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Funding ? - already tried ? http://ec.europa.eu/research/social-sciences/funding_en.html
by Dante-Gabryell Monson 26 Oct '11

26 Oct '11

http://ec.europa.eu/research/social-sciences/funding_en.html ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 1:07 PM Subject: Re: Disaster Capitalism and "Impact of Regulatory Capture on Human Rights" ? To: Thanks A. As for funding, academics with whom I interact with regularly, applied for such kind of EU grants. For some, in what I recall, the bureaucratic procedure is too heavy, or have too many requirements, difficult to provide unless one has a solid bureaucratic infrastructure. For others who are involved in million dollar grants related to academia, I hear money wasted, and lack of flexibility. Again, a lot of such grants benefit , directly or indirectly, big corporations, or large frameworks of transnational cooperation between universities ( universities which themselves become profit oriented ). I stay interested in peer to peer collaborative learning, hoping net neutrality can be set as a right. Cordially, Dante On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 12:44 PM, wrote: > ** > Thanks Dante. > > Indeed both negative and positive liberty are essential. > > On research on human rights, we currently have a Call (open to > univeristies, research organisations, civil society organisations, etc.) on > this theme, available at (and copies below for convenience): > http://ec.europa.eu/research/social-sciences/funding_en.html > > Best > * > > SSH.2012.4.2-1. Challenge: Human rights in EU external relations and > internal policies > > The challenge > * > > Claiming human rights ranging from freedom of expression and association to > protection > > from torture or other degrading treatment is a prominent feature of > democratisation > > movements. This was the case in Eastern Europe before the fall of the > Berlin Wall/Iron > > Curtain, to cases in Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. While human > rights may seem > > to be taken for granted in the EU and other democratic polities, their > widespread violation by > > authoritarian regimes as well as democracies (usually by way of exceptions > to the general > > rule, on the basis of concerns over safety or security), indicates that > human rights are far from > > uncontested. Not only is the problem persistent; it is also changing in > nature due to > > globalisation, new forms of violence and war, and technological advances in > information and > > communication technologies, biological sciences, transport and other > fields. All of these > > factors influence how rights are perceived and are protected or violated. > We need to build on > > past and present knowledge, but also to investigate changes and identify > ongoing patterns and > > future trends. > > FP7 Cooperation Work Programme: Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities > > Page 42 of 70 > * > > Why it matters for Europe > * > > Fundamental rights figure prominently in EU external actions (including > trade, with clauses > > on human rights in bilateral agreements since 1995) and the enlargement > processes (especially > > since the introduction of the Copenhagen criteria) as well as in internal > policies (from antidiscrimination > > to migration and justice). > > The European Charter of Fundamental Rights, which became binding with the > ratification of > > the Lisbon Treaty and the prospect of EU accession to the European > Convention of Human > > Rights, adds judicial as well as political and symbolic dimensions to the > EU's commitment to > > take such rights seriously. Such commitment and legal obligations are, > however, challenged > > by factors that need deeper analysis so as to inform EU external and > internal policies, and to > > foster their coherence. > * > > Addressing the challenge > * > > Research dimensions to be taken into consideration: > > - Provision of a systematic overview and comparative analysis of the > social, economic, legal, > > cultural or other factors that facilitate or hamper the protection of human > rights in the external > > and internal policies of the EU — as well as the coherence and consistency > between such > > external and internal dimensions in fields such as cross-border mobility, > counter-terrorism and > > judicial cooperation. The role of national, EU and international human > rights institutions in > > monitoring fundamental rights could be part of the analysis. > > - The protection of human rights as a component of global governance, given > that > > globalisation brings the prospect of global diffusion of wealth, but also > entails the risk of > > deeper inequalities. Research could examine why and how large numbers of > people – > > especially in lower income countries - may see their basic rights eroded if > globalisation is not > > wisely managed. It could focus on specific rights and/or their > interactions, namely rights of > > access to health, education and family planning, to food, water, clear air > or safe energy; and > > how such access may be helped or hindered by global regulatory frameworks > or the absence > > of these (including, for example, on Intellectual Property Rights). The > share of responsibility > > and legal competences between the EU and its Member States in the above > (including trade, > > development and other multilateral instruments –and their consistency with > internal policies) > > could also be addressed. > > - Human rights violations are a key aspect of violence among and within > states, between > > communities (along ethnic, religious or linguistic divides) and within > communities (e.g. along > > gender divides). Research could examine how historical and cultural > contexts may have > > influenced such divides and cause or exacerbate such violations, and how > these divides and > > violations could be overcome. It could assess the conditions under which > state and non-state > > actors may be among the perpetrators of human rights violations or, on the > other hand, offer > > protection of human rights. The relationship between the protection of > human rights, > > humanitarian law and assistance should also be examined, with a focus on > vulnerable groups > > in society (e.g. children, internally displaced persons, refugees). The > relationship between the > > protection of human rights and promoting democracy (including the role of > EU Electoral > > Observation Missions) and international criminal law could also form part > of the research. > > - The use of existing indicators (e.g. for understanding the human rights > situation at country > > level, for assessing the capacities of rights holders and duty bearers) or > the development of > > new indicators could help in mapping and identifying the main danger spots, > as well as areas > > in which there have been improvements. Assessing human freedoms is often > contentious — > > thus any choice of indicators, and the methodology to develop them, should > be transparent to > > FP7 Cooperation Work Programme: Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities > > Page 43 of 70 > > allow informed debate. A forward-looking perspective on developments in > human rights > > violations and protection would be another useful research component. > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Dante-Gabryell Monson [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 26, 2011 10:38 AM > *To:* > *Subject:* Hi Angela : Disaster Capitalism and "Impact of Regulatory > Capture on Human Rights" ? > > Hi A, > > As a following of my messages related to "Real Democracy" movements, > and more specifically what one could also call *"Impact of Regulatory > Capture on Human Rights"* > ( others may call it "corruption" , or even "corporatism" ) > > For your information ( see below ), > in case it interests you, an example related to the united states, which > indirectly, > through "Shock Doctrine <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shock_Doctrine>" > / "Disaster Capitalism", can ( and I believe do ) affect policies taken and > applied on the European Subcontinent. > > One may have difficulties seeing a direct relation with human rights, > though for me such macro economic policy decisions have a direct influence > not only on Negative Liberty<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_liberty>- freedom > from interference - > ( using Isaiah Berlin's definition ), but also on Positive Liberty<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_liberty> > - the power and resources to act to fulfill one's own potential -. > > Personal Opinion : > It may be worth making similar investigations what concerns decisions taken > by, or through european institutions, > with individual status and history reports, for transparency, of individual > bureaucrats and/or elected officials, and the people they work with. > > Possibly one step in such direction ( ? ), but for now, only for the > European Parliament : > http://www.mepwatch.eu/ > > I can compile more specific examples in relation to european bureaucrats, > if this can support any research on the topic. > > Cordially, > Dante > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson(a)gmail.com> > Date: Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 10:15 AM > Subject: "Too Big to Fail" - Amendments Rejected in Safe Banking Act of > 2010 > To: p2p-foundation <p2p-foundation(a)lists.ourproject.org>, > econowmix(a)googlegroups.com > > > Staying with the same topic , specific amendments reducing the risk of "too > big to fail" > related to the "Safe Banking Act of 2010<http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s3241/show>" > have been rejected ( some more details below ). > > A case of "Regulatory Capture<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture>" > to further investigate ? > > /// > > A May 7 2010 reaction by TYT Network : > *"Too Big To Fail Bank Bill Killed By Bought Politicians" * > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8-JXhzXdSU > > // > > more on the bill that did not pass : > > S.3241 - SAFE Banking Act of 2010 > > http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s3241/show > > *"It was voted on and rejected as an amendment to the Dodd-Frank financial > reform bill, 33-61."* > > // > > > http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/05/07/us-financial-regulation-size-idUS… > > *(Reuters) - The Senate Thursday rejected a proposal that would split up > the six largest banks in an effort to ensure that large financial firms do > not threaten the economy if they fail.* > > The measure, which failed by a vote of 33 to 61, would have placed hard > limits on banks' market share of insured deposits and limited the size of > their non-deposit liabilities. > more details : > > http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217: > > > https://jischinger.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/senators-who-voted-for-wall-str… > > http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/vote_menu_111_2.htm > ( S.3217 pasted below ) > > > // > > before the vote : > > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/21/business/21fail.html > > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/business/22fail.html > > http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/04/21-7 > > "The bill would *place a cap on any financial institution*, limiting their > total assets to 3% of GDP (that would lower to 2% for banks, as opposed to > 3% for non-bank institutions). Currently, *the 6 largest banks have > holdings that equal 63% of GDP*. The Safe Banking Act would also impose a > 10% cap on any bank holding company’s share of insured deposits. Bank > holding companies and “selected nonbank financial institutions” would have a > leverage limit of 6%, meaning that they would not be able to lend out more > than around sixteen dollars for every dollar of capital in house." > > /// > > I also believe it is interesting to notice what has been approved, and what > has been rejected ( see below ). > > It seems to me that one of the results of what has been approved has been > an audit of some Federal Reserve Accounts : > http://sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/?id=9e2a4ea8-6e73-4be2-a753-62060dc… > > excerpt : > > "As a result of this audit, we now know that the Federal Reserve provided > more than $16 trillion in total financial assistance to some of the largest > financial institutions and corporations in the United States and throughout > the world," > > /// > > > http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/vote_menu_111_2.htm > > 00161<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 20-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Motion S.Amdt. 3739<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03739:> Agreed > to Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline RE: Dodd Amdt. No. > 3739; In the nature of a substitute. 00160<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 20-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 3739<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03739:> Agreed > to Upon Reconsideration Motion to Invoke Cloture on Amdt. No. 3739; In the > nature of a substitute. 00159<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 19-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Amendment S.Amdt. 3746<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03746:> > Rejected Whitehouse Amdt. No. 3746 As Modified Further; To restore to the > States the right to protect consumers from usurious lenders. 00158<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 19-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 3739<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03739:> > Rejected Motion to Invoke Cloture On Dodd Amdt. No. 3739; In the nature of > a substitute. 00157<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 18-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Amendment S.Amdt. 4072<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP04072:> Agreed > to Grassley Amdt. No. 4072; To provide for the independence of Inspectors > General of certain designated Federal entities, and for other purposes. > 00156<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 18-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4114<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP04114:> Agreed > to Motion to Table Dorgan Amdt. No. 4114; To ban naked credit default > swaps and for other purposes. 00155<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 18-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Amendment S.Amdt. 4071<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP04071:> Agreed > to Carper Amdt. No. 4071; To address the applicability and preservation of > certain State authorities, and for other purposes. 00154<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 18-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Amendment S.Amdt. 4034<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP04034:> > Rejected Corker Amdt. No. 4034; To address the applicability of certain > State authorities with respect to national banks, and for other purposes. > 00153<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 18-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Amendment S.Amdt. 4051<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP04051:> > Rejected Gregg Amdt. No. 4051 As Modified; To prohibit taxpayer bailouts > of fiscally irresponsible State and local governments. 00152<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 17-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Amendment S.Amdt. 3986<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03986:> Agreed > to Cornyn Amdt. No. 3986; To protect United States taxpayers from paying > for the bailouts of foreign governments. 00151<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 17-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Motion S.Amdt. 4020<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP04020:> > Rejected Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline RE: Crapo > Amdt. No. 4020; To limit further bailouts of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to > enhance the regulation and oversight of such enterprises, and for other > purposes. 00150<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 13-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Amendment S.Amdt. 3987<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03987:> > Rejected Thune Amdt. No. 3987; To provide for increased Congressional > oversight through a sunset of the authority created under title X related to > the creation of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. 00149<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 13-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Amendment S.Amdt. 3989<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03989:> Agreed > to Durbin Amdt. No. 3989 as Modified; To ensure that the fees that small > businesses and other entities are charged for accepting debit cards are > reasonable and proportional to the costs incurred, and to limit payment card > networks from imposing anti-competitive restrictions on small businesses and > other entities that accept payment cards. 00148<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 13-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Amendment S.Amdt. 3832<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03832:> > Rejected Sessions Amdt. No. 3832; To provide an orderly and transparent > bankruptcy process for non-bank financial institutions and prohibit bailout > authority. 00147<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 13-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Amendment S.Amdt. 3774<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03774:> Agreed > to LeMieux Amdt. No. 3774 as Modified; To remove statutory references to > credit rating agencies. 00146<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 13-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Amendment S.Amdt. 3991<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03991:> Agreed > to Franken Amdt. No. 3991; To instruct the Securities and Exchange > Commission to establish a self-regulatory organization to assign credit > rating agencies to provide initial credit ratings. 00145<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 12-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Amendment S.Amdt. 3943<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03943:> Agreed > to Reed Amdt. No. 3943; To establish a specific consumer protection > liaison for service members and their families, and for other purposes. > 00144<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 12-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Amendment S.Amdt. 3816<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03816:> > Rejected Chambliss Amdt. No. 3816; To implement regulatory oversight of > the swap markets, to improve regulator's access to information about all > swaps, to encourage clearing while preventing concentration of inadequately > hedged risks in central clearinghouses and ensuring that corporate end users > can continue to hedge their unique business risks, and to improve market > transparency. 00143<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 12-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Amendment S.Amdt. 3759<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03759:> Agreed > to Hutchison Amdt. No. 3759 as Modified; To maintain the role of the Board > of Governors as the supervisor of holding companies and State member banks. > 00142<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 12-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Amendment S.Amdt. 3955<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03955:> > Rejected Corker Amdt. No. 3955; To provide for a study of the asset-backed > securitization process and for residential mortgage underwriting standards. > 00141<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 12-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Amendment S.Amdt. 3962<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03962:> Agreed > to Merkley Amdt. No. 3962; To prohibit certain payments to loan > originators and to require verification by lenders of the ability of > consumers to repay loans. 00140<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 11-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Amendment S.Amdt. 3839<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03839:> > Rejected McCain Amdt. No. 3839; To provide for enhanced regulation of, and > to establish a term certain for the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and > Freddie Mac, to provide conditions for continued operation of such > enterprises, to provide for the wind down of such operations and the > dissolution of such enterprises, and to address budgetary treatment of such > enterprises. 00139<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 11-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Amendment S.Amdt. 3938<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03938:> Agreed > to Dodd Amdt. No. 3938; To require the Secretary of the Treasury to > conduct a study on ending the conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, > and reforming the housing finance system. 00138<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 11-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Amendment S.Amdt. 3760<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03760:> > Rejected Vitter Amdt. No. 3760; To address availability of information > concerning the meetings of the Federal Open Market Committee, and for other > purposes. 00137<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 11-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Amendment S.Amdt. 3738<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03738:> Agreed > to Sanders Amdt. No. 3738 as Modified; To require the non-partisan > Government Accountability Office to conduct an independent audit of the > Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System that does not interfere > with monetary policy, to let the American people know the names of the > recipients of over $2,000,000,000,000 in taxpayer assistance from the > Federal Reserve System, and for other purposes. 00136<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 06-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Amendment S.Amdt. 3733<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03733:> > Rejected Brown (OH) Amdt. No. 3733; To impose leverage and liability > limits on bank holding companies and financial companies. 00135<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 06-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Amendment S.Amdt. 3898<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03898:> > Rejected Ensign Amdt. No. 3898; To amend the definition of the term > "financial company" for purposes of limits on nondesposit liabilities. > 00134<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 06-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Motion Agreed to Motion to Instruct the Sgt. At Arms; An original bill > to promote the financial stability of the United States by improving > accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end "too big to > fail", to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect > consumers from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes. > 00133<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 06-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Amendment S.Amdt. 3826<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03826:> > Rejected Shelby Amdt. No. 3826; To establish a Division of Consumer > Financial Protection within the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and > for other purposes. 00132<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 06-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Amendment S.Amdt. 3749<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03749:> Agreed > to Tester Amdt. No. 3749; To require the Corporation to amend the > definition of the term "assessment base". 00131<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 05-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Amendment S.Amdt. 3827<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03827:> Agreed > to Shelby-Dodd Amdt. No. 3827; To improve the bill. 00130<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 05-May S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Amendment S.Amdt. 3737<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03737:> Agreed > to Boxer Amdt. No. 3737; To prohibit taxpayers from ever having to bail > out the financial sector. 00129<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 05-May PN1246 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Nancy D. > Freudenthal, of Wyoming, to be U.S. District Judge 00128<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 05-May PN1341 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Gloria M. Navarro, > of Nevada, to be U.S. District Judge 00127<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 28-Apr S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected Second Motion to Invoke Cloture > on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 3217; An original bill to promote > the financial stability of the United States by improving accountability and > transparency in the financial system, to end "too big to fail", to protect > the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers from abusive > financial services practices, and for other purposes. 00126<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 27-Apr S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected Upon Reconsideration Motion to > Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 3217; An original bill to > promote the financial stability of the United States by improving > accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end "too big to > fail", to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect > consumers from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes. > 00125<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 26-Apr S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Motion Agreed to Motion to Instruct the Sergeant at Arms; An original > bill to promote the financial stability of the United States by improving > accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end "too big to > fail", to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect > consumers from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes. > 00124<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> > 26-Apr S. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:> On > the Cloture Motion Rejected Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to > Proceed to Consider S. 3217; An original bill to promote the financial > stability of the United States by improving accountability and transparency > in the financial system, to end "too big to fail", to protect the American > taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers from abusive financial > services practices, and for other purposes. > Forwarded conversation > Subject: Matt Tiabbi : "If it is too big to fail, it is too big to exist" > ------------------------ > > From: *Dante-Gabryell Monson* <dante.monson(a)gmail.com> > Date: Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 8:21 PM > To: p2p-foundation <p2p-foundation(a)lists.ourproject.org>, > econowmix(a)googlegroups.com > > > Matt Tiabbi ( excerpts from video - cnn interview ) : > > Break up the banks - No More Too Big to Fail Companies - If it is too big > to fail, it is too big to exist. - Tax Payers should not be on the hook. > > > http://4closurefraud.org/2011/10/25/matt-tiabbi-owss-beef-wall-street-isnt-… > > or > > > http://yourmoney.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/22/occupy-wall-st-about-class-warfar… > > ---------- > From: *Dante-Gabryell Monson* <dante.monson(a)gmail.com> > Date: Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 8:35 PM > To: p2p-foundation <p2p-foundation(a)lists.ourproject.org>, > econowmix(a)googlegroups.com > > > and a continuation on the CNN interview... > > > http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/owss-beef-wall-street-i… > > Matt Tiabbi, > excerpts : > > "...we hate the rich? Come on. Success is the national religion, and almost > everyone is a believer. Americans *love *winners. But that's just the > problem. These guys on Wall Street are not winning – they're cheating. And > as much as we love the self-made success story, we hate the cheater that > much more." > > "This isn't disappointment at having lost. It's anger because those other > guys didn't really win, and people now want the score overturned. > > All weekend I was thinking about this “jealousy” question, and I just kept > coming back to all the different ways the game is rigged. People aren't > jealous and they don’t want privileges. They just want a level playing > field, and they want Wall Street to give up its cheat codes, ..." > > continued on > > http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/owss-beef-wall-street-i… > > >

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Fw: Plan to Save the Eurozone
by robert searle 26 Oct '11

26 Oct '11

Dear All, On Radio Four Stephanie Flanders actually suggested the idea of Free Money to be created, and apparently, many economists would agree. But ofcourse Germany hates the idea unlike France. This new money could be non-repayable, and pay off , or rather electronically pay, or electronically delete most the debt altogether. Ofcourse, money as repayable loans should also play a small part in the process but the monetary burden would be largely removed from the the people, and governments of the Europe especially Italy. However, a degree of "Austerity Measures" would still be necessary BUT IT WOULD NOT BE AS SEVERE AS BEFORE BECAUSE THE DEBT BURDEN WOULD BE LARGELY EXTINGUISHED. However, I am not quite sure what Soros is on about as I have not properly read his plan...but I present it all the same ! ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: George Soros info(a)georgesoros.com To: dharao4(a)yahoo.co.uk Sent: Tuesday, 25 October 2011, 17:49 Subject: Plan to Save the Eurozone Dear Friends and Colleagues, In today’s Financial Times, George proposes a seven-point plan to save the eurozone; see below. All best, Michael Vachon My seven-point plan to save the eurozone George Soros 1) Member states of the eurozone agree on the need for a new treaty creating a common treasury in due course. They appeal to European Central Bank to co-operate with the European financial stability facility in dealing with the financial crisis in the interim – the ECB to provide liquidity; the EFSF to accept the solvency risks. 2) Accordingly, the EFSF takes over the Greek bonds held by the ECB and the International Monetary Fund. This will re-establish co-operation between the ECB and eurozone governments and allow a meaningful voluntary reduction in the Greek debt with EFSF participation. 3) The EFSF is then used to guarantee the banking system, not government bonds. Recapitalisation is postponed but it will still be on a national basis when it occurs. This is in accordance with the German position and more helpful to France than immediate recapitalisation. 4) In return for the guarantee big banks agree to take instructions from the ECB acting on behalf of governments. Those who refuse are denied access to the discount window of the ECB. 5) The ECB instructs banks to maintain credit lines and loan portfolios while installing inspectors to control risks banks take for their own account. This removes one of the main sources of the current credit crunch and reassures financial markets. 6) To deal with the other major problem – the inability of some governments to borrow at reasonable interest rates – the ECB lowers the discount rate, encourages these governments to issue treasury bills and encourages the banks to keep their liquidity in the form of these bills instead of deposits at the ECB. Any ECB purchases are sterilised by the ECB issuing its own bills. The solvency risk is guaranteed by the EFSF. The ECB stops open market purchases. All this enables countries such as Italy to borrow short-term at very low cost while the ECB is not lending to the governments and not printing money. The creditor countries can indirectly impose discipline on Italy by controlling how much Rome can borrow in this way. 7) Markets will be impressed by the fact that the authorities are united and have sufficient funds at their disposal. Soon Italy will be able to borrow in the market at reasonable rates. Banks can be recapitalised and the eurozone member states can agree on a common fiscal policy in a calmer atmosphere. ***Please do not reply to this message. This email was generated automatically and responses are not monitored. © 2009 GeorgeSoros.com | All rights reserved | Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy

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Fwd: The Revolutionary Role of a Transnational Counterparty
by Michel Bauwens 26 Oct '11

26 Oct '11

dear chris, can you publish the text below on our blog? many thanks, from berkeley, Michel ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dmytri Kleiner/ Friends. <dk(a)telekommunisten.net> Date: Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 9:43 PM Subject: The Revolutionary Role of a Transnational Counterparty To: "Dmytri Kleiner/ Friends. Subscriber" <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> (Mailing list information, including unsubscription instructions, is located at the end of this message.) __ In explaining the Initiative to form an International Debtors' Party I have discussed the issues of why "Debtors" and why a "Party", now I would like to introduce some ideas as to how the Debtors' Party will be different from other parties, by proposing the idea of a "Transnational Counter-party." A Transnational Counterparty is a transformative political organisation, that works towards the goals of a world with no classes and therefore no state. It is Transnational, because, within itself, it recognizes no borders, and it is a Counter-party, because it's goal is not to transform society from top down by seizing the power of the State, but to fight for the social conditions required by existing and emerging community-initiated, bottom-up, forms of transformation. To engage in the political theatre and struggle against the plutocratic interests from the old society that would crush any new social developments that would challenge there privilege. To be a transformative structure requires divergent outwardly and inwardly characteristics. Being part of a transformation, such a structure is a creature of the current society, it's outwardly appearance and interfaces must be structured according the laws and practices of the existing society in order for it to function. Within itself it is an incubator for a new society and thereby the relations contained within itself must reflect those it want to achieve. It must be the revolution it seeks. It's external characteristics must be the characteristics it seeks in the society it strives to achieve. Venture Communism is such a transformative model, externally a joint-stock corporation, internally fostering commons-based production, Copyleft and Copy-far-left are also such transformative models, externally claiming property rights, while internally creating an information commons. Antithetical extrinsic and intrinsic characteristics are essential features of any transformative structure. Above all, the extrinsic structure must ensure that the regressive relations of the outside must not penetrate and corrupt those of the inside, the extrinsic characteristics must create a bastion that allows its intrinsic properties to develop and thrive. A Transnational Counterparty is such a transformative model, externally a network of regionally-bound Political Parties that contest elections for representation within hierarchical, authoritarian Governments, but internally operating as a radically participatory, non-hierarchical collective that operates without borders. The network of Political Parties it founds and co-ordinates must be legally recognized as eligible to participate in government, and thus, these local Parties are objects of specific Government jurisdiction. A Transnational Counterparty, however, must operate such local entities as extrinsic interfaces to local governments which are closely bound to it's own, fluid and participatory international internal democracy, and likewise it's elected candidates must not become holders of individual power, must must excercise power on behalf of the democratically established census of the global membership, contractually bound to do so, and to forfeit their position if they fail to do so. The ultimate power in the Transnational Counterparty must be held by the membership itself, and never either it's internal executive officials, nor it's candidates and representatives in local governments. All agents of the Transnational Counterparty must be held accountable to the global membership. The Transnational Counterparty can not ever be a ruling party, though it may have electoral success in places, the plutocratic parties will always hold more power. This is not a rule or principle of that the party needs to observe, this is a simple biproduct of the fact that it represents the new society, the emerging autonomous, collective communities striving to create a new ways of living. The plutocratic parties represent the powerful economic forces of the current society, and thus will always have more power so-long as the current society is not yet transformed. Once the social power of the communities represented by the Transnational Counterparty overcome the power of the plutocrats, this means that such a newtork of autonomous, independent and inter-dependant communities will be larger in it's social and economic base than that of the old society. Society will have already been transforme. classes will no longer exist, and without them nations will vanish. There will no longer be any ruling class or ruling party, the State will have withered away and the Transnational Counterparty will have dissolved into the fabric of the new society. By the time a Transnational Counterparty has the power to seize the State, their will no longer be any State to sieze. A nation is a body of people kept together for the purposes of rivalry and war with other similar bodies, and when competition shall have given place to combination, the function of the nation will be gone." -- William Morris http://dmytri.info/we-need-to-work-with-the-consciousness-we-fin http://dmytri.info/the-existence-of-demands-proves-the-existence -- The following information is a reminder of your current mailing list subscription: You are subscribed to the following list: Dmytri Kleiner/ Friends. using the following email: michelsub2004(a)gmail.com You may unsubscribe from this list at any time by visiting the following URL: http://freshsent.info/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/u/friends/michelsub2004/gmail.c… If the above URL is inoperable, make sure that you have copied the entire address. 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"Too Big to Fail" - Amendments Rejected in Safe Banking Act of 2010
by Dante-Gabryell Monson 26 Oct '11

26 Oct '11

Staying with the same topic , specific amendments reducing the risk of "too big to fail" related to the "Safe Banking Act of 2010<http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s3241/show>" have been rejected ( some more details below ). A case of "Regulatory Capture<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture>" to further investigate ? /// A May 7 2010 reaction by TYT Network : *"Too Big To Fail Bank Bill Killed By Bought Politicians" * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8-JXhzXdSU // more on the bill that did not pass : S.3241 - SAFE Banking Act of 2010 http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s3241/show *"It was voted on and rejected as an amendment to the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill, 33-61."* // http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/05/07/us-financial-regulation-size-idUS… *(Reuters) - The Senate Thursday rejected a proposal that would split up the six largest banks in an effort to ensure that large financial firms do not threaten the economy if they fail.* The measure, which failed by a vote of 33 to 61, would have placed hard limits on banks' market share of insured deposits and limited the size of their non-deposit liabilities. more details : http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217: https://jischinger.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/senators-who-voted-for-wall-str… http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/vote_menu_111_2.htm ( S.3217 pasted below ) // before the vote : http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/21/business/21fail.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/business/22fail.html http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/04/21-7 "The bill would *place a cap on any financial institution*, limiting their total assets to 3% of GDP (that would lower to 2% for banks, as opposed to 3% for non-bank institutions). Currently, *the 6 largest banks have holdings that equal 63% of GDP*. The Safe Banking Act would also impose a 10% cap on any bank holding company’s share of insured deposits. Bank holding companies and “selected nonbank financial institutions” would have a leverage limit of 6%, meaning that they would not be able to lend out more than around sixteen dollars for every dollar of capital in house." /// I also believe it is interesting to notice what has been approved, and what has been rejected ( see below ). It seems to me that one of the results of what has been approved has been an audit of some Federal Reserve Accounts : http://sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/?id=9e2a4ea8-6e73-4be2-a753-62060dc… excerpt : "As a result of this audit, we now know that the Federal Reserve provided more than $16 trillion in total financial assistance to some of the largest financial institutions and corporations in the United States and throughout the world," /// http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/vote_menu_111_2.htm 00161<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 20-MayS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the Motion S.Amdt. 3739 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03739:>Agreed toMotion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline RE: Dodd Amdt. No. 3739; In the nature of a substitute.00160<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 20-MayS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 3739<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03739:>Agreed toUpon Reconsideration Motion to Invoke Cloture on Amdt. No. 3739; In the nature of a substitute.00159<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 19-MayS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3746<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03746:> RejectedWhitehouse Amdt. No. 3746 As Modified Further; To restore to the States the right to protect consumers from usurious lenders.00158<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 19-MayS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 3739<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03739:> RejectedMotion to Invoke Cloture On Dodd Amdt. No. 3739; In the nature of a substitute.00157<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 18-MayS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4072<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP04072:>Agreed toGrassley Amdt. No. 4072; To provide for the independence of Inspectors General of certain designated Federal entities, and for other purposes.00156<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 18-MayS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4114<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP04114:>Agreed toMotion to Table Dorgan Amdt. No. 4114; To ban naked credit default swaps and for other purposes.00155<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 18-MayS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4071<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP04071:>Agreed toCarper Amdt. No. 4071; To address the applicability and preservation of certain State authorities, and for other purposes.00154<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 18-MayS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4034<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP04034:> RejectedCorker Amdt. No. 4034; To address the applicability of certain State authorities with respect to national banks, and for other purposes.00153<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 18-MayS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4051<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP04051:> RejectedGregg Amdt. No. 4051 As Modified; To prohibit taxpayer bailouts of fiscally irresponsible State and local governments.00152<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 17-MayS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3986<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03986:>Agreed toCornyn Amdt. No. 3986; To protect United States taxpayers from paying for the bailouts of foreign governments.00151<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 17-MayS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the Motion S.Amdt. 4020 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP04020:> RejectedMotion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline RE: Crapo Amdt. No. 4020; To limit further bailouts of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to enhance the regulation and oversight of such enterprises, and for other purposes.00150<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 13-MayS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3987<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03987:> RejectedThune Amdt. No. 3987; To provide for increased Congressional oversight through a sunset of the authority created under title X related to the creation of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.00149<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 13-MayS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3989<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03989:>Agreed toDurbin Amdt. No. 3989 as Modified; To ensure that the fees that small businesses and other entities are charged for accepting debit cards are reasonable and proportional to the costs incurred, and to limit payment card networks from imposing anti-competitive restrictions on small businesses and other entities that accept payment cards.00148<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 13-MayS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3832<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03832:> RejectedSessions Amdt. No. 3832; To provide an orderly and transparent bankruptcy process for non-bank financial institutions and prohibit bailout authority.00147<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 13-MayS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3774<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03774:>Agreed toLeMieux Amdt. No. 3774 as Modified; To remove statutory references to credit rating agencies.00146<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 13-MayS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3991<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03991:>Agreed toFranken Amdt. No. 3991; To instruct the Securities and Exchange Commission to establish a self-regulatory organization to assign credit rating agencies to provide initial credit ratings.00145<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 12-MayS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3943<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03943:>Agreed toReed Amdt. No. 3943; To establish a specific consumer protection liaison for service members and their families, and for other purposes.00144<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 12-MayS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3816<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03816:> RejectedChambliss Amdt. No. 3816; To implement regulatory oversight of the swap markets, to improve regulator's access to information about all swaps, to encourage clearing while preventing concentration of inadequately hedged risks in central clearinghouses and ensuring that corporate end users can continue to hedge their unique business risks, and to improve market transparency.00143<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 12-MayS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3759<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03759:>Agreed toHutchison Amdt. No. 3759 as Modified; To maintain the role of the Board of Governors as the supervisor of holding companies and State member banks. 00142<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 12-MayS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3955<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03955:> RejectedCorker Amdt. No. 3955; To provide for a study of the asset-backed securitization process and for residential mortgage underwriting standards. 00141<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 12-MayS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3962<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03962:>Agreed toMerkley Amdt. No. 3962; To prohibit certain payments to loan originators and to require verification by lenders of the ability of consumers to repay loans.00140<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 11-MayS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3839<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03839:> RejectedMcCain Amdt. No. 3839; To provide for enhanced regulation of, and to establish a term certain for the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to provide conditions for continued operation of such enterprises, to provide for the wind down of such operations and the dissolution of such enterprises, and to address budgetary treatment of such enterprises.00139<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 11-MayS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3938<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03938:>Agreed toDodd Amdt. No. 3938; To require the Secretary of the Treasury to conduct a study on ending the conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and reforming the housing finance system.00138<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 11-MayS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3760<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03760:> RejectedVitter Amdt. No. 3760; To address availability of information concerning the meetings of the Federal Open Market Committee, and for other purposes.00137<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 11-MayS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3738<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03738:>Agreed toSanders Amdt. No. 3738 as Modified; To require the non-partisan Government Accountability Office to conduct an independent audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System that does not interfere with monetary policy, to let the American people know the names of the recipients of over $2,000,000,000,000 in taxpayer assistance from the Federal Reserve System, and for other purposes.00136<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 06-MayS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3733<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03733:> RejectedBrown (OH) Amdt. No. 3733; To impose leverage and liability limits on bank holding companies and financial companies.00135<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 06-MayS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3898<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03898:> RejectedEnsign Amdt. No. 3898; To amend the definition of the term "financial company" for purposes of limits on nondesposit liabilities.00134<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 06-MayS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the MotionAgreed toMotion to Instruct the Sgt. At Arms; An original bill to promote the financial stability of the United States by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end "too big to fail", to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes. 00133<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 06-MayS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3826<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03826:> RejectedShelby Amdt. No. 3826; To establish a Division of Consumer Financial Protection within the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and for other purposes.00132<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 06-MayS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3749<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03749:>Agreed toTester Amdt. No. 3749; To require the Corporation to amend the definition of the term "assessment base".00131<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 05-MayS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3827<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03827:>Agreed toShelby-Dodd Amdt. No. 3827; To improve the bill.00130<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 05-MayS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3737<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP03737:>Agreed toBoxer Amdt. No. 3737; To prohibit taxpayers from ever having to bail out the financial sector.00129<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 05-MayPN1246On the NominationConfirmedConfirmation Nancy D. Freudenthal, of Wyoming, to be U.S. District Judge00128<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 05-MayPN1341On the NominationConfirmedConfirmation Gloria M. Navarro, of Nevada, to be U.S. District Judge00127<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 28-AprS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedRejectedSecond Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 3217; An original bill to promote the financial stability of the United States by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end "too big to fail", to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes.00126<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 27-AprS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedRejectedUpon Reconsideration Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 3217; An original bill to promote the financial stability of the United States by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end "too big to fail", to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes. 00125<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 26-AprS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the MotionAgreed toMotion to Instruct the Sergeant at Arms; An original bill to promote the financial stability of the United States by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end "too big to fail", to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes. 00124<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf…> 26-AprS. 3217 <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03217:>On the Cloture MotionRejectedMotion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 3217; An original bill to promote the financial stability of the United States by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end "too big to fail", to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes. Forwarded conversation Subject: Matt Tiabbi : "If it is too big to fail, it is too big to exist" ------------------------ From: *Dante-Gabryell Monson* <dante.monson(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 8:21 PM To: p2p-foundation <p2p-foundation(a)lists.ourproject.org>, econowmix(a)googlegroups.com Matt Tiabbi ( excerpts from video - cnn interview ) : Break up the banks - No More Too Big to Fail Companies - If it is too big to fail, it is too big to exist. - Tax Payers should not be on the hook. http://4closurefraud.org/2011/10/25/matt-tiabbi-owss-beef-wall-street-isnt-… or http://yourmoney.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/22/occupy-wall-st-about-class-warfar… ---------- From: *Dante-Gabryell Monson* <dante.monson(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 8:35 PM To: p2p-foundation <p2p-foundation(a)lists.ourproject.org>, econowmix(a)googlegroups.com and a continuation on the CNN interview... http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/owss-beef-wall-street-i… Matt Tiabbi, excerpts : "...we hate the rich? Come on. Success is the national religion, and almost everyone is a believer. Americans *love *winners. But that's just the problem. These guys on Wall Street are not winning – they're cheating. And as much as we love the self-made success story, we hate the cheater that much more." "This isn't disappointment at having lost. It's anger because those other guys didn't really win, and people now want the score overturned. All weekend I was thinking about this “jealousy” question, and I just kept coming back to all the different ways the game is rigged. People aren't jealous and they don’t want privileges. They just want a level playing field, and they want Wall Street to give up its cheat codes, ..." continued on http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/owss-beef-wall-street-i… ---------- From: *Natalie * Date: Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 2:15 AM To: dante.monson(a)gmail.com, P2P Foundation mailing list < p2p-foundation(a)lists.ourproject.org> Cheers & Kudos to Matt for all he’s done to make this understandable for many Americans. ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ P2P Foundation - Mailing list http://www.p2pfoundation.net https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation

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Regarding MMT being a cult
by ideasinc＠ee.net 26 Oct '11

26 Oct '11

From Stephanie Kelton at the UMKC economics department Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:15:13 -0400 Have these folks look at our Twitter following. Journalists, progressive groups, reporters (Reuters and such, not crackpots), MPs (two of them, actually, one a Labor MP from Wales and one from Netherlands (socialist party). Randy and I are now recognized as "contributors" at Truthdig. Anything we write for them (as our New New Deal piece of 2 weeks ago) will be picked up by scores of other progressive sites (Counterpunch ran our latest after it appeared in Truthdig), as well as less progressive places like Global Economic Intersection (which also ran it). Roughly half of MMT blogs are run by traders -- not economists (Pragmatic Capitalism, Center of the Universe, Naked Capitalism, CreditWritedowns (and Ed Harris was an Austrian before he discovered, and then wrestled with, MMT). We are becoming the mainstream in economics, and history will not be kind to the holdouts. We have been right about every major economic event (both forecasting it and then explaining why the policy response would fail to bring about the desired results). Krugman didn't say that QE wouldn't work. We did. Dean Baker is moving toward OUR position. His latest piece on SocSec is a clear indication. In it, he says that there is no reason that SocSec can't be funded out of general revenue FOREVER. That IS MMT. Affordability is not the issue. Why do you think he said that? We know Dean. We like him as a person. But he is NOT a macro economist, and he does not understand the monetary system/government finance. Same goes for Krugman. Not a macro person. Ellen Brown has gotten much better. Why? Because behind the scenes, she is sending e-mails like crazy, seeking input from Randy, Marshall and other MMTers!!! It's nuts. They love these guys, and they are getting their material from us. snip Stephanie

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Fwd: [members_pjsa] Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, and 1, 000 others occupy Columbus Circle
by Michel Bauwens 26 Oct '11

26 Oct '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Marvin Brown <mbrown(a)workingethics.com> Date: Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 9:37 AM Subject: Fwd: [members_pjsa] Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, and 1,000 others occupy Columbus Circle To: Michel Bauwens <michel(a)p2pfoundation.net> Begin forwarded message: *From: *barbarawien(a)verizon.net *Date: *October 25, 2011 6:53:48 PM PDT *To: *members_pjsa(a)lists.riseup.net *Subject: **[members_pjsa] Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, and 1,000 others occupy Columbus Circle* Brief clip of 1000 marching from 94th Street to 59th with Pete, Arlo and other musicians in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street. They then had a good old fashioned hootenanny in the heart of NYC! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkcu-PDJ9OY&feature=player_embedded ----- You have received this message because you are a member of the Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA). To unsubscribe from the list, send mail to members_pjsa-unsubscribe(a)lists.riseup.net. Alternately, you can login, click 'Your Subscriptions', click on the name of the list, then click 'Unsubscribe'. The PJSA is a non-profit organization that was formed in 2001 as a result of a merger of the Consortium on Peace Research, Education and Development (COPRED) and the Peace Studies Association (PSA). Both organizations provided leadership in the broadly defined fields of peace, conflict and justice studies. We are dedicated to bringing together academics, K-12 teachers and grassroots activists to explore alternatives to violence, and share visions and strategies for social justice and social change. PJSA also serves as a professional association for scholars in the fields of peace and conflict resolution studies. For more information please visit our website at: http://www.peacejusticestudies.org. www.civilizingtheeconomy.com -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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is ending the fed a bad idea?
by Michel Bauwens 26 Oct '11

26 Oct '11

I would love to publish a debate about this position: see: http://www.alternet.org/story/152810/four_things_occupy_wall_street_should_… ? -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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new report on additive manufacturing
by Michel Bauwens 26 Oct '11

26 Oct '11

http://p2pfoundation.net/Technologies,_Potential,_and_Implications_of_Addit… Dear Chris, Could you announce this in our blog .. there's a pdf of the report at http://www.acus.org/files/publication_pdfs/403/101711_ACUS_3DPrinting.PDF -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Just Curious About This Discussion Group...
by robert searle 26 Oct '11

26 Oct '11

Michel, et al, I am just wondering how many people are members here, and are the numbers slowly increasing? I know quality is better than quantity...but it is always good to see "new faces" on such a discussion as this... RS. http://www.p2pfoundation.net/Robert_Searle

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Fw: We can't wait
by robert searle 26 Oct '11

26 Oct '11

----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "James Kvaal, BarackObama.com" <info(a)barackobama.com> To: Robert Searle <dharao4(a)yahoo.co.uk> Sent: Tuesday, 25 October 2011, 2:41 Subject: We can't wait Robert -- Now that each and every Senate Republican has vowed to block measures that would create jobs, President Obama is not going to wait for them to rebuild the economy and bring financial security back to the middle class. Today, he announced new rules on federal mortgages to prevent more families from losing their homes to foreclosure. And that's just the beginning -- the President said he would continue to make the changes he can by executive action, while continuing to urge Congress to act on legislation to strengthen the economy and create jobs. If Congress doesn't act, he will -- because millions of Americans can't just wait for Congress to do their jobs. That's why thousands of you have been calling and tweeting your representatives over the past month, joining the President in sending a message to lawmakers in Washington that they need to act now. We're not just going to continue to wait -- and we'll be keeping up the pressure by making sure they're hearing from folks across the country every day about why they need to act. Will you share your story -- and join President Obama in telling Congress that we can't and won't wait? Republicans in Congress have repeatedly filibustered the President's ideas to create jobs now -- ideas that until recently were supported by Republicans. The President's action today also stands in stark contrast to the positions of the Republicans running for president. Mitt Romney even told a newspaper last week that we actually shouldn't act; we should let the housing crisis "run its course" and "hit the bottom" so that "investors" can come in and buy up these homes at cheap prices. He's saying to homeowners that they are on their own, forcing thousands of families to explain to their kids why they have to give up their homes. Doing nothing while families struggle: that's the opposite of what this president and this campaign stand for. President Obama isn't going to let Congress' inaction stop him from doing what he can right now. So here's what the President's announcement means: -- More families whose homes are under water will get help and save money on their monthly mortgage payment through the Home Affordable Refinance Programs. -- If the value of your mortgage is $100,000 and your house is valued at $75,000, you previously weren't able to refinance to save your home -- forcing many families to pay higher interest rates. As a result of today's announcement, many more responsible homeowners will be able to lower their rates and pay their debts. -- And this is just one of the incremental changes to come. Next, the President will announce new steps to help young people manage their federal student loan debt while they look for a job and get on their feet. He'll also take action to help small businesses and entrepreneurs, spur the engines of job growth, create new jobs, and assist veterans in finding them. These measures alone are not a comprehensive solution to the economic challenges we face. That needs to come out of Congress -- and if they're going to finally put party aside, they're going to need to keep hearing from us. President Obama is stepping up the pressure, and he's counting on us to keep going, too. Get the President's back and keep the heat on Congress -- tell your story of why we can't wait any longer: http://my.barackobama.com/We-Cant-Wait Thanks, James James Kvaal Policy Director Obama for America This email was sent to: dharao4(a)yahoo.co.uk Update address | Unsubscribe

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