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Comment on Newer Archetypes by shane

shane — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:14:56 +0000

Jerrica/Althea thanks for your comments

Comment on There’s got to be the morning after by shane

shane — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:42:41 +0000

Bharka, thank you for your comments. Sorry it’s taken so long to reply. My morning after the book launch is just happening.

Comment on Is the e-book going to stall without standards? by shane

shane — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:24:12 +0000

Paul, sorry for the long delay in responding. While reader has more choice with multiple formats, the publisher now has to format books multiple times over to ensure wide ebook distribtion.

Comment on Completing the Circle by shane

shane — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:19:42 +0000

Rayna, thanks for your comments. As for writers, it depends on what you want written. What did you have in mind?

Comment on Caught between Fear and Greed by Shane Joseph

Shane Joseph — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:21:50 +0000

Thank you Fawn!

Comment on Caught between Fear and Greed by Fawn Godley

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Comment on Do we need a black market? We do, for our own good. by Shane Joseph

Shane Joseph — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:12:20 +0000

Linda – Inequality in the tax structure warrants an entirely new blog article, which I might get to one day. In medieval times, serfs were taxed by their landlords ( i.e the rich taxing the poor). Then someone woke up and thought that taxes needed to be applied so that “those according to their ability could provide to those according to their need.” That seemed to have worked until about the 1980′s when the landlord and serf structure poked up its head again and we seem to be reliving that period once more. I’m not sure I would call it a black market, but another form of “might is right” – those having the money and the power assuming that they also have the right.
You are right about self-preservation being a key driver – and that is okay – but when it grows into greed, ah. there lies the rub! This was the premise of my novel After the Flood – hope you get to read it some time.
Regards!
Shane

Comment on Do we need a black market? We do, for our own good. by Linda

Linda — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:15:08 +0000

Shane,
You’ve brought up something that a Jungian would say is ordinarily swept under the carpet or looking at our shadow/dark side.
One question that came to mind was how many jobs are created and how many livelihoods depend on an economic underground? And if there is a way to eliminate the illegal cash flow in a black market, would that do away with unreported income? I think not. The U.S. loses a fortune every year in unreported income primarily from the excessively wealthy- both individuals and corporations.
I think of the term Black market and associate it with war and rations. But of course in economic trying times, everyone finds creative ways to handle an economic crunch.
I live in a city where most live “off the grid,” cashing checks at a check cashing place or at a supermarket for a couple of dollars as opposed to having a bank account, so that they in turn, can flee from a lender’s deficiency judgment. And there are those who are living rent-free in an over-priced home that has turned upside down in value (68-75%). Originally purchased from a greedy lender who got bailed out and now they don’t foreclose because it’s cheaper to keep a non-paying tenant than to pay insurance, risk damage and vandalism that will be done to an unoccupied property.
The whole thing is crazy, but the bottom line, between regulated and unregulated markets is that both sides work toward the same goal- self-preservation of their assets. And that’s just human nature.

Comment on Do we need a black market? We do, for our own good. by shane joseph

shane joseph — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:44:58 +0000

Eric, I wonder if the time is coming soon when we have to retreat into the woods with a dog and a gun and a warning sign that says, “Keep Out – Bad Guys AND Good Guys. My dog and I cannot tell the difference.”
Thanks for your comments!
Shane

Comment on Do we need a black market? We do, for our own good. by Eric Wright

Eric Wright — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:53:33 +0000

Shane, you’ve given us some real food for thought. Would that governments had less wasteful bureaucracy.