posted February 04, 2021 04:56 PM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
Y'all can suffer, but us elite can do as we please.

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That's NOT the true "Republican" WAY.
Capitalism is supposed to HELP people's life.
It's gone WAY off!!

posted February 05, 2021 02:52 AM            

IF humanity ever truly understands and accepts that, and comes to want a very different reality, then government might start to go out the window more and more--at least in the forms that we currently see it in.

posted February 05, 2021 04:08 PM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
I’d like to hear such a recording. Do you have a link?

Kerry wants us all to suffer under climate rules, but those rules don’t apply to him and his ilk.

The poor will see the costs of energy skyrocket.

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You have known me for a long time, Randall.
I try to take things in.

I was present at virtual maga-rallies. There were TWO rallies I remember in particular where he was again drunk-on-his-own-self. He was saying things out-loud (in front of 'the world') that are things only to be spoken in private quarters, with individuals able to help with his life.
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He was boasting of the power and ways [he] had to bend people to his will, using financial levers--
Threatening that he could make [perceived-enemies] "so poor". . that they wouldn't believe how "poor" he could make them .. (etc etc.)
{Can't find those clips, but they stand vivid in my memory.}

Kerry 'making' people suffer?
Randall.... Gently....,
A little bit of 'self-control' and adult-discipline now, while problem is solvable with smaller efforts, beats future severe consequences that might require HARD things (or be totally without things) later.
Surely, we, who are capable of understanding, should apply smaller measures now?

As is traditionally taught at pre-school grade levels-- Life at times is not all-'about-you' (you=generic). You have to think of Others.
Some 'rules' are designed for the benefit of All-- and you are part of The All.

The very problems being tackled in the Timeline of NOW, will have a pre-empting effect on an emergent foreseeable real future. Better to make hardly-perceptible little changes now, than to face the shocking consequences of whole-system breakdowns in the future.

As far as "making the poor pay the brunt of it?"
With Responsible-govt, and mindful Good leaders of Corporations, these will make sure that this will NOT happen.

Sometimes, the evil that is done by low socially-conscious business and corporate-entities seem to be lauded for what they do as role models of successful enterprise?

There are higher-level socially-conscious Others who DO Work for The Good of all. These work together in the backgrounds and we don't necessarily see them getting center-stage attention, nor credit for their contributions. THOSE are the REAL Role Models to be emulated and praised.

For more than the past decade, some bigger Corporations had already been aware of serious problems, and on their own, began working to fix or make innovative alternatives. They TOOK ON the Responsibility.
.. While Biden Admins are being sworn in, *these* are already poised to support what needs to be done. To make practical applications of the smaller experiments that worked.
Biden Admin is actually-practically DOING it.

There are serious matters that we must deal with right now! -- using Science, Vision, Ideas Grounded-in-Practicality, and Creative Innovations. .. Each person does their part-- supporting this the Best we know how. Collectively, we have a Chance to put shoulders to the wheel, and Move Mountains.

Long ago I had come across reading materials about the finances of this (usa) govt in the late 1800s and early 1900s. It was the ultra-wealthy families during those stark times came forward and bailed-out The Treasury's shortfalls several times in those couple-decades, so we could stay afloat.
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{Sorry. Couldn't find my refs for that--
was from some history books I have in my storage bins. Was pleasantly surprised to read that.}

WHERE are the Trillionaires and Billionaires who have heavily profited from the working and poor classes? Govt leniencies over these have dissolved safety nets for all, while favoring these?

Trickle down?
Time to Make it RAIN!
Give Back to those who made your Profits so grand.

Of concern, was how the former-admin 'blocked' employment access to highest positions in Economics. Withheld opportunities to those who had ever been 'poor-- experientially' (that moved their way up the Economic Ladder). He wanted wealthy (-born) people to hold those positions.
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One thing about the Biden Admin, is that they are grounded and balanced people. They are IN Touch with WHAT it's "like" {experientially} to be poor, or to have observed their parent in such state.
.. Joe tells the story of growing up in a modest home, and what his father went through financially when he lost his job. Kamala, and others, grew up with parents that TAUGHT them compassion, empathy.

UK-- One of the things I admire about the way Princess Diana raised her sons, was to make them aware of how people lived and worked. What their struggles were. Those boys became men-- and retained a Good Heart.

Ability to maintain a Sensitive Conscience develops the Right Kind of Leadership...
and Harmony among people.

Ripple effects

posted February 05, 2021 04:35 PM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
The poor are the ones who will suffer when power bills increase and gasoline prices rise.

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Not if a reformed and BETTERED Republican Party knows a way to avert that kind of hardship.

posted February 05, 2021 06:50 PM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
The poor are the ones who will suffer when power bills increase and gasoline prices rise.

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posted February 05, 2021 06:51 PM            

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Originally posted by BlueRoamer:
Trump is the ultimate example of a politician not being t held accountable

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posted February 05, 2021 06:52 PM            

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Originally posted by shura:
It has to do with holding our politicians accountable.

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posted February 05, 2021 06:53 PM            

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Originally posted by mirage29:
That has been totally-amiss in these past years.

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posted February 05, 2021 09:14 PM            

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Originally posted by teasel:
But we should “move on” from insurrection? Forget impeachment?

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What insurrection?