tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post4610114021495071244..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: A Rant on Degrees of ViolenceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-90084983840128191342010-05-09T15:29:30.653-04:002010-05-09T15:29:30.653-04:00Another thread in the warp of this mess is the won...Another thread in the warp of this mess is the wonder the occupiers express that the occupied resent them.<br />--mlMartin Langelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12214277415738344944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-12993101059604528122010-05-09T02:30:46.505-04:002010-05-09T02:30:46.505-04:00Thank you both for your comments. The IRS law tha...Thank you both for your comments. The IRS law that screwed over Stack was crafted for IBM according to David Cay Johnston.Michael Perelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04585032554768072298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-46783534976279099802010-05-08T21:25:57.349-04:002010-05-08T21:25:57.349-04:00Michael:
It is amazing how much attention violenc...Michael:<br /><br />It is amazing how much attention violence has received when it is focused on Main Street and the upper class. Violence has always been present, its just that we have chosen to ignore it.<br /><br />"James Gilligan takes it a step further in his study ('Reflections on A National Epidemic – Violence' Gilligan); quoting H.A. Bulhan’s reference to structural violence. 'For every 1% increase in unemployment in the United States, there was an increased mortality of 37,000 deaths per year (natural and violent) including ~2,000 more suicides and homicides than might otherwise occur.' Or explained in simpler terms, for every 1% increase in Unemployment, we can expect to see increases in the mortality rate by 2%, homicides and imprisonments by 6%, and infant mortality by 5%. Since WWII, the unemployment rate for blacks has been twice as high as that of whites. (Frantz Fanon and the Psychology of Oppression; H.A Bulhan; Mental Illness and the Economy, M.H Brenner). Hertz points to a decrease in income mobility and Bulhan points to higher crime, violence, and death rates due to unemployment. Both Hertz and Bulhan point out the impact for those of the lowest income brackets and black minorities even more so. The resultant increases in violence, homicides and imprisonments can be attributed more so to poverty relating imprisonments as a result of being tough on crime. Hypertension amongst those living in dangerous urbanized environments is also higher when compared to those of high income environments. Given the last 8 years of poor economy; is it any wonder that death rates are higher due to violence or natural causes, more people are going to prison, more of those going to prison are black minorities, and more are going and staying longer in prison due to stringent sentencing.<br /><br />“The poor man’s conscience is clear . . . he does not feel guilty and has no reason to . . . yet, he is ashamed. Mankind takes no notice of him. He rambles unheeded. In the midst of a crowd; at a church; in the market . . . he is in as much obscurity as he would be in a garret or a cellar. He is not disapproved, censured, or reproached; he is not seen . . . To be wholly overlooked, and to know it, are intolerable.” John Adams<br /><br />Michael, is it any wonder what the outcome is when people see no hope?run75441https://www.blogger.com/profile/03790826995006015721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-86453126513016639492010-05-08T19:02:33.735-04:002010-05-08T19:02:33.735-04:00Actually, Joe Stack did have a legitimate tax beef...Actually, Joe Stack did have a legitimate tax beef. He was a self-employed specialist software engineer who worked as a temporary contractor on projects. A tax law change had forced corporations to route such project contracts through temp agencies, who took the lion's share of the gains, so, say, while billed out at $100/hr, the actual contractor would get $30/hr. That was the principle source of his back tax difficulties with the IRS.john c. halasznoreply@blogger.com