Coral Gables Environment, Politics and Government
March 11, 2011 1 Comment
The CG PAC has been very quiet during this election cycle. The PAC should take up the idea of changing the election date to November. A simple project and something all citizens understand.
March 11, 2011 1 Comment
The first task for a new mayor and the next commission is to move the Coral Gables election date to November. It is assumed that Miami-Dade County will move to this critical reform.
The current system leads to miserable participation of the Coral Gables community. If our politicians want to promote community participation this is a very first step.
March 9, 2011 1 Comment
One of the biggest financial and political problems in Coral Gables is the size and unfunded liability of the pensions and salaries of the police and firefighters.
With the support Gonzalo Sanabria has gotten from the FOP, that gives us good reason not to vote for him.
March 8, 2011 Leave a comment
I cite this interesting blog because some my think that social security is welfare. It is, in fact, an insurance program for the uncertain future.
Read on if you are interested and you think that the government should start whacking away at social security, you may need it one day.
The main feature of Social Security is not welfare… The main feature is insurance against economic risks and as such it makes us collectively better off. Calling it welfare when it isn’t is misleading and causes unnecessary class distinctions and resentments from the losers ex-post. More importantly, it ignores and obscures the important role Social Security plays in society as insurance against the economic risks we all face.
If you think you are so rich and powerful that you don’t need such insurance, consider this. The stock market collapse of 1929 at the onset of the Great Depression wiped out substantial quantities of wealth. The typical stock was worth only one sixth its pre-crash value once the bottom was reached. Whatever insurance existed in the stock market evaporated as the crash unfolded.
It wasn’t the poor jumping out of windows on Wall street. If you think it can’t happen to you, think again.
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