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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: haqihana who wrote (259647)	5/30/2002 3:38:40 PM
From: MSI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Re:charities, me too, I contribute almost exclusively to individuals now, since charity begins at home, and none of us have to go far from home to find someone who needs help. Even a wealthy friend of mine has a kid who needs some time, not money. Eventually we'll be a wealthy enough society that the only reasonable charity is time we can spend with those who are confused or unable to connect. Money charity is too easy to subvert. The only political money I contribute are to people asking the right questions, if it looks like there's a chance it will help find answers. The idea of Fitts is as a group, not her as an individual. Only a fairly large group can assemble the data on an ongoing basis, and that's a sideline, anyway. Her main organization goal is a grass-roots populist one, educating neighborhoods on capital-formation, not just national political flows. "Republic" doesn't negate democracy, it is a means of making it practical, and preventing the worst abuses of mob rule. The idea of complete audit of US cashflows is revolutionary, in a quiet way, because it will both educate, and democratize the Republic. It will take years, but produce an incredible change, I expect, and maybe sooner than we think. Amen to your last statement -- my brother worked for a large pharma company (a lot of stories about those abuses I may get to later) in Europe, and while he found the culture and civilization great, he's American, and had to return ahead of schedule. I've had similar experiences personally. The US began by the overthrow of a ruling class and the creation of a better, more successful, more representative way of life, and that faith and optimism is still with Americans to this day, or at least most of us.