Chuck Gould wrote:
On Jan 30, 8:47 am, HK wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
On Jan 30, 6:42�am, "JimH" wrote:
Gee, I wonder why ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and CNBC are trying their hardest to
make sure we dump into a recession. �
Bad news outsells good news.
Some might think, "They're trying to throw the election to the D's!"
I disagree. They just want to create enough uncertainty in the market
that more folks will tune in every day to "see how bad things are
getting", thereby increasing ratings and creating some justification
for raising ad rates.
Also, the companies that survive economic downturn often do so by
*increasing* their advertising, particularly for consumer goods.
You can't be serious. Either that, or you are totally disconnected from
the harsh reality facing many millions of your fellow citizens who are
jobless, homeless, losing their homes, health-insurance-less, and
without much hope for the future.

How are social services doing in Seattle these days? Still pretty
miserable for those in need?- Hide quoted text -

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About 1-2% of the homes in the US are in, or at risk of, foreclosure.
Yet it's headline news in every paper and the subject of "specials" on
radio and TV. In some of the worst hit communities, the number is as
high as 5%, meaning that 950 out of every 1000 households in those
worst hit communities have no reason to fear losing their home to the
bank or mortgage company.

The health insurance issue has nothing to do with economic cycling.
We have had a broken health services delivery model in the country for
at least 30 years. We have had booms and busts along the way, despite
the fact that our health insurance system is designed first to make
corporations wealthy, and only then to see about making people well.



There are somewhere between 30 and 40 million Americans living in poverty.

Sleep tight.

On Jan 30, 1:35Â*pm, HK wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
On Jan 30, 8:47 am, HK wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
On Jan 30, 6:42�am, "JimH" wrote:
Gee, I wonder why ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and CNBC are trying their hardest to
make sure we dump into a recession. �
Bad news outsells good news.
Some might think, "They're trying to throw the election to the D's!"
I disagree. They just want to create enough uncertainty in the market
that more folks will tune in every day to "see how bad things are
getting", thereby increasing ratings and creating some justification
for raising ad rates.
Also, the companies that survive economic downturn often do so by
*increasing* their advertising, particularly for consumer goods.
You can't be serious. Either that, or you are totally disconnected from
the harsh reality facing many millions of your fellow citizens who are
jobless, homeless, losing their homes, health-insurance-less, and
without much hope for the future.

How are social services doing in Seattle these days? Still pretty
miserable for those in need?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

About 1-2% of the homes in the US are in, or at risk of, foreclosure.
Yet it's headline news in every paper and the subject of "specials" on
radio and TV. In some of the worst hit communities, the number is as
high as 5%, meaning that 950 out of every 1000 households in those
worst hit communities have no reason to fear losing their home to the
bank or mortgage company.

The health insurance issue has nothing to do with economic cycling.
We have had a broken health services delivery model in the country for
at least 30 years. We have had booms and busts along the way, despite
the fact that our health insurance system is designed first to make
corporations wealthy, and only then to see about making people well.

There are somewhere between 30 and 40 million Americans living in poverty.

Sleep tight.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Harry, why don't you sell your lobster boat and auction off your Yale
degree to help them out? Perhaps your Dr. wife could open up a free
clinic.....

On Jan 30, 10:35�am, HK wrote:


There are somewhere between 30 and 40 million Americans living in poverty.

Sleep tight.-

Imagining that the results of a Tweedle Dee vs. Tweedle Dum election
will materially reduce poverty may be the ultimate copout. Your party
is as impotent and corrupt as the party you oppose, to put it bluntly.
There are some problems that government cannot solve, and poverty is
on that list. Some of the communist and socialist governments
originally organized to eliminate poverty only succeeded in fostering
record amounts of it. The Republicans can't fix it. The Democrats
can't fix it. The Communists and Socialists can't fix it. As a society
we *can* fix it, but not through government action. Therefore the
party in power at any given moment is a fairly meaningless factor when
considering the problem of poverty.

I always do.

Chuck Gould wrote:
On Jan 30, 10:35�am, HK wrote:

There are somewhere between 30 and 40 million Americans living in poverty.

Sleep tight.-

Imagining that the results of a Tweedle Dee vs. Tweedle Dum election
will materially reduce poverty may be the ultimate copout. Your party
is as impotent and corrupt as the party you oppose, to put it bluntly.
There are some problems that government cannot solve, and poverty is
on that list. Some of the communist and socialist governments
originally organized to eliminate poverty only succeeded in fostering
record amounts of it. The Republicans can't fix it. The Democrats
can't fix it. The Communists and Socialists can't fix it. As a society
we *can* fix it, but not through government action. Therefore the
party in power at any given moment is a fairly meaningless factor when
considering the problem of poverty.

I always do.


I see. So...let's give up!

On Jan 30, 11:04Â*am, HK wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
On Jan 30, 10:35�am, HK wrote:

There are somewhere between 30 and 40 million Americans living in poverty.

Sleep tight.-

Imagining that the results of a Tweedle Dee vs. Tweedle Dum election
will materially reduce poverty may be the ultimate copout. Your party
is as impotent and corrupt as the party you oppose, to put it bluntly.
There are some problems that government cannot solve, and poverty is
on that list. Some of the communist and socialist governments
originally organized to eliminate poverty only succeeded in fostering
record amounts of it. The Republicans can't fix it. The Democrats
can't fix it. The Communists and Socialists can't fix it. As a society
we *can* fix it, but not through government action. Therefore the
party in power at any given moment is a fairly meaningless factor when
considering the problem of poverty.

I always do.

I see. So...let's give up!- Hide quoted text -

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Let's look for solutions that don't involve believing the fairy tales
told by candidates on the campaign trail.

On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:35:02 -0500, HK wrote:

Chuck Gould wrote:
On Jan 30, 8:47 am, HK wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
On Jan 30, 6:42?am, "JimH" wrote:
Gee, I wonder why ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and CNBC are trying their hardest to
make sure we dump into a recession. ?
Bad news outsells good news.
Some might think, "They're trying to throw the election to the D's!"
I disagree. They just want to create enough uncertainty in the market
that more folks will tune in every day to "see how bad things are
getting", thereby increasing ratings and creating some justification
for raising ad rates.
Also, the companies that survive economic downturn often do so by
*increasing* their advertising, particularly for consumer goods.
You can't be serious. Either that, or you are totally disconnected from
the harsh reality facing many millions of your fellow citizens who are
jobless, homeless, losing their homes, health-insurance-less, and
without much hope for the future.

How are social services doing in Seattle these days? Still pretty
miserable for those in need?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

About 1-2% of the homes in the US are in, or at risk of, foreclosure.
Yet it's headline news in every paper and the subject of "specials" on
radio and TV. In some of the worst hit communities, the number is as
high as 5%, meaning that 950 out of every 1000 households in those
worst hit communities have no reason to fear losing their home to the
bank or mortgage company.

The health insurance issue has nothing to do with economic cycling.
We have had a broken health services delivery model in the country for
at least 30 years. We have had booms and busts along the way, despite
the fact that our health insurance system is designed first to make
corporations wealthy, and only then to see about making people well.



There are somewhere between 30 and 40 million Americans living in poverty.

Sleep tight.

And only about 15-20 million of those are legal.
--
John H