The Infinite Power Of Two
Noah Had It Right All Those Centuries Ago…
I must confess that I think Noah had it right all those centuries ago, before the great flood, by allowing two of each species to board the arc. I doubt that he was into higher mathematics or anything like that, but he knew intuitively about the infinite power of two multiplying themselves over, and over, and over again, and he knew that the could replenish the earth in the wake of the great flood.
At The Dawn Of A New Millennium…
Now here we sit at the dawn of a new millennium no less, in the wake of the most recent political flood (or fiasco whichever you prefer) that has left people on both sides of the isle, the world over, scratching their heads and wondering what’s going to become of planet earth if, despite our differences, we the people who populate planet earth are ultimately unable to work together in harmony, towards mutually agreed upon ends, without resorting to killing each other and violating each other in a multitude of innovative ways on our way towards getting that job done.
So, Let’s Start Building The 21st Century Arc…
I suggest that our modern, 21st century voyagers need to take a tip from Noah, become proactive, build an arc, and start bringing people on board two by two, week after week, month after month for 48 consecutive months. If we can do that, at the end of 48 months, we will find ourselves with an arc full of partners whose fires are burning brightly with the flame of understanding, enthusiasm, and conviction over the fact that, after all these years we’ve finally discovered a way that we can create economic justice, which will in turn will underwrite social justice, which is the primary requirement for peace, the world over.
Binary, Binary, Binary…
In this binary age (thanks to the inventors of the modern computer and Bill Gates), using a binary orientation to the economy (thanks to Louis Kelso and all the people who have kept his dream alive for over a half century now), and with the help of a binary system of reaching out to people two, by two, by two, etc., etc., etc., (thanks to Noah and his arc) there is suddenly a light at the end of the long, long tunnel.
A Coincidence? I Doubt It
Now let me ask, have you ever noticed that the victory sign which American President’s love to flash at the press ant the television cameras when they’re boarding Air Force One, IS ALSO THE NUMBER TWO? Coincidence you say? Could be, but I for one, kind of doubt it.
P.S. One More Interesting Observation…
For the sake of the conversation, if the group starts off with three partners (one fire lighter, and two fires being lit), and if each new partner doubles himself (3, 7, 15, 31, etc., etc.) or herself for 24 consecutive months (two years) our ranks will swell to MORE THAN THIRTY TWO MILLION PEOPLE, without any help from the mainstream media at all. Just handshakes, and eyeball to eyeball conversations full of fire in the belly understanding, conviction, and enthusiastic fire lighting is all we’re talking about here.
Now that’s pretty impressive for just twenty four months. And can you imagine what we can do with a full forty eight month program? Yes Virginia, that’s right. We can take the nation, and the world back from its corporate captors in the name of justice, freedom, democracy, peace, prosperity, and a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, just like our forefathers imagined over two centuries ago. Now close your eyes, sleep tight, and have sweet dreams.
Friday, November 19, 2004
Thursday, November 18, 2004
WAVG Interviews Joe On Christian Economics
“WAVG AM FM Talk Radio Interviews
Joe L. Buckett Over His Claim That He’s A Proponent Of Christian Economics”
Al: So I want to welcome all our loyal WAVG talk radio listeners out there in the heartland. This is Al Robinson with a special guest who’s making his second appearance on our show. Please give a warm welcome to America’s first and only virtual candidate for President of The United States, Mr. Joe L. Buckett.
Joe: Thanks Al. As always, it’s a pleasure to be here with you and your listeners.
Al: As usual we’re running short on time Joe so let me jump right to the point. When you claimed recently that your economic plan was and I quote, “Christian economics,” our phones began ringing off the hook and I knew we were going to have to get you back on the program. Now with all the controversy initiated by that comment, I’m now going to give you an opportunity to tell our listening audience exactly what you meant when you uttered the phrase “Christian economics?”
Joe: Well Al, let me first point out that I wasn’t aiming to stir up any controversy with that remark. And I confess that to my knowledge, Christ never uttered the term economics in his life. I mean he was a carpenter, a real live blue collar man of the people who worked with his hands, and then became a little controversial himself by catering to the lower class, and effectively spitting in the face of the guardians of the status quo on numerous occasions.
So without his ever using the term economics, you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to know which elements of society Christ valued and respected, and which elements he devalued and disrespected. I mean it was Christ who claimed that it’s easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven, right? Now, what does that say about his economics?
Al: OK Joe, Christ was controversial because he embraced the poor and downtrodden, while he had little use for the guardians of the status quo. How does that play out in the context of your own orientation to economics? I mean you claim to be inclusive, right?
Joe: In our “two table theory of economics” we concentrate all our attention on the cancerous root cause of most of the world’s problems, namely concentrated wealth and power in the hands of a few people, at the expense of everybody else, and ESPECIALLY the SYSTEM that actively encourages that concentration to occur. And on one hand our economic program is designed to lift up the poor and the downtrodden, dust them off, and to offer them the same kinds of opportunity that middle class and wealthy Americans enjoy all the time. So we certainly line up with Christ in this regard Al.
Al: But when I hear you make those kinds of comments Joe, I begin to suspect that you’re some kind of modern Robin Hood or El Zorro who wants to run around, steal from the rich and give back to the poor. Now in modern terms that kind of redistributive thinking translates into you being a bleeding heart liberal, a socialist, even a communist doesn’t it?
Joe: Well, if you look at our program only in that way, you’re absolutely right Al. And for that reason many people’s automatic, knee jerk reaction to our plan is that our we are socialistic or communistic, simply because we do address and solve the problem of poverty in a way that’s truly systematic instead of just charitable. On the other hand, any real student of the subject knows that the primary goal of socialism/communism is to ABOLISH ALL PRIVATE PROPERTY. They (the Marxists) claim that private property is the root of all problems, and that abolishing it, makes the problems go away.
In contrast, we are unabashed and unapologetic PROPONENTS OF PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN CITIZEN, which makes us the polar opposite of communists, socialists, or Marxists. Our position however is that concentrated wealth and power, whether it’s in the hands of a communistic politburo, a socialistic bureaucracy, or corporate autocrats IS THE REAL ENEMY OF JUSTICE, FREEDOM, DEMOCRACY, PEACE, PROSPERITY, AND A GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, AND FOR THE PEOPLE.
Al: OK Joe, but how does all that translate into a Christian message? I still don’t get it.
Joe: Well, there are several things in this regard that come to my mind Al. First, if I understand him at all, Christ was not a dictator in any way shape or form. He respected people from all walks of life so long as they respected (his term was “love”) others. The golden rule sounds right for this point. He was also a proponent of freedom and would have hated the thought of anyone forcing a religion in his name, down anyone else’s throat. He would have hated the thought of people being frightened out of their wits by hellfire an damnation preaching fundamentalist manipulators.
In my mind, Christ would’ve agreed with the claim that if a religion is not freely chosen by the will of the individual, then it’s absolutely worthless. He would agree with an old acquaintance of mine who used to say, “A leader is not someone who makes you do what he wants you to do. A leader is one who makes you want to do, what he wants you to do.” In other words, religion without free will has nothing to do with my understanding of Christianity. And so our economic support of justice, freedom and democracy is something that Christ would’ve taken to like a duck to water. Does that make sense Al?
Al: Keep on going Joe, it looks to me like you’re on a roll here.
Joe: There is more Al. I’d also contend that Christ was a non materialist, but that doesn’t mean that he accepted the condition where people are given the choice between wage slavery and starvation. As a matter of fact, in my view he was a strong proponent of sharing the wealth, which is best seen in the story about the five fishes and the loaves of bread. You know, the one where a minimal amount of food was passed around in order to feed the masses who had come to hear him speak. And when everyone was finished eating, there was way more food left over than when they’d originally started passing it around in the first place. The moral of the story of course is, share the wealth and there will be plenty for everyone. Hoard it and you actively create poverty. You choose.
Al: So how does this apply to your program Joe? Do you want everyone to share the wealth and create plenty for everyone? Is that it?
Joe: Well, that’s pretty much correct Al. I guess I’d say it a little bit differently. We want to offer individuals across the economic spectrum an opportunity to actively participate on the capital ownership side of the economy, where most of the wealth is being created in the 21st century. This in turn will reduce each individual worker’s need to auction off a significant portion of his life in order to feed himself, his family, and pay his bills. It will free him up to do what some folks like to call “leisure work,” of which the study of religion and philosophy are two of the very best examples. But if you have to spend all your waking hours scratching out a subsistence living from day to day, paycheck to paycheck, you’re actively being deprived of the chance to do leisure work and to make your own life as fulfilling and meaningful as it ought to be.
Al: Let’s dig a little deeper into this concept of leisure work Joe. I’ll bet that our listeners out there would get a kick out of hearing a more detailed explanation of that.
Joe: Sure Al. Leisure work is the work you freely choose to do when you have the discretionary time and opportunity to do so. For most Americans today, that discretionary time to choose your own activity comes on the weekend. Now I’m not talking about laying around watching the NFL on Sunday afternoon, drinking beer and munching chips. That’s primarily a non productive use of your discretionary time and it’s wasting that kind of opportunity that keeps most people behind the eight ball in life.
Leisure work on the other hand, is productive whether it’s an educational pursuit, a recreational pursuit (i.e. active athletic participation as opposed to mere spectatorship), or a charitable pursuit. It is what you would be doing with your hours, days, weeks, months, and years of your life if you didn’t have to auction off a significant portion of it in order to pay the bills. Leisure work in short, is a labor of love.
Al: Tell me again how that translates into economics Joe. I’m still missing something.
Joe: Discretionary time Al is largely dependent on your financial situation. If you find yourself in a situation where you have a family to support, and you own no wealth producing property that you can pay your bills with, then you’re required to auction off the only thing you do own, which is your time and your talent. And the more of that time and talent you have to auction off to the highest bidder, the less of it belongs to you. That is to say, the less time you have to do the things that are most meaningful and fulfilling to you…such as being a good spouse or parent for example, or reading things, or talking to people who can help you to grow and become more human, etc.
On the other hand, if you own plenty of wealth producing property, then you don’t have to concern yourself with paying the bills. It’s a non-issue. You are financially independent. You are FREE to do those things that make your life interesting, meaningful, and fulfilling. And that’s more likely to happen as you own more and more of your own life, and you’re not having to sell it to the highest bidder.
Al: Like last time you were here, we’re running short on time again Joe, and I have one final question for you. Are you a Christian yourself?
Joe: Good question Al and I’d tell you that I consider myself a Christian, but not in the sense of disrespecting anyone else for their religious views. I was raised Methodist in a small town of Burlington, IA. And back in the fifties and sixties in Burlington there were various denominations of Christianity in town from Methodists, Lutherans, Baptists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, and Catholics. We even had a Jewish synagogue in town, but no mosques back in those days, although I’m sure they do today.
But back then, none of these groups were declaring themselves absolutely right, and superior to all others, like they do today. And I must admit, I kind of liked it that way. It was mutually respectful, and very Christian according to my interpretation. I mean there were ways that each one of these groups were different from the other, but I don’t recall ever having anyone tell me that their interpretation of God was the only correct interpretation, and that if I disagreed with them, I was going to burn in hell for eternity.
That would have been considered incredibly bigoted in a time when, most people recognized their own natural limitations with regard to empirically knowing what God said and meant in any one passage, or in any one book, be it the Bible or the Koran, etc. Back in the innocent fifties people at least had some sense of humility, and they knew when they didn’t know.
But today I think the problem is that too many people seem to be incapable of recognizing the difference between a belief and an empirical fact. I have an acquaintance from West Texas who used to say “God help them who don’t know that they don’t know.” Today I think it should be, “God save us from those people who don’t know that they don’t know, and who insist on stuffing their own interpretation of religion down other people’s throats.” It’s one of the two primary roots of terrorism…the other being the economic component.
So in answer to your question Al, regardless of the fact that many people who call themselves Christians today would exclude me from their ranks because I interpret things differently from them, I still consider myself a Christian. In other words my own edition of Christianity tends to be inclusive…kind of like Christ was himself. Their edition tends to be exclusive, kind of like the country club full of rich folks. Now you tell me which sounds like the more Christian position to take, and if this sounds like "Christian economics" to you?
Al: We’ve officially run out of time Joe, but I want to thank you for coming in for another WAVG interview, and for answering this controversy as best you can. Please say hello to Ms. Buckett for me, and until next time, this is Al Robinson for WAVG AM FM talk radio saying, we’ll be here again next week, same time, same station.
Joe L. Buckett Over His Claim That He’s A Proponent Of Christian Economics”
Al: So I want to welcome all our loyal WAVG talk radio listeners out there in the heartland. This is Al Robinson with a special guest who’s making his second appearance on our show. Please give a warm welcome to America’s first and only virtual candidate for President of The United States, Mr. Joe L. Buckett.
Joe: Thanks Al. As always, it’s a pleasure to be here with you and your listeners.
Al: As usual we’re running short on time Joe so let me jump right to the point. When you claimed recently that your economic plan was and I quote, “Christian economics,” our phones began ringing off the hook and I knew we were going to have to get you back on the program. Now with all the controversy initiated by that comment, I’m now going to give you an opportunity to tell our listening audience exactly what you meant when you uttered the phrase “Christian economics?”
Joe: Well Al, let me first point out that I wasn’t aiming to stir up any controversy with that remark. And I confess that to my knowledge, Christ never uttered the term economics in his life. I mean he was a carpenter, a real live blue collar man of the people who worked with his hands, and then became a little controversial himself by catering to the lower class, and effectively spitting in the face of the guardians of the status quo on numerous occasions.
So without his ever using the term economics, you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to know which elements of society Christ valued and respected, and which elements he devalued and disrespected. I mean it was Christ who claimed that it’s easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven, right? Now, what does that say about his economics?
Al: OK Joe, Christ was controversial because he embraced the poor and downtrodden, while he had little use for the guardians of the status quo. How does that play out in the context of your own orientation to economics? I mean you claim to be inclusive, right?
Joe: In our “two table theory of economics” we concentrate all our attention on the cancerous root cause of most of the world’s problems, namely concentrated wealth and power in the hands of a few people, at the expense of everybody else, and ESPECIALLY the SYSTEM that actively encourages that concentration to occur. And on one hand our economic program is designed to lift up the poor and the downtrodden, dust them off, and to offer them the same kinds of opportunity that middle class and wealthy Americans enjoy all the time. So we certainly line up with Christ in this regard Al.
Al: But when I hear you make those kinds of comments Joe, I begin to suspect that you’re some kind of modern Robin Hood or El Zorro who wants to run around, steal from the rich and give back to the poor. Now in modern terms that kind of redistributive thinking translates into you being a bleeding heart liberal, a socialist, even a communist doesn’t it?
Joe: Well, if you look at our program only in that way, you’re absolutely right Al. And for that reason many people’s automatic, knee jerk reaction to our plan is that our we are socialistic or communistic, simply because we do address and solve the problem of poverty in a way that’s truly systematic instead of just charitable. On the other hand, any real student of the subject knows that the primary goal of socialism/communism is to ABOLISH ALL PRIVATE PROPERTY. They (the Marxists) claim that private property is the root of all problems, and that abolishing it, makes the problems go away.
In contrast, we are unabashed and unapologetic PROPONENTS OF PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN CITIZEN, which makes us the polar opposite of communists, socialists, or Marxists. Our position however is that concentrated wealth and power, whether it’s in the hands of a communistic politburo, a socialistic bureaucracy, or corporate autocrats IS THE REAL ENEMY OF JUSTICE, FREEDOM, DEMOCRACY, PEACE, PROSPERITY, AND A GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, AND FOR THE PEOPLE.
Al: OK Joe, but how does all that translate into a Christian message? I still don’t get it.
Joe: Well, there are several things in this regard that come to my mind Al. First, if I understand him at all, Christ was not a dictator in any way shape or form. He respected people from all walks of life so long as they respected (his term was “love”) others. The golden rule sounds right for this point. He was also a proponent of freedom and would have hated the thought of anyone forcing a religion in his name, down anyone else’s throat. He would have hated the thought of people being frightened out of their wits by hellfire an damnation preaching fundamentalist manipulators.
In my mind, Christ would’ve agreed with the claim that if a religion is not freely chosen by the will of the individual, then it’s absolutely worthless. He would agree with an old acquaintance of mine who used to say, “A leader is not someone who makes you do what he wants you to do. A leader is one who makes you want to do, what he wants you to do.” In other words, religion without free will has nothing to do with my understanding of Christianity. And so our economic support of justice, freedom and democracy is something that Christ would’ve taken to like a duck to water. Does that make sense Al?
Al: Keep on going Joe, it looks to me like you’re on a roll here.
Joe: There is more Al. I’d also contend that Christ was a non materialist, but that doesn’t mean that he accepted the condition where people are given the choice between wage slavery and starvation. As a matter of fact, in my view he was a strong proponent of sharing the wealth, which is best seen in the story about the five fishes and the loaves of bread. You know, the one where a minimal amount of food was passed around in order to feed the masses who had come to hear him speak. And when everyone was finished eating, there was way more food left over than when they’d originally started passing it around in the first place. The moral of the story of course is, share the wealth and there will be plenty for everyone. Hoard it and you actively create poverty. You choose.
Al: So how does this apply to your program Joe? Do you want everyone to share the wealth and create plenty for everyone? Is that it?
Joe: Well, that’s pretty much correct Al. I guess I’d say it a little bit differently. We want to offer individuals across the economic spectrum an opportunity to actively participate on the capital ownership side of the economy, where most of the wealth is being created in the 21st century. This in turn will reduce each individual worker’s need to auction off a significant portion of his life in order to feed himself, his family, and pay his bills. It will free him up to do what some folks like to call “leisure work,” of which the study of religion and philosophy are two of the very best examples. But if you have to spend all your waking hours scratching out a subsistence living from day to day, paycheck to paycheck, you’re actively being deprived of the chance to do leisure work and to make your own life as fulfilling and meaningful as it ought to be.
Al: Let’s dig a little deeper into this concept of leisure work Joe. I’ll bet that our listeners out there would get a kick out of hearing a more detailed explanation of that.
Joe: Sure Al. Leisure work is the work you freely choose to do when you have the discretionary time and opportunity to do so. For most Americans today, that discretionary time to choose your own activity comes on the weekend. Now I’m not talking about laying around watching the NFL on Sunday afternoon, drinking beer and munching chips. That’s primarily a non productive use of your discretionary time and it’s wasting that kind of opportunity that keeps most people behind the eight ball in life.
Leisure work on the other hand, is productive whether it’s an educational pursuit, a recreational pursuit (i.e. active athletic participation as opposed to mere spectatorship), or a charitable pursuit. It is what you would be doing with your hours, days, weeks, months, and years of your life if you didn’t have to auction off a significant portion of it in order to pay the bills. Leisure work in short, is a labor of love.
Al: Tell me again how that translates into economics Joe. I’m still missing something.
Joe: Discretionary time Al is largely dependent on your financial situation. If you find yourself in a situation where you have a family to support, and you own no wealth producing property that you can pay your bills with, then you’re required to auction off the only thing you do own, which is your time and your talent. And the more of that time and talent you have to auction off to the highest bidder, the less of it belongs to you. That is to say, the less time you have to do the things that are most meaningful and fulfilling to you…such as being a good spouse or parent for example, or reading things, or talking to people who can help you to grow and become more human, etc.
On the other hand, if you own plenty of wealth producing property, then you don’t have to concern yourself with paying the bills. It’s a non-issue. You are financially independent. You are FREE to do those things that make your life interesting, meaningful, and fulfilling. And that’s more likely to happen as you own more and more of your own life, and you’re not having to sell it to the highest bidder.
Al: Like last time you were here, we’re running short on time again Joe, and I have one final question for you. Are you a Christian yourself?
Joe: Good question Al and I’d tell you that I consider myself a Christian, but not in the sense of disrespecting anyone else for their religious views. I was raised Methodist in a small town of Burlington, IA. And back in the fifties and sixties in Burlington there were various denominations of Christianity in town from Methodists, Lutherans, Baptists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, and Catholics. We even had a Jewish synagogue in town, but no mosques back in those days, although I’m sure they do today.
But back then, none of these groups were declaring themselves absolutely right, and superior to all others, like they do today. And I must admit, I kind of liked it that way. It was mutually respectful, and very Christian according to my interpretation. I mean there were ways that each one of these groups were different from the other, but I don’t recall ever having anyone tell me that their interpretation of God was the only correct interpretation, and that if I disagreed with them, I was going to burn in hell for eternity.
That would have been considered incredibly bigoted in a time when, most people recognized their own natural limitations with regard to empirically knowing what God said and meant in any one passage, or in any one book, be it the Bible or the Koran, etc. Back in the innocent fifties people at least had some sense of humility, and they knew when they didn’t know.
But today I think the problem is that too many people seem to be incapable of recognizing the difference between a belief and an empirical fact. I have an acquaintance from West Texas who used to say “God help them who don’t know that they don’t know.” Today I think it should be, “God save us from those people who don’t know that they don’t know, and who insist on stuffing their own interpretation of religion down other people’s throats.” It’s one of the two primary roots of terrorism…the other being the economic component.
So in answer to your question Al, regardless of the fact that many people who call themselves Christians today would exclude me from their ranks because I interpret things differently from them, I still consider myself a Christian. In other words my own edition of Christianity tends to be inclusive…kind of like Christ was himself. Their edition tends to be exclusive, kind of like the country club full of rich folks. Now you tell me which sounds like the more Christian position to take, and if this sounds like "Christian economics" to you?
Al: We’ve officially run out of time Joe, but I want to thank you for coming in for another WAVG interview, and for answering this controversy as best you can. Please say hello to Ms. Buckett for me, and until next time, this is Al Robinson for WAVG AM FM talk radio saying, we’ll be here again next week, same time, same station.
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Ten Top Reason's To Avoid Supporting Joe L. Buckett
The Ten Top Reasons To Fear Joe Lunch Buckett, And To Avoid Supporting Him At All Cost!
1. He’s different from any politician you’ve ever heard before. Beside that, he’s virtual! He doesn’t sing the same old, worn out battle hymns from the right, or same the old, worn out battle hymns from the left. He’s a totally different animal, and in your considerable experience, anyone who’s different MUST BE WRONG! And that’s that!
2. You are one of those top 1% whose net worth is greater than the bottom 95% combined, and you really do stand to lose if people hear what Joe has to say to them. Besides that, you think that things like justice, freedom, and democracy really are at their very best when controlled by the corporate elite, and parceled out to individual citizens at the discretion of the corporate elite.
3. You think that the modern, corporately owned and controlled mass media really does present all sides of the story to the people who take the time to listen. In other words, you contend that the modern media provides the American people with all the information they really need to make an informed decision with regard to who has the best taco restaurant in town, and who’s the lesser of two evils when it comes to being President of the United States.
4. You think that justice, freedom, and democracy can actually co-exist with an economy that actually promotes the concentration of wealth and power into the hands of a few people at the expense of the many. And anyone who disagrees must be a commie pig…right? Anyway, just look at us today. We’re living proof.
5. You really like the way our current political system works, where empty suited candidates from the conventional left and the conventional right, and neither of whom have any common sense solutions for 21st century problems, sling mud and insult one another (and the intelligence of the viewing public) for six straight months, then when one side eeks out a so-called victory, they claim a mandate for their own agenda, while a polarized public sits dazed and confused on the sidelines, which is where they really belong anyway.
6. You think that since he refuses to comment on two guys kissing, that Joe must be some sort of Godless, and immoral pervert who deserves no support.
7. You have not been laid off of your job yet, and you see the Dow Jones climbing on a weekly basis (despite the fact that job layoffs are gong on all around you) so you contend that the economy is heading in the right direction and you support the status quo. I mean why consider change unless you really have to?
8. You like being an industrial sharecropper, a modern day wage slave who spends his or her day doing what someone else tells you to do. After all, freedom requires thinking and taking responsibility. And that kind of thing is hard work. You actually prefer to have someone else think and take the responsibility so you can watch the NFL, the NBA, or even better the WWF and drink beer all weekend, every weekend. Awesome, huh?
9. If the economy actually did positively explode, just the way that Joe claims it will under his 21st century plan, we’d use up the earth’s natural resources even faster than we already are currently. And by some estimates we only have about fifty years left on the lease anyway. Why speed up the race to Armageddon…right?
10. You think that if all citizens were to develop the financial independence (i.e. freedom) that Joe is prescribing, they would be far too hard to control. The boss could no longer dictate to them 40 to 60 hours a week. The government could no longer buy their vote. And the end result of too much freedom for all is mass chaos and hysteria, which doesn’t sound too good to you. Let freedom ring is a nice marketing slogan. And a government of the people, for the people, and by the people rolls off the tongue nicely. But come on. Let’s get real. And besides, if people don’t know that they’re not free, why would you want to wake them up to that fact? A sleeping and well controlled citizenship is the key to today’s Brave New, 21st Century World, and you think we should just keep it that way.
1. He’s different from any politician you’ve ever heard before. Beside that, he’s virtual! He doesn’t sing the same old, worn out battle hymns from the right, or same the old, worn out battle hymns from the left. He’s a totally different animal, and in your considerable experience, anyone who’s different MUST BE WRONG! And that’s that!
2. You are one of those top 1% whose net worth is greater than the bottom 95% combined, and you really do stand to lose if people hear what Joe has to say to them. Besides that, you think that things like justice, freedom, and democracy really are at their very best when controlled by the corporate elite, and parceled out to individual citizens at the discretion of the corporate elite.
3. You think that the modern, corporately owned and controlled mass media really does present all sides of the story to the people who take the time to listen. In other words, you contend that the modern media provides the American people with all the information they really need to make an informed decision with regard to who has the best taco restaurant in town, and who’s the lesser of two evils when it comes to being President of the United States.
4. You think that justice, freedom, and democracy can actually co-exist with an economy that actually promotes the concentration of wealth and power into the hands of a few people at the expense of the many. And anyone who disagrees must be a commie pig…right? Anyway, just look at us today. We’re living proof.
5. You really like the way our current political system works, where empty suited candidates from the conventional left and the conventional right, and neither of whom have any common sense solutions for 21st century problems, sling mud and insult one another (and the intelligence of the viewing public) for six straight months, then when one side eeks out a so-called victory, they claim a mandate for their own agenda, while a polarized public sits dazed and confused on the sidelines, which is where they really belong anyway.
6. You think that since he refuses to comment on two guys kissing, that Joe must be some sort of Godless, and immoral pervert who deserves no support.
7. You have not been laid off of your job yet, and you see the Dow Jones climbing on a weekly basis (despite the fact that job layoffs are gong on all around you) so you contend that the economy is heading in the right direction and you support the status quo. I mean why consider change unless you really have to?
8. You like being an industrial sharecropper, a modern day wage slave who spends his or her day doing what someone else tells you to do. After all, freedom requires thinking and taking responsibility. And that kind of thing is hard work. You actually prefer to have someone else think and take the responsibility so you can watch the NFL, the NBA, or even better the WWF and drink beer all weekend, every weekend. Awesome, huh?
9. If the economy actually did positively explode, just the way that Joe claims it will under his 21st century plan, we’d use up the earth’s natural resources even faster than we already are currently. And by some estimates we only have about fifty years left on the lease anyway. Why speed up the race to Armageddon…right?
10. You think that if all citizens were to develop the financial independence (i.e. freedom) that Joe is prescribing, they would be far too hard to control. The boss could no longer dictate to them 40 to 60 hours a week. The government could no longer buy their vote. And the end result of too much freedom for all is mass chaos and hysteria, which doesn’t sound too good to you. Let freedom ring is a nice marketing slogan. And a government of the people, for the people, and by the people rolls off the tongue nicely. But come on. Let’s get real. And besides, if people don’t know that they’re not free, why would you want to wake them up to that fact? A sleeping and well controlled citizenship is the key to today’s Brave New, 21st Century World, and you think we should just keep it that way.
Notes From The Underground: Our First Meeting
Notes From The Underground:
The First Historical Event
Let it be known that on Sunday afternoon on November 14th 2004, at Starbuck’s Coffee Shop in downtown Geneva, IL the new 21st century edition of the American Revolutionary Party held its first ever, sit down and talk about it meeting to discuss the future direction of the United States of America. Seven people showed up and discussed the following items...
· Why the concept of democratic capitalism, which from now on will be referred to as Capital Homesteading, was potent enough to bring them to the table today.
· Why the task of recruiting new participants (partners) requires a handshake to handshake, eyeball to eyeball, first hand experience with someone whose knowledge, understanding, enthusiasm, and conviction for this new concept has rendered them contagious. In other words conventional, mass- media marketing techniques alone will be insufficient to light the fires required for our success.
· Why in order to succeed, this new party will require a sufficient degree of credibility and seriousness for people to take it seriously and to become engaged. In this light it was decided that the connotation given by the www.americanrevolutionaryparty.us (ARP) was better than Joe Lunch Buckett (JLB), which can easily, at first glance, be construed to be a mere spoof.
· Everyone decided that all the current attendees would like to have the opportunity to weigh in on the construction of the ARP platform, which JLB promised to email to everyone, along with the notes from the first meeting.
· Everyone also agreed that the goal of getting Senator Barak Obama to OUR TABLE within the first year of our existence was a viable goal and that we should plan to get that done. JLB promised to invite Obama to all meetings from now on, and to send him updates from the previous month’s meeting.
· We also agreed that each current partner would be responsible to bring (no more than) two new partners to the next monthly meeting, which was officially set to be the second Sunday of each month for the next 48 months.
· We also did the calculations and found that if each partner brought two more partners (they doubled themselves) that we’d grow from 3 to, 7, to 15, to 31, to 63, to 127, to 255, to 511, to 1023, to 2047, to 4095, and to 8191 partners within our first year of existence. And we felt if we could stick to these monthly projections that Mr. Obama would definitely find a way to OUR TABLE.
· Pam suggested that something like Cliff’s Notes (called Joe’s notes), developed to explain our concepts quickly and simply, would be a great asset to the organizational efforts of the new party.
· Jennifer agreed and added that if they could be made up into a mailer friendly brochure it would add a degree of practicality.
· Jim said that he had some graphic design expertise that he could throw into the pot for such an effort, and JLB promised to work with all three on developing a Joe’s Notes brochure.
· Carol suggested that we needed some structure and organization such as officers and committees, and she volunteered to bring suggestions along these lines to the next meeting. She was appointed head of the committee to explore this topic.
· Jennifer is a master organizer, and Pam is a natural border collie, and both volunteered to help Carol out in her pursuit of structure and organization. JLB admitted to being anything but organized, but volunteered to help when possible.
· Carol also suggested that we may need more space and more quiet for meeting #2 and volunteered to track down a meeting room in the Geneva Public Library.
· JLB announced that the ARP was planning to officially announce its existence to the world on the steps of the Federal Reserve in DC, on the third Friday in April, 2005, and that Fed Chairman Allan Greenspan would be invited to attend. Carol promptly grabbed her cell phone and called her travel agent to book her flight.
· Carol said she had some friends who wanted to contribute money to the party, but suggested that we needed to clarify the issue of our bank account before we could accept contributions. JLB promised to check with Joe’s treasurer, Al Robinson to see what was in that kitty, and to bring some suggestions to meeting # 2 with regard to the creation of a bank account.
· Carol asked JLB to check with Al over updating Joe’s merchandise page, moving from the 2004 election to 2008. With that change she said that she’d like to give some Joe Christmas gifts this year. JLB agreed to check with Al on this.
· Carol also suggested that we keep an eye out for a local business that’s going bankrupt, with which we might partner up and wrestle through the challenges of establishing a correctly done ESOPS with them, for their benefit and ours. We all agreed to keep an eye out for such a business.
· In discussing the meeting with Norm K Sunday evening, Norm suggested that JLB should think about bringing a busload of Chicago area people to the April announcement in DC…reminiscent of the Freedom Rides of the 60’s. Being a child of the 60’s himself, JLB thought that would be great fun and that he’d mention it in his Notes From The Underground.
· If anyone has anything to add or delete from these notes, please take the liberty to make the corrections and send them back to JLB who will add them to our official Notes From The Underground historical journal…JLB
The First Historical Event
Let it be known that on Sunday afternoon on November 14th 2004, at Starbuck’s Coffee Shop in downtown Geneva, IL the new 21st century edition of the American Revolutionary Party held its first ever, sit down and talk about it meeting to discuss the future direction of the United States of America. Seven people showed up and discussed the following items...
· Why the concept of democratic capitalism, which from now on will be referred to as Capital Homesteading, was potent enough to bring them to the table today.
· Why the task of recruiting new participants (partners) requires a handshake to handshake, eyeball to eyeball, first hand experience with someone whose knowledge, understanding, enthusiasm, and conviction for this new concept has rendered them contagious. In other words conventional, mass- media marketing techniques alone will be insufficient to light the fires required for our success.
· Why in order to succeed, this new party will require a sufficient degree of credibility and seriousness for people to take it seriously and to become engaged. In this light it was decided that the connotation given by the www.americanrevolutionaryparty.us (ARP) was better than Joe Lunch Buckett (JLB), which can easily, at first glance, be construed to be a mere spoof.
· Everyone decided that all the current attendees would like to have the opportunity to weigh in on the construction of the ARP platform, which JLB promised to email to everyone, along with the notes from the first meeting.
· Everyone also agreed that the goal of getting Senator Barak Obama to OUR TABLE within the first year of our existence was a viable goal and that we should plan to get that done. JLB promised to invite Obama to all meetings from now on, and to send him updates from the previous month’s meeting.
· We also agreed that each current partner would be responsible to bring (no more than) two new partners to the next monthly meeting, which was officially set to be the second Sunday of each month for the next 48 months.
· We also did the calculations and found that if each partner brought two more partners (they doubled themselves) that we’d grow from 3 to, 7, to 15, to 31, to 63, to 127, to 255, to 511, to 1023, to 2047, to 4095, and to 8191 partners within our first year of existence. And we felt if we could stick to these monthly projections that Mr. Obama would definitely find a way to OUR TABLE.
· Pam suggested that something like Cliff’s Notes (called Joe’s notes), developed to explain our concepts quickly and simply, would be a great asset to the organizational efforts of the new party.
· Jennifer agreed and added that if they could be made up into a mailer friendly brochure it would add a degree of practicality.
· Jim said that he had some graphic design expertise that he could throw into the pot for such an effort, and JLB promised to work with all three on developing a Joe’s Notes brochure.
· Carol suggested that we needed some structure and organization such as officers and committees, and she volunteered to bring suggestions along these lines to the next meeting. She was appointed head of the committee to explore this topic.
· Jennifer is a master organizer, and Pam is a natural border collie, and both volunteered to help Carol out in her pursuit of structure and organization. JLB admitted to being anything but organized, but volunteered to help when possible.
· Carol also suggested that we may need more space and more quiet for meeting #2 and volunteered to track down a meeting room in the Geneva Public Library.
· JLB announced that the ARP was planning to officially announce its existence to the world on the steps of the Federal Reserve in DC, on the third Friday in April, 2005, and that Fed Chairman Allan Greenspan would be invited to attend. Carol promptly grabbed her cell phone and called her travel agent to book her flight.
· Carol said she had some friends who wanted to contribute money to the party, but suggested that we needed to clarify the issue of our bank account before we could accept contributions. JLB promised to check with Joe’s treasurer, Al Robinson to see what was in that kitty, and to bring some suggestions to meeting # 2 with regard to the creation of a bank account.
· Carol asked JLB to check with Al over updating Joe’s merchandise page, moving from the 2004 election to 2008. With that change she said that she’d like to give some Joe Christmas gifts this year. JLB agreed to check with Al on this.
· Carol also suggested that we keep an eye out for a local business that’s going bankrupt, with which we might partner up and wrestle through the challenges of establishing a correctly done ESOPS with them, for their benefit and ours. We all agreed to keep an eye out for such a business.
· In discussing the meeting with Norm K Sunday evening, Norm suggested that JLB should think about bringing a busload of Chicago area people to the April announcement in DC…reminiscent of the Freedom Rides of the 60’s. Being a child of the 60’s himself, JLB thought that would be great fun and that he’d mention it in his Notes From The Underground.
· If anyone has anything to add or delete from these notes, please take the liberty to make the corrections and send them back to JLB who will add them to our official Notes From The Underground historical journal…JLB
The Official Invitation For Our First Ever Meeting
The Official Invite For…
The Quixote Clan (Temp Name For The Original Seed Group) Initial Organizational Meeting
The Quixote Clan is dedicated to those people who are crazy enough to think the impossible is not only achievable, but inevitable…to those true, and occasionally naive optimists who respond to “It can’t be done,” with “It’s only a matter of time.”
Congratulations Immari! You are part of a small, handful of people who Joe L. Buckett thinks is equally as disgusted and crazy as he is.
You are one of a rare breed who looks back at the 2000 and the 2004 election fiascos and thinks to yourself, “This can’t be allowed to happen again in 2008 while I sit on the sideline for FOUR MORE YEARS allowing it to happen. If I’m unwilling to step up to the plate myself, then why in the heck should I expect anyone else, especially either one of the corporately owned and operated mainstream parties, to do anything about the problems? There has never been a time in my life that was so ripe for starting a legitimate third party. I say, let’s do it! Now, what time was that meeting again?”
In other words we sure would like to have you attend and participate in history’s first ever meeting of the Quixote Clan where we will discuss and hammer out a 48 month action plan intended to finally make the elections of 2008 a democratic (small d) event to celebrate! The meeting will last NO LONGER THAN ONE HOUR, and will be held at Starbucks on Main Street in downtown Geneva starting at 2:30 sharp.
Please see the two enclosed attachments for a suggested initial agenda, and to start your creative wheels turning.
· 48 Month Plan of Attack http://www.joelunchbuckett.citymax.com/page/page/1408140.htm
· Who is Joe L. Buckett http://www.joelunchbuckett.citymax.com/page/page/1442253.htm
Sincerely,
Rick Osbourne
Press Secretary
The Joe L. Buckett for President Project
Please RSVP to joelunchbuckett@chilitech.com or if you must, just show up!
The Quixote Clan (Temp Name For The Original Seed Group) Initial Organizational Meeting
The Quixote Clan is dedicated to those people who are crazy enough to think the impossible is not only achievable, but inevitable…to those true, and occasionally naive optimists who respond to “It can’t be done,” with “It’s only a matter of time.”
Congratulations Immari! You are part of a small, handful of people who Joe L. Buckett thinks is equally as disgusted and crazy as he is.
You are one of a rare breed who looks back at the 2000 and the 2004 election fiascos and thinks to yourself, “This can’t be allowed to happen again in 2008 while I sit on the sideline for FOUR MORE YEARS allowing it to happen. If I’m unwilling to step up to the plate myself, then why in the heck should I expect anyone else, especially either one of the corporately owned and operated mainstream parties, to do anything about the problems? There has never been a time in my life that was so ripe for starting a legitimate third party. I say, let’s do it! Now, what time was that meeting again?”
In other words we sure would like to have you attend and participate in history’s first ever meeting of the Quixote Clan where we will discuss and hammer out a 48 month action plan intended to finally make the elections of 2008 a democratic (small d) event to celebrate! The meeting will last NO LONGER THAN ONE HOUR, and will be held at Starbucks on Main Street in downtown Geneva starting at 2:30 sharp.
Please see the two enclosed attachments for a suggested initial agenda, and to start your creative wheels turning.
· 48 Month Plan of Attack http://www.joelunchbuckett.citymax.com/page/page/1408140.htm
· Who is Joe L. Buckett http://www.joelunchbuckett.citymax.com/page/page/1442253.htm
Sincerely,
Rick Osbourne
Press Secretary
The Joe L. Buckett for President Project
Please RSVP to joelunchbuckett@chilitech.com or if you must, just show up!
Sunday, November 14, 2004
AChristmas Carol Retold For The 21st Century
A 21st Century Christmas Story Retold
Over the river and through the woods to Grandmother’s house you go. The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh through the white and drifted snow…oh. When you arrive at Grandma’s house you go inside and discover that she has set two tables. One table is reserved for Uncle Scrooge, while the other table is reserved for everybody else.
The Two Table Christmas Dinner Arrangement
But there was a problem, namely that 95% of Grandma’s Christmas dinner was sprawled all over Uncle Scrooge’s table, while 5% of the dinner was carefully placed in the middle of the table for everybody else. That struck you as rather odd.
But there was a second problem as well, and it was that you knew Uncle Scrooge well, and he was a fine, upstanding, Christian citizen who always gave ten percent of his fortune to the church. That is to say, he tithed. He was even kind to his employee Bob Cratchett and his family, and he always made sure that the whole Cratchett family, including Tiny Tim had a present or two under the raggedy Christmas tree that they’d cut and dragged in from the surrounding forest.
You Disagree With Many In Your Community…
Knowing these things, it was impossible for you to conclude, as many in the community did, that Uncle Scrooge was nothing but a mean and greedy old possum who, through his shrewd business dealings, stole his fortune from the poor working class people for his own personal benefit. I mean, if they’d seen how Grandma had set the two Christmas tables this year, there are those in town who’d gladly kick over the two tables, take Uncle Scrooge out back, string him up to the highest tree, and celebrate in the name of good riddance. But oddly enough, you weren’t one of those people.
Scrooge Owned Factories, And…
The reality was that Uncle Scrooge, through his shrewd, and totally legal (he knew and he played by the rules) business dealings, owned factories, machinery, rental properties, and numerous other business enterprises in town that provided lots of jobs for lots of people like Bob Cratchett. And those things that he owned, churned out a fortune in passive income for dear old Uncle Scrooge. His main job these days was to endorse and to cash checks that flowed like water into his post office box every day of the week.
The Cratchetts Owned The Clothes On Their Backs
On the other side of the coin, the Cratchett family owned little more than the clothes on their backs, and as the result they all found themselves in a position where they had to auction off eight, ten, and twelve hours of their 24 hour day to the highest bidder, which generally speaking, was not very high because there were lots of people in town who were in the same position as the Cratchetts and needed to have the job to put food on the table. So in this sense, Cratchett and family were fortunate to have a job this Christmas, because there were many in town who did not and were much less fortunate.
The First Real Question In Your Mind Is…
So the real question in your mind was that, if Uncle Scrooge actually figured out a way to purchase and to own all these wealth-producing properties…which effectively produce 95% of all the town’s wealth, why should anyone claim that he deserves less than 95% of the benefits? Furthermore, on what basis would anyone in town legitimately argue that everyone else, who collectively produces only 5% of the wealth, deserves any more than 5% of the benefits?
The Second Real Question Is…
Then a second question popped into your mind. Was it possible that Uncle Scrooge understood, at an early age, that owning productive property was the real key to success in this free enterprise economy? And was it equally possible that the Cratchetts had unwittingly bought into the old and trite claim that if you work hard, and keep your nose to the grindstone, you’ll do just fine? After all, that’s what the teachers taught you in school, right? In other words, is it possible that Scrooge’s ownership orientation to life was vastly superior than the Cratchett’s workers orientation to life when it comes to self control, self government, and freedom?
Auctioning Off Your Life VS Freedom
I mean Uncle Scrooge doesn’t auction off any hours of his life to the highest bidder, right? He’s financially independent, which is to say that he is FREE to come and go when he pleases, and to spend the hours and days of his life dancing to his own tune, not dancing to someone else’s tune. Uncle Scrooge governs himself, while the lives of most other (financially dependent, and thus not free) people in town are effectively dominated and governed by… none other than Uncle Scrooge. Of course that’s why it’s so easy to simply loathe Uncle Scrooge.
So Here’s What You Know Now
So, what you know at this point is that the system, the way it’s currently set up, tells people…work hard and you’ll do just fine. But if people really have both eyes open, they will see that all the people who do what the teacher says to do, that is to say they work hard for a living, find themselves on a perpetually running treadmill that goes a little faster every week, every month, every year, and at best it allows them to break even, but hardly ever allows them to get ahead in the big game of life. In fact the odds of falling further and further behind, no matter how hard you work, are so great that many people find themselves missing a step, tripping, and falling off the back of the treadmill, never to get back on again.
Not only that, but people who work for a living are always dependent on people who own for a living. That is to say, people who work for living are not financially free or independent, while people who own for a living are financially free and independent. And equally important is the fact that owners give themselves the opportunity to live their lives on a higher and more meaningful level than the industrial sharecroppers and wage slaves whom they employ.
The $64,000 Christmas Question Is…
With all that said, the $64,000 question now is, what can we do to the current system to encourage more and more workers to become owners of wealth producing capital, so that they too become more and more financially independent and free from the economic chains that bind their own lives, and the lives of their family members. Now if you can answer that question, then next year Grandma promises to have her Christmas table set a bit differently than this year. And finally, God bless Tiny Tim.
Over the river and through the woods to Grandmother’s house you go. The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh through the white and drifted snow…oh. When you arrive at Grandma’s house you go inside and discover that she has set two tables. One table is reserved for Uncle Scrooge, while the other table is reserved for everybody else.
The Two Table Christmas Dinner Arrangement
But there was a problem, namely that 95% of Grandma’s Christmas dinner was sprawled all over Uncle Scrooge’s table, while 5% of the dinner was carefully placed in the middle of the table for everybody else. That struck you as rather odd.
But there was a second problem as well, and it was that you knew Uncle Scrooge well, and he was a fine, upstanding, Christian citizen who always gave ten percent of his fortune to the church. That is to say, he tithed. He was even kind to his employee Bob Cratchett and his family, and he always made sure that the whole Cratchett family, including Tiny Tim had a present or two under the raggedy Christmas tree that they’d cut and dragged in from the surrounding forest.
You Disagree With Many In Your Community…
Knowing these things, it was impossible for you to conclude, as many in the community did, that Uncle Scrooge was nothing but a mean and greedy old possum who, through his shrewd business dealings, stole his fortune from the poor working class people for his own personal benefit. I mean, if they’d seen how Grandma had set the two Christmas tables this year, there are those in town who’d gladly kick over the two tables, take Uncle Scrooge out back, string him up to the highest tree, and celebrate in the name of good riddance. But oddly enough, you weren’t one of those people.
Scrooge Owned Factories, And…
The reality was that Uncle Scrooge, through his shrewd, and totally legal (he knew and he played by the rules) business dealings, owned factories, machinery, rental properties, and numerous other business enterprises in town that provided lots of jobs for lots of people like Bob Cratchett. And those things that he owned, churned out a fortune in passive income for dear old Uncle Scrooge. His main job these days was to endorse and to cash checks that flowed like water into his post office box every day of the week.
The Cratchetts Owned The Clothes On Their Backs
On the other side of the coin, the Cratchett family owned little more than the clothes on their backs, and as the result they all found themselves in a position where they had to auction off eight, ten, and twelve hours of their 24 hour day to the highest bidder, which generally speaking, was not very high because there were lots of people in town who were in the same position as the Cratchetts and needed to have the job to put food on the table. So in this sense, Cratchett and family were fortunate to have a job this Christmas, because there were many in town who did not and were much less fortunate.
The First Real Question In Your Mind Is…
So the real question in your mind was that, if Uncle Scrooge actually figured out a way to purchase and to own all these wealth-producing properties…which effectively produce 95% of all the town’s wealth, why should anyone claim that he deserves less than 95% of the benefits? Furthermore, on what basis would anyone in town legitimately argue that everyone else, who collectively produces only 5% of the wealth, deserves any more than 5% of the benefits?
The Second Real Question Is…
Then a second question popped into your mind. Was it possible that Uncle Scrooge understood, at an early age, that owning productive property was the real key to success in this free enterprise economy? And was it equally possible that the Cratchetts had unwittingly bought into the old and trite claim that if you work hard, and keep your nose to the grindstone, you’ll do just fine? After all, that’s what the teachers taught you in school, right? In other words, is it possible that Scrooge’s ownership orientation to life was vastly superior than the Cratchett’s workers orientation to life when it comes to self control, self government, and freedom?
Auctioning Off Your Life VS Freedom
I mean Uncle Scrooge doesn’t auction off any hours of his life to the highest bidder, right? He’s financially independent, which is to say that he is FREE to come and go when he pleases, and to spend the hours and days of his life dancing to his own tune, not dancing to someone else’s tune. Uncle Scrooge governs himself, while the lives of most other (financially dependent, and thus not free) people in town are effectively dominated and governed by… none other than Uncle Scrooge. Of course that’s why it’s so easy to simply loathe Uncle Scrooge.
So Here’s What You Know Now
So, what you know at this point is that the system, the way it’s currently set up, tells people…work hard and you’ll do just fine. But if people really have both eyes open, they will see that all the people who do what the teacher says to do, that is to say they work hard for a living, find themselves on a perpetually running treadmill that goes a little faster every week, every month, every year, and at best it allows them to break even, but hardly ever allows them to get ahead in the big game of life. In fact the odds of falling further and further behind, no matter how hard you work, are so great that many people find themselves missing a step, tripping, and falling off the back of the treadmill, never to get back on again.
Not only that, but people who work for a living are always dependent on people who own for a living. That is to say, people who work for living are not financially free or independent, while people who own for a living are financially free and independent. And equally important is the fact that owners give themselves the opportunity to live their lives on a higher and more meaningful level than the industrial sharecroppers and wage slaves whom they employ.
The $64,000 Christmas Question Is…
With all that said, the $64,000 question now is, what can we do to the current system to encourage more and more workers to become owners of wealth producing capital, so that they too become more and more financially independent and free from the economic chains that bind their own lives, and the lives of their family members. Now if you can answer that question, then next year Grandma promises to have her Christmas table set a bit differently than this year. And finally, God bless Tiny Tim.
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