Free market economies stimulate greater economic growth by an interaction of supply and demand which determines the quantity of goods and services produced. The ability of free market trade lets money and resources go to the projects that provide the most economic benefit. But the end result may not be fair. The old adage it takes money to make money has some validity.
In a free market economy the poor may not be able to afford the same education, health care or legal help so they may not be able to fare as well in a free market economy as someone born into a family with resources. In a free market economy buyers and sellers are responsible for their selling and purchasing choices giving the free market power over price to decide allocation of goods and services which are then fixed by the pressure of supply and demand on commodities being sold. If demand is not as strong as the supply of the commodity then prices will fall. If there is a large demand for a product like Cabbage Patch Babies then the prices will rise. Free trade without any tariffs or subsides by the government characterize free market economies. The government’s role is limited to controlling the law and order and ensuring fairness of pricing and safety regulation.
State directed economy refers to an economy where the state plays a proactive role in directing private-sector investments. Goods and services prices are determined by the government from the fixed support pricing to the control of supply by taking a farmer’s raw produce. This type of controlled economy allows for long term investment in infrastructure without fear of market downturns that can lead to project abandonment. This is important for risky ventures because it provides stabilization. State directed economies usually are meant to serve the collective needs instead of the needs of the individual. The state can utilize resources to serve the economic objectives of the state. It has a tendency to limit growth but doesn’t suffer from business cycles like the technology and housing bubbles. It can also allow for the provision of goods that would not be profitable therefore provided in a free market economy.
Like anything else it is a trade off. Do you want to trade freedom for security? And if so do you think a state run economy is going to give you that security. I am not trying to tell you what to do in November but I would like to remind you that with state run government comes the expenses and taxes thereof. Even Fidel Castro has finally realized that isn’t the way to a better economy…
Here is the link to the news release for the book containing my newest published works.
http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Anthology-of-E-Oregon-writers
Tami’s New Poems
Tamra’s Newest Poetry is Available!!! Two Poems in Anthology!!
Celebrating eastern Oregon, LEO’s 226-page A Sense of Place anthology is a collection of juried poems, essays and short stories by several dozen residents across the 15 counties served by LEO, as well as a few other previously-published poets who pay tribute to the region.
The A Sense of Place anthology portrays the many concepts of place – whether as a place of mental well-being or as an experience or memory of a special place in the region – and reflects how the theme resonates in one’s experiences and thought.
The 226-page collection includes works by persons of all ages.
The anthology has been endorsed by Oregon poet laureate Lawson Inada, who stated, “These voices rise and resound, rejoicing in the splendor of the land. Thank you, Eastern Oregon!”
The anthology costs $12.95 each for one to three copies, with an additional $3.50 postage & handling. Four or more copies cost $9.95 each + $2.75 total for postage and handling.
The books may now be purchased on line at the LEO website: http://www.librariesofeasternoregon.org/ or by sending a check to Libraries of Eastern Oregon, P.O. Box 11, Moro, Oregon 97037.
All on line and mail orders are shipped promptly. Books will also be available after Dec. 7 at several area public libraries.
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nning we are created by God, next, our parents shape us, and then we create ourselves. We create ourselves against the framework of our environment. We also create ourselves against the knowledge gained from our experiences. We chose what to take from those experiences to work on to develop our personalities. Then, we interact with others using that personality. That personality helps us decide where we go and whom we associate with which then influences our choices. Therefore, those experiences make not only who we are but contribute to the situations we find ourselves in. Those situations determine our quality of life. How we react to those experiences, choices, and reactions defines whom and what we are; therefore, we choose who and what we become by every decision we make. SO if we choose not to choose life is it still life? If we choose not to create life are our choices on creation still birth? The birth of more dreams, less hassle…..or like some believe still birthed….and should our government, our fellow citizens, our preachers or ourselves be the decision maker in the matter in the first place.
nning we are created by God, next, our parents shape us, and then we create ourselves. We create ourselves against the framework of our environment. We also create ourselves against the knowledge gained from our experiences. We chose what to take from those experiences to work on to develop our personalities. Then, we interact with others using that personality. That personality helps us decide where we go and whom we associate with which then influences our choices. Therefore, those experiences make not only who we are but contribute to the situations we find ourselves in. Those situations determine our quality of life. How we react to those experiences, choices, and reactions defines whom and what we are; therefore, we choose who and what we become by every decision we make. SO if we choose not to choose life is it still life? If we choose not to create life are our choices on creation still birth? The birth of more dreams, less hassle…..or like some believe still birthed….and should our government, our fellow citizens, our preachers or ourselves be the decision maker in the matter in the first place.Hot bikes, Hot biker chicks!!!! Who needs sunshine!!!! Check out the new Baker Bike Rally photos in my photo album. It was a rainy weekend but the Hells Canyon Motorcycle rally was a blast. I also made Pinnacle which is the honor society for non-traditional students at EOU. The pinning was today but it was way too early in the morning. They will send my pin and certificate by mail. I did go to my BMCC graduation tea though. It seemed weird because I actually got my diplomoa in March 2008 but that makes me a 2008-2009 graduate so off to tea I went. It was fun and I got to see Mrs E. and Mr. Randy so….last graduation celebration until I walk for EOU next year. Busy, busy but overall another great day in Eastern Oregon with a wonderful husband. Can’t ask for anything more. It can be hard living with a university student sooo….. He deserved to get his picture taken with hot biker chicks in bikinis and leather chaps!!!! Eat your heart out AL!!!!! LOL.
Tami
Just thankful for another beautiful day in Oregon. PET scan came back clean, so it is official I am cancer free. Now, it is not just a 50/50 chance of beating it, I have a 60 percent chance of a permanent cure.
Sorry, I have not been on. The day I went to get my PET scan taken the lady who drives me and I got road raged by some jerk and I had to go to ER. Can’t hardly type but I am SO HAPPY I just had to tell somebody. I might have some health limitations both from before the cancer with the MS, Osteoarthritis, and Degenerative disk and some treatment side effects but I am going to be back to the way I was before they gave me that nasty terminal word.
And now I know just how strong I am!!!! Watch out world, cause here I come! Change is afoot, can’t you smell it in the air. Let’s fly! I’ll find a way to keep up, even with my cane!!!!
Together We Can!
Tami
My Aunt just sent me the cutest song lyrics to a song called "Down on the Farm" by a couple called Lewis and Lewis and I just laughed (it’s on You Tube). That made me feel a little guilty. It also kind of made me miss the South a little. Those of you who have never lived there will just have to take my word for it. There is nothing quite like walking down the streets of a tiny Arkansas town with all of your biases in place laughing at the (fill in the ethnic or person who is different) along with everybody else knowing that you fit right in. It made me ponder what I have been learning about diversification and if it was worth blogging about.
I have spent the last few years going and getting myself diversified and I think I have just started to learn a few things. I know I ain’t supposed to run around saying the words n*****r and q***r. I don’t suppose I wouldv’e anyway, it just ain’t polite and I have always know your color or sexual preference was not the be all and end all of who you are. And to be honest, it ain’t much fun when they punch you in the nose for it. I never really cared what color they were or who they slept with anyway. And, I really haven’t found many that do. We did not care if they were black, white, red, or yellow and tattooed. We did not care if it was guy on guy, girl on girl or whatever else they could think up. What we were really laughing at was not what they were or who they had done but at thier differences from us which made them seem unusual in our eyes. And we were using the laughter to make ourselves feel better about who we were because at least we were not like them. After all, they were different.
Now; I suppose one of the things I should say that I learned at this point was how we should embrace that difference, celebrate that difference, and then tell others how great it is to accept diversity. Sorry, not what I took away from it. I started to evaluated the diversity/acceptance movement and it made me wonder, did we really accept thier difference? Or is it something we turned to our own purpose again? After all, instead of laughing at them for it to make ourselves feel better about our insecurities we just use a more polite way of making ourselves feel better about ourselves. Nobody is out saying accept them for what they are, ignore thier differences and treat them the same as you would any other person . Politely, if you are polite and like a jerk, if you are a jerk. That would seem to me to be equality. I suppose, it would be easier to understand if the political correctness applied to all. But, I haven’t heard many say "Hey a*****le, quit acting like a jerk when it is just some white guy walking down the street with long hair and some idiot yells "Hey hippy, get a job."
Then, just when I was wondering if what I was picking up from my evaluation was right a professed liberal friend wearing a celebrate diversity T-shirt asked me if I knew someone who could use a little side work then insisted when I suggested my hubby stated "You can’t let your husband apply because he has long hair and these good ol boys don’t accept that kind of thing and we must work within thier paradigm." Nothing about changing thier mind and absolutely zip about acceptance. Blew the whole diversification thing she had been preaching right out of the water.
So, what I ended up learning from it was that what they are really saying is "I am better than you because look, I can even accept the people who are not as good as I am because they are different." What is the difference between them and us hicks who were down south in the 80′s laughing at the gay kid? I believe what they are really saying is accept me for what I am because I am a good person for accepting them. And what we were saying was accept me for what I am because we are both not like him. Both ways are usually; although, not always a means of making us feel better about who and what we are and a way to gain acceptance. Well I have a better idea!
Maybe, everybody should just be taught that if they accept themselves for who and what they are, fixing what they don’t like about themselves including thier unacceptance of others differences and spend less time in everybody else’s personal business then world would sort itself out.
Oh my, I forget sometimes how much work there is in making your own food. I am so exhausted. And I still have the rest of the summer veggies to put in over the next few days. But, I feel soooo blessed!!!! I am out of my wheelchair. I have an Associates degree. I am on well on my way to the next one. And my wonderful husband who is also my favorite tech found me a new photo software program I can play with just as soon as I get the chance. I will be examining a watershed project in our area over the next few days to learn how that works and may become politically active on one of those commitees eventually so want to know how the work. My friend who is driving also used to play in the SCA so we have been working on projects for the mechant booth just in case we actually do make an event sometimes soon. Of course, I have been working for about ten years on projects just in case. So, I guess I could open up shop even without the extra stock but the more different things that are handmade and period the better right? In other words busy, busy, busy. Next doctor’s appt on the 17th.
I think most people have a problem understanding inspiration. Somehow, the idea that you must be or do something great to be an inspiration to someone got popular. But not only is that is not always the case, it is not the usual way of inspiration. Usually we are inspired by normal everyday people doing normal everyday things under stress or difficulty not extraordinary people doing extraordinary things. Think about it. How many times have you looked at something someone does and said how inspiring it was? Was it really that extraordinary? Did they lift a car? Donate an amazing amount of money to your favorite charity? Leap tall buildings in a single bound? Or was it because they made an extra effort to be nice under very trying circumstances, maybe you saw a poor person give when you knew they needed every dime. Maybe a young person made an extra effort to understand or help someone when they would rather be doing something else? I submit that what is inspiring about something is not the grandness of the gesture but the extra effort that was put into it when you know deep down you probably would not have made that extra effort yourself. How long has it been since someone looked at you and said you inspired them? How long has it been since you put that extra little bit into whatever it was you were doing that made someone say "WOW, what an inspiration!" How much more often would you make that extra effort if you knew someone who watching or listening REALLY needed to be inspired? You knew deep down that they were just not going to make it without something or someone inspirational to cling to. Now, look around you. Even if you are only looking in the mirror there is someone there who needs that kind of inspiration. Sooooo….Start inspiring!!!
Until tomarrow remember "Together We Can"
Tami
Albert Einstein said,”The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.” Isn’t that what we are continually doing with our political system today? Most people cannot even conceive of a presidency not sanctioned by one of the two major parties currently involved in the coronation of the next King of the US. After all, if you are not a Democrat or a Republican what are you? If you are not a liberal or a conservative what are you? What if you are a person that really wants change and not just smoke blown up your butt about the changes they want to make but never can get accomplished for some reason or another. Well, I have a novel idea. Why not start with making a change yourself. Vote. Place your check mark where it can really make a difference. I mean gosh, you could suck it up and put your mark next to the name that you believe would make changes if it were possible or you can make that change possible by where you place your vote. Don’t wait for an October surprise, be the October surprise.
