tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8793210.post112537599764561397..comments2024-03-28T04:52:31.566-07:00Comments on Toner Mishap: Financial Calamity -- PricelessThe Misanthropehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15697151793588884333noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8793210.post-1125458239798918382005-08-30T20:17:00.000-07:002005-08-30T20:17:00.000-07:00Well I look at it like this. I can't control infla...Well I look at it like this. I can't control inflating gas or housing prices, but I can control my credit card spending. Lucky for me, late charges are one of very few things I've yet to have to worry about (knock on wood...)Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08262988549970554970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8793210.post-1125424623006210672005-08-30T10:57:00.000-07:002005-08-30T10:57:00.000-07:00Q, To continue with your metaphor; Capitalism is d...Q, To continue with your metaphor; Capitalism is driving drunk, smoking a cigar and Democracy has been stuffed into the trunk.<BR/><BR/>You are so right, the people are not organized, therefore we are forgotten. When unions were strong people were considered and some safety nets were in place.The Misanthropehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15697151793588884333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8793210.post-1125420080870356802005-08-30T09:41:00.000-07:002005-08-30T09:41:00.000-07:00Another example of President Bush's allegiance to ...Another example of President Bush's allegiance to big business.<BR/><BR/>And big business pays attention. They know what the President is up to, and they lobby for decisions to go their way.<BR/><BR/>Whereas ordinary men and women aren't organized in any comparable way. They are unaware of so much that goes on in government (it's too complex!), and they don't lobby for their own interests.<BR/><BR/>We describe Western countries as democracies, and I think it's a distortion of the facts. Capitalism is the driver in the Western world; democracy is merely a passenger.<BR/>Qstchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04018824090441668781noreply@blogger.com