I received this message in a "chain mail" today:
Wind of Change
Warren Buffet is asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise. At least 20 if you can. It has to stop somewhere.
In three days, most people in The United States of America will have this message.This is one idea that really should be passed around.
*Congressional Reform Act of 2013
1. No Tenure / No Pension.
A Congressman/woman collects a
salary while in office, and receives no
pay when they're out of office.
2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security.
All funds in the Congressional Retirement Fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into
the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.
3. Congressmen/women can purchase their own retirement plans, just as all Americans do.
4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise
by the lower of CPI or 3%.
5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same
health care system as the American people.
6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.
7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen/women are void effective 12/31/13. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen/women.
Congressmen/women made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.
If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will only take three days for most people (in the U.S. ) to receive the message.
Don't you think it's time?
THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!
If you agree with the above, pass it on. If not, just delete.
You are one of my 20+ - Please keep it going, and thanks.
This message came from someone I know as an artist, curator, professional in the arts for his entire career. Sad that we have gotten to a point that someone like this, like any American would buy into this kind of BS.
My response was this:
Hmmmm,
Perhaps this message creates a pause and a thought... With the US economy, it's increasingly oligopolised industries and income disparity raging out of control, one should question taking advise from a 21st century raging industrialist who has amassed a company employing 300,000 people and makes billions of dollars on everything from insurance to railroads, power companies and candy bars.
Imagine if email existed in 1913 and this message came from JP Morgan. Do you think the American People, who had not yet been indoctrinated into the "entrepreneur is a hero" myth that has been sold to us with increasing vigor since these "entrepreneurs" crashed the global financial system in 2008, leaving only mega industrialists and oligopolies that were immune from lowering prices, gouging the consumer with ever higher prices and ever lower quality goods produced by slave labor that is mostly off of our shores while over 35,000,000 Americans (about 1/4 of the work force) might as well also be called "slave labor" as their average hourly wage is about $7.50 an hour, would rally to spread the word of JP Morgan?
Yea, the Wall Street financed PR message and brainwashing by the corporate media actually leaves smart thoughtful people sending chain mails to pronounce the desires of one of the world's largest industrialists.
Think about this message. What does every industrialist want?
* Less government = yes
* Less efficient government = yes
* Less need to buy off politicians = yes
* Stronger industry financed "think tanks" that can create every more industry favorable legislation that a bunch of green legislators would "rubber stamp" even more so than now = yes
* Larger and more powerful military to give the industrialists more access to raw materials and energy = yes
* Larger and more powerful military to ensure the "citizens" are kept at bay while the real tax on society, oligopolistic profits, maintain their growth and enrich those who own the largest companies while completely undermining the rights of the workers = yes
* Access to cheap money to continue to amass every larger conglomerates = yes
* To sum up: A completely unhindered capitalist playground with no regulations or protections for the people (workers) = yes
* To take over all government protections for it's citizens like Social Security = yes
I could go on as you might well know. What is wrong with our government is not it's pensions or pay raises. What is wrong with our government is that it has been completely corrupted by the military industrial complex and corporate lobbying (35,000 people and $5,000,000,000 a year estimate in Washington alone).
If Warren Buffet really cared about better government he would be sending out a "voter registration application" and a strong appeal that all Americans take the time to follow his newly created Newsletter (housed in one of his already existing 3 media properties) that informs Americans weekly of the ignorant and pro-industry legislation that is consistently passed / rubber stamped by our government with pretty citizen friendly names that in fact are anything but citizen friendly. Maybe he would be encouraging Americans to get involved in their local governments, attend community meetings, attend election rallies, write their congressperson and ask them why the US Legislative Branch of Government has FAILED TO EVEN PASS AN ANNUAL BUDGET IN THREE YEARS, one of the most fundamental and basic responsibilities in government!!
No, Good old Warren would not dare to do that!!! He is an industrialist operating in the largest capitalist playground in the world and he wants MORE!! And you? Well just like the famous words of David Lee Roth from the band Van Halen sang right about the start of the cycle (1978) that has created the economic environment we now live in, Warren can sing loud and clear: "if you want it got to bleed for it baby !" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_-fmg23UXk
Life is a responsibility not a right. Digest that for a minute!
I dare you to pass this note around!
PPerhaps this message creates a pause and a thought... With the US economy, it's increasingly oligopolised industries and income disparity raging out of control, one should question taking advise from a 21st century raging industrialist who has amassed a company employing 300,000 people and makes billions of dollars on everything from insurance to railroads, power companies and candy bars.
Imagine if email existed in 1913 and this message came from JP Morgan. Do you think the American People, who had not yet been indoctrinated into the "entrepreneur is a hero" myth that has been sold to us with increasing vigor since these "entrepreneurs" crashed the global financial system in 2008, leaving only mega industrialists and oligopolies that were immune from lowering prices, gouging the consumer with ever higher prices and ever lower quality goods produced by slave labor that is mostly off of our shores while over 35,000,000 Americans (about 1/4 of the work force) might as well also be called "slave labor" as their average hourly wage is about $7.50 an hour, would rally to spread the word of JP Morgan?
Yea, the Wall Street financed PR message and brainwashing by the corporate media actually leaves smart thoughtful people sending chain mails to pronounce the desires of one of the world's largest industrialists.
Think about this message. What does every industrialist want?
* Less government = yes
* Less efficient government = yes
* Less need to buy off politicians = yes
* Stronger industry financed "think tanks" that can create every more industry favorable legislation that a bunch of green legislators would "rubber stamp" even more so than now = yes
* Larger and more powerful military to give the industrialists more access to raw materials and energy = yes
* Larger and more powerful military to ensure the "citizens" are kept at bay while the real tax on society, oligopolistic profits, maintain their growth and enrich those who own the largest companies while completely undermining the rights of the workers = yes
* Access to cheap money to continue to amass every larger conglomerates = yes
* To sum up: A completely unhindered capitalist playground with no regulations or protections for the people (workers) = yes
* To take over all government protections for it's citizens like Social Security = yes
I could go on as you might well know. What is wrong with our government is not it's pensions or pay raises. What is wrong with our government is that it has been completely corrupted by the military industrial complex and corporate lobbying (35,000 people and $5,000,000,000 a year estimate in Washington alone).
If Warren Buffet really cared about better government he would be sending out a "voter registration application" and a strong appeal that all Americans take the time to follow his newly created Newsletter (housed in one of his already existing 3 media properties) that informs Americans weekly of the ignorant and pro-industry legislation that is consistently passed / rubber stamped by our government with pretty citizen friendly names that in fact are anything but citizen friendly. Maybe he would be encouraging Americans to get involved in their local governments, attend community meetings, attend election rallies, write their congressperson and ask them why the US Legislative Branch of Government has FAILED TO EVEN PASS AN ANNUAL BUDGET IN THREE YEARS, one of the most fundamental and basic responsibilities in government!!
No, Good old Warren would not dare to do that!!! He is an industrialist operating in the largest capitalist playground in the world and he wants MORE!! And you? Well just like the famous words of David Lee Roth from the band Van Halen sang right about the start of the cycle (1978) that has created the economic environment we now live in, Warren can sing loud and clear: "if you want it got to bleed for it baby !" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_-fmg23UXk
Life is a responsibility not a right. Digest that for a minute!
I dare you to pass this note around!
Buffett Assets: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_Berkshire_Hathaway
JP Morgan info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_Berkshire_Hathaway
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