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Reaganomics is Literally Making Americans Kill Themselves.
Apr. 25, 2016 12:08 pm
According to a new study from the National Center for Health Statistics, the suicide rate in the United States has risen dramatically over the past decade-and-a-half.
Adjusting for age, it jumped 24 percent between 1999 and 2014, with the biggest increases coming after 2006. Thirteen out of every 100,000 people now kill themselves, making suicide one of the top 10 leading causes of death in the entire country.
This is a serious public health crisis that needs to be fixed, and while we can't bring back from the dead the people we've already lost, there is something we can do as a country to make sure even more people don't take their own lives.
And that something is to stop voting Republican because Republican policies are driving people to kill themselves.
Seriously, I'm not kidding. This isn't some crazy conspiracy.
It's a well-documented sociological fact.
Numerous studies have found a strong connection between right-wing economic policies and suicide.
Recent research from sociologists David Stuckler and Sanjay Basu, for example, found that suicide rates in both the U.S. and U.K. increase when working class wages and wealth decline. Things were particularly bad during the recession period here in the U.S. when, according to the study's authors, there were 4,750 "excess" suicides.
Another study, this time out of Australia, discovered a similar pattern in that country. It found that almost 35,000 extra suicides occurred when the "Tories" (Australian slang for right-wingers) controlled the government.
This isn't just something that happens in the English-speaking world, either.
When right-wing austerity policies began to ravage Greece in 2010, the suicide rate jumped almost 18 percent. In Athens alone, it soared to 25 percent.
The same thing happened in Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union. In a rush to switch the former communist country over to the free market, economists forced it go through shock doctrine-style privatization. The result was a sharp rise in suicides, heart attacks, and alcohol deaths.
Obviously, right-wing economic policies don't cause every suicide. Some people kill themselves because they have already-existing mental health problems. Others kill themselves because of drugs. Still others kill themselves because of the shock of sudden personal tragedy.
But even so, there's no question that right-wing economic policies, otherwise known as Reaganomics, make things a whole lot worse.
When people are unemployed, underemployed, or working dead-end jobs for starvation wages, they're more likely to suffer from depression. They're also more likely to resort to hard drugs to help them cope with the pain of economic deprivation. Meanwhile, the compounding effect of austerity cuts to public health services just makes the whole situation worse.
There's a dark irony here, because Reaganomics is itself form of slow-burning national suicide.
Think about it: Reaganomics has crushed the unions that created middle-class it's bankrupted the federal government with massive tax cuts for the rich, and it's sent our trade deficit sky-high with so-called "free trade deal" after so-called "free trade deal."
Oh yeah, and thanks to deregulation, Reaganomics has also left us much more vulnerable to financial crises, like the one that almost completely took down the world economy 8 years.
So whatever way you look at it, right-wing economic policies are a raw deal.
Not only are they killing our country, and they're literally making every day Americans kill themselves because they just can't take it anymore.
Even if you don't care about things like, you know, good wages and fair taxation rates, that fact alone should make you angry.
Conservative economic policies kill -- it's as simple as that.
It's time repudiate Reaganomics once and for all so we can save our country as well as the lives of the people who live in it.
By the way, if you're having dark or suicidal thoughts, you're not alone. Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 to speak to someone who can help. It's open 24/7.
RJ Schundler • 6 years 40 weeks ago
The earnings of the Poor have only drop the years of Obama, not during the Reagan years. It was Democratic Policies that has hurt the Poor, Middle Class, and Small Busness.
Ger320 • 6 years 40 weeks ago
RJ, you've got to be kidding! Please don't be so misinformed. The drop in wages started with Reagan.
I am a Bernie supporter and I urgently call to him, that Democrats and Progressives must stop complaining about the wealth/income gap. Instead must show that stiff taxing of the rich grows the economy and jobs by insentivizing the rich to avoid taxes by putting profits back into growing their companies instead of into their pockets. This is what occurred during the steep progressive tax era from FDR to Reagan.
Johnnie Dorman • 6 years 40 weeks ago
So sick and tired of hearing people say that the reason companies are moving out of the U.S. or moving to other states is because they can't afford to do business in the U.S. "Too many regulations and taxes," they say.
As if business that existed and were regulated and taxed before the Reagan economics arrived didn't thrive and weren't able to pay a decent wage to their employees.
What happened is that Reagan gave the big business slave drivers the ability to do an end-run around the laws the U.S. has against slavery by simply slaving people in other third world countries.
The U.S. trade deals are simply a well thought plan for disfranchising the American middle class, and these lousy trade deals are why the American middle class has been destroyed.
I am one of the people that were a part of a strong middle class and it is plain as the nose on my face that everything for me and others like me were made to deal with America's race to the bottom, trickle down economics that Reagan and his slave driving Neo-cons stuck us with.
I will always be angry about it all, we got the shaft and it's high time we reversed everything that the modern day foriegn worker slave drivers did to us all.
Ger320, In 1981, the first year of the Reagan Presidency, I was making $17,500 as a Teacher. 8 years later, at the end of the Reagan Presidency, I was making $50,000 as a Sales Rep. My salary went up from there. I retired in 2006 making close to $150,000 a year. Reaganomics worked for me.
By the way Johnnie Dorman, It was Clinton, not Reagan who signed NAFTA into law and it's Obama and H. Clinton who want the Trans Pacific Partnership .
Hephaestus • 6 years 40 weeks ago
Ayn Rand espoused her "philosophical" notion that she named "objectivism" (another 'ism)
Her acolytes, including Greenspan et al worshipped at her alter
Perhaps the origin of 'greed is good' virus infection affecting modern western thought regarding consideration for other humans
Ou812 - do you think you played no part in your success?
Reagun did this for you?
You mock yourself!
Legislators allow or dis-allow us to do or not
And, thereby have effects that become observable
Hephaestus, I was being facetious. I played every part in my success. To say Reagan is responsible for my success is as silly as saying Reagan is resonsible for peoples failures and suicides.
2950-10K • 6 years 40 weeks ago
So if conservatives push for and create economic policies that have literally proven to cause citizens to kill themselves, shouldn't that be considered verifiable economic violence which has lead to death? Conservative economic policy is put in place by conservative legislators. So It looks to me like the families of the suicide victims should have lawsuits against both the conservatives who create the legislation, and the president who signs it into law.
Wow, conservative economic violence makes window smashing and looting look pretty tame.
Extreme concentration of wealth is and always has been the problem.
Enslavement is still widespread, it's just much more subtle and insidious in the 21st century.
BTW: Charles Koch says even he would support Hillary as president. Bernie remains our only hope for real progressive change. Bernie is the "good government" enightenment thinkers and some of our founders envisioned.
When Reagan took power the US was in a major recession. It was much worst than what Obama came into. The difference was Reagan convinced people with money to spend it something Obama can't seem to do. When it comes to jobs leaving, the world just seem to shrink. It was much easier to ship products world wide which opened up trade offshore. For the first time the US wasn't a closed economy. The only thing to stop it is some kind of import tax but That opens up a whole new can of worms. 812 I am with you the 80's where great to me as well my wages never stopped growing until I went into business for my self
Donald Campbell • 6 years 40 weeks ago
Seems like the capitalist system of business, or, more specifically, the manner in which many capitalists practice, could be a prime mover in causing suicide in our modern society, although I have no quantitative data on this. Not being able to put bread on the table and the resulting psychological damage might have strong correlations, beginning long before Reaganomics. Greed can be a killer.
bobcox • 6 years 40 weeks ago
Part of the reasoning for the Reagan tax reductions was that if the Marginal Propensity for Investment was increased by tax reductionhen then job creation rates would be increased. However, the Marginal Propensity for Spending does not dictate where the excess over necessities of life the money will be spent, saved, invested or whatever. The desire for personal satisfaction, aggrandizement or leisure enters into the equation so that bankers bought expensive yachts for weekend parties for pretty secretaries to show off their wares. This was not investing for productive jobs that increase the national economy but would be calssified as the type of spending the Roman elites did prior to the fall. Too bad we don't read history.
Just because two factors vary together done not mean that one is the cause of the other. Thee are many variables that vary together and it is sometimes easy to think that one is the cause of the variable characteristics of the other.
Nevertheless, it is an interesting fact that suicides tend to increase when far right economic policies are dominant in politics.
Johnnie Dorman: Indeed Reagan was the beginning of the race to the bottom for the vast majority of us, but simultaneously Reaganomics has also been the race to the top for the one percent. Concentration of wealth is off the charts in this country with no signs of slowing. We're well on our way to becoming a full blown feudal state run by a handful of passionate fascists.
It is well known that wages have been flat since 1979.....$4.03 per hour then had the same purchasing power that $22.41 per hour now has. Throw in that our generation got screwed under the 1983 Reagan/O'Neil Social Security retirement age scam. They not only rasied the age of eligibilty , they also made it so beneifits for example of people retiring at 64 only get what people used to get retiring at the age of 62...and so on.
Ain't trickle down just dandy?
hellostan • 6 years 40 weeks ago
ya know. . . . . . for being such an intelligent person - your 'thinking' is certainly: narrow... 1-sided... and closed... to the point of being--->Nasty !
It's sad and pathetic that the left is trying to politicize suicide. For those who commit suicide, the pain is over. For those left behind, the pain doesn't end. I would like to point out to you lefties who are attempting to politicize this terrible act. If you keep killing yourself because of "right wing" economic policies, plus the pro abortion lefties, in about 15 years, there will be no more lefties.
Hi Kend, what you say is absolutely, positively true....I spent the last 6 years of my sales career in Canada as National Sales and Marketing manager. I lived in T-O, but traveled the entire country. I especially enjoyed Alberta. The work ethic is alive and well there. I spent more time in Edmonton than Calgary, how can I forget those -39° mornings. Stay well, you have great insight.
Thom & Louise in Denmark
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Two and a half years ago Bridie Reeves risked it all to move across the world and take up a performance analysis internship with the Vodafone Warriors.
In doing so she gave up a steady job as a radiographer in her native UK, leaving behind friends and family in order to pursue her lifelong dream of working in the NRL Telstra Premiership.
It would prove to be the first of many sacrifices Reeves would make in order to contribute to the game of rugby league, at both professional and grassroots levels.
"It was a big gamble for me really, because before coming to Auckland I had completed my undergrad in radiography at Staffordshire University, so I was working over there and earning a decent income and everything," Reeves told NRL.com.
"But I wanted to do this because it was something I had always thought about, I grew up watching the NRL and that was the dream to come over and work here.
"I was an intern pretty much full-time, volunteering for the full season in 2014, and then at the end of the season I got offered a contract to stay."
Ahead of the 10th annual Harvey Norman Women in League Round, Reeves' story is a brilliant example of how far female representation has come in the NRL.
As the club's NRL performance analyst, she plays an important role in the engine room of the football department.
From preparing individual reports and statistics on players mid-week, through to running the interchange on game day, it's a high-pressure role which can make all the difference come the crunch minutes in a competition as close as the NRL.
"Basically whatever the coaching staff need in order to get feedback to the players, we help to make that process really smooth," Reeves says.
"On game day I look after the interchange, so when I am in the coaching box we all talk between us and work out our strategy.
"We always have a plan going in but it often changes in the game when players drop off faster than you think, or maybe get a head knock.
"I can just make suggestions and keep an eye on things.
"New Zealand and the NRL have been fantastic for me… the opportunities have been there and I have been very well supported.
"The women who were role models for me over here were fantastic and all set really high standards."
Vodafone Warriors coach Andrew McFadden says over the space of three seasons, Reeves has grown to become an integral part of the football operations at the club.
"Bridie's role has evolved over the last few seasons, she has become a lot more aligned with football now and that is because she showed a lot of insight into the game," McFadden says.
"She plays rugby league so she has got a really good view for the game straight away.
"She has become a very important part of our week-to-week operations in terms of giving performance feedback to players, as well as our game-day analysis.
"It is a challenging environment for women, but she has got all the attributes that allow her to excel in it. She is organised, works very hard and the boys respect the stuff she does.
"Bridie is incredibly passionate about the game and this organisation… she loves the sport, she loves coaching and playing.
"She is a valuable asset to our club."
Reeves, 26, has been involved in rugby league in either playing or coaching capacities since her early teenage years, and previously captained the Yorkshire women's rugby league team as well as being a member of the winning England team at rugby union's inaugural Nations Cup in 2008.
Her dedication to rugby league now extends well past the hours she gets paid for, and in her spare time she can be spotted playing for central Auckland club the Richmond Rovers, regularly taking the field alongside fellow Vodafone Warriors staff member and current Kiwi Fern Georgia Hale.
In past seasons Reeves also served as assistant coach for the Marist Saints Fox Memorial (Auckland first division) men's premier reserves side.
"I have grown up around league really so that is where the background is," she says.
"I have been really well supported and in terms of popularity, the Kiwi Ferns are really leading the way in New Zealand with their success at the NRL Auckland Nines, and in the 13-a-side game.
"As a result people are really starting to talk about women's rugby league.
"When I first came over I did a lot with both the men's and women's teams at the Marist Saints, but on the weekends we have so many commitments, and with all the travel and everything it can be hard.
"But any spare time I have I love to go back and give something to the grassroots, and it's also good to keep an eye on the young players coming through and to get to know people in the Auckland league community.
"It's back-to-back even during the week with training sessions.
"It goes a bit crazy and I leave the house at 5.30am most days and don't get home until after 9.00pm.
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Hi, friend! We like going to the movies, too! But we don't go as much as we want to because we don't like bothering anybody. And like you, we love the Tropic Cinema! It's so great, right? But we usually go to the Regal instead, because the theaters are bigger, so there's less chance we'll bother anybody. We wanted to see Ford v Ferrari, though, and it was only playing at the Tropic. A loud racing movie is perfect, I thought, because we might not bother anybody.
We chose a Wednesday, hoping it wouldn't be very busy so we wouldn't bother anybody. And we chose the noon showing, hoping it wouldn't be a full house so we wouldn't bother anybody. And we sat in the front row, knowing it is usually the last chosen because it's hard on the neck, hoping we wouldn't bother anybody. But you came in late, and sat right next to my son.
Before we went into the theater, we did a lot of noise-making, talking, singing, humming, tapping, and drumming. We were also active in our seats before the movie started, hoping to get a lot of it out so that we could do a decent job of masking vocal and motor tics once the show started. Sometimes this preparation helps us stave things off for a while (because we don't want to bother anybody).
We bought snacks and drinks to keep our hands and mouths busy, hoping we wouldn't bother anybody. We reminded each other in advance that sometimes it's better to whisper an in-context exclamation or question during a time the movie is loud, hoping not to bother anybody at quieter times. Sometimes that works short-term and sometimes it doesn't. It's one of many replacement behaviors that are difficult to master, but we practice a lot so that most of the time, people just think we're momentarily chatty or wiggly. Sometimes people don't notice at all. And sometimes it feels better to be scoffed at for being intentionally too noisy than to be thought of as strange in a way you have no control over. It's not a fun choice–not that it's always even a choice.
How did you prepare for the movie today, friend?
We don't need or want your sympathy (or anybody else's). In fact, we sometimes feel guilty about what we call the superpowers that far outweigh the challenges. We are so grateful to be who we are and we're so fully aware of our privilege in this world that being told we should just stay home, among other things, doesn't bother us like you may have hoped.
He's eleven, by the way. My son. He doesn't fully understand, yet, how awful people can be. But he's learning fast from people like you. And yes, we know that's life. The world doesn't revolve around him and he knows that. He knows I won't always be there to put my body between him and somebody awful. And he'll continue figuring out how to handle people whose behavior he doesn't understand. We wish the same skill-development for you, but so far, he's kicking your ass in the realm of thinking about how personal choices affect others.
I know you're not evil. I know everybody has challenges and things going on in life. I know that maybe you were having a bad day, and so many other possibilities we can't know about you. But what if instead of digging in your heels once you realized how wrong you'd gotten it today in the front row, you'd used it as an opportunity for kindness? It would have meant a lot to us right then. A LOT. Obviously, you have every right to be unkind. But would it kill you to strive toward at least as much self-awareness and self-control as a kid with Tourette?
There must be a million reasons that other human beings annoy you on the regular. Damn, that seems like a taxing way to live–so much work! So I guess, as stressful as it is to prepare and sometimes fail in our efforts not to bother anybody, it could clearly be so much worse–we could be like you.

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The recognition of our sinfulness, pain because we embittered God, the decision for a change and taking refuge in confession comprises the beginning of our salvation.
The Precious Forerunner and the Lord Himself began their preaching calling to repentance. No one can be saved, if he doesn't repent. Only with repentance a great thief "stole" even paradise.
So it is a demonic delusion for Christians to neglect repentance and confession.
because they don't want to humble themselves and to bow under the stole of the spiritual father, as the divinely inspired ecclesiastical order appoints.
We are referring mainly to the case of many Christians, who settle for other "religious duties" or participation in missionary work or in cloudy discussions with Elders without any disposition to "keep harsh ways". Thus they believe that they are overcoming peaks, while they are deceived in mortal swamps of unrepentance, senselessness, and narcissism.
Our indifference in a decisive repentance is proven very obviously by our occupation with the life and the faults of others.
May the many examples of repentance, which Saint Cyril of Jerusalem mentions further down, renew zeal for a real repentance!
May they help us to denote and confess without any reservation or covering up or justification all the secret sicknesses, the wounds and the passions which ravage our soul, for whose purity the Lord shed His blood!
May, finally, the small shame, which we experience before the spiritual father, deliver us from the vast shame before people and angels during the time of Judgment.
Sin is a fearful evil and dangerous sickness of the soul. Sin weakens it sneakily and hands it paralyzed into eternal hell. It is however bad that it depends on our own will. It is a fruit of our own disposition.
Sin is a fearful evil, but not incurable. Repentance cures it easily.
For as long as one is holding fire in his hand, of course he is burned. As soon as he throws it down, he ceases being burned.
"Can one put fire in his vest, without burning his clothes?" (Prov. 6:27).
Sin is not any enemy which fights you from outside, but an evil which sprouts and develops within you.
Remember the future judgment, and neither fornication nor adultery nor murder nor another transgression will ever overcome you. When however you forget God, then you will begin thinking wickedly and you will act iniquitously.
The all-wicked devil pushes you to sin. He pushes you, but he can't force you to sin, if you react. He can't harm you, even if for years he scandalizes you, if you have your heart closed.
If however without reaction you accept some evil desire, which he sews in you, he will imprison you and will throw you into a pit of sins.
You do not know, it seems that even the stone many times a root which is in the earth cuts it to pieces. So don't accept the seed of sin, because it will dissolve your faith.
Uproot the evil before it blossoms, maybe, showing indolence in the beginning, later on you will be punished and will experience the axe and the fire.
Strive to be healed in time, when the eye's harm is in the beginning, so that you don't seek doctors in vain, when you will have gone blind.
The devil, who sinned first, created all the evils. I don't say this, but the Lord: "the devil sinned in the beginning" (1 Jn. 3:8). No one had sinned before him.
The devil sinned without anything forcing him, because then God would have been responsible for sin. From Him he was made good.
He sinned however with his own disposition, and from his work, he was named "diavolos" devil. Because, whereas at first he was an archangel, he ended up later on slandering (diavallei in Greek), in other words slandering God to the first created humans.
Also, whereas in the beginning he was a faithful servant of God, later on he became Satan, in other words an enemy and opponent of His. Because the word "Satan" is interpreted "opponent", that is he who is on the opposite side, the opponent.
The devil, after his fall, led many to apostasy. He sews sinful desires in whoever follows him. From him come adultery, fornication and every other evil.
He led the forefather to disobedience and to exile. On his account Adam, instead of paradise, which bore exceptional fruits, inherited the earth, which produced thorns.
We were deceived and lost paradise. Is there salvation I wonder?
We were blinded. Will we see the light again, I wonder?
We became lame. Will we stand up again, I wonder, on our feet?
Brethren, doesn't He who resurrected the righteous Lazarus from the tomb, have the power to resurrect you much more easily, who are still alive?
Won't He who shed His blood for us, save us from sin?
Let us not despair. Let us not sink into despair. It is fearful for us to lose the hope of forgiveness. Whoever doesn't await salvation, sins without thinking! Whoever however hopes in it, hastens to repent.
The snake abandons his own skin. Won't we abandon sin? The fruitless earth, if it is cultivated diligently, becomes fruitful. Can't we be corrected?
Listen to what the psalmist says: "How great, O Lord, is your goodness!" (Ps. 30:20).
Your sins never defeat the magnitude of God's compassion. Your wounds never surpass His healing power. Only hand yourself over to Him with faith. Confess your passion.
"I will confess sincerely my iniquity to the Lord".
"And you, O Lord, forgave the impiety of my heart" (Ps. 31:5).
Do you want to know God's philanthropy and the magnitude of His longsuffering?
Listen to what happened with Adam: The first created man disobeyed. Couldn't God hand him over immediately to death? Of course He could have.
What does the Philanthropic God do however?
He exiles him from paradise, since he was unworthy of remaining there now, He places him however to dwell across, so that he could see from where he fell and what he lost and where he ended up, so that he could repent and be saved.
Cain, the first man who was born, became a murderer of his brother, an inventor of evils, a forerunner of all those who are envious and of the murderers.
Whereas however, he killed his brother, to what was he condemned?
"You will live henceforth, sighing and trembling" (Gen. 4:12).
The crime is fearful. The condemnation is small however.
The giants' sinned and excessive iniquity spread to the earth. Its punishment would have been the flood. With this God threatens. He sends it out however after 120 whole years (Gen. 6:3).
Do you see the magnitude of God's philanthropy? What He fulfilled after 120 years, couldn't He have done right away?
He extended however the time of punishment so much however, to give time for repentance. If sinners repented, God wouldn't have sent the dreadful and just punishment.
Let's come now also to examples of sinners who were saved with repentance.
Because if she, who sinned manifestly and before everyone, was saved with repentance, won't you also be saved in the same manner?
Ask to learn how she was saved. She only said this: "Your God is the only true God in heaven and on earth ("Joshua Son of Nun 2:11).
From the deep feeling of her lewdness, she didn't dare say: "My God", but "your God".
She has the witness of her salvation very manifestly in the Psalm verse: "I will remember Rahab and Babylon", but he adds "who recognize me" in other words who know me and worship me.
So there exists salvation both for men and for women.
But even if a whole people sinned, its sinfulness doesn't exceed God's philanthropy.
God however didn't cease the expressions of His philanthropy. People denied Him. He himself did not deny Himself. Even though they worshipped the idol, He did not stop benefiting them.
"The Lord was very angered against Aaron, so much so that He wanted to annihilate him. Then, in this difficult time, I prayed for Aaron and God forgave him" (see Deut. 9:20).
The prophet Nathan came, to censure him and to heal his wound. The subject told the king that he sinned gravely and that God was angered with him.
The purple wearing David did not get frustrated. He did not stand before the face of the prophet, but lifted his thought to Him who sent him.
The egotism of authority over such a multitude of soldiers that he had around him did not harden him, because he brought to his mind the angelic army of the Lord.
He experienced agony, feeling the Invisible One as visible. And he answered the prophet, or rather God Himself, who sent him: "I sinned to the Lord!" (2 Kings 12:13).
Do you see the humble-mindedness of the king? Do you see his confession? Maybe had he ever been censured before by anyone? Maybe had many people learned of his sin?
He sinned, and immediately the prophet appeared. As soon as he announced the accusation, the one at fault confessed his mistake. And because he confessed it with sincere repentance, the cure was also quickly manifested, forgiveness.
The prophet Nathan consoled David with the announcing of God's forgiveness.
He however didn't abandon the repentance. Instead of the royal purple robe, he put on the mournful slave sackcloth. Instead of a golden adorned throne, he sat on the ground and ashes.
And he did not sin only on ashes, but also ate the ashes, as he himself says: "I am eating ashes instead of bread and the water I'm drinking I'm mixing with my tears" (Ps. 101:10).
He melted from his tears his eyes, which became cause for him to conceive the lewd desire: "Every night I drench my bed and wet my mattress with my tears" (Ps. 6:7).
The rulers asked him to interrupt his fasting. He however would not yield. A whole week he fasted from every food. So if a king with such a way expressed his repentance, you the simple person, won't you confess?
Later on again, when Absalom revolted, although many other escape roads existed, David preferred to escape leaving towards the Mount of Olives. As if he were praying thus to the Deliverer, who would from there ascend to the heavens.
"Leave him! The Lord told him to curse me" (2 Kings 16:10). Because he knew that the sins of him who forgives others are forgiven.
Do you see the benefit of confession? Do you see that whoever repents is saved?
When however with Queen Jezebel he killed Navouthai and the Prophet Elias came and threatened him, he immediately showed repentance. He ripped the royal garment and put on the mournful sackcloth.
What did the philanthropic God say then to Elias?
"Do you see the repentance of Ahab? I will not punish him!" (See 3 Kings 20:29).
The philanthropic God forgives Ahab, even though he would continue his sins.
The Lord, of course, was not ignorant of his future, but now, at the time of repentance, He grants him analogous forgiveness. It is a characteristic of the just judge to respond appropriately to each circumstance which appears.
The King Jeroboam performed sacrifices at the altar of idols. Because he ordered them to capture the prophet, who condemned him for idolatry, his hand remained lame.
"Pray to the Lord for me" (3 Kings 13:6).
A result of repentance was for his hand to be healed. If the prophet healed Jeroboam, can't Christ save you, forgiving your sins?
Manasseh was also excessively sinful. He ordered and they sawed up Isaiah. He flooded Jerusalem with the blood of innocent people.
"Manasseh was deeply humbled before the God of his fathers and asked for his mercy. The Lord heard his fervent prayer, brought him back to Jerusalem and granted him again his throne" (2 Paral. 33:12-13).
If he who sawed the prophet was saved with repentance, you, who certainly did not sin so dreadfully, won't you be saved? Be careful, don't doubt about the power of repentance.
If you doubt, remember what happened with Ananias, Azarias and Misael in the furnace of Babylon. How many fountains could quench the flame which arose to a height of forty nine cubits?
Wherever however the huge flamed arose, there like a river the faith of the three youths poured out and there was heard the prayer of repentance: "You are just, O Lord, for all that you allowed us to suffer, because we sinned and transgressed' (Dan. Azar: 3:5).
Repentance dissolved the flame! Be assured from this about its power to put out the flame of hell as well.
What opinion do you have about Nebuchadnezzar?
Didn't you learn from the Holy Scripture that he was wild, bloodthirsty, hard-hearted? Didn't you hear that he destroyed tombs and dug up the relics of kings?
Didn't you hear that he swayed a whole people into captivity? Didn't you hear that he blinded the king, after first obligating him to see the slaughter of his children?
Didn't you hear that he crushed the Cherubim? (I don't mean of course the angels - let no one think something like this. I mean the sculptures which covered the Ark of the Covenant, from where the voice of God would be heard).
Nebuchadnezzar defiled even the curtain of the Temple. He took the holy censor and sent it to an idol temple. He grabbed all the sacred offerings. He set fire and burned the Temple from its foundations (2 Paral. 36:11-21).
With how many punishments he was who killed kings, burned altars, imprisoned the people, placed the holy vessels of the Temple among the idols, worthy of being punished? Wouldn't he be worthy of being killed a thousand times?
He produced nails and hairs like those a lion has, because before like a lion he grabbed the holy things and screamed. He ate greens like an ox, because before like an ox he lived, not knowing the true God, who had granted him the royal office.
When however with these chastising punishments he recognized the most high God and prayed and repented, then He granted him again his office (Dan. 4:26-34).
To Nebuchadnezzar who sinned so fearfully and repented, God granted forgiveness and the kingdom. So if you also repent and live in a Christian way, won't He also grant you the remission of sins and the kingdom of the heavens?
The Lord is philanthropic. Quick to forgive. Slow to punish.
So let no one despair of his salvation.
Peter, the chief of apostles feared a slave girl and denied Christ three times. He regretted however and cried bitterly (Matt. 26:69-75).
The crying revealed his repentance with his whole soul. For this reason he did not only receive forgiveness for the denial, but also restoration to the apostolic office.
Thus you will receive forgiveness of your sins and you will be granted to inherit the kingdom of the heavens together with all the saints.


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Common Cause, Fair Fight Action, and Over 300 Organizations Call on Corporations to Cut Ties with ALEC
06.14.2021 / 9:49 AM
WASHINGTON — Today, Common Cause, Fair Fight Action, and over 300 organizations penned a letter demanding large corporations, including Anheuser-Busch, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, CenturyLink, Eli Lilly, UPS, FedEx, Oracle, State Farm, Raytheon, Salesforce, Pfizer and others, cut financial ties with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) over its support of voter suppression legislation throughout the country.
ALEC has used its power to draft and advance Jim Crow-style voter suppression legislation throughout the country. They have partnered with extreme, dark money groups like the Heritage Foundation to try to implement the most suppressive and dangerous pieces of voting legislation that our country has ever seen.
Now, these 300 voting rights organizations representing Americans all over the country are fighting back to ensure that ALEC is held accountable by the corporate donors who fund them. This is the first step of a sustained campaign to ensure that ALEC is held accountable and no longer receives the funding to try to subvert the will of the people and upend our democracy.
TO READ THE FULL LETTER, CLICK HERE
Common Cause President Karen Hobert Flynn issued the following statement:
"Instead of funding special interest groups that are creating barriers to our freedom to vote, corporations should be joining the movement to deliver the promise of democracy to everyone. That's why we are joining more than 300 organizations to call on all corporations to cut ties with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which is working behind the scenes to restrict voting rights. ALEC has a long history of rigging the rules against everyday Americans while skirting ethics and tax laws. If corporations really believe in protecting our democracy and the right to vote, they must end their affiliation with ALEC."
Cliff Albright, executive director and co-founder of Black Voters Matter issued the following statement:
"We have repeatedly said that corporations must stop funding the elected officials who sponsor and vote for voter suppression, and this demand is equally important in regards to conservative groups and think tanks who fuel the Jim Crow-era approach of creating and replicating racist legislation. These companies cannot hide behind the excuse that they only support ALEC because of their pro-business legislation. Companies are complicit if they are creating a pro-business environment by supporting anti-democratic organizations and policies. We will continue to hold them accountable. It will not be business as usual until they stand up for what is right."
Scott Roberts, senior director of criminal justice and democracy campaigns at Color Of Change issued the following statement:
"These corporations are targeting Black voters with increasingly aggressive campaigns to suppress votes, disenfranchise communities, and spread dangerous misinformation. Through the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), dozens of corporations — many of whom pledged solidarity with Black workers and consumers just last year — are secretly funding efforts to silence Black voters. We see right through their hypocrisy, and we are issuing this letter to demand that these businesses take a stand for racial justice. It's time that corporations put real action behind their promises to promote racial equity and immediately cut ties with ALEC."
The following corporations will receive this letter: 1-800-Contacts, Alibaba, Alkermes, Altria, American Electric Power, Anheuser-Busch, Arizona Public Service, Bayer, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, CenturyLink, Charter Communications, Chevron, Coca-Cola Bottling Consolidated, Credit Union National Association, CTIA, Dominion Energy, Duke Energy, EDP Renewables, Eli Lilly, Enova Internal, FedEx, First Solar, GlaxoSmithKline, Guarantee Trust Life Insurance, Koch Industries, Marathon Petroleum Corporation, National Automobile Dealers Association, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, NCTA – The Internet & Television Association, Novartis, Oracle, Peabody Energy, Pfizer, PhRMA, Sanofi, Salt River Project, State Farm, Sunovion, UPS, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Vistra Energy.
According to the Brennan Center, over 389 bills that would suppress the right to vote have been introduced in 48 states during legislative sessions.
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Generally speaking, I will always opt for an Eau de Parfum over an Eau de Toilette for a longer lasting fragrance. I begrudge having to constantly top-up on a fragrance that doesn't last too long on the skin, because perfume is expensive!. However, I fell madly in love with The Body Shop Brazil Nut EDT (which will finally be out on Tuesday 23rd April!) so I was very excited to hear that along with this Limited Edition scent, The Body Shop are also releasing another eight permament Eau de Toilettes to their fragrance collection!
These eight new fragrances capture some of The Body Shop's most loved ingredients in a gorgeously scented and surprisingly affordable new collection. It's probably a given that at least one of your favourite The Body Shop ingredients has been given the Eau de Toilette treatment: Take your pick from Strawberry, Moringa, Coconut, Mango, Shea, Satsuma, Pink Grapefruit and Vanilla (and of course my favourite Brazil Nut for a limited time only!).
The star Community Fair Trade ingredient in these new fragrances is organic alcohol derived from sugarcane. It comes from The Body Shop's Ecuadorian Community Fair Trade supplier, the CADO Co-Operative. In Ecuador, the traditional farming methods used to cultivate the sugarcane help to preseve the area's natural diversity – not to mention ensuring top quality! Trading with The Body Shop has allowed the rural Ecuadorian farmers of CADO the access to a fair and sustainable market. These stories have become all the more important to me since I met Gaston Vizcarra a couple of months back!
In a less ethical, more superficial sense, the thing I really love about these new fragrances is that they're totally pure and unadulterated. Don't get me wrong, I'm a big perfume fan and can appreciate the effects you can achieve by blending certain notes and nuances, blah blah blah, but these new Eau de Toilettes are so perfect in their simplicity. You're not trying to identify a bunch of different top, heart and base notes – it's just plain Coconut, or Vanilla, or whichever. I love that!
My favourite one is Brazil Nut*; so gutted that this, and the whole Brazil Nut range in fact, is limited edition. This smells so delicious, almost like milk chocolate. I really, really recommend getting hold of this one from the 23rd until it disappears forever!
I'm not normally one to go very fruity with my fragrances, but this Mango EDT is so fresh and invigorating! It's a good waker-upper in the mornings if you're feeling a little sluggish.
I love the scent of shea butter – not dissimilar to cocoa butter but with that added nuttiness that's just delicious. This one's quite a sultry fragrance, I think.
So the really great thing about these new fragrances is the price. 30ml will only set you back £8.50 – bargain! The scents may only last a few hours on the skin but the dinky bottles are easy to carry around for top-ups and you won't feel guilty for doing so because they're so affordable.
The new Eau de Toilettes from The Body Shop are available now in store and online – if I were you, I'd wait to pick up the ones you like the sound of as they often have big 40% off offers online! I'm definitely going to pick up Coconut (one of my favourite TBS scents ever, FYI) and Vanilla, possibly also Moringa.. we'll see!
Which ones are you most liking the sound of?
I think I might need the satsuma and pink grapefruit ones. I absolutely love those scents!


Life really does go on, it's been a few months since our vacation to Brazil and we are all moving on like nothing happened. Ivie was back in her home, almost due to have her baby. We had a surprise baby shower for her last weekend and it was really beautiful.
We went all out for her with a tiffany blue theme, lots of glam, beautiful gifts and a generally lovely time with friends and family in Aisha's house. She deserved all the love.
Eddy was doing all he could to make things better with her – shopping sprees, lunch dates and date nights and very recently, a brand new Mercedez Benz G-Wagon.
"I'm happy to see that things are going on well with you and Eddy, giirrrrllll that G-baby is the real baby" I said, having a light cocktail with Ivie on the night of the baby shower.
She smiled "It's nice to have all these things Salewa, I love the life of luxury. But you see, 'things' don't cover the matters of the heart. You know, I still struggle with forgiving Eddy fully. I mean there are days I can't stand the sight of him, days I don't believe one word he says, days I just want to be lost in his arms cos I love him so much. It has only been the grace of God and now I'm learning to take it one day at a time and pray for God to restore things or at least take the bitterness and anger away completely" She said as she tried to get up while using my shoulders as support.
I remembered that conversation with her and I can't help but wonder how many other women carry such baggage in their hearts. It must be a lot to deal with yet we still had to carry on like all is well. Life!!!
Ivie was due to travel in a few days to have her baby. She would be travelling with Eddy so they could spend some time together. Hakeem and I had offered to take Osas in with us while they were away. It would be a full house for us as we were also going to have Ahmed, Aishat's son and Hakeem's niece, Tara. Hakeem had been given 2weeks off work, it had been almost 20 months of work non stop for him and his boss had asked him to take time off.
I was starting to think of what I could go into, Hakeem was still insistent on me starting up my own business in preparation for when our babies come. Hakeem, he was indeed God sent to me and I could not thank God enough for the wonderful gift of him. Sometimes I wondered what I did to deserve a good heart like his.
"Hey baby" It was Hakeem, we had a lunch date and I had been waiting for him at Bukka Hut.
Thanks love, I got it in Brazil at a bargain store we stumbled upon " He had left for work before me so he didn't see me when I got dressed for work. Since we got back from Brazil, I had taken my fitness more serious and had lost a dress size and a few KGs and I must admit I did look and feel better.
That lit up my face instantly, I had been eyeing some shoes for a few months now but the price tags wouldn't let me, this was the chance I had been waiting for. I did a small dance on my seat "New shoes, new shoes" I chanted.
Hakeem had already named our children, the nursery in our house was so alive, so beautiful and all that was missing was the pitter patter of kids' feet. His faith level scared me not because I didn't believe I could get pregnant. But what if It wasn't meant to be, how would he deal with the reality of such a disappointment.
I was going into my fears again and probably about to ruin the 1hour we had to spend together. I remembered the words of the counselor I had been seeing "Salewa, Rest assured in the promises of God that your children will surround your table". She was an elder in our church whose gift was counseling and she did a good job at it. With years of experience and knowledge both in the things of the flesh and spirit, she believed solely in the word of God but was also very realistic and practical. I said a quick prayer in my mind asking God to hurry up with the creation of my children so I could birth them quickly.
"Well they could wear them for throw back purposes" He said and laughed.
Our orders came and we ate, talked some more and went back to work.
I was out on a brisk walk early on Friday morning, I had woken up feeling a bit out of place so I decided to walk it out and then my phone rang.
"Salewa please come to the house this evening o or my pepper them career will be over" My mum said as soon as I answered my phone.
"Is it not this girl that poured red wine on my satin shoes I plan to wear to sister's 60th tomorrow, if I talk or react now, you people will say I'm…." I cut her off.
"Mummy, I don't need to come to the house, send your driver to bring the shoes to my office, I'd clean them there and send them back" I said increasing my pace.
"Oshey oko mi (Translate to: Thanks my love), I knew you'd sort me out. Can we have lunch on Sunday, you and Hakeem, I've missed you guys" She replied.
"Emi ni yen o (Translate to: That's me o)" She laughed and hung up.
I broke into a run for the last KILOMETER and then it came to me, LADY COBBLER. I saw it so clearly and that last KM back home must have been the fastest I ever ran in my whole life.
I love it….. Lady Cobbler…. unusual….unpredictable…..faith lifting……keep writing….it's captivating ?


Crafty. Colorful. Chic. Jonathan Adler's whimsical home decor and accessory designs are the type of gifts you'll want to both give and receive. The Thread asks the famed potter to unwrap his secrets on how he celebrates Christmas in style.
THE THREAD: We're loving your newly launched accessories category! What inspired the peace-and-love motifs on your knitwear collection? Do these words hold special meanings for you?
JONATHAN ADLER: I think we could all use a little more peace and love. It's my hippy-dippy pottery roots coming through. My cold-weather accessories are cozy, chic and communicate a great message—what more could you want?
Tell us how you like to celebrate this festive time of year.
JONATHAN: I jet down to Palm Beach, Florida, with the other members of my troupe–my husband, Simon Doonan, and my Norwich Terrier, Liberace. Because I spend the entire year making groovy stuff for people to give at Christmas, I like to keep the holiday itself simple and low-key. I chillax by reading, watching TV and paddle-boarding.
What tips can you share on how to create a swanky environment, especially for the holidays?
JONATHAN: Anything that twinkles and/or glows. Brass, candles, mirrors. Now's the time to channel your inner magpie.
What items from your home décor collection are essential for creating a conversational table?
JONATHAN: Bring the bling to the table with brass place-card holders. Instead of writing your guests' actual names, write the name of their famous glamorous alter egos—Truman Capote, Talitha Getty, Audrey Hepburn and Liberace are a good list to start with.
'Tis the season to celebrate, so let it glow and sparkle with some swanky Jonathan Adler style.


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Monthly Reflections
Westmont: The Journey Continues
September 7, 2019Monthly Reflectionsby westmontmont
Welcome back to what promises to be an exciting year for Westmont. We are delighted to bring our new families into our community and know that all of our established families will embrace our newcomers into the Westmont family. Thank you to those of you who are buddy families this year. We look forward to seeing all of you on September 14 at our annual Back-to-School Social.
We had a wonderful summer camp experience and were pleased to have so many of you and your children participate. As I mentioned in my summer letter, we had 24 young alum return to participate in our Junior Camp Counselor program. This program, now in its 7th year, continues to grow in popularity. Our young campers and counselors benefit in so many ways through their daily interactions. Seeing the growth and maturity that our counselors brought to the table reinforces that a strong foundation is key. One of the great highlights for me this summer was the return of one of our alum as a social media intern and extended camp assistant. Samantha Bittman, a Fordham University Junior and my own Kindergarten student from the class of 2005, was also a founding junior camp counselor. Samantha has returned annually since and became a valued employee this year. If you followed her Westmont summer blogs or her Facebook and Instagram postings, you saw how she related her Westmont beginnings to her observations of a Montessori education up close and personal to the person she is today. I have watched her grow over the years and observed her come full circle this year in her role of teacher and writer. I am so appreciative of her deep insights, so proud of her efforts and in awe of her understanding of our philosophy. Like I always say, "don't blink."
On a more practical note, summer is always a good time for us to do any major updates or work on the school building in preparation for a new school year. We painted the Movement Room, had many rugs replaced or cleaned, had floors buffed, and the driveway resealed and painted. Earlier this spring, after years of discussion and investigation, our Board of Trustees approved a generator installation. As many of you know, when we lose power, we not only lose light, heat, ac, internet and phone service, but we also lose our water, due to our well. The state of NJ will not allow a school to operate for a specific length of time without water, and we have struggled with these challenges for years. Thanks to the detailed footwork of our Board Vice Chair and alum parent Dan O'Donnell the seamless installation occurred after camp ended and before our staff returned. You cannot miss this beautiful and welcome sight as you enter our driveway. We look forward to years of uninterrupted school days to come.
Stories like the above make us even more proud to be entering our 55th year of educating young minds and hearts in our beautiful facility. We have much to be thankful for and to celebrate. We have reached this milestone because of you and past parents like you who continue to support our mission and our school. This year, as you now know, coincides with my own Westmont departure plan. As I look at our school and where it is today, with its amazing community of supportive parents, committed faculty and staff, and a board of trustees dedicated to the ongoing strength and success of Westmont, I know that Westmont will continue to thrive and maintain its strong culture and reputation. All of us at Westmont plan to make the most of this celebratory year with all of you.
With warmest regards,
Westmont's 55th Anniversary Celebration


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Globalization and nationalism: Good and/or bad?
By Warren Coats
Globalization is under attack and nationalism is on the rise. The evidence includes the election of Donald Trump. But what is this globalization these people are so opposed to?
After 1945 – following the Great Depression and two world wars – Western nations established an international system of rules that honored national sovereignty, facilitated the flourishing of global commerce, and encouraged respect for human rights and liberties. This liberal international order resulted in the longest period of peace among the world's major powers the world had ever seen, broad-based economic growth that created large middle classes in the West, the revival of Europe, growth in poor countries that lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, and the spread of freedom across the globe. This is the liberal international order that I largely support.
What exactly is under attack and what is on the rise? In a very insightful article in the National Review, Michael Lind characterizes the globalist view as follows: "In the 1970s and 1980s, libertarians made all of the major arguments heard from globalists since the 1990s: Favoring citizens over foreign nationals is the equivalent of racism; national borders impeding the free flow of labor and goods are both immoral and inefficient; the goal of trade and immigration policy should not be the relative security or relative wealth of particular countries, but the absolute economic well-being of all human beings."
What about the rise of nationalism in relation to globalism? I believe strongly in the economic benefits of the freest possible global trade, but it would be a mistake to overlook or ignore the concerns of those who oppose it. In this note, I attempt to restate the case for freer trade in terms that should appeal to economic nationalists who wish American trade (and other) policies to reflect the interests of Americans first (before taking into account the benefits to the rest of the world). I also reflect on the international rules of trade from the perspective of the sovereignty concerns of nationalists, or what economist Larry Summers calls "responsible nationalism." Voters deserve responsible nationalism not reflex globalism.
I was forced to think more carefully about the case for freer trade by the opposition to globalization expressed by many of Trump's supporters. But I quickly discovered that my friend Michael Lind has been there before (see above) as has the brilliant social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, who noted that "Those who dismiss anti-immigrant sentiment as mere racism have missed several important aspects of moral psychology related to the general human need to live in a stable and coherent moral order."
Haidt's closing words succinctly summarize our challenge: "The great question for Western nations after 2016 may be this: How do we reap the gains of global cooperation in trade, culture, education, human rights and environmental protection while respecting – rather than diluting or crushing – the world's many local, national, and other "parochial" identities, each with its own traditions and moral order? In what kind of world can globalists and nationalists live together in peace?"
Immigration and trade are intimately linked – if Mexicans can make it in Mexico and export it to the U.S. they will be less interested in moving to the U.S. in order to build it there (in fact, net Mexican migration to the U.S. has been negative for the last few years) – and thus I will look at both.
The most promising starting point in my view is with the sovereignty of each American citizen. Unlike the Magna Carta, which wrested more autonomy for the people from the king, the free men and women of revolutionary America gave up a limited amount of their autonomy to a new state in order to better protect their property and individual rights. The direction of delegation was the exact opposite of what the world had ever seen before. It is not without profound significance that our Constitution begins with "We the people."
Thus, it is quite appropriate to judge governmental authority and policies by the standard of how well they serve our individual sovereign interests. In evaluating those interests, it is appropriate to do so from the perspective of John Rawls' veil of ignorance, i.e. principles of fairness – rules of the game – that we accept as fair without knowing which positions in society we will occupy. This is the perspective of free market, competitive capitalists and is opposite to the perspective of crony capitalists who exploit the power of government for their personal benefit.
We have surrendered limited (enumerated) powers to our governments (local, state, federal, etc.) in order to enjoy greater security and protection of our property, but also to support and protect our freedom to trade and to enjoy its benefits. No one really needs to be convinced that being able to specialize in what we make best and trade it for other things we need has enormously increased our wealth over being self-sufficient (no trade). No one needs to be convinced that by investing in tools and better technologies we have been able to produce more for trade and thus become wealthier. But investing and trading require common understandings with those with whom we trade – the rules of trade. We have long ago understood that we all benefit from giving up some of our sovereignty to our government to negotiate and enforce the agreed rules of trade, protect our property and mediate disputes over whether the rules were followed.
The simple act of entering into a contract with someone involves giving up the freedom to act as we want each moment in exchange for a similar commitment by our counterparty for the mutual benefit of both of us. Where the mutual benefits of such rules are greater than the cost of the forgone freedom of action, the agreement is a positive sum arrangement – win-win. Conforming to international product standards, e.g. adhering to standards of weights, measures, voltage, labeling, etc., facilitates trade. The key policy issues in this area are the nature and details of the rules of trade that best serve our personal interests (in the Rawlsian sense) and thus our community and national interests, and the extent of the market in which we are able to trade (village, province, nation, world).
The more widely we can trade, the greater is our opportunity to specialize in what we produce and to develop and apply more productive technologies.
Our founding fathers were rightly concerned about the power of the new American government to limit the right of its citizens to trade. In fact, the U.S. Constitution prohibited the states from interfering with trade across state borders (interstate commerce). Article I, Section 8 Clause of the Constitution states that the United States Congress shall have the power "to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes." While Congress has occasionally used this power to impose restrictions on trade across national borders, the majority of Americans (65 percent in 2015) still believe that cross-border (international) trade has been mostly good for the U.S. The wrong-headed effort to save American jobs during the Great Depression with high tariffs imposed by the Smoot Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 precipitated retaliatory tariffs around the world and a disastrous collapse of global trade and employment. U.S. imports and exports fell by more than half and the whole world was made poorer by it.
As noted above, the resulting increase in the world's wealth from technical progress and trade has been enormous. But the incentive created by trade in a large market to innovate new products and more efficient ways to produce them has also meant that some of the existing products and/or technologies lose out and must give way to the improved ones. Those producing the old products and services are forced to find new ones and if necessary, new productive skills.
The United States has generally grown economically faster than most other countries, in part because its citizens have not been willing to allow those who lose out in such competition to block progress by the "winners" by protecting their products and jobs. The ultimate willingness of Americans to accept and protect the dynamic economics of competitive national and global markets rests, I think, on the three pillars: maximum wealth creation, maximum opportunity for everyone (the chance to win at a fair game), and help for those who lose out.
Americans should only be willing to give up some of their personal sovereignty to their government when they gain more in exchange in the Rawlsian sense of a positive sum, fair game. We should impose the same conditions on the extension of the rules of trade beyond national boundaries. This is the standard by which bilateral, regional and global trade agreements should be judged. They have the largest potential for win-win expansions of mutual trade and the greater income and wealth that expanded trade can produce. The Bretton Woods institutions created after World War II (the IMF, World Bank and World Trade Organization) established the institutional arrangements for such international cooperation. It is important to ensure that such agreements do not increase the protection of "privileged" industries or sectors of the economy. In fact, they should diminish such protections where they already exist, which is why many European industries and interests oppose the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Much of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) has this positive character. American leadership in creating the international institutions through which we interact with others abroad, i.e., through which the rule of law is established and enforced internationally, has ensured that the international order has remained true to the values on which America was founded.
The evolution of man established the family as the unit of first and primary concern. The well being of one's family stands above the interests of all others. However, the process of civilization has been one in which mechanisms of trust and mutual assistance have convinced individuals to yield some of their sovereignty to larger units (village, state, etc.) under conditions that strengthened the security and well being of family units. Globalization is the logical conclusion of such a process. It is the development of laws of cooperation and the mechanisms of their enforcement (i.e. the rule of law) that potentially raise the welfare of everyone. But the details of the expanding circles of cooperation are important and must not violate genuine national and family interests.
In listening to the views of many Trump supporters, I concluded that their anger and demand for big change derives from feelings that their government – especially the federal government – is not serving their legitimate interests and in fact is interfering with their lives without commensurate benefits. "The reason Mr. Trump won," Steve Bannon says, "is not all that complicated. The data was overwhelming: This is a change election. People weren't happy with the direction of the country. So all you had to do was to give people permission to vote for Donald Trump as an agent of change, and make sure he articulated that message.'"
So what are the Trump supporters mad about? What do they want to change? To the extent that they are concerned about the same things I am, it is that too much of our individual sovereignty has been taken by an overweening government, which has become a big brother who attempts to make our decisions for us for our own welfare. Our personal choices have increasingly been taken away from us and with them our opportunities. The "elites" have arranged the rules for their own benefit. It is no longer a fair game.
The weaknesses of current arrangements at the national level that seem to anger Trump supporters largely concern: a) regulatory capture of an over-extended regulatory state, b) inadequate provision of a level playing field and c) an inefficient and poorly designed safety net for the losers in the competitive game. Very briefly:
a) The crony capitalism reflected in President Eisenhower's famous concerns with the risks of a military-industrial complex have metastasized into a much broader capture by legacy industries of a much more extensive government intrusion into the economy. Wherever government regulates (and some are actually helpful), the most affected, established firms are best placed to ensure that such regulations benefit rather than hurt them, usually by protecting themselves from the competition of newcomers. Wall Street comes to mind.
b) A level playing field. Good quality education (especially K-12) is one of the most important ways for the poor and initially disadvantaged to get into the productive economy and to rise as far as their talents and energy will take them. But the education provided to this group is often of poor quality. The iron grip of teachers' unions has often served the interests of teachers at the expense of their students. School choice (tuition vouchers) would introduce badly needed competition in the provision of education to all – the poor as well as the rich (who already enjoy considerable choice).
c) An efficient safety net. When jobs disappear to technological advancements (e.g., increased automation), the affected workers and capital need to be reallocated to more productive uses. But this is economist speak. The workers involved often lose their human capital (i.e., their existing skills lose value in the market place) and need to retrain for new tasks. Older workers might never rebuild new skills sufficient to restore their previous incomes. Government policy should give more attention to vocational training (and retraining). But the ultimate safety net should be strengthened and redesigned by replacing existing welfare programs and social security with a guaranteed minimum income for each and every citizen (in the spirit of Milton Friedman's negative income tax). US federal tax policy, Cayman Financial Review, July 2009.
Responsible nationalism and globalization
As Michael Lind observed earlier, America has been dividing into liberal internationalists like myself who live in the big urban centers, and civic nationalists, who live in the rest of the country. The civic, economic, responsible and just plain old nationalists seem to be reacting against their sense of a loss of control over their own lives. Big brother seems to be regulating more and more what we can do, say, produce or buy. Their opportunities are being thwarted by an unfair game – crony capitalism for the well-placed elites. This sense of a loss of control is compounded by concerns over the lack of control of our borders against undesirable immigrants and potential terrorists. While the assimilation of different cultures into the framework of basic American values of personal freedom and responsibility can be touchy and challenging at times, the finger pointing and pressure from the American left for full cultural integration feeds the fears of many of a loss of cultural, ethnic and religious identity.
When some groups receive preferential treatment, some other groups are necessarily discriminated against. While I have tried hard to accept the logic of "Black Lives Matter," it always rubbed my sense of fair play the wrong way. All lives matter. Thus while I am saddened that it seems necessary to some white males (I am guessing they are males because that is what the press always says) to carry signs saying "White Lives Matter," I can understand. If we need to say the one, we need to say the other if we still have any sense of fairness.
So there are plenty of things for Trump supporters to be angry about and to want to change. But now that we have him, what changes should we push for? I am particularly interested in changes that will reassure Trump's angry voters to support American participation in the liberal global order. In evaluating what is in our national interest, we need to consider the long term rather than immediate benefits of a rule-based, freely competitive world order.
We should push for a thorough reform of our tax system, strengthen our safety net for those displaced by technology (by far the major source of job losses in the U.S.) and trade, and shift more of the regulation of commerce to the market (to consumers and owners), thus significantly reducing government regulation. We must also fashion an immigration policy that meets the needs of our economy without overwhelming the capacity of our society to absorb new members. Existing long-term, undocumented residents need to be offered a realistic path to legal status. But most of all, in fashioning these and other changes, we need to listen carefully and constructively to each other's concerns and take them into account.
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How do I get to Casino Rama?
Is there bus service to Casino Rama?
There are many bus pickup locations across Ontario. To plot your trip, visit Bus Pickup Location under the Tour section of our Web site or call 1-888-817-7262 (press 1, then press 3). Please note, that bus services are provided by outside operators and not the Casino.
Does Casino Rama offer Valet parking?
24-hour valet parking is available at the main Casino entrance as well as the Hotel porte-cochere. Diamond, Platinum Plus, Platinum and Gold Players Passport™ members may use valet parking free of charge.
You must be 19 years of age or older and be able to produce valid, government-issued photo identification. A driver's license, Passport and Age of Majority Card are all valid forms of I.D. Please note that your form of I.D. must also bear your signature and be in good condition. Those twenty-one (21) years of age or younger must also have a secondary piece of name identification (e.g. debit card, credit card, health card, etc.) as any guest who is 21 years of age or under will be asked for supporting documentation.
Sorry, pets are not allowed with the exception of certified service animals.
Wheelchairs are available on a first come, first serve basis at the Casino main and bus entrances as well as the hotel bell desk. You will be required to leave a piece of government-issued identification until the wheelchair is returned. We apologize that advance reservations are not available.
Are cameras allowed on property?
Cameras and recording devices of any kind are strictly prohibited on the Casino floor.
Yes, but it can only be consumed in your hotel room. Any alcohol outside your room will be confiscated by Casino security and disposed of immediately.
Can you smoke at Casino Rama?
No. As part of Ontario's Provincial by law, Casino Rama is a smoke-free facility. However, designated outdoor smoking areas are available for guests who wish to smoke. Please note that designated smoking rooms are also available in our hotel for hotel guests who desire them.
Smoking is not permitted in non-smoking designated guestrooms. Violation of this policy will result in a $250 cleaning fee.
Yes, gift cards are available in the denomination of your choice. They may be redeemed for non-gaming activities such as concert tickets, restaurant meals, hotel stays and spa services. They may not be used to purchase Casino chips or tokens. Gift cards may be purchased in-person at the Casino Rama Box Office, Hotel Front Desk, Valet Kiosk or Couchiching Court Buffet. You can also order direct by calling 1-800-832-7529 (PLAY).
Room reservations may be made by booking online or by calling 1-800-832-7529 (PLAY).
What time is Hotel check in and check out?
Check in is at 4 p.m. and check out is at 11 a.m.
The Balance In Life Spa offers a full range of services and is open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Appointments are recommended. For more information or to book a service, please contact us at balanceinlifespa@casinorama.com or (705) 238-5933.
Is there a pool at Casino Rama?
Yes. A heated, indoor horizon saltwater swimming pool is available for hotel and spa guest use. Located on the third floor, it is open daily from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Adult swims hours are from 7 to 8 a.m. and again from 9 to 10 p.m.
What type of fitness centre is available?
We offer a moderately sized fitness facility in the spa, located on the third floor of the hotel. Open daily from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., the gym features various types of cardio equipment and a universal weight-training centre.
Are there meeting & conference facilities for groups?
Yes, we offer nearly 16,000 square feet of flexible meeting and conference space. For more details please visit the Group Events section of our web site.
How often is the employment page updated?
We update the Web site as new positions become available.
Can you mail me an employment application?
We do not mail employment applications. Each candidate is required to apply online.
How many people work at Casino Rama?
We have more than 2,500 dedicated employees.


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About the process, clearances, tenure, etc related to solar power net metering policies regulated by Mahadiscom in Maharashtra.
Net Metering in Maharashtra for rooftop solar PV systems is regulated by Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution/Transmission Company Limited (MSEDCL) or Mahavitran or Mahadiscom. Earlier it was called MSEB or Maharashtra State Electricity Board. So terms like Mahadiscom net metering, Net metering MSEB and MSEDCL net metering are used interchangeably.
Solar power in Maharashtra received a solid boost when the MERC Net-Metering Policy was approved on September 10th, 2015 by MSEDCL. This policy finally introduced the concept of net metering in the state. Since its implementation in January 2016, the policy has encouraged more and more people to adopt a greener lifestyle.
This article is an attempt by Insolergy to introduce net metering policy in Maharshtra, India. Insolergy Technologies is one of the top solar energy companies in Pune.
A net meter is a device that records the units of electricity drawn and sent to the utility grid. Net metering allows customers to generate their own power and reduce their electricity bills at the same time.
For e.g. if your solar plant cannot generate enough electricity to satisfy your needs, extra power needed can be taken from the main grid and you will just have to pay for the units taken from the main grid . On the other hand, if you generate more energy than you require, you can sell the extra units of power back to the main grid.
According to the MERC Net-Metering Policy, any consumer who aims to install a solar PV with a capacity less than 1 MW can avail the benefits of this policy. Patrons can apply for meters either at the nearest Mahadiscom outpost, or on their website. Though the price of the PV installation is to be borne by the patron, the cost to install the meters will be incurred by Mahadiscom.
How does this apply to residential as well as commercial spaces in Maharashtra?
The residential consumers installing solar PV plants in their premises with the power generation capacity less than 1 MW to fulfil the entire or part of their electricity requirement are eligible for net metering connection with MSEDCL.
-This includes the housing societies and small commercial setup as well.
– The solar power generation under PPA (Power Purchase Agreement) is also eligible for net metering.
How to apply for solar net metering in Maharashtra?
The policy even applies to patrons who are availing solar energy through a PPA system.
For anyone looking to apply for the net metering technology, they can download the solar net metering application form from the Mahadiscom website. The submission can be done either at the nearest Mahadiscom office, or online itself. A registration fee and documents about the solar power system that you own must be submitted along with the application form.
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The approvals for each system vary according to their size and output. Depending on whether your system is Low Tension (LT) or High Tension (HT), the official requirements will also vary. This also affects the Time of Day (ToD) tariff system, so make sure you consult a professional solar solution provider to find out what applies to your specific area and the rates offered there.
Systems above 100 kwh are required to be approved by the superintendent engineer's office.
After all approvals have been granted, the customer and Mahadiscom enter net metering connection agreement that is valid for 20 years. The customer can choose to opt out of the agreement before as well.
How to get a grid-connected solar power system with net metering in Maharashtra?
Insolergy Technologies is a rooftop solar solutions provider in India. Headquartered in Pune, Insolergy has offices in Mumbai and Pune. The company has successfully executed solar installation projects in residential and commercial segment. Insolergy also facilitates solar financing. To contact Insolergy for solar panel installation, leave a message or call at +919082786504.
I'm considering installing solar panels at home. Is net metering mandatory?
You can install a grid-connected solar system with and without net metering.