However, I've not seen so much in the way of real discussion of larger reforms that would help fix the mess we're in.  I'm not talking about utopian social reforms so much as legislative-type proposals that could use existing institutions and frameworks to solve various social problems.  Obviously, anything effective would be anathema to the powers that be, but it doesn't hurt to think about and discuss these sorts of things.

So here's an idea for people to mull over - Corporate Governance Reform.

I don't think of myself as a rampant militarist, nor as an all-weather defender of "humanitarian" military intervention.  But I suppose I am a bit more supportive of the West's actions in Libya than some here.  I started to write a response on the issue, but it quickly became diary-length.  So here's the diary.

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However, the diary got hijacked by a discussion of DPU ammunition without really addressing the matters initially presented for discussion.  So, round 2!

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On another point, could you even say they got lucky?  Sure, they got their "transformative event," and the wars they wanted - which proved what a complete bunch of idiots they were.  The wars have been disastrous failures for everyone except defense contractors, and the people who argued for them are generally agreed to have been either dramatically misguided or idiots.  Their big master plan was shown to be little more than fanboy drooling, as America teeters on the bring of complete collapse.

This prompted a response from generic . . .

But in a lot of ways they succeeded. Constitutional rights are almost gone and a lot of their policies are now locked in.
Unemployment may be disastrously high, but absent a social movement that threatens the hierarchy of property in a big way that will probably only lead to more recruits for the army. The Federal deficit is quite a lot bigger than it would have been, but it is also not all that important. The army may be overstretched, but it also isn't needed to make defiance of US dictates incredible costly.
The point I am trying to make is as follows: The Neocons may have through their actions made most everyone worse off, but I doubt that they brought the US empire much closer to collapse.

It seems like something worth discussing.

So here it is - is there any point, given where the world economy and the whole of Western Civilization are headed, in saving money?

I was scurrying around after work, getting stuff ready for a department barbecue we're having after school today.  I had shopping to do, but I wanted to price things at several stores before I shopped, but I had something being delivered at 6:00, but I needed to eat because I knew I'd be likely pinned down until the delivery person arrives, possible not until 8:00. Hustle, bustle, scurry scurry scurry.

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Cost of Living Now Outweighs Benefits - America's Finest News Source

ET's always been strong on Doom, but it seems like the gloom side is still alive and kicking.

Evidence graphs are not boring - Promoted by Migeru

So, I thought maybe I'd try and help get things started with an idea of my own.  Should this provoke an intriguing discussion, I may post more, and make it a series of sorts.  Feel free to join in the fun with your own policy ideas!

This entry tackles the problem (at least, I think it's a problem!) of advertising, and proposed a rather radical step - its complete abolition.

It's not called "Insane Policy Ideas" for nothing!

Articles and discussion after the jump.

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