Don't expect US students to come anywhere near the top in science or math: they are wedded to their social media and the specious 'friends' We interviewed 22 students from Amherst High School and were shocked to learn that 16 of those students, reported a daily cell-phone and Ipad use of 4 hours or more. Obviously, something has to give. What gives is education: the careful examination and logical analysis, and exposure to entire new domains and fields of inquiry. Loss of these capabilities just confirms what the economy bears: just 3% of Americans are minimally competent in any discipline. The big masquerades is the corporate-loving economists. The government has made sure that all those foolish investors in subprime mortgages were paid back, while cutting unemployment benefits, foodstamps/SNAP, Medicare.
Our research into ancient Anatolia, Palestine and Mesopotamia must necessarily focus on the temple. That structure was usually open to all. It was the center of re-distribution of products, and workers. In ancient Sumeria, Akkad, Babylon, Assyria, and the Land of Hatti, the temple provided rations.
The modern dopes say this is socialism, not capitalism. But evidence shows that providing everyone with basic necessities, allowed small investors to save and invest, without worrying about meeting basic needs. This re-distribution also kept folks from falling into debt. It also allowed companies to form without paying high salaries and commissions even before one starts.
As a result of the 2008-10 great recession, millions lost jobs, homes, but the government in Washington has increased benefits. Now it routine to see workers at Walmart and many other places, make so little money that they cannot live. In this case, the US government must return to the roots of polity and economy - the re-distribution of surpluses.
There will be those business people who warp ideological, loudly decrying any hint of socialism, but the redistribution of wealth is actually very good for the economy at large. At certain times in history, ordinary people could hold shares, save and invest, becoming capitalist. So those who descry helping the poor forget the poor would buy things, even to save and invest. That is prosperity, and not the enrichment of a few at the top. Such monopolization of wealth, power, metals, knowledge and information by urban magnates and landlords, had grave consequences, even for polities ringed with brutal troops and cavalry.
Our research into ancient Anatolia, Palestine and Mesopotamia must necessarily focus on the temple. That structure was usually open to all. It was the center of re-distribution of products, and workers. In ancient Sumeria, Akkad, Babylon, Assyria, and the Land of Hatti, the temple provided rations.
The modern dopes say this is socialism, not capitalism. But evidence shows that providing everyone with basic necessities, allowed small investors to save and invest, without worrying about meeting basic needs. This re-distribution also kept folks from falling into debt. It also allowed companies to form without paying high salaries and commissions even before one starts.
As a result of the 2008-10 great recession, millions lost jobs, homes, but the government in Washington has increased benefits. Now it routine to see workers at Walmart and many other places, make so little money that they cannot live. In this case, the US government must return to the roots of polity and economy - the re-distribution of surpluses.
There will be those business people who warp ideological, loudly decrying any hint of socialism, but the redistribution of wealth is actually very good for the economy at large. At certain times in history, ordinary people could hold shares, save and invest, becoming capitalist. So those who descry helping the poor forget the poor would buy things, even to save and invest. That is prosperity, and not the enrichment of a few at the top. Such monopolization of wealth, power, metals, knowledge and information by urban magnates and landlords, had grave consequences, even for polities ringed with brutal troops and cavalry.
