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It is respectfully suggested that we turn the tables on Prof. Reich and treat his book as a graded exercise.


A. The 1%-vs.-99% Fraud Vis-à-Vis America’s Permanent Under-Caste

Introduction – The U.S. Government has continually and consistently reported for the last 50 years that 30% of all Americans are illiterate as defined in terms of the ability to read the warning label on a can of rat poison. Meanwhile, UNICEF reports that 23% of all American children live in poverty -- more than double, and typically 3-4 times, the rate tolerated by any other industrialized country. And we know that the typical conditions facing the 178 “I Have A Dream”® Programs operating in 51 American inner-cities in the 1990’s were: 99% of children living in single-adult households, 95% of all children living in single-adult households headed by a druggie, and 75%-80% of all children living in single-adult households headed by a druggie who hands over all receipts to the pusher so the kids have to steal just in order to eat, WITH THE CHILDREN KNOWING ALREADY BY THE AGE OF 5 THAT THEY ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THEIR DREAMS AND THAT THEIR ONLY REALISTIC CAREER OBJECTIVES ARE PIMP OR PUSHER, OR GIRL FRIEND OF A PIMP OR PUSHER GRADUATING TO WHORE.

[Please see our 6/17/2015 Six-Degrees-Of-Separation E-mail Campaign to Pope Francis described in the first section of http://www.ReadingLiberally-SaltLake.org, and earlier E-mail Campaigns to President Obama referenced in the Campaign to Pope Francis.]

Question A-1: In claiming to represent “the 99%” does Prof. Reich actually propose anything to mainstream America’s Permanent Under-Caste?

Question A-2: If so, are his recommendations confined to the Snake Oil peddled by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, or does Prof. Reich recognize that the abysmal results of inner-city schools (typically SINGLE-DIGIT high-school graduation rates for the class just ahead and just behind the 178 IHAD-Program classes) comprise a SOCIOLOGY problem rather than an EDUCATION problem?

Question A-3: Does Prof. Reich recognize that the reason for America’s refusal to admit that the abysmal results of inner-city schools are a SOCIOLOGY problem -- is because Americans DO NOT LOVE THEIR NEIGHBORS AS THEMSELVES and are consequently unwilling to provide the Heavy Lifting that would be required to actually mainstream America’s Permanent Under-Caste -- vs. constantly looking for a cheap Snake Oil non-solution?


B. The 1%-vs.-99% Fraud Vis-à-Vis Exporting American Jobs

Question B-1: Does Prof. Reich correctly identify the “free flow of capital” as the reason why business enterprises are able to export American jobs to low-wage countries such as China, that do not even provide workplace safety rules, child-labor prohibitions, etc., etc.?

Question B-2: If Prof. Reich does correctly identify the “free flow of capital” as the culprit, does he recommend re-instituting 1968 Executive Order 11387 imposed by President Johnson and continued by President Nixon for the first 5 years of his Presidency (please see our 2/12/2014 Six-Degrees-Of-Separation E-mail Campaign described in the first section of http://www.ReadingLiberally-SaltLake.org)?

Question B-3: If Prof. Reich fails to identify the “free flow of capital” as the culprit, does he insult us with descriptions of prescriptions approved by the lobbyists of the exporters of American jobs?

Question B-4: Does Prof. Reich at least propose taxing the profits from exporting American jobs (please see our 5/11/2011 Six-Degrees-Of-Separation E-mail Campaign described in the first section of http://www.ReadingLiberally.SaltLake.org)?

Question B-5: Does Prof. Reich recognize (A) that the $5 TRillion (yes, that’s trillion with 12 zeros) reductions in payroll and capital expenditures by the CHUMP American companies that did NOT export American jobs was caused by the so-called American Jobs Creation (sic) Act, (B) that the $5 TRillion reductions in American payroll and capital expenditures are what caused the 2008-201? economic meltdown, and (C) that the $5 TRillion reductions in American payroll and capital expenditures would have caused the 2008-201? economic meltdown EVEN IF THERE HAD NOT BEEN A SINGLE SUB-PRIME MORTAGE? [Please see our 11/14/2012 Six-Degrees-Of-Separation E-mail Campaign described in the first section of http://www.ReadingLiberally-SaltLake.org.]


C. Trying To Reverse The Outcome of the Civil War

Introduction:

Each time we have studied Illegal Immigration, we have recognized that it is an attempt to replace American workers with foreign workers for American jobs that cannot be exported geographically to low-wage countries since many American jobs (such as construction, domestic servants and agriculture), cannot by their nature be exported.

And each time we have studied Illegal Immigration, we have recognized that the War On American Workers with Illegal Immigrants is really an attempt to reverse the outcome of the Civil War, since Illegal Immigrants are typically NOT paid the minimum wage (A) because employers can charge anything they want for food and shelter under the federal minimum-wage law, and (B) because Illegal Immigrants don’t dare complain about anything for fear of being reported to ICE.

And each time, we have recognized THE LIE that our Pols love to peddle that the U.S. Immigration System is “broken” -- because the Bi-Partisan Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill recently passed by the U.S. Senate is nothing more than a “carbon copy” of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 = securing the Southern border, an e-verify system to prevent illegal immigrants from being employed, stiff fines AND JAIL TERMS for employers who hire illegal immigrants, and a path to citizenship for the illegal immigrants already in the U.S.

So each time, we have concluded that THE REFUSAL OF PRESIDENTS GEORGE H.W. BUSH, BILL CLINTON, GEORGE W. BUSH AND BARACK OBAMA to enforce the 1986 Act was the result of campaign contributions by the employers of illegal immigrants, aka neo-slaves.

Question C-1: Does Prof. Reich recognize that the four Presidents since the enactment of the 1986 Immigration-Reform Act have refused to enforce it?

Question C-2: Does Prof. Reich at least claim that as Bill Clinton’s Labor Secretary, he fought for the 1986 Immigration-Reform Act to be enforced in order to protect American workers?

Question C-3: If so, what does he say was the reason Bill Clinton gave him for refusing to enforce the 1986 Immigration-Reform Act?

Question C-4: Does Prof. Reich recognize that if Americans are stupid enough to force the pols to re-enact that 1986 Immigration-Reform Act under the label of Immigration Reform, the result would probably be the same as the employers of illegal aliens continue to shower our pols with campaign contributions?


D. The Crimes Of The Federal Reserve

Question D-1: Does Prof. Reich recognize that the Federal Reserve under Chairman Ben Bernanke engaged in “quantitative easing” (aka printing money) for ILLEGAL PURPOSES such as bailing out foreign banks and governments? [Please see our 12/14/2011 Six-Degrees-Of-Separation E-mail Campaign described in the first section of http://www.ReadingLiberally-SaltLake.org which pointed out that if the Federal Reserve was going to print money FOR ILLEGAL PURPOSES, it should at least have done so to benefit America such as by rebuilding infrastructure such as highways and bridges, or providing better inner-city education.]

Question D-2: Does Prof. Reich recognize that the National Debt (which now exceeds America’s Gross Domestic Product) means that the Federal Reserve is probably NO LONGER ABLE TO FULFILL ONE OF ITS TWO LEGAL OBJECTIVES, VIZ. PROVIDING FULL EMPLOYMENT, since reducing unemployment any further would cause interest rates to increase and even a small increase, say to 10%, would mean that 50% of the U.S. Government’s budget would comprise interest payments? And that a major increase, say to the 21.5% prime rate under President Jimmy Carter, would mean that the U.S. Government would have to DOUBLE ALL TAX RATES just to cover interest expense without reducing other expenditures such as defense?


E. Your Grade for Prof. Reich

Question E-1: Did you give Prof. Reich an F?

Question E-2: Or were you kinder and gentler by simply grading Prof. Reich on a Pass/Fail basis?

Question E-3: Do you think Prof. Reich was simply peddling a lot of nonsense so we wouldn’t feel so badly about being forced to accept the dictates of the lobbyists?

Question E-4: If you think any of Prof. Reich’s recommendations would actually cure any of America’s major ills, what were the recommendations and why did you think they would work?

Question E-5: Why does Prof. Reich think for a moment that we will perceive him as an Emperor WHO IS WEARING CLOTHES???


F. Heresy = The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong (Published 1967 by Lawrence Peter and Raymond Hull)

Question F-1: What is the Peter Principle?

Question F-2: What is its relevance to the War On The 1%?

Question F-3: Why do supporters of the War On The 1% consider the thesis of The Peter Principle heresy?

Question F-4: Are the supporters of the War On The 1% at least partially right?

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