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Comment on Wonderful Book(s) on Alternative Currencies! by bbriley42

bbriley42 — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 04:06:40 +0000

Hi Jay. Thanks for your comment. Alternative currency doesn’t replace the national currency; it complements it. If you’d read one of the books I listed, such as “New Money for a New World,” you’d understand why complementary currencies are still in use around the world in communities of various sizes and what a huge social and commercial different it has made even in the midst of national depressions. The way in which our current money system works is squeezing the life out of the fairness of our society and the health of our natural environment. Its function of relying so much on interest and debt is the root cause of the flow of wealth upwards to the richest few percent of Americans and away from the many people at the low end of the income and wealth scale. The income maldistribution in the USA is higher than it is in any other large industrial nation.

Comment on Wonderful Book(s) on Alternative Currencies! by Jay Faulkner

Jay Faulkner — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:29:58 +0000

I am not sure changing the currency (I.E. from paper and coins to something else) will change anything. Currency is what people put faith in to have value, a means of exchange.

Comment on State-Sponsored Capitalism? by bbriley42

bbriley42 — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:21:41 +0000

Hi Melodee – I tried to reply directly to your email, but the mail bounced, so I couldn’t. You wrote, “I’m trying to find things to improve my web site!I suppose its ok to use a few of your ideas!!”

Yes, you can use my ideas if they’d be used to promote a more just, ecologically sustainable world!

I wish Peace TO and THROUGH you into this Earth, which so needs it.

Bob Riley

Comment on State-Sponsored Capitalism? by sales leadership

sales leadership — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:22:25 +0000

Hi, i think that i saw you visited my blog so i came
to “return the favor”.I’m trying to find things to improve my web site!I suppose its ok to use a few of your ideas!!

Comment on State-Sponsored Capitalism? by bbriley42

bbriley42 — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:00:15 +0000

Hi Brittney in Germany! The structure of the website reflects my lack of time and energy (I am 70 years old) and organization. For eight months, much of my time was devoted to working for President Obama’s campaign. There is always a tension between the long range goal of economic reform and the short range goal of electing people who we think might support the long range goal. If you yourself are technically competent to help in that restructuring, if you support our goals of economic reform, and if you have any time, I could set you up to be an editor, so you could insert images where they would help. Would you consider that? In all cases, I very much value your comments. Danke Schoen!

Comment on State-Sponsored Capitalism? by Brittney

Brittney — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:18:58 +0000

I was curious if you ever considered changing the structure of
your site? Its very well written; I love what youve got to say.
But maybe you could a little more in the way of content so people could
connect with it better. Youve got an awful lot of text for only
having one or two images. Maybe you could space it out better?

Comment on Surprising Legislative Success! by bbriley42

bbriley42 — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 02:59:28 +0000

I appreciate your comment! It is true that since the end of 2010 (when that article of mine was posted), the political situation in the USA has deteriorated, and so I am presently pessimistic regarding this hurtful polarization, but I also believe, as your comment suggested, that there is much kindness in the world which doesn’t make headlines but yet, taken in total, does much good. Oremus (Latin expression). Happy New Year to you “down under”!!

Comment on Surprising Legislative Success! by Stephany

Stephany — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 02:47:52 +0000

Greetings! Very helpful advice in this particular post!
It is the little changes which will make the largest changes.

Thanks for sharing!

Comment on Madison and the Need for System Change by bbriley42

bbriley42 — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 03:14:10 +0000

I believe that we will indeed enter a dark age if we cannot reflect upon the negative, destructive side of our neoliberal economic policies and make the necessary changes so that our economic system serves ALL the people AND the environment, instead of reinforcing greed and the flow of wealth upwards to a relative few. This change will require political reform as well, at least in my opinion. Thanks for your comment!

Comment on Madison and the Need for System Change by John Steinsvold

John Steinsvold — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 03:51:33 +0000

An Alternative to Capitalism (which we need here in the USA)

Several decades ago, Margaret Thatcher claimed: “There is no alternative”. She was referring to capitalism. Today, this negative attitude still persists.

I would like to offer an alternative to capitalism for the American people to consider. Please click on the following link. It will take you to an essay titled: “Home of the Brave?” which was published by the Athenaeum Library of Philosophy:

http://evans-experientialism.freewebspace.com/steinsvold.htm

John Steinsvold

Perhaps in time the so-called dark ages will be thought of as including our own.
–Georg C. Lichtenberg