tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21778073.post8669150005686018866..comments2023-09-10T10:36:55.526-04:00Comments on AD JESU<i>m</i> PER MARIAM: Problem:A Natural Gas OPEC - Solution: PelletsThomas Coolberthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18006353689817752538noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21778073.post-43608656811631074852009-09-11T07:41:47.219-04:002009-09-11T07:41:47.219-04:00Using wood pellets is not such a huge problem.. we...Using wood pellets is not such a huge problem.. we just have to try it. But it can really be expensive though<br /><br />http://woodburningstoveinfo.co.ukAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21778073.post-31651042713597746302007-04-17T10:43:00.000-04:002007-04-17T10:43:00.000-04:00Gen wrote:"Socialism wants to set the minimum wage...Gen wrote:<BR/><BR/>"Socialism wants to set the minimum wage, distributism believes that if employment occurs, it must pay a living wage because an employee's wage should be set by what he needs to live."<BR/><BR/>This is where I get nervous. Who sets the living wage?<BR/><BR/>I agree that Capitalism has run amuck in this country and the oil companies are bleeding us dry but I don't believe any of the Popes addressed distributism- maybe they identified elements of it without mentioning it by name?M. Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11628512667279950596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21778073.post-10892133772860462962007-04-12T18:38:00.000-04:002007-04-12T18:38:00.000-04:00Thanks gen, thats a good start to get us thinking ...Thanks gen, thats a good start to get us thinking on these issues.<BR/><BR/>There needs to be a Catholic way of thinking for modern economic man. Now, we all know socialism for the evil that it is. We also need to analyze, capitalism, especially corporate capitalism that threatens to invade every aspect of our lives as surely as socialism would.<BR/><BR/>These two, socialism and corporate capitalism have been courting each other, like a synthesis of theological heresies, and that portends danger for the modern man.<BR/><BR/>Corporate capitalism sometimes seeks to wipe out and co-opt localized free market capitalism they same way the neo-catholics have sought to co-opt and wipe out Tradition.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes you run into pure monopolies like the natural gas company so the home heat issue is a good way for a Catholic family to strike back.Thomas Coolberthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006353689817752538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21778073.post-56893172906304338752007-04-12T08:24:00.000-04:002007-04-12T08:24:00.000-04:00I don't think Chesterton was overstepping his boun...I don't think Chesterton was overstepping his bounds by discussing economics at all because economics is the attempt to predict human behaviour in the marketplace. Thus Chesterton and Belloc were simply influenced by Rerum Novarum, an encyclical reviewing the moral behaviour of men in the market.<BR/><BR/>This is the main argument between Catholics who claim the popes have no competency in economics -as if economics were a true science- while those of us who believe moral behaviour is completely related to the financial world.<BR/><BR/>Socialism wishes all power centralised to the federal government, Distributism wishes more local cooperation and governance. <BR/><BR/>Socialism is interested in federal price control, Distributism believes our economies are best suited by both supply and demand as well as price negociations through local guilds and consumers.<BR/><BR/>Socialism believes in state employment and public properties, whilst distributism believes in more private property and self-ownership/cooperative businesses.<BR/><BR/>Socialism wants to set the minimum wage, distributism believes that if employment occurs, it must pay a living wage because an employee's wage should be set by what he needs to live.Richard Alemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05272016770106926094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21778073.post-39505371322971289092007-04-11T22:07:00.000-04:002007-04-11T22:07:00.000-04:00Good, I've been waiting for someone to explain Dis...Good, I've been waiting for someone to explain Distributism to me.<BR/><BR/>I'm worried that it is really socialism when applied economically because it seems to have been conceived by G.K. Chesterton who was a romantic idealist. Though I like him none the less for it, I'm worried he was overreaching getting involved in economic policy.M. Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11628512667279950596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21778073.post-64877812819901427222007-04-10T18:04:00.000-04:002007-04-10T18:04:00.000-04:00Thanks Roy, I was just at your Distributist Review...Thanks Roy, I was just at your Distributist Review blog a minute ago. It's an honor to have you post here.<BR/><BR/>As a matter of fact, I'm trudging through Chesterton's Orthodoxy right now but its a tough read for a non-philosopher (as I had heard.)<BR/><BR/>I think Chesterton and Distriburtism will keep me busy for the next thirty years or so ... all this has stirred a deep interest in me.Thomas Coolberthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006353689817752538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21778073.post-28642260151555497052007-04-09T23:40:00.000-04:002007-04-09T23:40:00.000-04:00Mr. Shawn, this is Roy F. Moore, a contributor to ...Mr. Shawn, this is Roy F. Moore, a contributor to the weblog "The Distributist Review" and moderator of the Distributism Yahoo Group.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your interest in this alternative to BOTH Capitalism and Socialism. I invite you to check out both the weblog and the Yahoo Group for more information and discussion on this alternative.<BR/><BR/>BTW, I encourage you to visit our colleague at the weblog "The ChesterBelloc Mandate". It is an archive of many articles relating to both Distributism and the Social Teachings of the Church. Hours of good reading for you.<BR/><BR/>The Review's address:<BR/><BR/>http://distributism.blogspot.com<BR/><BR/>The Mandate's address:<BR/><BR/>http://distributist.blogspot.com<BR/><BR/>Permit me to also mention checking out the website of the American Chesterton Society:<BR/><BR/>http://www.chesterton.org<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your time. May you and yours have a safe and Holy Easter Season. Praise be Jesus Christ!Roy F. Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02404597899864235343noreply@blogger.com