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To: Chas. who wrote (46201)	2/6/2009 12:30:31 PM
From: Maurice Winn	2 Recommendations Respond to of 217711

The cunning thing about democracy is that elections solve the problem of who is in charge. Revolution and civil war are rarely chosen by democratic countries. <<ii> I wonder if there is point where they, the former middle class, will totally reject their governance and take matters into their own hands > Look at India. They voted for half a century to stay in poverty. They didn't have a civil war to sort it out. They just voted for more of it next election. An anti-religious libertarian would have got nearly no votes. After half a century, it became a bit pathetic to blame the British [who did India a great favour by making it part of the Britsh Empire]. The USA doesn't need to have a revolution. Lots of candidates like to stand for election. If they like, they can elect Ron Paul with 95% vote in Congress and as President and make serious changes quickly. That would be change you can believe in. That wouldn't be Barack's tired old men of Washington spending OPM by the $trillion. Notice how his "change" looks very like more of the same, but let's spend more and do it faster. The public voted for it, so they must have wanted it. Now they'll get it. Why bother with a revolution when they are getting poverty, just like they voted for - poverty is change you can believe in because poverty is really easy to achieve. Nobody even needs to get out of bed to succeed. That's change you can believe in. It leaves lots of room for "Hope" too. Meanwhile, the stimulus bandwagon rolls on with every man and his dog climbing on board, wanting a piece of the action, instead of doing something useful which actual paying customers will choose to buy. Mqurice

To: Chas. who wrote (46201)	2/6/2009 12:30:32 PM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Respond to of 217711

The cunning thing about democracy is that elections solve the problem of who is in charge. Revolution and civil war are rarely chosen by democratic countries. <<ii> I wonder if there is point where they, the former middle class, will totally reject their governance and take matters into their own hands > Look at India. They voted for half a century to stay in poverty. They didn't have a civil war to sort it out. They just voted for more of it next election. An anti-religious libertarian would have got nearly no votes. After half a century, it became a bit pathetic to blame the British [who did India a great favour by making it part of the Britsh Empire]. The USA doesn't need to have a revolution. Lots of candidates like to stand for election. If they like, they can elect Ron Paul with 95% vote in Congress and as President and make serious changes quickly. That would be change you can believe in. That wouldn't be Barack's tired old men of Washington spending OPM by the $trillion. Notice how his "change" looks very like more of the same, but let's spend more and do it faster. The public voted for it, so they must have wanted it. Now they'll get it. Why bother with a revolution when they are getting poverty, just like they voted for - poverty is change you can believe in because poverty is really easy to achieve. Nobody even needs to get out of bed to succeed. That's change you can believe in. It leaves lots of room for "Hope" too. Meanwhile, the stimulus bandwagon rolls on with every man and his dog climbing on board, wanting a piece of the action, instead of doing something useful which actual paying customers will choose to buy. Mqurice

To: Chas. who wrote (46201)	2/6/2009 11:58:26 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217711

Middle Class is interested on keeping at the middle of the road. They avoid extremism. All countries with big middle classes are more civilized than countries without it. The middle class knows what was to be below the middle. Thus they have something to lose, that forces then them to walk the line, obey government and to be docile to measures put upon them by government. Decimating the middle class has an immediate effect. The daughters and sons of the previous middle class lose those middle class values and deterioration happens really fast. The examples of what is to be below the middle is everywhere to see. They don't need to hear it from their grandparents. It is on their TV screens on daily basis. Iceland was left to fail as warning shot. It was a stark example of what can happen in the 'best families'. It is blonde and blued eyed wanting the heads of the governments and not the shirtless and in Plaza de Maio in Buenos Aires. The message has been sent.