tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25290739.post423744423922414936..comments2023-10-31T07:24:54.197-04:00Comments on JERSEY MCJONES: Out of TouchJersey McJoneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25290739.post-41638854997919586352017-05-03T08:05:29.697-04:002017-05-03T08:05:29.697-04:00It's simply a question of "who" rece...It's simply a question of "who" receives the benefits from the savings created through the division of labour. The "means" through which the proletariate owns the "means of production" ion a democracy is the "tax" system.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25290739.post-76760156033458310822017-05-03T08:02:39.762-04:002017-05-03T08:02:39.762-04:00So my "solution" is to tax corporations ...So my "solution" is to tax corporations on those scale "efficiency savings" to give the little guy/mom & pop enterprise an even break.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25290739.post-46517702135976783672017-05-03T08:00:06.254-04:002017-05-03T08:00:06.254-04:00Look Jersey, we're arguing past each other. M...Look Jersey, we're arguing past each other. My point is that corporations are always going to "out efficiency" the little independent business owner and put him out of work (and business).-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25290739.post-81780102519716080722017-05-02T21:25:53.610-04:002017-05-02T21:25:53.610-04:00"Unemplyment is "the cost they impose up..."Unemplyment is "the cost they impose upon society.""<br /><br />No.<br /><br />Employment is most all an expression of demand. You don't hire people based upon how much taxes you pay as a corporation. Many CEO's say they do, many Republican and conservatives sorts say things like that, but it is not true. Corporate taxes are essentially sales taxes, the costs Jersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25290739.post-77149514820313485802017-05-02T00:53:39.896-04:002017-05-02T00:53:39.896-04:00Unemplyment is "the cost they impose upon soc...Unemplyment is "the cost they impose upon society.". Terrorism is the "cost they impose upon society.". If you charged corporations for the costs they imposed upon society, their rates would be over 100%Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25290739.post-64313189624534324632017-05-01T22:51:43.570-04:002017-05-01T22:51:43.570-04:00Personally, I think corporate tax rates should onl...Personally, I think corporate tax rates should only reflect the costs they impose on society. I believe corporate rates should be very low. They are regressive, essentially sales taxes. They should be taxed only enough to regulate them. I could imagine a rate as low 1-2%. But that's just me.<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25290739.post-36450466897330118112017-05-01T20:38:50.615-04:002017-05-01T20:38:50.615-04:00Perhaps if the rules of capitalism were different,...Perhaps if the rules of capitalism were different, we wouldn't need as much "socialism". Do corporations really "need" liability protections and tax rate less than the one real people have tp pay?Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25290739.post-24086621981358436092017-05-01T19:36:24.417-04:002017-05-01T19:36:24.417-04:00FJ - again, I don't know what exactly you thin...FJ - again, I don't know what exactly you think I think, but I can tell you this - it seems to me reality dictates the best we can hope for, for the foreseeable future, is capitalism balanced by socialism, just as we have liberty balanced by the ends of each other's noses.<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25290739.post-42836591461260301462017-05-01T18:25:12.929-04:002017-05-01T18:25:12.929-04:00Well, to anonymous, the context here was the notio...Well, to anonymous, the context here was the notion that cutting taxes on corporate profits or investment income or the top rates will encourage those receiving the breaks to expand. But that ignores the realities of supply and demand, all your notable sectors aside, and many included anyway. We have been operating under a supply-side model, which monetarism essentially is, for decades now.<br Jersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25290739.post-4580245017167436962017-05-01T18:06:42.696-04:002017-05-01T18:06:42.696-04:00Good ol' May Day, always taking up some new pu...Good ol' May Day, always taking up some new purpose. Apropos for Spring. ;)<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25290739.post-88861290956830068652017-05-01T13:45:00.058-04:002017-05-01T13:45:00.058-04:00"By order of King John, the "markets&quo...<b>"By order of King John, the "markets" of Sherwood have now been officially closed."</b><br /><br />-Sheriff of Nottingham-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25290739.post-49337868621887058652017-05-01T13:42:46.227-04:002017-05-01T13:42:46.227-04:00from the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biog...from the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (1901)<br /><br /><i>The Rev. Mr. Heckewelder, who is probably the best authority we have upon the Indians of this section of the country, states that Tamanend's memory was held in the highest esteem by his own people, but that he never heard them say much concerning him, as it was not their custom to talk of their dead except in a very -FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25290739.post-70229379009781146702017-05-01T13:36:22.093-04:002017-05-01T13:36:22.093-04:00...that a few men with control of capital could re......that a few men with control of capital could render all the future potential labour of mankind moot. You must really love banker aristocrats and hate the rest of mankind, Jersey. Especially when they declare anything and everything that the "common" men may produce "unsafe contraband".-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25290739.post-6346235349418832342017-05-01T13:33:46.532-04:002017-05-01T13:33:46.532-04:00I question if supply and demand is the rule of an ...I question if supply and demand is the rule of an economy today. The last time a barrel of oil was this low a gallon of gas was way under two dollars. We pay twice as much for prescription drugs as the rest of the world, yet, our demand (use) of those drugs is no greater than the rest of the world. Food prices are at an all time high, yet, our consumption (demand) of food has stayed about the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25290739.post-19952690549941041982017-05-01T13:28:21.430-04:002017-05-01T13:28:21.430-04:00from Wiki: On May 1, 1777, John Adams wrote of th...from Wiki: <i>On May 1, 1777, John Adams wrote of the Tammany festival in Philadelphia during the American Revolutionary War. Adams, who was in Philadelphia attending the Second Continental Congress as a delegate from Massachusetts, wrote a letter home to his wife Abigail Adams, which said:<br /><br /> This is King Tammany's Day. Tammany was an Indian King, of this part of the Continent, -FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25290739.post-8063743833518568842017-05-01T12:10:54.508-04:002017-05-01T12:10:54.508-04:00Oh yeah... I'd forgotten about that St Tammany...Oh yeah... I'd forgotten about that St Tammany and all that. Fun little bit of Americana there, FJ!<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25290739.post-52264673131427825672017-05-01T12:03:31.661-04:002017-05-01T12:03:31.661-04:00Well, the new budget is out of the House, the Sena...Well, the new budget is out of the House, the Senate should be making it a little more realistic, and it keeps us going through, I believe, September (through the rest of the fiscal year). It looks to be status quo, until then.<br /><br />Trump's little wish list looks terrible - like every proven-to-be-bad-over-and-over-again idea in one glop. What happens in September should have serious Jersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25290739.post-91872497127682832292017-05-01T11:47:22.002-04:002017-05-01T11:47:22.002-04:00The funny things is - it could be a wonderful thin...The funny things is - it could be a wonderful thing!<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25290739.post-64321901704690766582017-05-01T07:43:57.775-04:002017-05-01T07:43:57.775-04:00Kawamio che keeteru!
"Ye lovers of frolic, w...Kawamio che keeteru!<br /><br /><i>"Ye lovers of frolic, who blithsome and gay,<br />Resolve to be merry on Tammany's Day;<br />I Neddy the Sachem, by some surnamed P—e,<br />For a moment would like your attention to call.<br />In barbarous days, ere America rose<br />The pride of her Friends, and the scourge of her foes,<br />Old Tammany bounding o'er valley and hill,<br />Every -FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25290739.post-37711708184556803912017-05-01T04:36:19.000-04:002017-05-01T04:36:19.000-04:00Karl Marx wasn't that far off the mark eh Ther...Karl Marx wasn't that far off the mark eh Thersites? Although I doubt he foresaw robotics, robots, and AI.<br /><br />The progression of capitalism leads to excess labor with the eventual elimination of all labor as its ultimate achievement.<br /><br />Whether that actually happens is anybody's guess and of course remains to be seen. It is for future generations to grapple with. But Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25290739.post-70661433605173438902017-04-30T22:17:18.017-04:002017-04-30T22:17:18.017-04:00We're not going to automate everything in fore...We're not going to automate everything in foreseeable future. We're never going to do it completely. But you are looking way out in the future. And never forget, with automation comes people with time for new things to do. When automation caused mass labor changes in the 19th century, it is no coincidence that major strides forward in urban and suburban living and infrastructure, Jersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25290739.post-14856701830691017082017-04-30T20:16:30.170-04:002017-04-30T20:16:30.170-04:00What is wrong with global capital is that with eno...What is wrong with global capital is that with enough capital, you don't need any labor. You can "automate" everything. Workers become "obsolete". And pretty soon, the only thing for former " workers" to do is collect welfare. They can't compete with robots, or goods produced by robots.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25290739.post-42010304281335555972017-04-30T20:01:14.222-04:002017-04-30T20:01:14.222-04:00Those glory days came with taxes at twice the leve...Those glory days came with taxes at twice the level we pay today. The trillion dollar debts started with Reagan and his tax cuts. Trickle down has been proven a failure many times and Trump's budget is trickle down on steroids. Trump's out in business was to declare bankruptcy. I guess that's next for the USA. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25290739.post-71542733163312068752017-04-30T17:43:42.639-04:002017-04-30T17:43:42.639-04:00FJ - your fascination with 'global capital'...FJ - your fascination with 'global capital' is a little disconcerting. Without the full-philosophical-press, what is it about trade in capital concerns you most? You think it's all just some house of cards about to collapse? I agree there are plenty of bad actors out there, rigging systems wherever and whenever they can, but that just gets back to why we need a public educated Jersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25290739.post-86183923738246116942017-04-30T17:37:54.842-04:002017-04-30T17:37:54.842-04:00I think it would help significantly, if we're ...I think it would help significantly, if we're going to live in a world without unions, that education and healthcare should be rights and funded, so that workers, and everyone really, have the opportunities in life that the unions fought to give them.<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.com