tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4824790768118172625.post846175694976737681..comments2023-08-24T18:26:14.508-07:00Comments on Pragmatarianism: The Dialectic of Unintended ConsequencesXerographicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978832439622230018noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4824790768118172625.post-20672113513352709412011-12-12T13:17:56.836-08:002011-12-12T13:17:56.836-08:00Thank you for referring me back to your main point...Thank you for referring me back to your main point. <br /><br />Congress has been bought, and therefore democracy is merely a smoke screen for our true form of government, plutocracy. <br /><br />I am unconvinced by your example of corporate greed and union blunders accidentally helped people struggling in another land, that individually assigning tax funds will help individual liberty, choice, rights, and responsibilities in this country.<br /><br />Its a good thought and I hope you speak to it in greater detail...meanwhile I will read Your Money Your Choice.Eselpeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4824790768118172625.post-28343951216752667162011-12-12T12:52:01.939-08:002011-12-12T12:52:01.939-08:00Eselpee...rather than congress trying to do good t...Eselpee...rather than congress trying to do good things with all our taxes...we should allow taxpayers to try and do good things with their own taxes.<br /><br />You and I have different values. This isn't a bad thing...it's a great thing. So why would it make sense for you and I to be forced to agree on how our taxes should be spent? <br /><br />If you are concerned with the welfare of ordinary workers then you should have the freedom to use your taxes to try and help benefit ordinary workers. How can you best help ordinary workers? Maybe unemployment benefits? Maybe greater accessibility to education? That's up to you to decide...but if you make a "mistake" then you're only making the mistake with your own taxes. <br /><br />When congress makes a "mistake" it makes a mistake with all our money. This amplifies the unintended consequences. <br /><br />If you get a chance you should read about the benefit of tax choice from a liberal perspective...<a href="http://www.democracyjournal.org/20/your-money-your-choice.php" rel="nofollow">Your Money, Your Choice</a>.Xerographicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978832439622230018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4824790768118172625.post-84196614963825881372011-12-12T11:28:55.245-08:002011-12-12T11:28:55.245-08:00(Eselpee)
Your words make sense and give a feelin...(Eselpee)<br /><br />Your words make sense and give a feeling of logic - I won't disagree nor disrespect them. <br /><br />While I agree with you that demanding fair wages resulted in more jobs in developing countries, and fewer in the USA, could you please speak to:<br /><br /> "Since 1970, executive pay has increased 430%, far above a 250% increase U.S. corporate profits -- and wildly above the 26% increase in wages for ordinary workers."* <br /><br />How does Pragmatarianism work in a plutocracy? How do we proceed in a way that promotes individual liberties, choices, rights, responsibilities, and minimizing unforeseen negative consequences? <br /><br /><br />(*http://hope.journ.wwu.edu/tpilgrim/j190/richgetricher.html)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17793660980807475164noreply@blogger.com