common man to get a bigger bonus. They should be kicking their butts, as I do as often as possible.
Has anyone noticed that January provided many record low temperatures for many places worldwide? Uh ... under the global warming claims of the "scientists" for the past 20+ years, that should not be happening. The billions handed to them for "research" has been wasted.
Re investments, I am still riding the bull elephant; no waterhole in sight yet. My strategy is still to sell high, buy low, OR buy low, sell high, for each asset class.
Here's a tax strategy I am implementing a bit over time. If one is an AMT taxpayer, the effective Federal rate is 28%, which is as low a rate as I've seen in my lifetime, harkening back to the Reagan tax reform rates of 1986. Barring a massive tax reform (which I support), rates are going up. Why not accelerate income to now, pay taxes that low rate, and invest money in municipal bonds? In some ways this is the Roth conversion strategy, but without the Roth IRA and its restrictions.
Example: draw $10,000 from a retirement account (if no tax penalty rate), pay 28% tax, buy municipal bonds at 5%. One receives $360/year tax free. If one leaves the money in the retirement account, investing at 5% and withdrawing the income, the result is the same $360 aftertax income. BUT by doing it NOW, one diversifies against the risk of higher taxes in the future.
If one's investments are heavily weighted to retirement accounts AND one can withdraw money without a 10% penalty tax, it make sense to do a little bit of that every year to balance one's investments and lock in today's low tax rates nd high tax free bond rates.
Word of the Day
"Louche" - adjective [$10] pronounded 'loosh', with the 'oo' long as in boot. [from French word meaning 'squinting']
Louche means disreputable, shifty.
Sentence: Are not most DC politicians louche douches?
Monday, February 14, 2011
Engage the People
The People are the ultimate power in the United States, and they are often a sleeping giant. Today, important decisions must be made to choose the path of the United States for the next century. The old path has become wrecked, littered with trash from past mistakes and barriers created over at least the past 40 years. We need a new path to a better nation and a happier people.
A Great Debate must begin and that Great Debate must involve the people in their towns and homes. Arguments must engage them and draw on their beliefs and ideas. We must stop thinking that the Ruling Classes and their media and bureaucratic allies will find solutions. They don't even know the questions and they certainly don't know where the people want to go. Most of them have no connection with the common man and woman for their entire lives.
Ronald Reagan wanted to lead America to be a shining city on the hill. He had a visions and could explain his ideas; America understood and followed. But America left the path upon which he started us.
The Crucial Question now is not, "What is to be Done?", but it is "Where to we want to Go?" What kind of society do we want to be in 40 years?
Without a national consensus on the goal - the endpoint - we cannot choose a path. That's how the world works. We know (or learn) where we are know and we must decide where we want to go, and then, and only then, choose an optimal path to get there.
The People must be involved in that decision. They must accept the goal. And by not just a majority, but by a super majority. The center mass of the people - the middle two thirds, need to be engaged in The Great Debate to reach a consensus on where we want to be as a people in 40 years. The fringe 1/6 on either side are simply left aside. The center 2/3 - the center of mass of the nation - will control its trajectory.
We reject "solutions" imposed by DC, its hegemonic class and their bureaucratic and media allies (such as the DC-centric "Deficit Commission"). The People meet to become involved in debates across the nation; the people should communicate with new media in thoughtful ways. Don't let the screeches by the fringes control the debate. Ignore them.
Where do we want to Go?
Let the Great Debate begin.
Word of the Day
"Vatic" - adjective [$10] formal
Vatic means prophetic, inspired.
Sentence: We need a national consensus for where we want to go, where we want to be in 40 years, whether it's created from vatic leadership or from gritty debates in our homes and towns.
A Great Debate must begin and that Great Debate must involve the people in their towns and homes. Arguments must engage them and draw on their beliefs and ideas. We must stop thinking that the Ruling Classes and their media and bureaucratic allies will find solutions. They don't even know the questions and they certainly don't know where the people want to go. Most of them have no connection with the common man and woman for their entire lives.
Ronald Reagan wanted to lead America to be a shining city on the hill. He had a visions and could explain his ideas; America understood and followed. But America left the path upon which he started us.
The Crucial Question now is not, "What is to be Done?", but it is "Where to we want to Go?" What kind of society do we want to be in 40 years?
Without a national consensus on the goal - the endpoint - we cannot choose a path. That's how the world works. We know (or learn) where we are know and we must decide where we want to go, and then, and only then, choose an optimal path to get there.
The People must be involved in that decision. They must accept the goal. And by not just a majority, but by a super majority. The center mass of the people - the middle two thirds, need to be engaged in The Great Debate to reach a consensus on where we want to be as a people in 40 years. The fringe 1/6 on either side are simply left aside. The center 2/3 - the center of mass of the nation - will control its trajectory.
We reject "solutions" imposed by DC, its hegemonic class and their bureaucratic and media allies (such as the DC-centric "Deficit Commission"). The People meet to become involved in debates across the nation; the people should communicate with new media in thoughtful ways. Don't let the screeches by the fringes control the debate. Ignore them.
Where do we want to Go?
Let the Great Debate begin.
Word of the Day
"Vatic" - adjective [$10] formal
Vatic means prophetic, inspired.
Sentence: We need a national consensus for where we want to go, where we want to be in 40 years, whether it's created from vatic leadership or from gritty debates in our homes and towns.
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