Monday, December 1, 2008

Obama

OBAMA FUELLING THE ECONOMY FOR THE LONG HAUL 4/11/2008

The financial crisis is a situation that got out of control due to greed unregulated by any overseeing authority. And with America in trillions of debt and the economy sliding into recession, I think Obama; like a good researcher; is taking a position of centralized control in order to control variables such that a correct assessment can be made to initiate the radical transformation he wants to implement with regard to the economy; energy independence (to fuel the new economy) and universal health care (to prevent its abuse in the private sector); and education to create innovation to power their new technologies in the knowledge based energy independence economy.

By increasing taxes on the minority of individuals and businesses that are above US $ 250,000/annum, and using this to pay for the reforms he wants to implement, whilst slightly reducing the taxes on the small and medium sized business, I think he is implementing a strategy that will prepare for new businesses in his future energy industry; by preparing and promoting entrepreneurship in these fields as well as long term employment.

However, I wonder why, following the wall street crash, he did not present a policy that would graduate taxation in; especially for capital tax gain as this deters investors snapping them up and helping market forces reestablish the housing value. Maybe, it was too late and would have appeared inconsistent, wishy-washy and open to attack.

Maybe, this is part of his desire to reduce the same big corporations getting richer via "opportunities" of the recession at the middle and small mans expense by purchasing all these as a long term investment for near to nothing. And by keeping taxes high here, not only does he control the variables until things are settled but, the tax paying money will contribute to the governments involvement in its bailout policy.

So perhaps, as opposed to Mcaine, he wants to control the wealthy getting wealthy in an economy that needs to be controlled from proliferating its old ways before instigating his reforms for new corporate sectors. Whilst this is not what Americans wan;t living an overly materialistic and capitalistic notion of what fortune means for their American dream; it is what they need before market forces can work again in the new model I think he envisions.

And the Republican policy on free market economics, foreign unilateral/war policies, guns, (along with babies and bibles!) does not seem to address the long term problems of the economy. It does not envision any real strategy for transforming the fundamental cause of the problems facing America. To be fair, the only short term policy of Mcaines that makes any sense to me, is his decision to short term cut the capital gains tax to 7.5 % to initiate investors spending again to raise up the real estate value. And whilst cutting corporate tax is helpful to attract business and employment it will not assist and may compete with the alternative structures that Obama is perhaps planning to create for energy independence.

The difficult task for Obama is to instigate his reforms within his 4 year tenure such that the people will see the benefits on the economy of his energy independent economy; with Government intervention in corporations generating the employment, income, confidence and cash flow circulating in a more disciplines and regulated system with less toxic effects and loop holes.

Then, of course, he has to try his level best via government bonds and other means to deal with the value of the green back as well as sort out the debt. So it is also a task in making Americans reevaluate the American dream and reeducate them in their financial intelligence, constraint and values. Tall order, and it has to start at the grass root level of spiritualizing the education system for the transformation of attitudes in the long run; and using the internet in the same way he spread his campaign to keep the public reminded and educated in his long term dream of a new dream for their children, once he has reversed the economic trend back towards growth.

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Response....

OBAMONICS 10/11/08

Think things are going to be very difficult for the Obama with Russia and Iran and North Korea.

Obama, from the way he kept his cool through the dirty games and recession during the elections, seems to have more moral force than the Bush administration. He will have to use it to continue maintaining that relations with China are not strained via discussing unfair trade agreement changes; as US themselves cannot afford to be meddle with it on a moral ground when the only way at the moment I can see them funding their plans and keeping the dollar strong is by China loaning in exchange for more government bonds. Taxation on capital gains and on the rich in a recession economy will not be enough as value on capital goes down. Loans will, despite temporary adding to their debt, be necessary until they can use the recession to swing things around despite his tax policies accentuating it. And can only see it as a measure to control things until he has his new energy infrastructure in place creating jobs in the shorter run and funding the economy in the long run.

But if things go awry in Middle East or Russia, then the world economy will just go further into depression. So hope this "messiah's" diplomatic skills see us through. But we know swami is pulling the strings so should be interesting to witness.

To witness the threat of war between Russia, Middle East and America as you highlighted or, a re-haul of the world financial systems for the better or for conspiracy agendas.... if for the better (and not a drastic intervention by swami) I cannot see how else it can take place without the emerging economies injecting the demand via some way of lowering exchange rates on the old system....

Otherwise what medium of exchange can serve to make desires "sealed" by accountability... ie. choices as following simple laws of karma on this plane. Unifying/leveling currencies on a world scale perhaps can happen as within a nation; like via tax rates to help the middle working man and promote knowledge and democratic entrepreneurship for all.

But whether they unify between brackets of economies from developed, developing and third world; with the developing acting as the emerging middle man economy to power the rest happens like a parallel to the reforms Obama is making.. we will see. ie. a regulating exchange rates for countries falling in the G9+ who fall into developed economies against emerging economies and thereby increasing demand and exports and credit flow of emerging economies from developed economies for their skill, knowledge and alternative energies as well giving aid or reducing tax via some newly structured internationally bank (of the G9+) for third world categories regulated.

Conspiracy theories might say this is just part of the one chip, one currency ploy.

Perhaps things will one day get really democratic via the way pioneered by Obama through the internet, in using media to inform and educate and, even one day, allow international involvement in voting from developed countries via coded computer international votes - contributing towards their elections via the internet when those elections are tight; thus making the world truly democratic and deterring unilateralism in foreign policies....
Obama's Obamanomics will go down in history as messianic use of internet and empowerment of the individual in determining policies in a truly democratically run Aquarian Age by the spreading and access to knowledge and people power.

Whatever, Obama seems like an iconic figure with the House of Blues preparing the blacks to finding their identity has now brought Lincolns work into reality. It also gives Africa their role model and, identifying in America their "genius" which Africa severely needs having been labeled by a western version of African Philosophy as "animalism" and the understanding of their cultural voodoo tantric culture lost. Also tribal fractions can be shown by example how they can be resolved via diplomacy with Obama as their inspiration, as well as revealing the idealism of democracy in the the 5 root raced America.

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PRESIDENT OBAMA
10/11/2008

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the Obama victory in the US election and the potential it offers for a renewal of the US and global economy, and indeed the whole global society.

I must confess I am not as optimistic about Obama as most people seem to be. In one way, I am delighted. Obama's election has lifted the weight of oppression off Black America. The history of slavery, segregation, and poverty can now be overcome. Black kids will have a radically different sense of their own potential, seeing a black president of America as their role model. In that way, Obama's election represents a huge leap forward in the collective consciousness.

As you pointed out also, it shows Africa and the rest of the developing world that political power is no longer owned by White European America, which is another huge shift in the consciousness. It brings us much closer, in a very real way, to understanding Swami's teaching of Unity in Diversity. So for those reasons, I am delighted that Obama has won this election.

In terms of the conspiracies, I am watching carefully what kind of cabinet Obama puts in place. Already, he has appointed Rahm Emanuel as his Chief of Staff. Emanuel is an Israeli citizen and his father was a member of Irgun, a Zionist terrorist organization in the 1940s. Further appointments of this nature would point towards an Obama administration that was gearing up for conflict. That is worrying.

By early next year, we could have a global political situation where Putin is back in power in Russia (recent reports say Medvedev is ready to give way to Putin again), with Ahmedinijad in power in Iran, Benjamin Netanyahu in power in Israel (elections due in February with Netenyahu favored to head the next government), and Obama leading a war cabinet in America. That would seem like an ominous gathering of forces. At this point, we don't know enough about Obama to know what he would do in that situation.

On the economic front, I also have my suspicions about Obama's team. Among his main economic advisors are Warren Buffet and Paul Volcker, who are very much part of the problem of the current global economic model, as I see it.

The capitalist free-market system relies on cycles of production and consumption for it's survival. It sees human beings solely as material entities whose main value is their capacity to produce goods on one hand and consume them on the other. Production uses up the planet's resources and destroys the environment, and consumption promotes individual greed and a terrible imbalance between rich and poor around the world. If we have a future on this planet, that's not it. We will need a new way that is sustainable and balanced.

So, can the Buffets and Volckers whose policies and ideologies created the current problems now change their stripes and solve the problems? I don't think so. However, if Obama has the right stuff, then he will have the vision to come up with new ideas, and the strength to stand up to the vested interests of international finance and global corporations. Time will tell.

If Obama is the right man for the job of fixing the huge problems we have in the world today, then I don't want to hang on to some futile conspiracy theories in opposition to him, but neither do I want to fall for his empty rhetoric if there is no substance to back it up. I will (as Jesus instructed in Matthew's gospel) "know him by his deeds". His first deed will be his cabinet selection, and his second deed will be his tackling of the US / global recession. Only then will we get to see who Barack Obama really is.

I look forward to hearing further from you on these issues, and certainly we will both see the unfolding of a unique story within the great human epic over the coming months and years.

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Response...

Interesting times ahead indeed, if Obama does not first have some horrible attempt made on his life.

Personally, I would hate to be in Obama's shoes right now. Things have taken so long to get this dreadful, I would be very surprised to see any improvement in the world's economy. Everyone thinks that the world is going to so much better. But the poor man has a huge task ahead of him - just because a bank changes its CEO, doesn't mean that the bank's rates will suddenly rise or fall - the bank is interdependent on almost every other major bank. It needs a co-operative effort of all the banks.

Same for Obama (Barry, was that really his first name?). It's only when everyone in the world - not just the world heads, decide to do the kind and right thing simultaneously, will the whole idea of the golden age happen in a short time. We don't evolve at the same speed, we don't all agree at the same time. So as we all feel, it's going to be a long, long while before we see any substantial change in America, let alone the world economy. Having said that, it would be the best thing in the world for me to be proved wrong on all counts - and instead, that Obama will truly be the world's answer to change - not just for the better, but for the BEST.

I am still of the bent that in a place we do not know of, a group of very wealthy folk of who we are unaware (not aliens) and who hold the world's wealth in their tight little hands, have planned all this many years ago - who knows - there's no one to prove or disprove it!

And when it comes to push and pull, I am a firm believer that our thoughts determine our destiny - so despite the blue picture I've painted, I'm all for optimism and faith and kindness, absolutely. How do we think the handful of Jews survived Auschwitz? If it were not for their persistent faith and earnest prayer, not single one of them would have survived, nor any war victims.

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Response...

No real answer to your e-mail and, like you say , we will have to watch how Obama now deals with his new cabinet and the economy ... and what solutions the G governments come up with, with England still seeming to take the initiative in dealing with the crisis and now proposing reforms at the highest level to radically strategize a change for a new financial model for the global economy.

To me, it appears what happened with creative accounting in Enron and now with Wall street and the artificial value of mortgages and the sub-prime issue it is clear that there is not enough transparency to make accountability without loop holes. Unless internet and supply chain to demand chains is made continuously open and interactive in monitoring and regulating corporation accounts there is no solution to trusting the current system. In addition, financial intelligence in school has to be made mandatory and much more practical in educating youth of the meaning of credit, stocks, portfolios, investments and financial systems so that they are more informed in analyzing and making more informed and strategic choices.

And also, unless on line mature age education with Wikepedia and u-tube caters for free continued re-education in collaboration with universities and governments creates learning for life free and adaptable to job satisfaction and enhanced performance in the work force there will not be enough impetus for the creativity to power the global economy into new fields sooner rather than through educating the youth. Something Obama should seriously consider if he wants to effect his CHANGE along with Universal Health Care.

As far as Health Care, its abuses in the UK and elsewhere have revealed inadequacies leading to waiting lists. Perhaps Obama should consider the Singapore medi-save model with government offering affordable subsidies into varying price schemes. It also has regulation in the private health sectors. Obama could apply the same with government subsidies in government run hospitals but, partial involvement in the private corporations, as has happened in the banking sector. This will automatically regulate them. By this method, those people who have chronic illness, those who want and can afford higher comforts and privacy and, those who want added insurance over and above the government subsidies in covering potential health encounters can all choose the private as well as the public sectors. By this strategy, the health corporation can afford to cover their insurance as the majority of applicants will be known to be covered by the normal government hospital route. They will thus remain profitable to share holders. The governments can thereby allow affordable subsidies and in chronic illness cases costs do not need to be shared by family members as in Singapore but covered by the private sectors. Basically a more financially networked integrated system between public hospitals, government and private health corporations makes for a more secure water tight alternative with optional routes not compromising quality and affordability for all citizens whether via tax paying money of the very wealthy, subsidies or private insurance.

With regard to education, perhaps Obama will use Google and his campaign base along with their Wikepedia and U-tube rights to revamp his approach to transforming the education by making on line learning free for all and interactive via an on line schooling & university syllabus that will allow him to raise America again on the knowledge base. Then he can transform his economy into the energy one he envisions quicker and re skill people on line with them having the certification to go to a University to learn subjects related to it no matter what age or back ground they have. Google should collaborate in this endeavor to make Energy education available for mature aged education and re-skill his labor force via co-operation between government, Universities, new Energy Corporations and Google's One data access for relearning any subjects as well as routes to new professions. This would require certification once the computer on line tests where passed and allowed acceptance into Universities or technological schools for a shorter duration (ie. first year missed for a faster stream for mature aged) Anyway, think this is an important consideration for Obama as he wants to radically transform the economy.

Google should consider the following in collaboration with Obama, the new energy corporations as well Universities (for mature aged)

1. Edu-create proposal (associative education model written) put on line to help mature age people go back and re-learn O & A levels to prepare for University with an on line internet course which will allow them to enter University or technological school of choice.

2. Cross referencing subject learning will help their matured perspective to adapt to the associative method and short cut to understanding subjects in global picture and from practical life and work experience.

3. Degrees can be learned on line via one data base (googles...ie. syllabus, modules, books, subject content, U tube lectures, categorized via library format and correlated to syllabus requirements ?). Uses modules with information required to be read or watched as well as MCQ tests or direct examination on line via web cam. Interactive (ie. U-tube via library) and user friendly to access lectures and information to be down loaded for appropriate material that compliments modules learned.

4. Courses can be taken at own time around work and profession and overseas by general dead line. Once the person has qualified in the theoretical aspects of course and visualized the practical methods (eg. physiotherapy requires hands on but can be visualized) they can apply for University (mature age seats of their choice). Due to their credentials they will be exempted the first year or 2 years of the course or do a mature aged condensed course.

5. This allows that, on line, any individual; no matter what his prior qualification, age or status can change his skills and career if he passes through the re-schooling and pre-University on line programs.

6. With one data base sourced and structured by Google (using U tube and Wikepedia as well as co-ordinate with universities and syllabus needs to categorize and put into programmed libraries relevant compartments of knowledge) they can approach a collaboration with government, Universities and schools as well as new energy corporations. The money for the program and the courses are free of charge but the sponsorship pays for it. Also Universities and industries support and promote it along with government initiatives as another avenue to enter courses... Student just have to pay for exams and hold contracts with energy corporations for employment commitments (ie. for 5 years?)

7. This moves towards making education free and accessible to all and, to being more flexible to adapt to the ever changing needs of the transition into the global economy. It gives man more choice and freedom to continue enjoying his work and continue to contribute in ways he is most satisfied and productive.

8. Of course, the program will still have to account for standards and use tests to see if a person has the aptitude to move from re-educating from O levels to pre-university levels to a university course of his choice.

9. By google making this their wikepedia and U tube combination they can later enable free education for all and through out life and promote the usage for all countries and people in the knowledge based economy and incorporated by all governments and countries education systems to promote free education opportunities for all.

10. By tying the associative by 5 learning and edu-create model... it means that the broadest creative learning method can be applied on line to learn subjects and can also tie in with the Jiva philosophy (in the process of uploading to another site) and the Avatars mission of humanitarian synthesized around the 5 human values stemming form his edu-care programs in the education systems.

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Response...

Interesting thoughts. Ultimately, Atma Jnana is the goal with all the current political, financial and ecological issues temporary, false and bound to change again and again. I’m convinced, intuitively, that the time for the “great correction” is upon us.

Why worry/speculate/postulate/theorize when swami has already laid out his plan which is bound to eventuate. Let’s sit back, have some pop-corn and watch as his divine drama unfolds….

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Most interesting and enlightening...however, i disagree with the last comment of ¨...have popcorn and let swami´s plan unfold..¨bla bla bla...allow me to put things into perspective..sure swami has a plan and sure that things will go as swami plans !! no doubt on that, however, to simply say ¨well, u know, good ole swami has it all worked and planned out¨is just downright shortsightedness, because, just as he has it all planned out he also has it planned out that you have to go through certain motions, if that is to sit still and do nothing, well, good and dandy, but if that is to write e mails back and forth, well, that´s what we´ll do...basically, we have all at some cosmic level been assigned a duty, a dharma and we have to carry it out, regardless of what swami has planned for good ole obama.

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WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM OBAMA - by Tommy Koh on A20 12/11/08 in Singapore Straits Times
news paper article - a summary in point form

His victory as important as fall of Berlin Wall, end of Apartheid in South Africa, the Sept 11th attacks on Us & the reemergence of India and China

1. Emulate role model Lincoln and appoint mixture and co-operation amongst Democrats, Republicans and independents in his cabinet...

2. World class group of men and women to lead his team (eg Buffet etc) to reform system responsibly and prevent recession

3. End unilateralism and disregard for international law and push for a global response top threats of climate, nuclear arms etc

4. New dialogue with Islamic world... having spent part of youth in Indonesia and middle name is Hussein (the name of Prophet grandson) - psychological advantage with a future inspired seminal speech on west and Islam to bridge understanding and tolerance

5. To support free trade - Dohar Round and Asia Pacific Cooperation.. more selective in negotiating free trade to gold standards

6. Policy of continuity with Asia, Japan , China aand India.. encourage China to play responsible role and that US will compete and cooperate in different areas. Close relationship with India will remain - ie. since Nuclear deal

7. Part of youth spent in south east asia and Hawai where mainly Polynesians and Asians. Father of modern China went to same high school and step father was Indonesian and half sister migrated to Canada...

Hopes he will hold summit with Asean leaders and sign Asean treaty of Amity and cooperation

OTHER POINTS TO NOTE (apart from those in the article):

He has brought back democratic idealism in US and identity for Africans everywhere as role model and help fractions and poverty in Africa as well as towards healing race relations in US

The effects of his Health Care plan on increasing spending (when people do not hold back because of health fears, costs and frauds

Taxes to help small business and entrepreneurship and local generation in their own US economy

Education and how internet can be used to adapt skill by on line learning; energy economy and renewing local economy to be energy independent plus export energy independence to China (in exchange for loans) and cover debts

Relationship between China and US vital to recovery form long term recession ... energy independence would later provide energy exports to China in the long term this demand would return debt in the form of government bonds required to fund CHANGE that gov't wants to implement.

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