No, this is not a schedule for competition in World Cup. It is the recent revelations in negotiated talks as well as related material. It follows the script of my unpublished work, "all things are connected."
Brexit
There is a fierce dialogue in Parliament concerning the on-going talks and repercussions of those actions with the EU. The trade unions fear that by losing structured trade with the EU members, they and England will be left in "nowhere land." The trajectory will leave the English behind and they will disintegrate as a nation. The talk from Brussels isn't helping. The EU has taking a hard line with England and the US with Trump's tariffs on products.
David Davis, a foreign minister in Exiting the European Union(DExEU) has tried to calm the fears of labor in Britain. His speech centered on combating union fears of a "Mad Max" collapse. He pointed out the strength in the pound as things are in a positive direction.
The calm was short lived as news of a "divorce bill" that the EU is placing on England for leaving. It is said to be $50 billion euros. Ouch! Theresa May claimed it will be less as she added a two year transition period to Brexit. The additional time will begin after the extended timeline of March 2019. This thing even won't begin until 2021 or later.
Isn't it ironic that the recent budget for the EU was $25 billion short with $12 billion gone as this was England's participation fee. The EU just fills the short with the divorce proceedings. Got to love those bureaucrats.
May also stated that England now has the right to negotiate its own trade deals, but it would like to continue working with the EU on terrorism. The EU said it will not share its files with non-members, but it will try to restrict illegal immigration into England, ...And the beat goes on...
In the other competition, the trade talks between the US and China ended with no results other than the wants.
The US wants at least a $200 billion decline in annual trade with China. It is too bad that our negotiators have not studied the wisdom of the Ugly, Tuco from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. He prevailed although caught with his pants down in a tub, "When you come to shoot, shoot, don't talk."
China wants the US to stop investigating technology transfers to Chinese companies. They want more high-end technology.
Yeah, they are such good and honest trade partners. Do they honor patents=NO!
Do they steal corporate information and products=YES!
Do they cut corners in license agreements=Yes!
In addition, they demand full knowledge of company products in China and all these companies must be registered as Chinese. Bottom line: SCREW YOU! Let's close the door again to China.
Since this is the 200 birthday of Karl Marx, it is appropriate to mention him. Just because he is the founder of Communism, that does not mean that all his ideas were wrong. He had some great insights into our human nature. His observations on class are relevant, especially today. He said the middle class will die off and there will be just rich and poor. He said capitalist will do anything for profits even outsource to anti-capitalist nations. He is looking correct in those two points. After the Russian Revolution, capitalist went to Moscow to do deals. Nixon opened China to our jobs.
By the way, one million people have left the "Golden State" in the last ten years due to the high cost of housing. California became the largest state because it had land to grow and opportunities to advance. No longer. There is a sharp class divide in California. People now buy RVs to live-in because they cannot afford rent or to buy a home.
Same old same old
New York led our nation until government taxed its companies and citizens to exit. Seattle is doing the same today with Boeing and Amazon. They are leaving as well as citizens. California is following the same script and I'm sorry Eagles fans, "You can check out and NEVER RETURN!"
This conflict in democracy and our capitalist society goes back to Ford at Ford and Sloan at GM. Ford paid workers so that they could grow along with his company. His philosophy was the company, its workers and its product. Shareholders benefitted over the long-term because the foundation and intangibles were strong. The company was like your house. You did not see the appreciation from year-to-year, but in time you benefitted greatly. They could afford to buy the product.
Sloan said the company comes first. His corporate greed was excessive. He paid workers as little as possible. Unions saved those auto workers, but anti-unionism is winning in America. That is so sad. Greed has over-taken the philosophy of everyone benefits to only the rich benefits.
For example: Apple just instituted a $312 billion dollar buyback of its shares. They should have used the tax break to build a factory in the US. This is why I hate Apple, Nike and many other ungrateful, rich companies who outsource work. In Ford v. Sloan, I'm for FORD.
Marx spoke a few truths. Only one man spoke truth all the time. This one should be applied by corporate thinking as their philosophy. His words as written by a follower:
- "If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together."
- Cor: 12:26.
