Me? A Russian Troll? I'm sorry but you and I can't be on the same planet. Jeez. Grow up and get a life. Obviously you have probably never voted in your life, and may not even be 18 yet.
And without the incentive to make money, technology and science won't exist. One characteristic of humans is to say 'what's in it for me?' It may not be money, quite, but an academic will scratch and claw to get (say) a chair with his name on it, even for no increase in pay.
I see, so the folks who are always saying that the poor matter don't care if folks are getting less poor from capitalism because they haven't gotten their handouts. interesting, and no doubt, true.
Consider China - which was an impoverished country and now has the world's second largest economy - though many of its people are still very poor. Ditto, India.
We won't ever have 0% homelessness, 0% poverty. By destroying the means of production - which every genuine socialist country has done (the 'social democracies' of western Europe are not socialist, they are mixed economies) - then more and more people will be poor.
Actually, 'liberalism' in its classic term has almost nothing to do with today's liberalism. It means "free minds and free markets." Well, I don't see today's liberals or most conservatives wanting either.
Yeah I went to college for a grand total of 11 years, getting a bachelors and masters in a technical field. I went at night while working at least 40 hours/week. I didn't like debt, and either you pay one way or you pay another. If I had gone full time I'd have done it in 6 years, but racked up a lot of debt and in the meantime I got work experience. (Shrug) it meant I couldn't do a lot of stupid college stuff like frat parties and so on but who cares? Those are for kids who are AT LEAST upper middle class, probably higher, whose parents can bankroll 4 years of partying for their kid. I didn't have that. No, I'm not whining I am happy for what I did, and the accomplishment.
Maybe we should discourage poor people from studying useless majors that have no economic payback? I grew up dirt poor (literally) and studied one thing that I knew I could make a reasonable living it, not something fluffy and economically useless.
There's a hugely bizarre attitude toward "socialized medicine." In a capitalist country, one can argue having the LARGEST number of people healthy and able to work is best for the economy, so EVERYONE should have access to healthcare. Not unreasonable.
One of the problems we have with medicine is that it's outrageously expensive for no reason why anyone can, or will, tell. Why? Why should a 2 day hospital stay where the only thing you get is 6 IVs of (not expensive) drugs over that time cost almost 20K? Why? When the room isn't clean, and you question whether the staff have adequately washed hands before coming in, etc. Capitalism should encourage efficiency and all I see in healthcare is...the opposite.
And my mother could tell you how to do it she used to bend and break spaghetti like this all the time when I was growing up. She didn't have a pasta pot, so it had to be shorter to go in a saucepan.
Surprised? No. Alarmed? Yes. Nothing I can do about it. Every time I read about these things I read the obligatory "privacy experts are concerned." Um, yeah..
Prove it? I watched it whilst waiting to vote. I'm sorry, it just isn't possible for THAT MANY people to come in and say 'Oh! I just moved here and need to vote." But when have fraudsters ever left any possibility of proving things like this? The dead vote in elections in this country and have for more than 100 years and nothing has been done. Why will it change now?
All I can say, is I've never encountered it, but based on what you've said, I could see it. (I don't have a television and frankly in this instance am willing to take your word for it 'cause I would just as soon not watch televangelists.) I will say that I live in an extremely red corner or an extremely red state that's quite 'bible belt' like and few that I know like televangelists. But they may be an anomaly. The televangelists are rather like the PBS telethon for the religious you know..."We are barely making it! Please send your donation now!"
Let's see, the economic system that has raised more people out of poverty than any other, young people aren't sure about.
The education system in every country on earth is just..wow.
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This was my feeling exactly. I'm sorry, these leftists are terrifying people. All they think of is murder, mayhem, and destruction.
So perhaps buy a $3000 car and put $2000 in it?
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This also hides the fact that so many "college students" are completely illiterate. If you cannot read what does it mean to consult a website?
I was referring to political propaganda.
I can see the 30s, people were starving. Not the 60s. And yes, I was alive in the 60s.
No. The USSR and Germany from 1933 to 1944 did.
Indeed most laws are unconstitutional.
Me? A Russian Troll? I'm sorry but you and I can't be on the same planet. Jeez. Grow up and get a life. Obviously you have probably never voted in your life, and may not even be 18 yet.
And without the incentive to make money, technology and science won't exist. One characteristic of humans is to say 'what's in it for me?' It may not be money, quite, but an academic will scratch and claw to get (say) a chair with his name on it, even for no increase in pay.
I see, so the folks who are always saying that the poor matter don't care if folks are getting less poor from capitalism because they haven't gotten their handouts. interesting, and no doubt, true.
Consider China - which was an impoverished country and now has the world's second largest economy - though many of its people are still very poor. Ditto, India. We won't ever have 0% homelessness, 0% poverty. By destroying the means of production - which every genuine socialist country has done (the 'social democracies' of western Europe are not socialist, they are mixed economies) - then more and more people will be poor.
Social programs when? The 30s? The 60s?
Actually, 'liberalism' in its classic term has almost nothing to do with today's liberalism. It means "free minds and free markets." Well, I don't see today's liberals or most conservatives wanting either.
Yeah I went to college for a grand total of 11 years, getting a bachelors and masters in a technical field. I went at night while working at least 40 hours/week. I didn't like debt, and either you pay one way or you pay another. If I had gone full time I'd have done it in 6 years, but racked up a lot of debt and in the meantime I got work experience. (Shrug) it meant I couldn't do a lot of stupid college stuff like frat parties and so on but who cares? Those are for kids who are AT LEAST upper middle class, probably higher, whose parents can bankroll 4 years of partying for their kid. I didn't have that. No, I'm not whining I am happy for what I did, and the accomplishment.
Maybe we should discourage poor people from studying useless majors that have no economic payback? I grew up dirt poor (literally) and studied one thing that I knew I could make a reasonable living it, not something fluffy and economically useless.
There's a hugely bizarre attitude toward "socialized medicine." In a capitalist country, one can argue having the LARGEST number of people healthy and able to work is best for the economy, so EVERYONE should have access to healthcare. Not unreasonable. One of the problems we have with medicine is that it's outrageously expensive for no reason why anyone can, or will, tell. Why? Why should a 2 day hospital stay where the only thing you get is 6 IVs of (not expensive) drugs over that time cost almost 20K? Why? When the room isn't clean, and you question whether the staff have adequately washed hands before coming in, etc. Capitalism should encourage efficiency and all I see in healthcare is...the opposite.
Yeah god forbid everybody not be boring and beige, right? We all have to look like drones, otherwise "they" will notice us.
And my mother could tell you how to do it she used to bend and break spaghetti like this all the time when I was growing up. She didn't have a pasta pot, so it had to be shorter to go in a saucepan.
Surprised? No. Alarmed? Yes. Nothing I can do about it. Every time I read about these things I read the obligatory "privacy experts are concerned." Um, yeah..
Yes. The Clintons have done horrible things in this world, haven't they?
Prove it? I watched it whilst waiting to vote. I'm sorry, it just isn't possible for THAT MANY people to come in and say 'Oh! I just moved here and need to vote." But when have fraudsters ever left any possibility of proving things like this? The dead vote in elections in this country and have for more than 100 years and nothing has been done. Why will it change now?
All I can say, is I've never encountered it, but based on what you've said, I could see it. (I don't have a television and frankly in this instance am willing to take your word for it 'cause I would just as soon not watch televangelists.) I will say that I live in an extremely red corner or an extremely red state that's quite 'bible belt' like and few that I know like televangelists. But they may be an anomaly. The televangelists are rather like the PBS telethon for the religious you know..."We are barely making it! Please send your donation now!"
Let's see, the economic system that has raised more people out of poverty than any other, young people aren't sure about. The education system in every country on earth is just..wow.
It's like the term 'sharing economy.' It means 'I can't afford or choose not to own anything so I pay...and pay...and pay...and pay.'