Re: [Pen-l] Introducing the Obamawatch Lottery

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

Michael Perelman wrote:
> I am offering a prize of $1 to the person who comes closest to guessing
> the date at which BHO first takes a courageous action that significantly
> challenges the ridh and powerful.  I will begin with the date 2020.

Please be specific. For example, nationalizing financial institutions
and then making them all obey strict regulations of the sort that
prevailed in the 1950s & 1960s would "challenge the rich" on the
political level (which is why these policies have not yet been
implemented). But they would serve the rich in the long run, since it
would get them out of the current mess and prevent new disasters of
this sort for a decade or two. That is, does "challenging the rich"
include acting like the adult to that bunch of crying brats?

You could say that Obama has _already_ challenged the rich, since he
doesn't want to renew Bushie's welfare-for-richies (tax cut) program.
He seems to putting this program into operation.
-- 
Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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