tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559482056018458626.post7306739237581489244..comments2023-10-19T06:11:46.836-07:00Comments on 365 Walks! We Start Again: Bring Back McKinley!Allan Stellarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12664417640753179655noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559482056018458626.post-55087544092633168652011-02-17T16:34:14.554-08:002011-02-17T16:34:14.554-08:00Larry,
I hope you are out in the streets of Madis...Larry,<br /><br />I hope you are out in the streets of Madison, agitating for your right for collective bargaining!<br /><br />Ian,<br /><br />Always good to hear from you. We remain on the same side but using different maps to get there. I agree that we should do what we can individually. However, I don't see collective, democratic action as being force, unless you mean the power of a forceful argument.<br /><br />Collective action need not be done by the jackboot of the State.<br /><br />Social animals can do social action for the good of the environment and our species. I see humans as social animals. We do better in groups. When we were more connected with nature, it was the tribe that worked for the good of all. That is how we survived. So group action is in our genetic core. We are social animals. That is how we will solve problems: through collective action, in my view.Allan Stellarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12664417640753179655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559482056018458626.post-33095200397683973862011-02-14T21:29:36.752-08:002011-02-14T21:29:36.752-08:00Don't diss laissez faire -- we ain't seen ...Don't diss laissez faire -- we ain't seen that in your lifetime... We have corporate/government incest now, and it's very controlled, not laissez faire at all.<br /><br />I'm down with your #7. Other than that, your list seems like one group trying to control another. So YOU want to be in the corporate/government seat instead of them. Is that 'cause you think you are or would do better? <br /><br />How about if we let people decide which corporations they like by what they buy? Ooops -- we DO that now, and people get the corporations they deserve... ;-)<br /><br />Self responsibility is a big part of the answer in my opinion. If you want more health care, renewable energy, open space, etc., buy it. You'll feel better about the results than you will be getting control of the guys with guns to get what you want...Ian Woofendenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11331142057628589949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559482056018458626.post-14742134787696686582011-02-14T18:11:14.355-08:002011-02-14T18:11:14.355-08:00Here Here Allan!
And yet after 30 years of supply...Here Here Allan!<br /><br />And yet after 30 years of supply side economics (other than the eight Clinton years when he raised taxes, and more people worked, and more people made more money, and he balanced the budget) people still believe that supply side economics works.<br /><br />Take care!lphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17181262431785226913noreply@blogger.com