This article/story is one of many on this site that has been written by Guyana-born Ewalt (Waltie) Ainsworth. He left Guyana in the early 1980’s and now lives in New Jersey. He is now almost totally blind but this impediment has not stopped his academic studies or his ability to craft his interesting and sometimes amusing stories about Guyana, the USA, and life. E-mail: jenewalt@aol.com
MY GUYANA EL DORADO
BY EWALT AINSWORTH
Every citizen, every denizen born of woman, is sovereign to a country. My Guyana El Dorado, in rum and in nature, has been diluted in more ways than one. The Guyanese people have stopped eating ‘hand-to-mouth and have devolved into eating ‘battie-to mouth.’ As soon as the fowl lay the egg, they drop it and cook it. As soon as Western Union delivers the money order, they start spending. They do not see a future ahead. Continue reading →
Robert Reich Debunks 6 Big GOP Lies About The Economy that Citizens should be aware of
Big Lie One: If you give tax cuts to the rich and to the corporations, everybody will benefit and it will all trickle down. Big Lie Two: If you shrink government, you create more jobs. Big Lie Three: Taxes on the rich hurt the economy. Big Lie Four: If you get jobs back the debt shrinks as a proportion of the national economy. It becomes more and more manageable. Big Lie Five: Social security is a ponzi scheme. Big Lie Six: We need to tax the poor.
ABOUT ROBERT REICH
Robert Reich is Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley. He has served in three national administrations, most recently as secretary of labor under President Bill Clinton. He has written thirteen books, including The Work of Nations, Locked in the Cabinet, Supercapitalism, and his most recent book, Aftershock. His “Marketplace” commentaries can be found on publicradio.com and iTunes.
This article was originally posted on Robert Reich’s blog.
