Small Government - A Trump Goal - Apparently

[Twilight Hue]

You aren't American are you?

I'm most definitely American and certainly not Communist such as yourself.

 

[tytlyf]

I'm most definitely American and certainly not Communist such as yourself.

When did you become an American?

 

[Twilight Hue]

When did you become an American?

Nice try. Born and raised here. Yourself?

 

[muhammad_isa]

Interest rates are determined to some extent by
government, & to some extent by the market.

They are determined by human beings!
Playing with interest rates is not the only way to control growth/inflation .. it is the preferred method
of the wealthy (G7), as it enriches them further.

This does not only serve as a 'colonial trick' further impoverishing poorer nations, but also
impoverishes poorer people in your own nation.
eg. house repossessions

You offer no better method.

A poor excuse .. do I really need to explain what real trade is?
i.e. exchange of goods

 

[Revoltingest]

They are determined by human beings!

Correct.

Playing with interest rates is not the only way to control growth/inflation .. it is the preferred method
of the wealthy (G7), as it enriches them further.

This does not only serve as a 'colonial trick' further impoverishing poorer nations, but also
impoverishes poorer people in your own nation.
eg. house repossessions


A poor excuse .. do I really need to explain what real trade is?
i.e. exchange of goods

With no better alternative,
I'll stick with capitalism.

 

[muhammad_isa]

..Maybe you should look at countries that do have their own drilled oil and look at what they pay themselves...

Like Nigeria, you mean?

 

[muhammad_isa]

With no better alternative,
I'll stick with capitalism.

You keep telling yourself that .. there's no better alternative to ripping people off.

 

[Revoltingest]

You keep telling yourself that

You keep telling yourself otherwise.

.. there's no better alternative to ripping people off.

If you're determined to see only woe
in capitalism, there's no point in
discussing it or other systems.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Like Nigeria, you mean?

Looky!

Nigeria gasoline prices, 11-Nov-2024 | GlobalPetrolPrices.com

Nigeria: The price of octane-95 gasoline is U.S. Dollar per liter. For comparison, the average price of gasoline in the world for this period is U.S. Dollar. The chart below shows the price of gasoline in the country relative to other countries. Use the drop menu to see the prices in gallons.

www.globalpetrolprices.com

 

[muhammad_isa]

If you're determined to see only woe
in capitalism, there's no point in
discussing it or other systems.

Of course there is point in discussing it. Many people see capitalism in the wrong light.

For example, if you go to a poorer Muslim country, you see lots of small businesses.
That's not the result of capitalism.

Capitalism relies on guess what .. CAPITAL .. and the result of the usurious system produces
monopolies like Mc Donalds and Walmart, crushing small businesses into the dust.

You say you see no alternative to capitalism, but what you really mean is that you are happy
with a usurious financial system that severely skews wealth to a minority.
If that is NOT the case, then what do YOU propose??

 

[Revoltingest]

Of course there is point in discussing it. Many people see capitalism in the wrong light.

For example, if you go to a poorer Muslim country, you see lots of small businesses.
That's not the result of capitalism.

Hoo boy...are we not on the same page.

Capitalism relies on guess what .. CAPITAL .. and the result of the usurious system produces
monopolies like Mc Donalds and Walmart, crushing small businesses into the dust.

You say you see no alternative to capitalism, but what you really mean is that you are happy
with a usurious financial system that severely skews wealth to a minority.
If that is NOT the case, then what do YOU propose??

I've nothing to add.

 

[metis]

Just last month I drove by state workers seal patching a 5 foot long x 3 foot wide strip of the shoulder. (Saw the finished work they all did as I went back by that evening).

There were 3 dump trucks, 3 four door pickups and 10 workers.

A private company would have sent one dump truck w/driver with the patch/seal and one pickup with two workers, tools and signs/cones.

Our son is a cement contractor, and what you post above is likely misunderstood. When dealing with cement, waiting for trucks and having work divided up is the norm.

Noted economist John Maynard Keynes said that it is better to have workers dig holes and fill them up again than be unemployed earning no paycheck. And then there's the "multiplier effect".

Back in the late 1990's, the Swedish minister of economics was asked how he helped elevate Sweden out of a recession, his answer was two words: "Higher taxes". If one understands basic macro-economics, this can make sense.

Have you ever been unemployed? If so, what did it feel like? How did your family deal with it? Yes, it's sometimes a fact of life for most of us, but a responsible government tries to create full employment even though that is impossible in a capitalistic economy. IMO, the Nordic Model best deals with this as it does create some cradle to grave security without having the government dominating free enterprise.

Nordic model - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Revoltingest]

Noted economist John Maynard Keynes said that it is better to have workers dig holes and fill them up again than be unemployed earning no paycheck. And then there's the "multiplier effect".

The Keynes argument ignores the fact that money
paid to people doing useless "make work" had been
taken from taxpayers. It's money they lost, & can no
longer spend, causing economic loss to both to them
& to the businesses they'd buy from. This is the other
side of the "multiplier effect". The "subtraction effect"?

Lefty economics:
Look only at the intended good.
Ignore any bad consequences.

 

[muhammad_isa]

Hoo boy...are we not on the same page.

I've nothing to add.

I get the impression that you would rather avoid the subject .. up to you.

I don't like monopolies .. private OR public !
Greed is a serious "disease" .

 

[Revoltingest]

I get the impression that you would rather avoid the subject ..

I’m just sensing that there’s nothing left to discuss.

 

[muhammad_isa]

I’m just sensing that there’s nothing left to discuss.

It's on topic .. "small govt." .. huge companies.

 

[We Never Know]

Our son is a cement contractor, and what you post above is likely misunderstood. When dealing with cement, waiting for trucks and having work divided up is the norm.

Noted economist John Maynard Keynes said that it is better to have workers dig holes and fill them up again than be unemployed earning no paycheck. And then there's the "multiplier effect".

Back in the late 1990's, the Swedish minister of economics was asked how he helped elevate Sweden out of a recession, his answer was two words: "Higher taxes". If one understands basic macro-economics, this can make sense.

Have you ever been unemployed? If so, what did it feel like? How did your family deal with it? Yes, it's sometimes a fact of life for most of us, but a responsible government tries to create full employment even though that is impossible in a capitalistic economy. IMO, the Nordic Model best deals with this as it does create some cradle to grave security without having the government dominating free enterprise.

Nordic model - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Maybe you need to talk to your son and ask him what seal patch is because it isn't concrete.

 

[metis]

Maybe you need to talk to your son and ask him what seal patch is because it isn't concrete.

Maybe study macro-economics.

 

[We Never Know]

Maybe study macro-economics.

Lol. So you jump from completely not understanding to blaming me for not understanding. Classic.

 

[metis]

Maybe you need to talk to your son and ask him what seal patch is because it isn't concrete.

Maybe stick to the topic instead of going off into the looneyverse.