----- Original Message ----- From: Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1 at osu.edu> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 12:27 PM Subject: Re: Anniversary
> >Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
> >
> >>The working class of the United States pay the costs of the Empire
> >>while profits of the Empire are pocketed by the ruling class of the
> >>world.
> >
> >I'll say it again - our poverty line is at the 98th percentile of
> >the world income distribution. How's that fit into this exculpating
> >picture?
> >
> >Doug
Rush Limbaugh used to use this agrument a lot. Probably still does but I'm ashamed to say I never listen anymore.
> National differences in wages have thus historically developed, as
> have different levels and forms of national development. If national
> differences become smaller, will American workers be worse off than
> now? That depends on what causes national differences to shrink --
> whether it's the leveling down or leveling up.
> --
> Yoshie
I think this may be the war we are really in the midst of. Wealth is on the move. How's that going to play out domestically? Somehow it's tied up with what's happening in the gold, currency and credit markets.