Re: Campaign Contributions or Living Standards

["John Gelles" <johng@xxxxxxxxxx>]

        Dear Friend,

        Thanks for message.  I appreciate its good humor.

        In fact, however, I believe useful economics can
        only come from poolitical victories. Economics is
        a game and its rules. Change the rules and you
        change the game.

        So knowing how to change the rules, in fact, via
        education, inspiration, indoctrination, whatever,
        not including abandoning democracy, is the
        foundation of economics.

        "One man, one vote" is the biggest economic item
        of our time. Now to use it.  "One man, one dollar
        in campaign contributions", might be the next step.

        John

----- Friend's  Message -----
From: Pkt Friend
To: John Gelles <johng@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: Campaign Contributions or Living Standards

Oh John, the answer is so simple. We just establish the
dictatorship of the economists. Then, whenever they
agree on anything, we all do it.

-----Friend replied to  Message-----
From: John Gelles <johng@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Post Keynesian Thought <pkt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, November 29, 2001 11:05 AM
Subject: Campaign Contributions or Living Standards

        This highlights, for me, the real problem we have
        in economics:  political elections.  Unless the
        people, forced by our neglect and stupidity to live
        below a proper minimum standard of comfort,
        come out to vote in their own interest, the system
        will not fairly serve them.

        You say, you knew that.   OK.  But what are
        you going to do about it.?  Sure fiat money that
        might end government borrowing and bring on
        government lending can end the current recession.
        But NOTHING will happen to reward those
        Americans whom the system treats unfairly until
        they vote for change.

        John Gelles