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Written               and               edited               by               Howard               Zinn               and               Anthony               Arnove,               Voices               of               a               People's               History               of               the               United               States               is               a               companion               piece               to               Zinn's               best-selling               A               People's               History               of               the               United               States:               1492-Present,               a               narrative               of               the               country's               history               that               was               written,               according               to               Zinn,               "to               awaken               a               greater               consciousness               of               class               conflict,               racial               injustice,               sexual               inequality               and               national               arrogance."               He               uses               brief               excerpts               from               a               wealth               of               sources               to               provide               a               more               accurate               and               more               complete               picture               of               the               country's               past.

In               Voices               of…               Zinn               and               Arnove               let               the               people               speak               for               themselves               at               length               through               articles,               letters,               speeches,               poems,               interviews,               reports,               song               lyrics,               et               al.

Beginning               with               Columbus'               "discovery"               of               America               and               the               Arawak               Indians               and               concluding               with               reactions               to               9/11/01               and               the               War               on               Terror,               many               diverse               voices               of               concerned               citizens               are               on               full               display.

Both               books               provide               an               alternative               view               of               U.S.

History               through               the               words               of               those               who               weren't               in               the               majority               or               in               power,               yet               were               compelled               by               their               convictions               to               stand               up,               speak               out               and               suffer               the               consequences               for               what               they               believed               was               right               and               just.

Chapter               one               begins               with               the               diary               of               Columbus,               which               has               been               partially               quoted               and               partially               summarized               from               a               transcript               that               was               discovered               in               1790.

It               is               contrasted               with               the               writings               of               Bartolome               de               Las               Casas,               who               witnessed               the               crimes               committed               against               the               people               of               Hispaniola               and               protested               against               their               enslavement               and               genocide               before               the               Spanish               Royal               Council.
               The               book               then               moves               to               the               colonies.

A               chapter               about               slaves               includes               their               petitions               to               state               legislatures               requesting               their               freedom.

The               plight               and               anger               of               indentured               servants               is               illustrated               through               reports               of               rioting               in               Exeter,               New               Hampshire,               against               the               authorities               that               attempted               to               learn               who               chopped               down               trees               for               firewood,               and               also               in               Newport,               Rhode               Island,               as               500               seamen               revolted               against               their               five-week               impressments               in               the               British               Navy.
               In               1763,               the               French               were               defeated               in               the               Seven               Years'               War               and               were               no               longer               a               threat               in               North               America.

The               colonial               leaders               no               longer               needed               British               protection,               but               Britain               needed               the               colonies'               wealth               to               help               pay               the               debt               incurred               fighting               the               war.

This               struggle               led               to               the               Revolutionary               War.

Boston               became               a               focal               point               as               evidenced               by               reaction               to               the               Stamp               Act,               eyewitness               testimony               about               the               Boston               Massacre               and               a               participant's               recollection               of               the               Boston               Tea               Party.
               During               the               Civil               War,               Voices               of…               looks               at               the               conflict               between               rich               and               poor               on               both               sides               rather               than               focus               on               the               military               struggle,               which               has               been               extensively               covered               elsewhere.

Reports               show               6,000               New               Yorkers               assaulting               flour               merchants,               who               were               accused               of               hoarding               to               drive               up               prices               while               the               south               was               suffering               from               bread               riots               due               to               the               growing               costs               of               the               war.

Both               sides               saw               draft               riots               from               people               who               didn't               feel               it               was               their               fight.
               The               Gilded               Age               saw               the               expansion               of               the               country's               commerce,               industry               and               territory,               but               the               majority               of               people               didn't               share               in               the               gains.

Many               thousands               died               or               were               incapacitated               from               unsafe               working               conditions.

As               a               result,               workers               went               on               strike               and               formed               unions,               which               also               cost               people               their               lives.

The               employers               and               government               used               goons               and               soldiers               to               drive               their               position               home,               such               as               the               Ludlow               Massacre               of               1914,               which               saw               the               Colorado               National               Guard               fire               machine               guns               into               and               set               ablaze               the               tents               of               striking               families.
               The               mistreatment               of               the               workers               paved               the               way               for               figures               like               Mother               Jones,               an               organizer               for               the               United               Mine               Workers,               Mary               Elizabeth               Lease,               leader               of               the               Populist               movement,               and               Eugene               Debs,               leader               of               the               Socialist               Party               and               five-time               candidate               for               President,               to               rise               to               national               prominence.

Workers               have               constantly               had               to               battle               with               their               employers               for               fair               treatment,               which               is               why               the               book               offers               a               speech               by               Cesar               Chavez               from               1984               and               a               look               at               Decatur,               Illinois               during               the               mid-1990s               when               one               in               ten               workers               of               the               town               were               on               strike               or               locked               out.
               The               treatment               of               fellow               human               beings               is               a               major               focus               of               the               book.

It               is               filled               with               voices               speaking               out               against               the               injustice,               unfairness               and               inequality               that               was               witnessed               against               the               slave,               against               women,               against               the               Indian,               against               the               worker,               against               blacks,               against               gays,               against               prisoners,               against               innocent               civilians               in               enemy               countries,               against               innocent               civilians               in               this               country               and               even               against               the               environment.
               The               other               major               focus               of               the               book               is               the               wars               and               expansion               of               the               United               States.

In               1849,               Frederick               Douglas               spoke               out               against               the               War               with               Mexico.

Samuel               Clemens               was               against               the               U.S.

Expansion               in               the               Philippines               and               wrote               an               essay               in               1906               about               the               massacre               that               saw               600               Moros               killed.

In               1916               as               the               U.S.

prepared               to               enter               WWI,               Helen               Keller               gave               a               speech               calling               for               people               to               go               on               strike               against               war               and               the               industries               that               supply               it.

Against               the               wishes               of               other               civil               rights               leaders,               Martin               Luther               King               spoke               out               against               Vietnam               in               1967               because               he               saw               a               connection               between               the               issues.

Alex               Molnar,               founder               of               Military               Families               Support               Network,               wrote               an               open               letter               to               President               Bush               I               in               1990,               wondering               why               Middle               East               policies               of               the               previous               decade               caused               him               to               send               his               son               to               Saudi               Arabia.

The               parents               of               Greg               Rodriguez,               who               died               on               September               11th               while               he               was               working               in               One               World               Trade               Center,               wrote               a               letter               to               the               country,               asking               us               not               to               respond               by               adding               "to               the               inhumanity               of               our               times."
               It               is               not               surprising               to               find               no               protests               of               WWII,               because               everyone               agreed               on               the               evils               of               Nazism,               but               the               book               does               provide               interesting               and               insightful               reflection               on               our               actions.

Admiral               Gene               Larocque,               who               survived               Pearl               Harbor,               spoke               with               Studs               Turkel               about               the               glorification               and               sanitization               of               the               war.

Yuri               Kochiyama               writes               about               the               conditions               of               the               internment               camp               she               was               placed               in.

Yamaoka               Michiko               was               15               when               she               experienced               the               bombing               of               Hiroshima.

The               government               provides               the               most               amazing               admission               in               the               United               States               Strategic               Bombing               Survey,               Summary               Report               (Pacific               War)               (1946)               when               they               conclude,               contrary               to               some               historians               and               politicians,               that               Japan               would               have               surrender               without               the               dropping               of               the               atomic               bombs.
               Many               former               soldiers               speak               out               about               war               and               its               horrors.

Joseph               Plumb               Martin,               who               served               in               the               Continental               Army               in               New               York               and               Connecticut,               details               in               A               Narrative               of               Some               of               the               Adventures,               Dangers               and               Sufferings               of               a               Revolutionary               Soldier               (1830)               the               difficulties               experienced               by               men               on               the               front               lines               and               after               their               service               was               completed;               Col.

Ethan               Allen               Hitchcock               of               the               3rd               Infantry               Regiment               wrote               in               his               diary               (1845-46)               about               events               during               the               War               with               Mexico               that               differed               from               the               politicians'               rhetoric               back               in               D.C.;               Marine               Corps               major               general               Smedley               Butler,               winner               of               two               Congressional               Medals               of               Honor,               wrote               about               the               military               being               used               as               "a               high               class               muscle-man               for               Big               Business"               in               War               Is               a               Racket               (1935);               and               Tim               Predmore,               a               solider               with               the               101st               Airborne               Division,               wrote               "How               Many               More               Must               Die"               about               how               he               lost               his               faith               in               the               effort               while               serving               in               Mosul,               Iraq               in               2003.
               Some               writers               used               fiction               because               art               can               be               more               truthful               than               fact.

In               Johnny               Got               His               Gun               (1939)               Dalton               Trumbo               writes               from               the               point               of               view               of               Joe               Bonham,               a               severely               wounded               WWI               veteran               who               lost               all               his               limbs               and               vision.

Kurt               Vonnegut               relives               the               bombing               of               Dresden,               Germany,               where               he               had               been               held               as               a               P.O.W.

during               WWII,               in               a               selection               from               Slaughterhouse-Five               (1965).

In               the               chapter               "The               Man               I               Killed"               from               The               Things               They               Carried               (1990)               Tim               O'Brien               creates               a               brilliantly               written               piece               about               a               soldier               dealing               with               the               shock               of               seeing               a               Vietnamese               soldier               he               shot               in               the               head               and               the               star-shaped               hole               that               his               bullet               created.
               Poets               and               songwriters               also               used               art               to               get               their               message               across.

e.e.cummings,               who               served               in               an               ambulance               group               in               France               during               WWI,               wrote               I               sing               of               Olaf               glad               and               big               (1931)               about               a               conscientious               objector.

Langston               Hughes               has               two               poems               from               Montage               of               a               Dream               Deferred               (1951)               about               the               racism               blacks               found               upon               returning               from               WWII.

Maria               Herrera-Sobek               writes               about               the               Chicano               experience               in               Vietnam.

Billie               Holiday's               "Strange               Fruit"               (1937)               is               a               haunting               tale               about               lynching.

Bob               Dylan               rages               against               the               politicians               and               elites               "that               never               done               nothin'/But               build               to               destroy"               in               "Masters               of               War"               (1963).

Woody               Guthrie's               "This               Land               Is               Your               Land"               (1940)               appears               although               some               may               not               recognize               its               lyrics               because               the               fourth               and               sixth               stanzas               question               whether               "this               land               was               made               for               you               and               me."
               Voices               of…               is               an               invaluable               collection               to               those               with               an               interest               in               history.

It               combines               famous               works               from               the               likes               of               Thomas               Paine,               Henry               David               Thoreau,               Upton               Sinclair               and               John               Steinbeck               alongside               lesser               known               yet               no               less               important               people               who               contributed               to               the               dialogue               of               the               nation.

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A               sentiment               echoed               in               the               book's               final               piece,               Patti               Smith's               "People               Have               the               Power"(1988).
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                   Did               you               know               that               the               US               National               Debt               is               almost               $17               trillion               and               growing               at               a               rate               of               hundreds               of               billions               of               dollars               a               year?

    Or               wait,               maybe               the               debt               is               at               $70               trillion.

    Or               is               it               $86.8               trillion?
                   Regardless,               what's               important               is               that               our               country               owes               a               zillion               bajillion               dollars               and               that               growing               number               will               lead               to               the               federal               government               going               bankrupt               like               the               City               of               Detroit,               the               Chinese               marching               in               with               their               US               debt               holdings               and               taking               over,               or               worse!

    Even               in               the               short               term,               you               have               people               like               Donald               Trump               stating               that               "When               you               have               [debt]               in               the               $21-$22               trillion               [range],               you               are               talking               about               a               [credit]               downgrade               no               matter               how               you               cut               it."               A               credit               downgrade!

    That               means               the               US               would               have               to               pay               even               higher               rates               on               the               money               it               borrows,               meaning               the               debt               would               increase               even               faster!

    And               Donald               Trump               is               really               rich,               so               you               know               he's               smart               and               wouldn't               be               making               ludicrous               claims               with               no               basis               in               reality.
                   
                   Are               you               terrified               yet?

    Ready               to               demand               that               the               government               balance               the               budget               or,               better               yet,               pay               off               our               debt               entirely?

    Relax.

    I               was               once               like               you,               worried               that               the               US               Government               was               overspending               and               undertaxing               our               way               to               financial               collapse               and               putting               an               undue               burden               on               future               generations.

    I               cringed               at               the               thought               of               the               US               government               paying               nearly               $3               trillion               in               interest               -               almost               $10k               per               American               -               while               I               responsibly               paid               all               my               credit               cards               and               debt               payments               in               full               each               month.

    I               got               a               warm,               fuzzy               feeling               from               politicians               and               journalists               who               talked               of               balancing               the               federal               budget               (that               would               probably               include               almost               every               politician               these               days).

    But               I,               like               many               others,               bought               into               a               critical               misunderstanding               of               how               taxation,               spending,               and               public               debt               work               with               fiat               currency               like               the               US               Dollar.

    In               reality,               there               is               no               coherent               possibility               for               the               US               government               to               go               bankrupt,               experience               a               credit               downgrade,               or               be               coerced               by               foreign               debt-holders               due               to               excessive               debt.

    These               are               all               logically               absurd               outcomes               that               don't               even               merit               acknowledgment.

    In               fact,               just               the               notion               of               any               government               being               in               debt               of               the               currency               it               issues               is               rather               absurd               as               well.
                   Chuck               E.

    Cheese's               and               the               Never-Ending               Supply               of               Fiat               Currency
                   Anyone               familiar               with               the               term               "fiat               currency"               is               aware               that               the               US               government               has               an               infinite               supply               of               dollars               at               all               times.

    Every               dollar               in               circulation               today               was               created,               and               distributed,               by               the               US               government               at               one               point               or               another.

    Note               that               I               used               the               term               "distributed"               instead               of               "spent,"               but               those               words               are               equivalent               in               this               context               since               the               distribution               of               dollars               from               the               US               government               to               other               parties               is               the               very               definition               of               government               spending.

    Once               a               dollar               is               in               circulation,               it               can               be               used               to               pay               taxes               or               exchanged               for               goods               and               services               in               the               free               market.
                   The               US               government's               capacity               to               produce               dollars               is               quite               similar               to               Chuck               E.

    Cheese's               capacity               to               produce               its               tickets.

    It               can               create               them               and               distribute               tickets               however               it               likes,               and               it               also               collects               them               at               their               arcade               stores.

    But,               the               process               of               awarding               tickets               through               its               machines               doesn't               depend               on               how               many               tickets               are               collected               at               their               stores.

    Quite               simply,               Chuck               E.

    Cheese's               can               never               run               out               of               tickets               or               ever               have               a               compelling               need               to               acquire               them.
                   
                   Now,               imagine               a               world               where               Chuck               E.

    Cheese's               is               duly               elected               to               represent               the               people,               and               a               new               constitution               is               drafted               giving               them               powers               of               taxation               and               declaring               the               ticket               as               the               national               currency.

    Let's               assume               that,               on               day               one               of               this               new               order,               the               government               has               not               yet               distributed               any               tickets.

    Although               they               still               have               infinity               of               them,               as               they               always               do,               the               people               have               none               and               are               using               a               barter               system               (or               maybe               SOJs               and               Bitcoins)               for               trade.
                   It's               not               really               a               government               without               any               government               spending,               so               President               Cheese               himself               declares               that               they               are               hiring               policemen,               teachers,               road               builders,               and               miscellaneous               paper               pushers               to               be               paid               in               tickets.

    To               his               dismay,               he               gets               exactly               zero               applications.

    Nobody               is               trading               tickets,               nobody               has               a               need               for               them,               and               in               fact               tickets               don't               even               burn               well               enough               to               heat               one's               house.

    Likewise,               nobody               is               willing               to               take               a               job               that               pays               in               tickets.
                   But               President               Cheese               is               a               resourceful               mouse               and               he               figures               out               a               solution.

    "All               citizens               will               be               required               to               pay               a               tax               of               10               thousand               tickets               at               the               end               of               the               year,               and               violators               will               be               thrown               in               jail               for               tax               evasion!"               he               decrees.

    Now               that               may               not               be               the               fairest               way               to               allocate               tax               burdens               to               the               population,               but               it               does               the               job.

    People,               now               clamoring               for               tickets               to               avoid               jail               time,               sign               up               to               become               government               employees               in               droves.

    Those               that               don't               join               the               public               sector               instead               trade               their               goods               and               services               to               government               employees               in               exchange               for               tickets.

    Soon,               everything               from               aardvark               meat               to               zucchini               bread               can               be               bought               and               sold               for               tickets.
                   For               the               sake               of               this               example,               suppose               that               10               billion               tickets               are               paid               to               government               employees               in               the               first               year,               while               9               billion               tickets               are               collected               in               taxes.

    With               10               billion               tickets               going               into               economy,               and               9               billion               coming               out,               that               leaves               1               billion               tickets               in               circulation.

    It               also               means               that               the               government               spent               a               billion               more               tickets               than               it               collected,               although               strangely               there               is               still               no               government               debt.

    At               the               end               of               the               day,               the               government               leveraged               its               power               of               taxation               to               take               some               of               the               workforce               and               put               it               towards               providing               roads,               police,               and               teachers.

    The               government               can               continue               operating               with               this               budget               as               long               as               it               wants.

    The               only               direct               impact               of               the               deficit               is               that               a               billion               tickets               are               put               into               circulation               each               year.

    Sounds               all               well               and               good,               right?
                   Does               the               Deficit               Matter               at               All?
                   Remember               that               government               spending               injects               money               into               an               economy,               while               government               taxing               takes               it               away.

    If               you               have               too               much               of               the               former,               but               not               a               lot               of               the               latter,               the               supply               of               money               grows               at               a               very               fast               pace.

    When               it               grows               faster               than               the               output               of               the               economy,               the               currency               in               question               experiences               inflationary               pressure.

    Inflation               is               not               always               a               bad               thing               -               it               is               effectively               equivalent               to               a               tax               on               those               who               hold               money               -               but               large               or               unpredictable               amounts               of               it               usually               are               undesirable.

    Yet,               sometimes               inflationary               pressure               and               putting               money               into               an               economy               can               actually               result               in               a               more               productive               and               prosperous               society.

    This               is               generally               true               during               recessions,               including               the               recent               2008               crash               that               we're               still               recovering               from.

    In               a               recession,               businesses               lose               revenue               and               therefore               lose               money               available               to               spend               on               wages.

    Cutting               the               price               of               products               or               services               is               easy               -               consumers               love               a               good               price               reduction               -               but               wages               are               another               story.

    Wages               are               sticky,               meaning               that               people               don't               like               accepting               pay               cuts,               so               instead               businesses               employ               fewer               people               to               reduce               their               wages               paid.

    That               leaves               us               with               unemployment,               and               unemployment               represents               wasted               production               in               an               economy.

    Reduced               taxes               would               give               businesses               more               money               to               spend               on               wages               and               individuals               more               money               to               buy               what               they               want,               decreasing               unemployment               and               helping               put               an               end               to               the               recession.

    Alternatively,               increased               government               spending               could               make               use               of               the               labor               being               wasted               to               unemployment               and               end               the               social               ills               that               come               with               it,               also               leading               to               a               faster               recovery               from               recession.

    Either               of               these,               of               course,               would               result               in               a               larger               deficit.

    Considering               all               this,               cutting               taxes               and/or               increasing               spending               until               a               recession               is               over               and               unemployment               goes               down               to               low               levels               seems               to               be               a               pretty               obviously               good               idea.

    Yet               our               government               doesn't               do               it               nearly               as               much               as               it               should.

    Why               not?

    Because,               as               I               indicated               in               the               beginning               of               this               article,               too               many               people               are               paralyzed               over               fear               of               national               debt.
                   Instead               of               issuing               new               currency               to               cover               deficits,               the               US               government               issues               treasury               bonds.

    Issuing               these               bonds               is               not               necessary               for               government               spending,               it               is               merely               a               relic               in               constitutional               procedure               from               when               the               US               dollar               was               on               the               gold               standard.

    The               only               practical               difference               between               issuing               currency               and               issuing               treasury               bonds               is               that               bonds               pay               interest,               effectively               encouraging               saving               and               putting               upwards               pressure               on               interest               rates               in               the               free               market.

    This               occasionally               results               in               weird               situations               when               the               Federal               Reserve               decides               it               wants               to               lower               interest               rates,               like               the               government               buying               treasury               bonds               from               itself.

    It               also               means               the               government               has               an               obligation               to               redeem               those               bonds               for               dollars               when               they               mature,               and               this               is               what's               known               as               the               national               debt.

    The               term               "debt"               is               something               of               a               misnomer               and               is               not               the               same               debt               that               people,               businesses,               and               local               governments               are               used               to.

    To               "pay               off               its               debts",               the               government               must               merely               convert               outstanding               treasury               bonds               back               to               dollars.
                   The               Phony               Debt               Crisis
                   Rather               than               handling               fiscal               policy               in               a               way               that               maximizes               the               well-being               and               productivity               of               society,               policymakers               in               Washington               bullheadedly               pursue               disastrous               policies               in               the               name               of               debt               reduction               with               little               basis               in               reason               or               reality.

    The               size               of               government               is               a               legitimate               question               for               society               to               debate,               yet               rather               than               compromise               between               cutting               taxes               and               increasing               spending               during               a               recession,               we               often               do               the               opposite.

    In               the               face               of               a               rampant               unemployment,               Republicans               ask               for               spending               cuts               while               Democrats               ask               for               tax               increases.
                   And               now,               with               the               debt               rapidly               approaching               a               completely               arbitrary               debt               ceiling,               some               congressmen               are               threatening               to               allow               the               US               to               default               on               its               debt               payments,               despite               the               massive               negative               impacts               that               could               have               on               the               economy.

    That's               like               the               ocean               defaulting               on               payment               of               water.

    Or               Chuck               E.

    Cheese's               defaulting               on               payment               of               its               tickets.

    And               before               you               blame               it               all               on               the               Republicans,               keep               in               mind               that               it               wasn't               long               ago               that               our               current               President               voted               against               a               debt               ceiling               increase               himself:
                   Increasing               America's               debt               weakens               us               domestically               and               internationally.

    Leadership               means               that               ''the               buck               stops               here.''               Instead,               Washington               is               shifting               the               burden               of               bad               choices               today               onto               the               backs               of               our               children               and               grandchildren.

    America               has               a               debt               problem               and               a               failure               of               leadership.

    Americans               deserve               better.

    I               therefore               intend               to               oppose               the               effort               to               increase               America's               debt               limit.

    None               of               this               is               accurate,               except               perhaps               the               part               about               a               failure               of               leadership.

    Our               children               need               not               be               burdened               by               today's               deficits               because               the               government               doesn't               need               anything               from               them               to               pay               off               its               debts.

    What               matters               for               our               children               is               that               they               have               the               technology,               education,               and               infrastructure               to               provide               for               their               generations.

    Even               if               this               quote               were               true,               the               right               away               to               do               something               about               it               wouldn't               be               to               default               on               debt               payments.
                   Why               can't               our               policymakers               simply               set               government               spending               at               a               level               that               allows               it               to               provide               the               services               that               society               desires               from               it,               and               then               set               taxes               at               a               level               that               minimizes               unemployment               without               letting               inflation               get               out               of               hand?

    Why               must               our               leaders               posture,               fear-monger,               and               repeat               blatant               falsehoods?

    Is               that               really               too               much               to               ask?
                   This               kind               of               nonsense               policy               and               rhetoric               will               continue               as               long               as               Americans               continue               to               miscomprehend               the               nature               of               our               debt               and               the               effects               that               deficit               spending               has               on               an               economy.

    Politicians               will               capitalize               on               fear               and               misunderstanding               of               our               national               debt               to               help               their               election               chances,               but               don't               allow               yourself               to               be               fooled.

    I               only               hope               that               this               article               takes               us               a               step               in               the               right               direction.






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