Everyone is asking for money. Everyone gives good reasons for their
requests. Money appears to be the key. I just don't know. Even if I had
enough money to fill all those requests, would I not be just supporting a
failing system, If money will win the battle, we're sure to lose because we
don't have enough to counter the money of the elites.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2017 10:54 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: FW: Trump's attack on us
Bob,
I receive many such requests for a dollar here and ten dollars there.
I think there are enough long standing organizations to defend us, so that
we don't need to support them all. Just be certain to support those you
can, and stay on the People's side.
Donald Trump is steering the Ship of State into the rapids, and perhaps over
the Falls. While it is not our, the People's government, we do happen to be
sitting in steerage. Capitalism is failing, and it will take us all,
working class and upper class down with it. Whether it is "our" government,
or not. We need to be prepared to put the pieces back together in a new
form.
What about building more cooperatives run by those workers who depend upon
the business for their financial survival? In England, the government is
loaning startup money to employees who buy up their company, rather than
allow it to be sold or moved to another country.
The law being proposed by the Labor Party, would force any company deciding
to merge or move, to first offer the company for sale to the workers.
Here in little old Quilcene, one of our only two grocery stores closed. It
was vacant for many months, until a group of residents bought the store and
reopened it as a co-op. The store has shown steady growth and is now on
firm footing. I don't know if the backers are showing any serious profit
yet, but after nearly two years I think they must be at least holding their
own.
Anyway, it's one answer to capitalism.
Carl Jarvis
On 1/11/17, Bob Hachey <bhachey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hey carl,terrorism"
Check out this mess. Sure glad that Doug Erickson is not my senator.
This is exactly the kind of nonsense that could cause me to support
the violent overthrow of a bastard government.
Bob Hachey
From: Jon Lloyd, SumOfUs.org [mailto:us@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2017 10:30 AM
To: Robert Hachey
Subject: Trump's attack on us
A pro-Trump politician has proposed a way to put groups like SumOfUs
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