Peter said-
>In economic jargon, the key term is "externalities." The debate the
>capitalists and global managers seem to be having now is whether they should
>consider the infrastructure that enables their profit-taking something to be
>supported financially, or whether it's just a cost that will cut into their
>profits and should be externalized.
>
I believe that the most important message the Left has to offer folks is that there is an infrastructure that enables the profit-taking, that it maintained at great cost, and that they are part of it. In the eyes of the greatest profit takers, they are the most expendable part. Untill they really "know" this, they ain't gonna listen to no commie talk.
The other thing that should be stressed, repeatedly, is that irresponsible wealth is a greater drain on their pockets than the "irresponsible" poor.
What's funny to me is that people are obviously aware that they get ripped of everyday, by "legitimate" business people, but never connect this with the way the system is set up, or even really talk about it, in aggregate.
I must be off, I've yet to Roth.
pms