tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post4945250470705922854..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: No New Bureaucracies: Speaking for Galbraith IUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-57871894144568205402008-11-12T09:45:00.000-05:002008-11-12T09:45:00.000-05:00It is all a matter of intention. Given the right ...It is all a matter of intention. Given the right tools and a genuinely patriotic intention the true perpetrators of this financial imbroglio and the economic disaster it seems to have promoted can be identified and excised. Peace and prosperity may then return to the world, not as we know it, but as we might hope it to be. <BR/><BR/>It seems to be a truism that those with far too much have far greater desires for yet more than those with only a little, and that those with only a little are satisfied to have just enough. It's all in achieving the right balance that real prosperity might return to our unbalanced system. Legend has it, and I doubt she really uttered the words, Marie disparaged the misery of the ragged poor. If the government through its various agencies and bureaucracies doesn't take some steps to return the middle class to its position of prominence in our economic system <BR/>new and unique agencies come to the fore. <BR/><BR/>At the moment, BO doesn't seem to be setting up a team that we can expect great things from. Better than GB's group? That's hardly an adequate measure. It's shaping up to be a Clintonian office and that is obviously better than Darth Vader, but markedly worse than what Obama represented as a new hope.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971442888151627894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-3302672470016670772008-11-12T00:38:00.000-05:002008-11-12T00:38:00.000-05:00Jack,Oh, it would just go the way of yet all those...Jack,<BR/><BR/>Oh, it would just go the way of yet all those other bureaucracies!rosserjb@jmu.eduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300046915843554101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-54237208932620673432008-11-11T18:44:00.000-05:002008-11-11T18:44:00.000-05:00Barkley,I think there might be good use for reconv...Barkley,<BR/>I think there might be good use for reconvening the Committee of Public Safety. As I recollect this agency was most efficient in dealing with official intrasigency<BR/>and private sector profligation, especially of the financial kind. Best of all the Committee requires only limited membership, with decision making being confined to a few devoted participants. <BR/><BR/>Let Mr. Galbraith know that I stand at the ready to act as Chair of the Committee of Publilc Safety,<BR/>and you can assure him that I will resist losing my head in the the process. One more dedicated public servant would not be excessive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-80421243924833866362008-11-11T04:11:00.000-05:002008-11-11T04:11:00.000-05:00No argument there. The quality of institutions is ...No argument there. The quality of institutions is far more important the quantity of institutions. In fact, maybe the number could be reduced.reasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10958786975015285323noreply@blogger.com