Comments on: Hmmm… http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/03/13/hmmm/ A graduate student in mathematics and a modern languages major take on politics and culture with the following aspirational motto: ‘Deregulate your mind.’ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:49:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Curt http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/03/13/hmmm/#comment-496 Curt Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:46:23 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/03/13/hmmm/#comment-496 <p><i>"The regime made many improvements in social insurance programs and benefits, but these changes were conceived to serve the regime rather than the population."</i></p> <p>With most historians, this assumption that the goal of every government program is malevolent, or at least purely self-serving, only seems to apply to the Nazis, but, my ignorance of the specificities of social support programs notwithstanding, I can't find any very striking differences between the Nazi pension program and its equivalent in, say, my fair country of residence, France.</p> “The regime made many improvements in social insurance programs and benefits, but these changes were conceived to serve the regime rather than the population.”

With most historians, this assumption that the goal of every government program is malevolent, or at least purely self-serving, only seems to apply to the Nazis, but, my ignorance of the specificities of social support programs notwithstanding, I can’t find any very striking differences between the Nazi pension program and its equivalent in, say, my fair country of residence, France.

]]> By: shonk http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/03/13/hmmm/#comment-495 shonk Wed, 16 Mar 2005 04:43:16 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/03/13/hmmm/#comment-495 <p><a href="http://www.country-studies.com/germany/social-insurance-and-welfare-programs.html" rel="nofollow">Here</a>, apparently.</p> Here, apparently.

]]> By: elliot http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/03/13/hmmm/#comment-494 elliot Wed, 16 Mar 2005 02:51:10 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/03/13/hmmm/#comment-494 <p>Ha..well done Rossamus. Where's that from?</p> Ha..well done Rossamus. Where’s that from?

]]> By: Rossamus http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/03/13/hmmm/#comment-493 Rossamus Wed, 16 Mar 2005 02:08:30 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/03/13/hmmm/#comment-493 <p>"The Hitler regime introduced major changes in individual programs and program administration. In 1934 the regime dismantled the self-governance structure of all social insurance programs and appointed directors who reported to the central authorities. The regime made many improvements in social insurance programs and benefits, but these changes were conceived to serve the regime rather than the population. In 1938 artisans came to be covered under compulsory social insurance, and in 1941 public health insurance coverage was extended to pensioners. In 1942 all wage-earners regardless of occupation were covered by accident insurance, health care became unlimited, and maternity leave was extended to twelve fully paid weeks with job protection."</p> <p>Hitler seemed to advocate the opposite of Bush's program.</p> “The Hitler regime introduced major changes in individual programs and program administration. In 1934 the regime dismantled the self-governance structure of all social insurance programs and appointed directors who reported to the central authorities. The regime made many improvements in social insurance programs and benefits, but these changes were conceived to serve the regime rather than the population. In 1938 artisans came to be covered under compulsory social insurance, and in 1941 public health insurance coverage was extended to pensioners. In 1942 all wage-earners regardless of occupation were covered by accident insurance, health care became unlimited, and maternity leave was extended to twelve fully paid weeks with job protection.”

Hitler seemed to advocate the opposite of Bush’s program.

]]> By: shonk http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/03/13/hmmm/#comment-492 shonk Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:06:25 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/03/13/hmmm/#comment-492 <p><i>wouldn’t it be safe to say that Adolf would be for social security as it is?</i></p> <p>Yes, I think that would be a safe assumption. Which, again, is more ironic than most people seem to be able to deal with.</p> wouldn’t it be safe to say that Adolf would be for social security as it is?

Yes, I think that would be a safe assumption. Which, again, is more ironic than most people seem to be able to deal with.

]]> By: Andy Stedman http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/03/13/hmmm/#comment-491 Andy Stedman Mon, 14 Mar 2005 15:51:07 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/03/13/hmmm/#comment-491 <p>I'm not familiar with every program the Nazi party implemented and promoted, but wouldn't it be safe to say that Adolf would be <i>for</i> social security as it is?</p> I’m not familiar with every program the Nazi party implemented and promoted, but wouldn’t it be safe to say that Adolf would be for social security as it is?

]]> By: Curt http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/03/13/hmmm/#comment-490 Curt Sun, 13 Mar 2005 11:10:17 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2005/03/13/hmmm/#comment-490 <p>I wonder what people used for purposes of wild hysterical hyperbole before Hitler came along. I mean, in the '30's you couldn't say: "This Hitler guy, he's as bad as Hitler!" Genghis Khan? A bit too remote. Ivan the Terrible? Too obscure. Was the Antichrist in vogue up until WWII? I should think it hardly needs to be said, but this just reinforces I point I made some time ago, that those who spend all their time protesting and fighting against something they really loathe tend to let their imaginations and entire lives become dominated by it, often to the point where they can't imagine any real alternative to it (the last election, anyone?). Sort of like a spiritual law of the excluded middle.</p> I wonder what people used for purposes of wild hysterical hyperbole before Hitler came along. I mean, in the ’30’s you couldn’t say: “This Hitler guy, he’s as bad as Hitler!” Genghis Khan? A bit too remote. Ivan the Terrible? Too obscure. Was the Antichrist in vogue up until WWII? I should think it hardly needs to be said, but this just reinforces I point I made some time ago, that those who spend all their time protesting and fighting against something they really loathe tend to let their imaginations and entire lives become dominated by it, often to the point where they can’t imagine any real alternative to it (the last election, anyone?). Sort of like a spiritual law of the excluded middle.

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