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Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Finland to end free money! Oh the horror!
Finland Has Second Thoughts About Giving Free Money to Jobless People
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/b...ic-income.htmlAtheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by Starlight View PostUm, this article points out the problem was that the money was never actually spent. The infrastructure budget dropped massively rather than getting stimulated.Veritas vos Liberabit<>< Learn Greek <>< Look here for an Orthodox Church in America<><Ancient Faith Radio
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I recommend you do not try too hard and ...research as little as possible. Such weighty things give me a headache. - Shunyadragon, Baha'i apologist
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Originally posted by Dimbulb View PostAs far as I am aware, an open government offer of employment for as many unemployed people as wanted it (also known as a "job guarantee"), has not been implemented many times "throughout history". To the best of my knowledge it's been implemented a grand total of 3 times, all in the 21st century, and only partially and in response to particular circumstances those three times, rather than as a general economic policy.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Starlight View PostUm, this article points out the problem was that the money was never actually spent. The infrastructure budget dropped massively rather than getting stimulated.
I would comment though there is potentially an important difference between: 1) Short-term stimulus programs of the kind Obama wanted to try in order to undo the recession rapidly ("Find 10 million jobs for people with shovels! Stat! Get them all working ASAP!") where there is urgency associated with rapidly trying to scale up the stimulus and the scale it down again after a couple of years; as compared to 2) a permanent program the exists providing jobs for unemployed people which doesn't typically fluctuate rapidly in the number of people it's providing jobs for (it's not expected to deal with recessions but rather for 'normal' economic times like the present) so year to year the number of people it's providing jobs for might fluctuate by 10% (rather than the ten million percent that a short-term anti-recession program tries to deal with) so more sensible medium and long-term planning can be done.
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"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by Starlight View PostYou'll have to clarify what 'business-friendly' policies you are thinking of. The only major piece of legislation the Republicans have passed has been the tax scam that gave billions of dollars in tax breaks to multinationals and rocketed up the national deficit and the debt.
From Investor's Business daily:
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by seer View PostFinland to end free money! Oh the horror!
Finland to end free money! Oh the horror!
Finland Has Second Thoughts About Giving Free Money to Jobless People
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/b...ic-income.html
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostAs anyone with even a basic understanding of economics could have told you...
From Investor's Business daily:Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostAs anyone with even a basic understanding of economics could have told you...
1. Tax cuts reduce economic growth, not increase it, as empirical data from around the world demonstrates.
2. Your article is purely speculative, about possible fantasized future economic growth.
3. The CBO already does totally unreasonably play into Republican fantasies because the Republicans have used their political power to force them to.
Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostIt's basic socialism. Socialism has NEVER worked, no matter how many different ways people try to repackage it
Originally posted by seer View PostFinland to end free money! Oh the horror!Last edited by Starlight; 04-26-2018, 05:35 PM."I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
"Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
"[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post"The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."
-Margaret Thatcher"I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
"Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
"[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
So I don't find something Thatcher once said to be worthwhile evidence for the truth of your worldview. I think your own political position has been repeatedly proven empirically around the world to be an utter failure. People across the Western world are increasingly sick of your idiotic and ideological right-wing policies that only serve to harm most of society while funneling money into the pockets of the ultra-wealthy. It's time for a bit more government by the people and for the people, rather than having the ultra-rich owning the politicians who in turn funnel money into their pockets via things like the recent Republican tax scam bill and ludicrous military spending that are both blowing up the debt and deficit."I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
"Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
"[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein
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