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Leopard · Jan 24, 2004, 09:04 pm

ROFL!!!

all i needed to read was the first few paragraphs, gotta love the comparison:

if 'poor' americans were a nation (then gives a list of states which implies geographic size)

on the other hand,

if the forbes top 400 people (limiting the population to 400), then they would fit into a ballroom - well, duh, the bottom 400 poorest people would also fit into a ballroom (could probably fit in a few more too because they might tend to be skinnier...j/k LOL)

somehow this equation is valid?

and yet, the ordinairy reader assumes the following: There are exponentially more poor people than rich people in america... nice lefty spin going there.

Also nice how folks (both left and right) get to pick their own definitions for what is 'poor' or 'rich' thereby creating whatever statistics they desire to support their position...

don't you love the inherent class warfare propogated here? set the roosters against each other and they won't notice the fox sneaking into the hen house...

come on - we are not ignorant serfs anymore, use that brain - economics is not some mystical science which is too (1) boring, (2) abstract, (3) complicated for ordinairy people like you and I to understand. There are axioms! If you increase the money supply then you WILL deflate the value of the currency. If you institute a minimum wage then you WILL increase unemployment. If you institute a tariff then you WILL inflate the price of the domestic product (wealth redistribution from every citizen TO the few who happen to be in said protected industry). Private companies can do anyhthing that government does: at a profit, AND, for over 1/3 less cost. These are 1 + 1 = 2 basic economics... they have been held up under fire for over 70 years now and still have not been refuted. yet.... people still refuse to believe that the earth is round, that the sun is not the center of the universe, and that the government is not currently in some super-secret high level negotiations with aliens....

how scary is that?

the truth is out there (look to the economics),
michael

Jan 24, 2004, 09:04 pm	#8 (permalink) (top)
Leopard Propertarian Posts: 568	ROFL!!! all i needed to read was the first few paragraphs, gotta love the comparison: if 'poor' americans were a nation (then gives a list of states which implies geographic size) on the other hand, if the forbes top 400 people (limiting the population to 400), then they would fit into a ballroom - well, duh, the bottom 400 poorest people would also fit into a ballroom (could probably fit in a few more too because they might tend to be skinnier...j/k LOL) somehow this equation is valid? and yet, the ordinairy reader assumes the following: There are exponentially more poor people than rich people in america... nice lefty spin going there. Also nice how folks (both left and right) get to pick their own definitions for what is 'poor' or 'rich' thereby creating whatever statistics they desire to support their position... don't you love the inherent class warfare propogated here? set the roosters against each other and they won't notice the fox sneaking into the hen house... come on - we are not ignorant serfs anymore, use that brain - economics is not some mystical science which is too (1) boring, (2) abstract, (3) complicated for ordinairy people like you and I to understand. There are axioms! If you increase the money supply then you WILL deflate the value of the currency. If you institute a minimum wage then you WILL increase unemployment. If you institute a tariff then you WILL inflate the price of the domestic product (wealth redistribution from every citizen TO the few who happen to be in said protected industry). Private companies can do anyhthing that government does: at a profit, AND, for over 1/3 less cost. These are 1 + 1 = 2 basic economics... they have been held up under fire for over 70 years now and still have not been refuted. yet.... people still refuse to believe that the earth is round, that the sun is not the center of the universe, and that the government is not currently in some super-secret high level negotiations with aliens.... how scary is that? the truth is out there (look to the economics), michael Take on the responsibility to be free