Saturday, March 8, 2014
U-Predict Blog – The Future of the Citizen’s Stipend (Air Date 03/04/2014)
Blogger’s Notes: This
topic is one that will enrage a lot of American citizens – what happens if we
give everyone their basic living expenses? The US government would stop the hundred
or so programs that provide a safety-net, and just give every man, woman, and
child in the US enough money to exist. Now,
before someone hurls the device they are reading across the room, realize that
this is already happening in many countries.
Several oil-rich countries give their citizens a yearly salary for
breathing. Finland also believes in the
stipend. In the United States, Alaska
(yes, the home of “Sister” Sarah Palin who is forever bagging her gums about
the evils of socialism) gives “oil and energy profits” to all citizens of the
state. However, the U-Predict reason
behind asking this question is: entry-level
jobs in many well-paying industries are being taken over by robotic or complex
mechanical systems. What is left, are
service industry jobs that are usually minimum wage, with little or no room for
advancement. How do we provide for
people that are stuck at this end of the wage/career scale?
We started the hour by talking about the American Dream as
understood by heartland America. You
graduate high-school (don’t need college) and you go to work in the automobile,
steel, or aerospace factory where your dad and possibly your grandfather
worked. You start at well above the
minimum wage for a company that pays for a large part of your health insurance;
if you stick at the job, you will get a good pension at 65, and spend the rest
of your life on a cruise ship seeing the world.
If you don’t get this opportunity, it’s because you are lazy. It is because “you don’t want to work.” No one says it’s because these dream jobs are
becoming scarcer and scarcer.
The Reading Room included:
Ivy Lieberman, Jean Maurie Puhlman, Camille Kea, and ReeNee
Cummins. We also welcome new reader Yvette
Scott joined us – welcome Yvette.
Because this topic is as much spiritual as it is political. Jean Maurie decided to pull Angel Tarot cards
for each question asked. These cards
added a remarkable dimension to the answers we got.
First questions dealt with the philosophy that people who
don’t get an American dream job are lazy, and need to get off their backsides
and do something. The answers we got
were quick and fast – this is old outdated thinking. If someone believes this they are sadly
behind the times and do not understand the current economy.
The angel card that was pulled was: 7 of Ariel; the interpretation was - you have
invested wisely, have patience and wait for the harvest, review your progress and
make plans for your next endeavor. So
the card was acknowledging that our corporations are doing very well. We are seeing growth that leads some
economists to say that the Great Recession is coming to an end. However we are told to review what is going
on and make NEW plans. The Reading Room
and the Angel Tarot agrees that changes are required.
We then asked how we should spend the monies the US
government collects; should it go for military programs and weapons (where it does
now) or should people come first. All
readers in the Reading Room acknowledged that we understood the need for military
defense, but that we all personally feel that people should come first. Ivy Lieberman’s cards perfectly framed the
discussion as we are having it in the US “we are at a point of confusion....too
much info is mudding the waters of truth. Having a single voice would help.” Yes, the voices are muddied – when a behemoth
defense contractor in your area wins a contract, you are told by your
congressman or woman to celebrate the 2,000 GOOD PAYING (translate American
dream jobs) opportunities that are coming to your community. You may be in one of those jobs and say
you’re glad to have it.
And that is
where the muck and muddiness starts. Could that contract money be used to fix up
the rusting bridge you have to drive cross every day to get to work? Could the plant you work at be converted to a
plant that builds biomedical or renewable energy equipment? The
angel card we got for this question was Queen of Raphael; the instructions were
to follow your heart! A love of home and family. Trustworthy psychic
information. This was interesting –
isn’t protecting home and family important? We all agree it is. But are we truly spending ANY of the money
wisely? Many experts on both sides of the fence will say “no”. The rest of the answer was to follow our
hearts and trust or psychic information.
It is time to rethink our priorities.
Jean also pulled the Knight of Gabriel, which translates to time to take
action! Great passion for a cause.
Instinctively knowing just what to do. She
also pulled the 2 of Ariel - It's important to have balance! Working multiple
jobs or projects at once. Making work
fun. Again the cards (both Tarot and
Angel) are saying that our ideas on this subject are outdated, and we need to
completely rethink what we are doing and why.
The final card hints at the satisfaction that would come from knowing
you were building something that would make people’s lives better.
ReeNee out-and-out asked the question if giving everyone a
stipend to cover housing, food, and medical care was a good idea. The cards responded that our society is not
ready for this concept. Neither those
who legislate how the money is spent nor people receiving it would do it in a
completely fair manner. Corners would
quickly be cut; people receiving the aid would find ways to use others to get
more aid. The Angel Tarot pulled for
this question was Archangel Chamuel, who offered “There’s a better way! Pause
for reflection and insight. Dare to be different!” Jean also pulled the Page of Ariel. This card talked about an excellent
opportunity will be offered to you!
Scholarships or the pursuit of education. Time to get to work. So the Angles suggested that we study for the
jobs that will be available in a new economy, and help retrain people so their
skillset matches what is available.
Tarot has told us in this session that we have to get rid of the
laziness theories before we can set up programs to offer this kind of help to
people. However, the Reading Room was
very much in support of educating people for the future. Camille Kea said it best, “sometimes you need
a hand gently on your shoulder.” This
kind of educational opportunity could be that hand leading someone to a better
life.
When looking at the synchronicities for this reading, the
focus was an echo of what the show was about.
We got The Hierophant (the set-in-stone concepts and corporations that
support them), The Wheel of Fortune (reminding is that time passes, and change
is constant), The Tower (we have a lot of shaky foundations on this topic),
Justice (in the end fairness will be the end product –ready or not) and The Sun
(giving up on the shaky foundations and bringing justice with bring joy to all
people). In fact, we PULLED ALL THE
MAJOR ARCANA AT LEAST ONCE, EXCEPT THE DEVIL CARD. Wow!
Tarot sees this as an important topic, a very important topic. It is also very spiritual. All great religious works tell us to take
care of one another. The fact that The
Devil was missing says one thing: for the most part - IT IS NOT THE RESULT OF INTENTIONAL, MISGUIDED
THINKING BY THE RECIPIENTS THAT HAVE GOTTEN THEM TO THIS STATE.” U-Predict’s theory that the economy is
changing and we must prepare for this change is what Tarot wanted to share. Furthermore, Tarot stated that we needed to
look at the problem from an educational standpoint instead of just “giving
away” money.
We also ran the entire suit of Swords, except for the 2 of
Swords. Here the Tarot is pointing out
that we are overlooking the simple idea of balancing these ideas – both the
idea of protecting people and how to protect them, as well as meeting their
needs. All these Swords is about
thinking about these ideas and preparing ourselves for the change society is
going through. As far as
synchronicities, the most common card was the 3 of Wands – yes, the man looking
for opportunities off in the distance.
We need to look up and out instead of staring at our own feet. All we accomplish with staring down is not
looking the people that are hurt the most in the eye.
We had an interesting triple sequence with the 6, 7, and 8
of cups all pulled in synchronicity. Numerologically,
we see the minor cards, 1-10, and a cycle.
When a series comes up, it can point to where you are in the cycle. This cycle says that we are hanging onto our
nostalgia (6 of Cups), but there are daydreamers thinking of the way forward (7
of Cups), and someday, we will recognize the madness of “doing the same thing
over and over and again” and move on (8 of Cups).
We also pulled the 9 of Wands in synchronicity. This is the card of doing the right
thing. It is the card of fairness. It was also the perfect card to end the
discussion. Jean Maurie pulled more
Angel Tarot. The final cards she pulled
were: Archangel Ariel - strength and
grace through kindness. Self - confidence, forgiveness. Ace of Raphael - a positive new emotional
experience, deep and lasting spiritual insights. The final card - Archangel Raziel EPIPHANY, JOY
through spiritual growth, be a light to others. Did the angels give us a positive answer and
way forward? U-Predict…
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