For millions of years ants have survived with very little change in their appearance.Man has human intelligence which is vastly superior to animal intelligence.I think the difference comes from our ability to understand the environment and to adapt to it.We seem to be far better at it even surpassing the Neanderthals of Europe.Who developed short massive bodies to deal with the last ice ages of Europe.In our our case we would build more fireplaces to deal with the approaching cold of an ice age and not evolve body adaptations to deal with it.
So if our intelligence is that far ahead of Neanderthals then maybe we can learn not to be afraid of each other.
Which seems to be what government should be all about.To create a society in which we are not afraid of each other.My squatters told me that once in a while I need to be afraid.There are those who think they can take and take and take.And not give back.We need to get angry enough to clean house wherever we need to in our respective governments.triffid

If you are a politician and you did not listen to your people you represent You need to leave office.If you voted yourself a nice fat raise in your government pension and the people you represent cant get one too.You need to leave office.If you voted yourself a fat raise at the expense of the public coffers you need to leave office.
They need to leave(be voted out) and let someone else in.Obama came in on promises of change but he changed a lot once he got in.So be careful who you vote for.Obama was against wars but Libya was attacked on his order.
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I would understand it better if we attacked a country and started stealing their oil.We would make back some of our money and not put our wars on a credit card.With universal default laws in effect for the common joe,are there none for our government?Ron Paul seems to be a clear voice crying out in the desert.Stop the foreign wars.Bring the young people home.Create jobs at home.Stop sending american jobs overseas.Fix whats wrong.If it is working don't fix it.I hate GE.They sent 80% of their american jobs overseas to save money.What if the rest of them did just that ?Follow the GE model?What if wall street sent 80% of their jobs overseas?
The world has gone nuts!!!

Trends in Retirement Pensions
The greatest cost for current employers includes pension and retirement payments and health care costs. The U.S. Commerce Department Bureau of Economic Analysis reported contributions by employers to staff pension and insurance funds in 1946 totaled $2.543 billion dollars, an increase over totals for 1929 of only $650 million. CNBC noted in 2011 that the traditional defined company retirement benefit plan, with employers contributing funds or matching employee retirement contributions, has evaporated from the workplace.



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Widows of solders killed in action receive widows pensions.  http://www1.va.gov/opa/publications/benefits_book/benefits_chap12.asp
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