Please take this discussion offline. Lionel B. Dyck <sdg >< Website: www.lbdsoftware.com Sent from my iPhone 12 Pro
Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you are, reputation merely what others think you are." - John Wooden > On May 2, 2023, at 9:14 PM, Bill Johnson > <00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > Capitalism is America. Taxpayer funded subsidies for oil companies who are > making record profits off of a non capitalist organization called OPEC+. Farm > subsidies for farms mostly owned by massive conglomerates. Pharmaceutical > companies whose research is funded by taxpayers. Capitalism is a catchphrase > only. > > Amid debates over costs—and profits—from a coronavirus vaccine, a new study > shows that taxpayers have been footing the bill for every new drug approved > between 2010 and 2019 > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 9:33 PM, Mike Schwab <mike.a.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > A lot of the programs that got the U.S. of of the great depression was > authored by Henry Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. V.P 1941-44. > He recorded his Century of the Common Man speech > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAKrIdSPkHI . > Corporate delegate blocked his nomination for VP in 1944, I think the > world would have been much better if he had been in instead of Truman > >> On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 7:50 PM Bill Johnson >> <00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: >> >> LOL, the US has boatloads of socialism. The military, infrastructure, >> schools, insurance of all kinds, social security, Medicare/Medicaid, and >> much more. Capitalism is what the right screams to kowtow to the lesser >> educated. There are zero capitalist countries on the planet. Much of your >> success is from socialism. Reminds me of this. >> >> >> An oldie but goodie >> >> Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his >> morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging >> liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow >> of coffee, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take >> because some stupid commie liberal fought to ensure their safety and that >> they work as advertised. >> >> All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer's medical plan >> because *some liberal* union workers fought their employers for paid medical >> insurance - now Joe gets it too. He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon >> and eggs. Joe's bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought >> for laws to regulate the meat packing industry. >> >> In the morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly >> labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because >> some crybaby liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his >> body and how much it contained. >> >> Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is >> clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for laws to stop >> industries from polluting our air. He walks to the subway station for his >> government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in >> parking and transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for >> affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be >> a contributor. >> >> Joe begins his work day. He has a good job with excellent pay, medical >> benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal >> union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe's employer >> pays these standards because Joe's employer doesn't want his employees to >> call the union. If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he'll get a >> worker compensation or unemployment check because some stupid liberal didn't >> think he should lose his home or go hungry because of his temporary >> misfortune. >> >> It's noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills. >> Joe's deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal >> wanted to protect Joe's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the >> banking system before the Great Depression. >> >> Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market >> federal student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Joe and the >> government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over >> his lifetime. >> >> Joe is home from work. He plans to visit his father this evening at his farm >> home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car is among the >> safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car >> safety standards. He arrives at his boyhood home. His was the third >> generation to live in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration >> because bankers didn't want to make rural loans. The house didn't have >> electricity until some big-government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't >> belong and demanded rural electrification. >> >> He is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on >> Social Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, >> cheese-eating liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe >> wouldn't have to. >> >> Joe gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. >> The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are >> good. He doesn't mention that the beloved Republicans have fought against >> every protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day. >> >> Joe agrees: "We don't need those big-government liberals ruining our lives! >> After all, I'm a self-made man who believes everyone should take care of >> themselves, just like I have." >> >> >> >> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone >> >> >> On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 8:33 PM, Steve Thompson <ste...@wkyr.net> wrote: >> >> It is the government's job if it is based on socialism. The USofA >> was based on the rights of the individual and giving them >> opportunity, actually not getting in the way of opportunity. This >> is why it was said, he is governed best who is governed least. >> >> WE the People have rights given by God, not the government. We >> the People are supposed to run this. But if we give up rights for >> safety, then we deserve neither. >> >> Somewhere Civics stopped being taught and the communist party got >> in control (1963 the Communist Manifesto was read into the >> Congressional Record -- You should look it up and read it). >> >> So, my thinking is, if AI is used by the wealthy to increase >> their wealth it will be done on the backs of those least able to >> prevent it. And why I have said that the Laws of Robotics needs >> be implemented at the hardware level while we still can. >> >> Steve Thompson >> >>> On 5/2/2023 7:05 PM, Bill Johnson wrote: >>> I agree completely. It’s government’s job to protect the downtrodden & >>> redistribute income. Even people like Warren Buffett have pushed for higher >>> taxes on the wealthy. So what actually happened? The tax cuts of 2017 went >>> mostly to the top 1%. Sheldon Adelson saved 700 million. Not a bad return >>> for the 30 million he gave Republicans for the 2018 midterms or the >>> donations he made in 2016. >>> >>> AI is going to cause many currently in the middle class and below to drop >>> further down. I think UBI, universal basic income will be necessary. >>> Finland has experimented with it and has seen promising results. Some US >>> cities have tried or are trying it. Other countries are implementing it. >>> Most countries not spelled America have universal healthcare. And WHO rates >>> them higher than the US. (WHO rates US healthcare 37th, France is number 1) >>> >>> You’re also correct that income disparity causes other societal issues. >>> Higher crime & earlier deaths to name two. >>> >>> Your kids deserve a fighting chance and if necessary government help. >>> >>> >>> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone >>> >>> >>>> On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 12:30 PM, Matt Hogstrom <m...@hogstrom.org> wrote: >>> >>> Perhaps I’m just entering that golden period where I look at news like this >>> and consider that technology like AI being unleashed has secondary, and >>> negative, consequences of people losing jobs, income, etc. It makes the >>> divide worse and causes angst, bitterness and redistribution of wealth as a >>> necessity. One of my adopted foster kids will have difficulty crossing the >>> chasm to make a living given some of his disabilities. It’s not just >>> technology but there is an increasing societal consideration to be factored >>> in. >>> >>> Matt Hogstrom >>> >>> “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." >>> — Hogstrom >>> >>> >>> >>>> On May 2, 2023, at 12:11 PM, Lionel B. Dyck <lbd...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> So sad. No more entry level, or trivial, jobs for those just starting out >>>> in the job market. No more mail room to board room opportunities. >>>> >>>> >>>> Lionel B. Dyck <>< >>>> Website: https://www.lbdsoftware.com >>>> Github: https://github.com/lbdyck >>>> >>>> “Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what >>>> you are, reputation merely what others think you are.” - - - John Wooden >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Steve Thompson >> VS Strategies LLC >> Westfield IN >> 972-983-9430 cell >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > -- > Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA > Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
