Says the man, squinting!bobevenson wrote:I'm just trying to figure out if there's anything at all in your above comment that's not pure, unadulterated bullshit.Obvious Leo wrote:As a matter of fact this is a widely held view amongst many of the world's leading economists who correctly predicted the GFC of 2008 as a direct consequence of it. Furthermore since the underlying Ponzi mechanism has not been dealt with by any of the global regulatory authorities since this event these same economists are of the view that exactly the same thing will happen again, except next time it'll be even worse. Dig a hole in your backyard and fill it up with cans of beans, Bob, because the shit's about to hit the fan.
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An author of a thread does have some degree of latitude, you don't like it, move along, no one's forcing you to be here. His thread thus his pedestal/soapbox/pulpit/etc.bobevenson wrote:Please, Wiltrack, quit acting like you're on some kind of pedestal!
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Seven straight posts on this stupid subject??? You make Wiltrack look smart!!!
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Haven't been here for a while, so you are far too stupid to know what you're talking about, some things shall never change!bobevenson wrote:Seven straight posts on this stupid subject??? You make Wiltrack look smart!!!
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Gosh, we have something in common.SpheresOfBalance wrote:Good Job, Kudos!Hobbes' Choice wrote:Gore Vidal once said that the US economy was based in free enterprise for the poor and socialism for the rich.
Right now the rich receive trillions in corporate handouts; bailouts and tax breaks. The theory is that wealth will trickle down. This is so obviously bullshit. The poor just get pissed on, if they are lucky, whilst the rich hold on to the wealth and ferret it away in off-shore accounts.
It would be a fare better system to just give all the subsidies to the poor. The poor do not tend to save. They spend. They spend at shops run by people who buy shit from other people and the wealth bubbles-up enriching the entire economy.
What is not to like?
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So that you might see bullshit you would have to remove the same from your ears, eyes and mouth.bobevenson wrote:I'm just trying to figure out if there's anything at all in your above comment that's not pure, unadulterated bullshit.Obvious Leo wrote:As a matter of fact this is a widely held view amongst many of the world's leading economists who correctly predicted the GFC of 2008 as a direct consequence of it. Furthermore since the underlying Ponzi mechanism has not been dealt with by any of the global regulatory authorities since this event these same economists are of the view that exactly the same thing will happen again, except next time it'll be even worse. Dig a hole in your backyard and fill it up with cans of beans, Bob, because the shit's about to hit the fan.
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Really now, you've known that from the beginning, though I'm sure you hate to admit it and I'm surprised that you just did.Hobbes' Choice wrote:Gosh, we have something in common.SpheresOfBalance wrote:Good Job, Kudos!Hobbes' Choice wrote:Gore Vidal once said that the US economy was based in free enterprise for the poor and socialism for the rich.
Right now the rich receive trillions in corporate handouts; bailouts and tax breaks. The theory is that wealth will trickle down. This is so obviously bullshit. The poor just get pissed on, if they are lucky, whilst the rich hold on to the wealth and ferret it away in off-shore accounts.
It would be a fare better system to just give all the subsidies to the poor. The poor do not tend to save. They spend. They spend at shops run by people who buy shit from other people and the wealth bubbles-up enriching the entire economy.
What is not to like?
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The terms are perfectly synonymous, SOB. Ponzi schemes are pyramid schemes and can only end in riches for the few and tears for the many.SpheresOfBalance wrote:Ponzi, OK! I was thinking more of a pyramid scheme; Simpatico!
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Simpatico: 2. of similar mind or temperament; compatible.Obvious Leo wrote:The terms are perfectly synonymous, SOB. Ponzi schemes are pyramid schemes and can only end in riches for the few and tears for the many.SpheresOfBalance wrote:Ponzi, OK! I was thinking more of a pyramid scheme; Simpatico!
I was speaking of you and I, on this particular topic. You Ponzi; Me pyramid!
What, do I make you nervous now, thinking I'm always on the attack? Nope, not at all!
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You obviously know nothing about either.Obvious Leo wrote: Ponzi schemes are pyramid schemes.
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You don't make me nervous, SOB. I've been around a long time and your type are ten a penny.SpheresOfBalance wrote:What, do I make you nervous now,
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Er! Says the guy with a mini-gun on his quad?SpheresOfBalance wrote:...
And so you know that surely you would. Common for one that totes a shotgun; the real reason it's carried.
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They are.Bill Wiltrack wrote:.PLEASE extend the same amount of respect and admiration to each other as you normally extend to me.
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Surely there would be no parasites in a world without scarcity? But otherwise I agree with you 100% and the later invention would probably usher in a socialist paradise.henry quirk wrote:...
You really wanna end scarcity?
Build atomic powerplants and make nano-fabrication a reality.
Cheap, plentiful power and 'building' food addresses the problem without catering to parasites or punishing the productive.
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I think the recent advances in technology moves the socialistic ideology forward by leaps & bounds.
The most disruptive technology in the world now - by far, is the disruptive technology associated with social media; Facebook, twitter, & ALL the other social networks and communities that exist today thanks to advances in social media through advances in technology.
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I think the recent advances in technology moves the socialistic ideology forward by leaps & bounds.
The most disruptive technology in the world now - by far, is the disruptive technology associated with social media; Facebook, twitter, & ALL the other social networks and communities that exist today thanks to advances in social media through advances in technology.
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