[Mpls] In These Stormy Global Warming End Times

[Aaarty at aol.com]

Here are my comments/questions regarding the above paragraph, Mr. Mayor  
Candidate:
1. Please define "completely non essential jobs" and explain  how you, as 
mayor, would eliminate said jobs. That IS what you're proposing,  right?
2. Are you proposing MANDATED shorter work weeks..... as in, the  government 
says work weeks must be shorter? Please tell me you're not  proposing that.
3. The Europeans may enjoy shorter workweeks...... what  choice do they have? 
Their form of socialism mandates, by force of law, how  many hours and weeks 
a year an employee may work. Probably not the best idea  here. Besides, have 
you seen what the unemployment rate is in many European  countries?
4. Now, I'm no economist, but it just doesn't make any logical  sense that 
eliminating jobs, having shorter work weeks and mandated  vacations will 
actually create MORE jobs. Maybe I'm slow, but can you  explain how this will 
work, exactly?
 
 
Don't put words in my mouth. Of course I can't eliminate jobs and I  never 
proposed anything of the kind.
 
In the US we actually have too many people working at completely  unnecessary 
jobs. Most Europeans that I know of, have complete freedom to work  as little 
or as much as they want to, just as they do in this country. Where is  it 
"mandated"? All European countries are capitalist. I'm a capitalist (if you  
consider a small retailer with very limited capital a capitalist), a small  
business person. I believe in most small businesses.  In Europe they have  universal 
health care which is infinitely more efficient and less costly than  our 
health care "system". Is that why you call them socialist? Multi national  
corporate capitalism is much more destructive and enslaving than democratic  
socialism. They have a more progressive income tax which makes sense. Should the  
people that burn up excessive amounts of the earth's diminishing  resources and 
pour excessive toxins into the air and water pay nothing extra?  Should it b 
allowed at all would b a better question.
 

Here are a few examples of  what I consider "non  essential jobs". These jobs 
are not only non essential, they create waste,  unnecessary pollution, 
cancer, greenhouse gases, resource shortages and  inflation. Tell me they don't. 
Cosmetics manufacturing and sales. Cosmetics all end up in the  drink, then 
in the fish. Then you eat it and drink it.   Fireworks  manufacturing and 
sales. The cancerous filth that ends up in the air from this  completely 
destructive and unnecessary industry is unbelievable; cadmium, lead,  sulphur dioxide, 
nitrous oxide, carbon monoxide, benzene, arsenic, etc. etc.  Cancer is now our 
leading cause of death and the rate is accelerating. How about  hand gun 
manufacturing and sales when we already have about four handguns  for every man, 
woman and child? How about obscenely inefficient,  destructive oversized 
vehicles? How about the land mines we export to the  world that blow off the limbs of 
innocent children? How about the so called  "defense industry"? What are we 
going to do with ten thousand nuclear weapons  all cocked and ready to go. But 
go where? If a single one is used it will be the  end of life on earth as we 
know it.  You may think those are necessary  to protect America?  You asked 
about psychologists. As far as Psychologists  go, I would say some are necessary 
and some are not. As for mayors some would  say they're necessary and some 
would say they're not. That's a long debate about  anarchy I don't want to get 
into. There are bad kinds of anarchy and  good  kinds. I don't think Americans 
are ready for either right now. 
 
I could list a thousand more occupations but I'm hoping  you are starting to 
get the picture. Again, I'm not running for dictator and a  mayor can't 
eliminate jobs, so don't worry. 
 
A mayor should, however be a leader, have ideas, opinions, be able  to 
inspire, be creative and revolutionary. A mayor should tell it like it is and  not 
try to please everyone if that's what it takes to get America on the  path of 
prudence, life, love and enlightenment and off of the path of  waste, 
destruction, decay and death. 
 
I'm certain I couldn't accomplish this by myself and I'm  convinced my 
opponents couldn't either. It will take a city.
 
Just a few thoughts from Kingfield
 

Sincerely,  Don Johnson, Candidate for Mayor, 3808 Grand Ave So. Minneapolis, 
MN 55409 (612)  824 1111 _www.DonJohnsonMayor.org_ (http://www
.donjohnsonmayor.org/)