The New Economic Reality

After the events of the past few weeks it becomes obvious that we as a world must do more for disaster relief. We must face reality. After Katrina; after the recent flood in Pakistan; after the mudslide in The People’s Republic of China; after the earthquakes in Haiti and Pakistan; and the Tsunami in Southern Asia, we as a world must find a new way of handling disasters and funding the relief of those who are affected. The last minute, pass the hat, depend on the local resources, approach no longer works. In Pakistan over twenty million people were affected. The disaster was so great that the Pakistan government was forced to resort to beating people with sticks in an effort to distribute the food and necessary supplies. A whole area of a nation was affected. This is no small nation but one that has nuclear weapons. The army came to the rescue of the people. However, it was not enough. What we did not do when the U.N. was first organized was give it sufficient funds or fundraising powe...

BP recently stated that it will supply block grants of $25 million to the states of Mississippi; Florida and Alabama. These grants BP hopes will pay for the damage caused by these states for there lost of trade. Additional awards of $15 million to Mississippi and Alabama have been granted to pay for the damaged tourist trade. As of this date the oil continues to spill out into the ocean. Sources state that the oil cannot be stopped before August. BP has stated that it has an elaborate technical program designed to cap the oil. Its initial stage of was placing a LMRP cap on the well. This has been the most successful attempt at capping the well since the explosion took place in late April. During this time much to dismay of the entire world hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil were emptied into the Gulf of Mexico causing untold environmental damage; lost of trade in both the fishing and tourism industries. BP‘s executives attempted to shift the blame to Transocean who owned Deep Wate...

It is a shame that we have to go through this. However, Presidents, even progressive ones must be lead by the people. We were promised an end to the war in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Everyday that we wait costs more lives and more money. Just the other day two more soldiers lost there lives in Iraq. It costs 33 billion dollars more to continue the war in Afghanistan. We have 100,000 teachers out of work. One of the economic information sources stated that there were fewer jobs created in the U.S. economy. We need tangible investments that will bring more money and lasting benefits to the society. We cannot afford a war. We need schools, housing and jobs. If one wants to argue that Karzai and the current Afghan regime are more democratic, I believe your argument would be weak. Though many of the pharmaceutical companies need opium and the oil producers need oil, I believe both can be had in Afghanistan and Iraq by offering a reasonable price. We need our lives. We need our tax dollars. ...

When people read in the newspapers about investment bankers causing a financial collapse because they wanted to make more money. When people read about the countless times men and women have died because of the drive to increase corporate profits. When we suffer 11 persons dead and a polluted coastline where hundreds of sea life will die, washed up on oily beaches.When 29 miners die because of unsafe working conditions. When we cannot see our loved ones healed because of lack of money and adequate insurance. When it becomes heresy to fight for a single payer health insurance system. Do we need to overthrow the existing social order? I believe the answer would be yes. As El Hajj Malik Shabazz once taught"by any means necessary."

While reading the People's Daily I noticed that China has purchased Volvo . It is my hope that China will be able to fully participate in the world's economic market. It might be interesting to see what effect China will have on the world's unemployment rate if she is allowed to to have unfettered participation in the economic system of the world. If this world is to be a better world and if communism is a better system for achieving peace , prosperity and harmony we should encourage her growth.

To give someone an increase in Food Stamps and leave the person without the means of washing him or herself is the destructive pain of the U.S. welfare system. Since many people do not like the idea of an increase in cash assistance , especially in the case of single unemployed or homeless males one, out of respect for humanity or out respect for hygiene, must support the idea of a method of purchasing these items. I know this might seem heresy in the eyes of a conservative Senator or Congressperson but causing a person to stink is no real incentive in helping him or her away from welfare dependency. If one can forgive a Wall Street banker for his failure to come up with millions of loss investor dollars ,surely a conservative Republican or Democratic Senator can see a small stipend for soap and toiletries. Since most of these products are made of fats; oils and alcohols it might help if a special section of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) be allocated or created t...

The tragedy one finds today is the growing mess purchasing derivatives has done to the economy and the entire world. It is one thing to face massive unemployment; foreclosures and homelessness. It is one thing to watch your government empty the treasury into the coffers of a nation full of bankrupt banks. It is even more painful after months of struggle that I and no other American has single payer health insurance. Not to attack the President, for he has yet to commit the cardinal sin of becoming a righteous right wing Republican. The thing that bothers me as I open up the newspaper is that everywhere in the world States; Provinces ;Regions; Departments; Cities ; Towns ; Villages and localities have been left penniless by a bank scam. The question is whether the executives at JP Morgan Chase will go to jail for what they did to Milan. We hope so. Justice should prevail. Wall Street Reform should prevail and the U.S. Republican Party should stop paying teabaggers to harass the America...