Comments on: Is A No-Growth Economy Possible? by Bobbie Woods http://politicsanew.com/2009/03/28/is-a-no-growth-economy-possible-by-bobbie-woods/ Opinion and Commentary of Over 500 Women Political Bloggers Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:43:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mike http://politicsanew.com/2009/03/28/is-a-no-growth-economy-possible-by-bobbie-woods/comment-page-1/#comment-16703 Mike Sat, 23 May 2009 20:42:32 +0000 http://politicsanew.com/?p=1880#comment-16703 Hi, nice posts there :-) thank's for the interesting information Hi, nice posts there :-) thank’s for the interesting information

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But great, thank you.

]]> By: wagelaborer http://politicsanew.com/2009/03/28/is-a-no-growth-economy-possible-by-bobbie-woods/comment-page-1/#comment-16584 wagelaborer Sat, 02 May 2009 14:58:48 +0000 http://politicsanew.com/?p=1880#comment-16584 I just reread my post and I don't think I made my point clear. A sustainable system has to be non-profit, because the profits only can come by selling more and more all the time. But that's OK. We don't need a for-profit system to survive. Humans throughout most of our history didn't have a for-profit system. With our productivity and a cooperative system, we could all live decent happy lives, and the only people who would lose would be the 1/10 of 1% who now suck out the profits while destroying our ecosystem. I just reread my post and I don’t think I made my point clear. A sustainable system has to be non-profit, because the profits only can come by selling more and more all the time.
But that’s OK. We don’t need a for-profit system to survive. Humans throughout most of our history didn’t have a for-profit system.
With our productivity and a cooperative system, we could all live decent happy lives, and the only people who would lose would be the 1/10 of 1% who now suck out the profits while destroying our ecosystem.

]]> By: wagelaborer http://politicsanew.com/2009/03/28/is-a-no-growth-economy-possible-by-bobbie-woods/comment-page-1/#comment-16583 wagelaborer Sat, 02 May 2009 14:40:26 +0000 http://politicsanew.com/?p=1880#comment-16583 Absolutely. As so many have pointed out, unlimited growth at the expense of the host is called cancer. Capitalism is the earth's cancer. Most people only want to live decent lives. There are a few greedy individuals who just can't be satisfied with only six mansions and three private jets - they want MORE! While the US has 2,000,000+ people locked in prison for various crimes, ranging from petty theft to murder, the really big thieves and murderers are rewarded with money and power. And the average citizen believes that it is OK to allow them power and money because they want some money to "trickle down". We have to stop the system that rewards the amoral, and start to cooperate with each other to supply our modest needs. And let the lazy work less! What's the big deal? "Two hours of pushing broom" ought to "buy a 8x12 four-bit room"! Those who want more can work more, but most people in this country work at meaningless or downright harmful jobs now. If we all worked at productive jobs, we could all work fewer hours and still supply each other with all we need. Absolutely. As so many have pointed out, unlimited growth at the expense of the host is called cancer. Capitalism is the earth’s cancer.
Most people only want to live decent lives. There are a few greedy individuals who just can’t be satisfied with only six mansions and three private jets – they want MORE!
While the US has 2,000,000+ people locked in prison for various crimes, ranging from petty theft to murder, the really big thieves and murderers are rewarded with money and power. And the average citizen believes that it is OK to allow them power and money because they want some money to “trickle down”.
We have to stop the system that rewards the amoral, and start to cooperate with each other to supply our modest needs.
And let the lazy work less! What’s the big deal? “Two hours of pushing broom” ought to “buy a 8×12 four-bit room”! Those who want more can work more, but most people in this country work at meaningless or downright harmful jobs now. If we all worked at productive jobs, we could all work fewer hours and still supply each other with all we need.

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