tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959286621592188397.post5918770637971711575..comments2024-02-20T07:06:18.516-05:00Comments on Brilliant Corners: Belabored Day.Steve Provizerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09757505876939504133noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959286621592188397.post-77124785963060798712010-09-12T17:47:14.660-04:002010-09-12T17:47:14.660-04:00Aaah political is fine. We have a bunch of wheezeb...Aaah political is fine. We have a bunch of wheezebags beside themselves because some 'colored' guy is romping in the White House.<br /><br />Obama could use some more courage and his selection of the Clinton government in exile as his core counsel wasn't the best idea but with luck he'll see the light and shitcan a bunch of em.<br /><br />If you look back to those old Eisenhower days in the 50s when oligarchy was thwarted by high taxes, it was a healthier nation.<br /><br />It still had McCarthy and segregation but we didn't have to worry about oligarchic formation and usurpation. <br /><br />The 'captains of industry' had to derive their status from merit rather than how many zeros were tacked on to their annual income.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18394197995097602185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959286621592188397.post-1012950684529068422010-09-12T17:29:22.608-04:002010-09-12T17:29:22.608-04:00Chris,
At the risk of getting over political, wha...Chris,<br /><br />At the risk of getting over political, what you say astounds me too and is so well shown in this Tea Party frenzy...most of the "real Americans" in the movement either have no idea that it's being run by corporate interest who are literally out to screw them...or they don't care. It blows my mind.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03003839056714570101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959286621592188397.post-3226264413743061542010-09-11T11:28:05.715-04:002010-09-11T11:28:05.715-04:00Marco, that's stunning. Did you wander over fr...Marco, that's stunning. Did you wander over from one of the economics blogs I frequent?<br /><br />I've been thinking more about what it says about how damaged Moronicans are.<br /><br />We have 3 million oligarchs who were whipped into a looting frenzy by W's vile tax policy. It was a breathtaking bit of wealth confiscation and yet I ran into some hapless libertarian, (self defined), who just got laid off from his job of 23 years.<br /><br />He is in his 50s and not likely to see that sort of compensation again as his industry is dying. <br /><br />And yet he is willing to support the idea of something that is basically fucking him over out of dogma due to wealth aspiration.<br /><br />All across the vast land are millions like him, anxious that our vile collection of pet oligarchs be fed and housed in the manner to which they are accustomed while having free rein to undermine the functions of an honest republic.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18394197995097602185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959286621592188397.post-16230621982254924902010-09-07T20:05:02.422-04:002010-09-07T20:05:02.422-04:00probably all about Saturnprobably all about Saturnrob chalfenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09456519158892216145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959286621592188397.post-73358940261795889132010-09-07T13:35:31.726-04:002010-09-07T13:35:31.726-04:00I used to have a pet theory that jazz and especial...I used to have a pet theory that jazz and especially free jazz flourished better when Democrats.were.in office. It was based on the sudden drop in clubs and scenes for free jazz across the country...and the signing or dropping of free artists on major labels. However I'm still waiting for the Obama boom for free.jazz....not holding my breath.<br /><br />Guess I realize now that its way more complicated than a matter of which party's in power.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03003839056714570101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959286621592188397.post-83500892536584132722010-09-07T09:16:51.811-04:002010-09-07T09:16:51.811-04:00"Between 1979 and 2005, the mean after-tax in..."Between 1979 and 2005, the mean after-tax income for the top 1% increased by 176%, compared to an increase of 69% for the top quintile overall, 20% for the fourth quintile, 21% for the middle quintile, 17% for the second quintile and 6% for the bottom quintile. For the same time span the aggregate share of after-tax income held by the top percentile increased from 7.5% to 14%." -- Wiki's Income Inequality<br /><br />Money doesn't talk it swears.Marcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15368817115763985331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959286621592188397.post-55470585745910688662010-09-06T20:31:14.234-04:002010-09-06T20:31:14.234-04:00Medical Devices was another area I looked at. It&#...Medical Devices was another area I looked at. It's more about health care expansion with an aging population.<br /><br />That is also elaborately regulated by the FDA so there is less incentive to offshore it. It's expensive no matter what.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18394197995097602185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959286621592188397.post-91623088156973353412010-09-06T20:28:28.670-04:002010-09-06T20:28:28.670-04:00Medical supply places are supposed to be thriving....Medical supply places are supposed to be thriving. Is that Pentagon-related?Steve Provizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09757505876939504133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959286621592188397.post-74630348607554896522010-09-06T19:49:12.734-04:002010-09-06T19:49:12.734-04:00One interesting thing I discovered when I did that...One interesting thing I discovered when I did that market research project on the Consumer electronics sector in Massachusetts was how much small manufacturing is here. <br /><br />It is related to the Defense industry. Federal rules prohibit procurement from foreign sources. <br /><br />So these places are busy. Many have branched out to sell outside DoD but it is still an essential chunk of their annual sales.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18394197995097602185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959286621592188397.post-45329414883812231722010-09-06T19:41:21.511-04:002010-09-06T19:41:21.511-04:00That has been choking for years. And it comes with...That has been choking for years. And it comes with its own problems like quarrels with the steward. <br /><br />It started with so much promise. And when job growth is focused in the fluff sector, there never was much union growth. The cubicle IT world has strong libertarian leanings so by the time their work went to India they were already too late.<br /><br />The rest of cubistan probably equated unions with some grubby blue collar vestige that would lower their status as Fawk U. grads in an aspiring white collar world.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18394197995097602185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959286621592188397.post-85646095930955227272010-09-06T19:28:02.439-04:002010-09-06T19:28:02.439-04:00Then, there's a little thing called the demise...Then, there's a little thing called the demise of the labor union; seemingly, the result of a well- orchestrated campaign to undermine one of the only stalwart protectors of the American worker.<br /><br />I played in a labor-day parade today and it doesn't look good out there. I don't know what kind of outreach they did, but there were very few unions represented. <br />Bystanders seemed glad to get a colorful break from shopping, but basically, simply looked puzzled.Steve Provizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09757505876939504133noreply@blogger.com