Nicely said, by Nick Gillespie in article #2 below: ‘There is a looming showdown in American society between public-sector employees and the rest of us, in terms of job security and, especially, unsustainable gold-plated retirement and health benefits that are working hard to bankrupt whole states.” The massive underfunding of public pension systems results — …
Our elites tolerate the republic, as it provides a stable political regime without limiting their ability to amass wealth and power (for details see “Wealth, Income, and Power” by G. William Domhoff). Thomas Friedman explains how this works in “Our One-Party Democracy“, op-ed in the New York Times, 8 September 2009. His logic is bizarre but …
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It is something new, I believe, that so many Americans approve of torture by our government. Perhaps this is another result of the horrific mixture of hubris and paranoia (described in America’s Most Dangerous Enemy) that has come to dominate our culture. It so, I believe it a symptom of a serious illness afflicting our society. …
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Summary: a continuation of the previous post, America appoints a Magister Populi to deal with the financial crisis. Here we discuss if the Paulson plan is legal. While presumably accurate, these legal experts cited below are telling us that the Constitutional regime is comatose if not yet terminal. Their analysis reads like a follow-up chapter to my 4 …
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Summary: A crisis like we have today tests both out system of government and America’s values. How is our Constitutional regime doing? Not so well, taking more hits to its already weak superstructure. Not that many in America care, as we still have cable to watch as our Republic slowly fades away. Systemic failure manifests …
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