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nooblar23 (October 24, 2007 at 8:31 am)
gayyyyy
joesub007 (October 24, 2007 at 7:07 am)
"...we're dealing with a matter of evidence, not of belief. Estonia gets 11.4%, blah, blah, blah..."
So if me and my super-wealthy friends have nothing better to do than shop all day and ride in private jets around the world and live in mansions, does that spending mean I've made the lowly commoner rich because I've just skewed the GDP?
A million "bleeble" is only worth a million "bleeble" compared to someone who has one "bleeble".
Junk money for resource accounting.
feastguy101 (October 11, 2007 at 11:33 pm)
i've been to the States; you people are rich, and free, what the fuck else do ya want!?
RussellsParadox (September 16, 2007 at 1:56 am)
God damn, now you're a fucking vapid imbecile too!
cypherphage (September 12, 2007 at 10:41 pm)
shyoung, are you talking about manufacture? If so, mom and pop shops and walmart both don't produce goods, they buy and resell them. As far as manufacture, people in this country cost more to pay than elsewhere. I can't figure out what you think would fix things.
gratex (September 12, 2007 at 8:27 pm)
5% of the population control 95% of the wealth. The remaining 95% of the population fight it out for the scraps. The average salary in the UK is £23,000, 80% of the population earn less than the average. Wage slavery is a reality of the majority of people living in any western country, despite their delusions.
shyoung0801 (September 12, 2007 at 2:24 pm)
Why do people keep making up that story... the greeter at Walmart does not manufacture the products. And Walmart has shown a profit of over 10 million dollars for the past three years - yet small stores are not jumping back into the market, they are still underpriced.
The minimum wage gave Golabists a market advantage - period. The problems with this far exceed pety minimum wage arguments. When the dollar collapses $7 won't buy you a a blade of grass.
frodolf8212 (September 12, 2007 at 9:36 am)
All-government isn't better than 50/50. All-government have been tried and people rejected it. All-privatized has not really been tested, and could work. I don't bellieve it will, but to say it has been tested is lying. I don't believe in any Utopia where everyone is happy, or even a place where everyone is truely given the same chances. It's impossible. I believe the closest we could get to utopia is somewhere in the middle. Freedom, but some restrictions, taxations, public services
cypherphage (September 12, 2007 at 9:18 am)
Sorry, but the greeter at walmart can't exactly do that job from india. Retailers sell in the red, as anyone who has taken any kind of classes on buisness should know. To say that people doesn't desserve $7 a fucking hour, less than 300 a week full time, is ridiculous. Imagine having a kid or sick mom or hospital bills and trying to get by on that. People are under enough duress as is, and I care more about them than small stores won't compete anyways.
MatthewLeee (September 11, 2007 at 9:55 am)
Only one problem, robin hood was a thief. He was justified because the government was taxing the poor and giving all of the money to the rich. A robin hood MENTALITY means you steal money from the rich and give to the poor whether or not the situation is the same. |
