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Originally posted by TheRedneck
reply to post by ColCurious
All that means is this Universal Declaration of Human Rights was written by someone who had no idea what constitutes a 'right'.
Sure, you are guaranteed a free education by your government, but why are you allowing your government to determine what is and is not a basic human right? By doing so, you allow that same government to at any time decide it is no longer a basic human right to have free education, or that it is no longer a basic human right to speak for that matter.
For the record, I think it is absolutely fantastic that you have free education; I would love to see it implemented here. All I am pointing out is the difference between an entitlement and a right. A right does not require another to provide something to you; an entitlement is a gift from society to you based on what your government wants to spend on you.
Rights are forever. Entitlements are until no one wants to (or can) pay for them anymore.
Originally posted by ErtaiNaGia
I'm afraid that you are wrong dude.
United for Global Democracy. On October 15, 2011, united in our diversity, united for global change, we demand global democracy, global governance by the people for the people, inspired by our sisters and brothers in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Bahrain, Palestine-Israel, Spain, and Greece, we too call for a regime change, a global regime change, today we demand replacing the G8 with the whole of humanity, the G7,000,000,000. source
Originally posted by muzzleflash
I view taxation without representation as direct theft coerced through threats of violence.
A global tax would essentially be global tyranny.
Originally posted by ChaoticOrder
You are totally misinterpreting this "global tax". It's clearly designed to "tax the super rich and give to the poor". And you claim it's a totalitarian scheme to further rob the middle class? Pfffttt...learn to read.
Because the OP is clearly twisting and slanting the ideas presented in the source article.
"We're a solidarity movement. We want to replace the G7 with the G-seven-billion, we want a global democracy: Government by the people, for the people, not by governments acting for the big banks," he says. source
Young Moroccan militants came to demonstrate against capitalism and for a global democracy. source
One protester spoke about a global democracy statement, which has circulated to marches around the world. The New York assembly will take a vote as early as tomorrow if they endorse the statement, which calls for drastic changes to global governance and the financial system. source
Originally posted by JiggyPotamus
You are completely misinterpreting what is being said in your own article...
Explain 'global regime change'. 'Global', to anyone who has some reading comprenshion skills, means 'the entire world'. They are not saying, 'We need regime change in countries that still do not have a democracy'. Replacing the G8 (or G20) means what to you? To me it means creating a larger entity that can supplant and dictate to the former G8 countries and make policy.
Did you read the enrite manifesto?
It calls for a replacement of “the G8 with the whole of humanity – the G7,000,000,000” and for the “citizens of the world” to realize a “global democracy” in which “the people command and global institutions obey”.
The 'people command and GLOBAL INSTITUTIONS obey'. What 'global institutions'? Why do we need 'global institutions'? What about sovereignty? What about eliminating more government? Why do we need global overarching agencies to dictate more of our lives? Address what these people are advocating.
Originally posted by TheWalkingFox
For thirty years, you've been seeing...constant cuts in government...
Originally posted by AugustusMasonicus
From the Los Angles Occupy protests:
United for Global Democracy. On October 15, 2011, united in our diversity, united for global change, we demand global democracy, global governance by the people for the people, inspired by our sisters and brothers in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Bahrain, Palestine-Israel, Spain, and Greece, we too call for a regime change, a global regime change, today we demand replacing the G8 with the whole of humanity, the G7,000,000,000. source
The majority of people don't understand how a computer works, yet they can still use a computer.
Do you honestly think the hundreds of thousands of people who are protesting around the world or across the U.S. are going have a part in solving the problem? Of course not, the problem solving is left up to those people I just spoke of, those who can understand it.
But I knew people would eventually start to wake up, and now they are. The timing is perfect. Perhaps even fate.
"Oh my gosh," Bernardo Torres said Tuesday when a clerk at a CVS Pharmacy in Falls Church, Va., told him the new price, which went up in anticipation of the tax increase. Torres wanted to buy his aunt two cartons of cigarette-size cigars, but he walked away empty-handed after hearing the new price: $134. The tax on little cigars went from 4 cents to $1.01 a pack.
Originally posted by TheRedneck
"Oh my gosh," Bernardo Torres said Tuesday when a clerk at a CVS Pharmacy in Falls Church, Va., told him the new price, which went up in anticipation of the tax increase. Torres wanted to buy his aunt two cartons of cigarette-size cigars, but he walked away empty-handed after hearing the new price: $134. The tax on little cigars went from 4 cents to $1.01 a pack.
From 4 cents to $1.01 is a 2425% (two thousand four hundred twenty five percent) tax hike, aimed directly at the poorest individuals in the country since study after study has shown most smokers to be in lower-income brackets.
That would be 48 Nations including yours
Nothing is forever, we can lose our rights in the blink of an eye if we stop being vigilant.
I'm all for better accessibility of education as an essential prerequisite to protect our rights and I agree with you that free education is an entitlement, until no one wants to provide it anymore.
It would be best if the people themselves could provide for their education but many can't even afford food, shelter or clothes... often due to their lack of education.
Its a beautiful vicious cycle and I'm not sure how to break it...
Originally posted by 0zzymand0s
reply to post by Schkeptick
That's just easy money though.
Hell -- I know educated people who believe that jobs literally appear when people stop being lazy and decide to "get one." The simple fact that jobs are created when demand for goods and services exceeds the existing supply never even crosses their tiny little minds.
A whole bunch of these people are technically "economists," but what they preach is more akin to voodoo than economic theory.
Originally posted by muzzleflash
This thread is really awesome.
Thanks for starting it and creating the provocative discussion that has ensued.
I am pleased and joyed to see folks like yourself and others within this thread fighting the good fight and challenging the disinformation-misinformation that is being disseminated throughout the country right now.
We need more folks like you guys/gals.
Base funding for schools on percentage of students achieving jobs after completion within 1 month, 3 months, and 1 year time frames. Also include in the funding calculations wages earned at those times.
Make tenure (a guarantee of a position regardless of performance) illegal.