The new economics - Post 11

Some questions regarding the family … looking forward ...

Can we assume that the "family unit"—however defined by a society—has become the basic building block of our society?

Can we also assume that we as a society wish to build the best possible society?

Then doesn’t it become obvious fairly quickly that some members/citizens of these United States of America do NOT look upon all families within the boundaries of our nation as members of THEIR society? (Note: Maybe we should be looking at the attitudes that divide us like Christian versus Non-Christian, member of our particular faith versus non-member, and so forth?)

And while we appear to demand that everyone commit to our notion of a basic family to get support, we—as a nation—do NOT support all of these family units at some basic level … and if this is the case, are we not, in fact, weakening our society? Or putting the society at risk to the extent that our families are at risk? On the other hand, if families at risk are not really part of our society …

Just asking, folks, just asking … but it seems pretty A, B, C kind of stuff.

O.K., say we have this family unit thing going for us. Isn’t it necessary to have a system for getting to the family the basic resources this family needs to be a strong and healthy family?

Didn’t we build an economic system from the Great Depression and WWII on that was based on the purchasing power the “normal” wage earner generates being able to provide the basic resources for his/her family? Didn’t this allow the parent who wasn’t the wage earner to tend to the care and nurturing of the family? (Note: Families tend to hav e children.)

And now with the purchasing power of the normal wage earner falling to global standards … (Note: Are global wage standards relative to the care and keeping of a mule?) ... how will the normal family unit acquire the basic resources NECESSARY for maintaining a strong and healthy family ... let alone tend to the care and nurturing of the family?

Maybe we should start by defining a strong and healthy family? Then ask ourselves what are the basic resources necessary to maintain that family?

And shouldn't we ask why our nation's leaders GAVE away OUR wage standards without compensating for the American family's loss in purchasing power? And our environmental standards? And our food safety standards?

More to come.