Today in labor history Jan 3 demand food for their starving families, warning they would take it by

[Omaha Steve]

January 03


Wobblie Tom Mooney tried in San Francisco for Preparedness Day bombing - 1917

In a familiar scene during the Great Depression, some 500 farmers, black and white, their crops ruined by a long drought, march into downtown England, Ark., to demand food for their starving families, warning they would take it by force if necessary. Town fathers frantically contacted the Red Cross; each family went home with two weeks’ rations - 1931

[.... callchet ....]

1. Be there soon

Can Obama fight the republicans and avoid this. I'll stand by him no matter what.

[.... callchet ....]

2. People should not have to beg for food.

Set up food banks now and start fighting the resistance. Open this can of worms and open a can of whuup ass at the same time

[.... callchet ....]

3. I want this to stay up front

People should not have to beg for food.
Set up food banks now and start fighting the resistance. Open this can of worms and open a can of whuup ass at the same time
" People First "

[pnorman]

4. Tom Mooney was an outspoken member of the Socialist Party, but I don't believe he was a Wobbly.

But perhaps his co-defendant Warren Billinngs was.

pnorman

[David Ricardo]

5. Equilibrium Prices

Prevent shortages. A price ceiling leads to hoarding. You might not like it occurs almost everywhere and anywhere. Recently in order to hedge inflation, Zimbabwe instituted price controls, so goods went off the market and the ones that were available and resold for arbitrage.

The only people that benefit from price controls are speculators and arbitragers, as the black market gets the goods back to the people most able to afford them.