@unitetoday @johnny seek compromise. I was in speaking with @percolator. He is against public unions and I am for them. His argument was that there is no place for them in public because there’s no one on the other side to represent the taxpayers. The politician is moot because his incentive is to get as many votes so [...]

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/charting-ten-year-prelude-keynesian-endgame
This is the debt trap and we are stuck in it.

@jimmeydanger “thus we need to induce deflation in the short term to correct the forced inflation as perpetuated by the Fed and encourage by banks/corporations, and then allow free market mechanisms when the situation is stable” Deflation is an animal that scares the FED more than inflation because inflation is pulled back through increasing interest rates. [...]

@jimmeydanger I know you mean well but it simply doesn’t work this way. Your definitions are messed up. Inflation means there’s more supply of money in the system which makes prices go up. More money = less value = less purchasing power. So debtors would be making less money (inflation hits wages last). Also expansionist monetary [...]

Liberation is one word with too many meanings for me to say yes or no to it. Succession from Union: no dissolving to big to fail banks who are responsible: yes jailing the criminals running such banks: yes Large scale reform of our political and financial system: YES Not one Wallstreeter who is responsible is [...]

Very very true. The Coliseum in Rome was built by the leaders to distract the common citizen from discussing important issues. While I’m in my room constantly bombarding my brain with critical information of the future of this nation and world, my 4 other room mates are watching basketball and have no idea the implications [...]

We need to be able to poll in these forums so we can effectively vote on matters as well as discuss them. Any idea how?