[Vision2020] Say What?

Joe Campbell philosopher.joe at gmail.com
Tue Jan 3 16:56:56 PST 2012


Very good point. And an indication of how we all can work together. Here is
a program that likely would not have come from a progressive. Yet it won't
serve all. And even if we think in purely economical terms, it would be
best if we could find a way for all people to flourish.

On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 3:53 PM, Art Deco <deco at moscow.com> wrote:

> **
> More shocking to my friends:
>
> When Reagan first proposed Workfare, I was totally against it.  Now I
> believe there are *some* Workfare programs beneficial to the participants
> and the country in general.
>
> Such programs need careful design and planning so as to achieve the goals
> of producing people that can support or at least partially support
> themselves and their families.  Bur such programs are not for all welfare
> recipients.
>
> w.
>
>  *From:* keely emerinemix <kjajmix1 at msn.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 03, 2012 2:09 PM
> *To:* Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> ; vision2020 at moscow.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Vision2020] Say What?
>
> Things are really in a bad way, Tom, when one of my least-favorite
> politicians ever, Ronald Reagan, appears to be a paragon of rationality
> next to his GOP comrades today.
>
> Keely
> www.keely-prevailingwinds.com
>
>
>  ------------------------------
> From: thansen at moscow.com
> Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 14:06:04 -0800
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: [Vision2020] Say What?
>
>  "…the United states could be forced to default on its obligations for
> the first time in its history.
>
> This country now possesses the strongest credit in the world. The full
> consequence of a default--or even the serious prospect of default--by the
> United States are impossible to predict and awesome to contemplate….The
> risks, the costs, the disruptions, and the incalculable damage lead me to
> but one conclusion: the Senate must pass this legislation before the
> Congress adjourns."
>
>
> - President Ronald Reagan in a letter (November 16, 1983) to then-Majority
> Leader Senator Howard Baker
>
>
>
> http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/Peter-Fenn/2011/05/19/reagan-explains-why-raising-the-debt-ceiling-is-necessary
>
>
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/r/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2011/05/14/National-Politics/Graphics/reagan_letter_0514.pdf
>
>
> Seeya later, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Spokane, Washington
>
> "If not us, who?
> If not now, when?"
>
> - Unknown
>
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