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UNITED STATES, Feb 16 — Because I am a taxpayer who partially became a stakeholder in this ongoing financial bailout, I support the “Swedish model” and urge the Obama administration to halt the withholding of taxpayers’ money from the general economy by the financial institutions to support the misconception of free markets and private ownership. The state must recoup this money from the bad debt that is at the core of this problem and utilize it to create jobs through socially responsible spending and minimizing the number of home foreclosures. Much of my independent enterprise focuses on career counseling to support laid off workers and assist them in making career changes consistent with rising above the devastation that has impacted so many in our current economy. By listening to their concerns and offering suggestions for overall career direction or career change, I have come to believe that most people hold shared beliefs about equality and democracy
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ecause I am a taxpayer who partially became a stakeholder in this ongoing financial bailout, I support the “Swedish model” and urge the Obama administration to halt the withholding of taxpayers’ money from the general economy by the financial institutions to support the misconception of free markets and private ownership. The state must recoup this money from the bad debt that is at the core of this problem and utilize it to create jobs through socially responsible spending and minimizing the number of home foreclosures.
Much of my independent enterprise focuses on career counseling to support laid off workers and assist them in making career changes consistent with rising above the devastation that has impacted so many in our current economy.
I have activism experience extending back to the Vietnam War period. Consequently, many of my beliefs about job creation and the national economic recovery include the enormous cost of taxpayers’ money being spent on wars, national defense and the development of nuclear weapons. I am not a pacifist, but I have well-grounded opinions on the job outlook and the percentage of our tax money that goes to a select group of highly paid defense contractors and also the money-power group including business executives and the Wall Street investor class.
As a progressive, I have broken my ties with the Democratic Party almost 20 years ago. Democrats simply use the progressive voting bloc to get elected, and then abruptly turn their backs on progressive democrats to fall in line with the Republicans to maintain the status quo. The primary difference between the two parties at this point is that the democrats have a smidgen of conscience while the Republicans care only about supporting the needs of capitalists. They never consider the needs of the vast majority who are the workers. We, the workers, need to be honest with ourselves and see that partial socialism including universal health care, decent education, the fairness doctrine in the media and preservation of the environment for the good of all people must be mandated at all levels of government.
I also believe that we should end all foreign wars, cut the defense budget to a third of what we are now paying, close all the foreign bases and work for a nuclear weapons free world. We must convince Congress to resist the huge lobbying industry and establish strict guidelines for every taxpayer dollar spent to stem the current system and ensure spending that will bring us jobs, income and restore confidence.
Now is the time to re-instate taxes on corporations and progressive taxation on the wealthy. Bankers appropriate substantial profits gained from the workers with little or no interest in distributing anything in return to working people as a reward for their industry. When the social benefits such as a single-payer national health plan receive absolutely no consideration in favor of serving the interests of the wealthy, we have seemingly forgotten or consented to forgo basic services that should be considered as constitutional rights. The rich don't need that much money and are less likely to spend it as to increase their savings.
Throughout the years, I have listened to the anger, frustration, hopes and fears of hard working, talented people who have also encountered layoffs, been fired or felt a strong need to resign from an unsatisfactory position. By listening to their concerns and offering suggestions for overall career direction or career change, I have come to believe that most people hold shared beliefs about equality and democracy. So instead of focusing on politics and political parties, we should proclaim our intentions as a ‘social movement’ and organize to implement a new agenda that cares about jobs, affordable energy, decent health care and restoring personal savings.
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