I've been sitting here at the

Flavius — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:25:00 +0000

I've been sitting here at the keyboard puzzling over "deliberate".

My belief about human nature is that we're a mixture of charitable and selfish impulses. In my religious youth I attributed the selfish ones to Original Sin from which only the Blessed Virgin Mary was exempt. Now I think no one is exempt, including for sure, me.

But similarly no one is exempt from the temptation to be kind. In The Screwtape Letters an apprentice devil is all pleased with himself when he report to old Screwtape that he's arranged for a couple to have an affair. "You fool" the Devil snaps, "don't you realize that Lust can turn into Love."

So I found it hard to believe that even Republican leaders intend the disastrous consequences of this policy. But I accept that the policy itself is deliberate even if it is justified for some of them by ignorance of its downsides.

So yeah. Deliberate.

This is the most succinct

Aunt Sam — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:46:08 +0000

In reply to If you don't fix a problem , the problem doesn't get fixed

This is the most succinct statement defining this issue I have come across:

The reason that globalization has put downward pressure on the living standards of the middle class is that it has been deliberate policy under both Republican and Democratic administrations to force middle class workers to compete with their low-paid counterparts in the developing world, while protecting the most highly educated workers from the same competition.

We continue to seek the lowest price for our purchases, ignoring the 'Made in China' or other country tag.

(i.e.) Just like a consistent diet of fast food, which we know that by eating regularly will cause us to be overweight, culminating in negative health issues (diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, etc.) we don't stop.

Both will culminate in destroying our bodies and economy. All caused by our choices to either remain ignorant of the facts and/or not putting forth the effort to secure positive change.

'If ~~you~~ we don't fix a problem , the problem doesn't get fixed'

Thanks for this Flavius.

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I've been sitting here at the

This is the most succinct