tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219664.post774582816349523356..comments2023-10-04T08:13:56.965-04:00Comments on redjenny: The Good Life and The EconomyRed Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07720489192755635941noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219664.post-61552024892048537832007-05-01T19:31:00.000-04:002007-05-01T19:31:00.000-04:00RJ, that is amazing. I object vociferously. I'm ...RJ, that is amazing. I object vociferously. I'm too poor to pay for welfare for millionaires.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219664.post-3257787865967265912007-04-29T18:13:00.000-04:002007-04-29T18:13:00.000-04:00FurGaia, thanks for that link. I will be sure to r...FurGaia, thanks for that link. I will be sure to read it.<BR/><BR/>PD, in some sense, "we" do feel a sense of entitlement to consume, but it depends on who is meant by "we"? Don't you think it is odd how there's all these rich white SUV-driving steak-eating dudes who put down "welfare moms" and other disenfranchised groups, not realizing it is they themselves who most strongly display that very Red Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07720489192755635941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219664.post-89172044438881346632007-04-29T15:22:00.000-04:002007-04-29T15:22:00.000-04:00Great post, RJ.Here in the US it is much the same....Great post, RJ.<BR/><BR/>Here in the US it is much the same. 2% of the citizens goy 80%+ of the benefits from Bush's <EM>middle class</EM> tax cuts. For the poor, it's often a choice between food and medicine.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219664.post-22998518931939022922007-04-29T12:02:00.000-04:002007-04-29T12:02:00.000-04:00Hi RJ...great post. Thanks!Two observations:The Ec...Hi RJ...great post. Thanks!<BR/><BR/>Two observations:<BR/><BR/><I>The Economy is no longer about making sure everyone has their material needs fulfilled; it is considered a good in itself and our almost religious imperative is to grow it.</I><BR/><BR/>My take on this is that what we call "the economy" has <I>never</I> been about filling material needs. From what I understand, the disconnection Scott Neighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415106335668233754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219664.post-80506002973176582382007-04-29T09:13:00.000-04:002007-04-29T09:13:00.000-04:00You have managed to sum up the failures (of which ...You have managed to sum up the failures (of which there are evidently many) of capitalism.<BR/><BR/>I am curious as to whether the economy was ever about material needs. Any material needs that are met are basically a positive side-effect of the system. Needs are a means to an end, if a business can create more profit and maintain a greater market share without fulfilling needs then it will.<BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219664.post-32467217502943265972007-04-29T00:24:00.000-04:002007-04-29T00:24:00.000-04:00"believing we have some god given right to consume..."believing we have some god given right to consume and that anything that stops us from doing this is bad."<BR/><BR/>You're so right, Peter... Sigh...<BR/><BR/>@RedJenny: great post :)LĂ©onard Roger Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10666734852325245516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219664.post-9571414611979250652007-04-28T13:51:00.000-04:002007-04-28T13:51:00.000-04:00I got a video from the public library yesterday ca...I got a video from the public library yesterday called "Who's Counting?" which features the career of Marilyn Waring who is a feminist economist whose work has illuminated how economics of today is a selective, highly unobjective science used for colonization...and that the measures of growth have no relationship to human welfare, nevermind the welfare of the planet. Marilyn Waring also comes Polly Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17304530368261218878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219664.post-45542988620417058582007-04-28T12:21:00.000-04:002007-04-28T12:21:00.000-04:00...scenes of armageddon, with a headline that said...<I> ...scenes of armageddon, with a headline that said something like: The Economy or the Environment? Yes, that old false dichotomy, resurrected by the Conservatives and spit out verbatim by their cheerleaders. </I><BR/><BR/>And this will probably end up being our un-doing. The belief that progress is never-ending and that anything that gets in it's way is bad.<BR/><BR/>I for one don't buy the Peter Dodsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15907889274467230962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219664.post-25057640759134861802007-04-28T11:46:00.000-04:002007-04-28T11:46:00.000-04:00You are so right! Have you read Leo Martin's post ...You are so right! Have you read <A HREF="http://theworldaccordingtoleo.blogspot.com/2007/04/who-cares-about-global-warming.html" REL="nofollow">Leo Martin's post</A> on global warming. I find that it relates to yours and that you are both saying more or less the same thing. After reading Leo, I went through another <A HREF="http://www.g-r-e-e-d.com/GREED.htm" REL="nofollow">document</A> from my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com