Your $tock Mom

thisweek with George Stephanopoulos
An economic roundtable covering some significant economic issues to date that can potentially profit or pillage your personal prosperity, your fiscal future, and your financial security.
Guests:  George Will, Liz Claman, Ron Brownstein, Nia-Malika Henderson, and Jennifer Granholm
5/27/2012
(video 22:13)

Before the problems with our economy can be resolved, it is essential to comprehend how our economic system is structured and how it functions.
It is the correlation of jobs to consumption, consumption to capitalism, and capitalism to our economy that needs clear definition and understanding.
Once we understand the symbiotic relationship of jobs and business to the middle-income consumer – who is responsible for the majority of consumption of goods and services that, in turn, fuels the success and maintains the sustainability of businesses that ultimately create jobs that provide prosperity …

House for Sale Auction
 
When is the last time you saw a corporation waiting in line at a polling place to cast his … her … uhhh … its vote?
Seriously?  Corporations are people?
John Bonifaz of Free Speech for People joins The Dylan Ratigan Show to discuss with the panel the momentum that is beginning to build nationwide to get money out of politics as the New York City Council, inspired by the resolution passed in Los Angeles last month, passes its own resolution, declaring corporations are not people.
(video 8:26)

UPDATE:
June 25, 2012 – The Supreme …

From that cup o’ joe or spot o’ tea,
To the gas in your car and any import fee,
The prices we pay are a result, you see,
Of the global economic interactivity.
– $tock Mom
You might be tempted to dismiss this information thinking it remote and unimportant to directly affect your personal finances, but that line of thought can be very costly.
Europe, China, Japan, Russia, Brazil, India, Israel, Egypt, Iran, Syria, North Korea all depend on the same economic resources that we depend on. How well we all get along together and share …

“… the question we should all ask is:  What would make this economy grow? What has stopped it from growing much over the last few years – indeed over much of the last decade?
One theory heard a lot these days is that the economy is burdened by excessive government regulation, interference and taxes. Cut them, the Republican candidates all say, and the economy will be unleashed.
It’s a compelling picture, but the data simply do not support it. ” – Fareed Zakaria
(video 3:36)

Zakaria: The real burden on the U.S. economy
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No, it is not Warren Buffett. Nick Hanauer, author of “The Gardens of Democracy,” brings to light the reality that it is the middle class, the median and lower incomers, who are the creative force and engine of business success and sustainability in our country.
“Necessity is the mother of invention” truly is how our economic system became the most successful economy in the world, in history. However, that early system also supported the philosophy of “spread the wealth”; because it was recognized early in our nation’s development that the growth and …

Do we really need less regulation? Well, that ol’ adage seems rather apropos here: “You get what you pay for.” If the pols want to deregulate, (and it might be worth understanding why and their agenda) you might want to reconsider their public service. Regardless, it’s our responsibility … to be the regulators  … to read the fine print and take nothing for granted. No matter how much regulation exists, or not, our system is malfunctioning on many levels, … again, “Caveat emptor … Let the buyer beware!”
 
 
(video 4:53)

Do not be fooled by the recent push for tax breaks for the top 1% – at the expense of the middle class and lower income groups – that is being trumpeted by those in DC. They are trying to re-sell a failed policy they claim will jumpstart the economy by giving the rich more money, claiming that the rich are the job creators.
Been there. Done that. Have the T-shirt, and it doesn’t fit … except only on the fat cats.  By the way, new businesses are the major job creators.
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