tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20169168.post1719108888338205469..comments2023-07-08T06:13:19.344-07:00Comments on biblioblography: The Latest From Jesusland...Redneck Republicans Growing Their Corn PoneKrystalline Apostatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09044558668644447375noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20169168.post-61049558002649045522008-10-14T22:02:00.000-07:002008-10-14T22:02:00.000-07:00barefoot:Truly combating poverty will require more...barefoot:<BR/><B>Truly combating poverty will require more fundamental — indeed revolutionary — changes in our economic system.</B><BR/>True enough, but there's still the need for meritocratic privileges.<BR/>I always say, 'Communism is a great idea, if people know how to share.'<BR/>Most don't.<BR/>Watcher:<BR/><B>I've never understood the fundies' incessant need to link ending abortion with making abortion illegal.</B><BR/>I do - it's out of sight, out of mind.Krystalline Apostatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09044558668644447375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20169168.post-87087643311852375512008-10-12T08:54:00.000-07:002008-10-12T08:54:00.000-07:00I've never understood the fundies' incessant need ...I've never understood the fundies' incessant need to link ending abortion with making abortion illegal. One has absolutely nothing to do with the other.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20169168.post-50907714159730736842008-10-12T06:53:00.000-07:002008-10-12T06:53:00.000-07:00Hey, really folks, the answer is actually way easi...<I>Hey, really folks, the answer is actually way easier than you think.<BR/><BR/>Combat poverty. </I><BR/><BR/>Indeed. Economics is the root of all politics, or so sayeth Marx.<BR/><BR/>Of course when you have capitalism, an economic system with a <I>foundational</I> incentive to keep labor costs low and commodity prices high, making labor productivity accrue primarily to the benefit of the owners of capital, you cannot do more than apply a band-aid here or there.<BR/><BR/>Truly combating poverty will require more fundamental — indeed <I>revolutionary</I> — changes in our economic system.Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.com