Comments for QuaziMoto http://quazimoto.com Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:04:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on The Cost of Doing Nothing… by ry http://quazimoto.com/the-cost-of-doing-nothing/#comment-19 ry Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:02:52 +0000 http://quazimoto.com/?p=23#comment-19 It has been shown time and time again that chasing short-term gains and enacting short-term reforms almost always produces unintended long-term effects in the marketplace. The economy (both national and global) is arguably more complicated than our environment - so who are we to say that pumping 700 billion USD into the marketplace will shore-up the losses when we can't even agree that cutting emissions would be beneficial to our planet, let alone our own personal well-being. If ten years ago we had focused on building an economy based on developing advancements in health and technology for the sake of all rather than running after quarterly profits to appease shareholders we would be talking about what to do with a 700 billion dollar surplus and not begging for change. It has been shown time and time again that chasing short-term gains and enacting short-term reforms almost always produces unintended long-term effects in the marketplace.

The economy (both national and global) is arguably more complicated than our environment - so who are we to say that pumping 700 billion USD into the marketplace will shore-up the losses when we can’t even agree that cutting emissions would be beneficial to our planet, let alone our own personal well-being.

If ten years ago we had focused on building an economy based on developing advancements in health and technology for the sake of all rather than running after quarterly profits to appease shareholders we would be talking about what to do with a 700 billion dollar surplus and not begging for change.

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