They aren't pro-capitalist. A true capitalist doesn't look to the government to protect them and limit their liability from faulty products. These are statists that are NOT in favor of competition or the responsibilities of capitalism. Use another descriptor for them, but they are as similiar to capitalism as rape is to sex.
It is mildly interesting that you twist "Giving people the opportunity to pass on their own wealth to their descendents" with the response "Unearned wealth from inheritance should be taxed heavily".
I earn my wealth and I earn the right to provide for those I love. Besides that, who are the morality police saying this is just too horrible to allow so we'll have to take/steal the wealth from you? Absurd.
Today we salute MR COLD MEDICINE LOCKER UPPER. You locked up cold medicine to make it harder for metheads to get NyQuil. LOCKED UP THAT COUGH MEDICINE AWAY BEHIND THE COUNTER-MAN. The result was a lot of metheads moved on to crack and heroin. So here's to you Mr. Adopt A Naive Plan to Appease a Bunch of Morons. Good job. MR COLD MEDICINE LOCKER UPPER.
Drugs...America's Mental Kryptonite
I think it is time Americans realized they are not in control of the government. The government is in complete control of them. No amount of standing up or protesting will change this. I strongly wish you could prove me wrong. Go ahead. Try.
I have one choice for cable and internet because of government mandated monopoly. The government has forced me to pay taxes at gunpoint. The government is in power without worry about the consent of the governed. This nonsense about "all you have to do is vote against them and rainbows will shine" needs to stop. Americans have let their government get out of control and it is now an unprincipled democracy looking to expand government's role and invade every aspect of life. Next up: Government bakeries. Good luck with that.
In the short run, a company can serve the shareholder interests over the customer. But they cannot do that in the long run. Government can do it in the short run...they can do it in the long run...they can do it with a house...they can do it with a mouse. Oh they do, they do like green backs and ham.
Government is supposed to be "answerable" to the citizens. We stopped doing that over 60 years ago in America. Rep and Dem parties figured out how to shell-game voters into never taking responsibility, always growing government, always escaping accountability. For about 40% of Americans, there is only ONE party they ever vote for. "Answerable" is naive.
Companies are more responsive to shareholders (and customers) than the government is to voters. I am a shareholder. I am a voter. I have more control over the companies I own share in. I have less control over my government. I have options over the companies I own shares and do business with. I have no options (that are reasonable to me) over which government I use or which of their laws I follow. Any of this sinking in yet? Hello? Bueller? But please, stand with the rest of the 3rd world and ask for government to control a long list of services for the public.
"If the public and 'their' politicians believe that the entertainment industry is on the verge of collapse..." I'll be much more likely to clap and cheer in great joy at the revolution. Anything that gets me out of another Sean Puffy P. Diddy Combs name change and music that is so bad I curse God for my ears. A collapse causes a vaccuum into which something will flow. Odds are it'll be much, much better.
I'd like to have a retirement, but a nerd on Mars will keep me warm instead. I'd like to buy medicine for my wife, but just raise my taxes to put a nerd on Mars. I'd like to buy a house that is safe, but instead you can raise my taxes for a nerd on mars and I'll be lickity-split happy and do you a little jig in my thread-bare overalls. Weee-doggy! A robot or man on Mars! NASA looks funded the same way China and Russia funded their space programs. Good thing we is the land of the free and home of capitalism and frown on socialism.
"...kill civilians, disrupt society, and bring down the current government" describes UK and US foreign policy for at least the last 70 years. That's the problem with filling the role of global policeman. Dumb idea.
I agree. The US Governmnet should fund space flights. We can all agree that it's important to get free rides for Senators into space and expensive trips for celebrities. We can all agree we need that more than I need my taxes reduced so I can save money for my retirement, send my kids to school, take a decent vacation before I'm 80, financially help my kids with buying a home, get my hip fixed, buy all the medication I need, support a Russian orphanage, open my own business, or even throw my earnings down a well if I want to. I guess "American Pride at being the space travel leader" is more important than me being able to keep more of my earnings.
Of the 5 things government should be doing, space vacation travel isn't one of them. Just how big do people supporting this idea want government to get? Is there no end? Is there anything that people will finally say "Not the role of government"? I'm beginning to think there isn't.
Someone please bring up the lame excuse "But science benefits so much from space exploration!"
B.Durkin
#1 Because there's a chance for me to make a profit off space.
#2 Because private enterprise can expand the boundaries of human knowledge by exploring space from space.
#3 Cool zero gravity activities.
Altogether now:
With more knowledge I can sell things at a profit that improve human life and some of those things will be done in zero gravity.
I've been waiting for a series that goes another 100 years into the future past TNG.
New wars, new alliances, and new tech. I'd love for it to have major characters outside of the Federation. Maybe some solo adventurers. Too much focus on damn government/military for me.
Oh, and also be sure to include more than one token hot chick. The future should be densely populated with hot chicks.
Make no mistake, if you are for competition and keeping government out of competition with private industry, you are not for this proposal. Please consider that you might be more in favor of socialism rather than free markets and capitalism.
"I wouldn't qualify that first statement there with the whole "crap company against another". You're flat-out right, the consumer, as a group, doesn't care as much about their experience with a store so much as price and selection."
Consumers are showing their preference. YOU seem to be assigning some value to that preference. I am sorry that YOU think the consumer "should" care about these things, but the consumer doesn't.
How bold to think you know so much better that YOU should have your view cast over all us ignorant folks. Get real.
Stop trying to legislate morality. We just learned consumers would rather have low prices and selection over quaint, small, expensive stores. So let it be written, so let it be done.
Build your own utopia somewhere else. Let freedom ring here in America.
Thanks for the info on your sexuality and the fact that you own a Linux company. TMI!
Capitalism. Free Markets. As an investor, I want WalMart focused on profits.
WalMart brings more choices and lower prices to me as a rural citizen. Local stores can compete on service and specialties, but for low prices and selection I'll use WalMart.
Read Mises. Learn Austrian School of Economics. End the ignorance.
Then I can have my tax money back to take care of my kids instead of you getting a rover on Mars with a US flag on it. My kids are more important than your silly pride.
I'd rather have my tax money back so I can spend it as I see fit (on my poor mother). After all, I earned it thru my work.
I didn't know it was government's role to explore space. I thought that would be a good thing left to the market.
Oh, you say it's too expensive to be left to the market! Exactly. It's too expensive for anyone to really be interested in, unless you have a gun to hold-up tax payers for billions in funding.
Bush is proving worse than Al Gore. Gore just wanted a trillion in healthcare funding. Bush wants a couple trillion in healthcare, war, space, etc...
Please, at least question the sanity of this B.S. space exploration funded by taxpayers. Maybe we can just build some expensive monuments instead.
Signed--a Libertarian
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(turning sarcasm on) I agree. WallMart just abducted and tortured my uncle and the local Exxon station executed my brother.
Reggie Bush is 205 pounds. Let's move the "overweight" bar up a bit or just say "obese".
They aren't pro-capitalist. A true capitalist doesn't look to the government to protect them and limit their liability from faulty products. These are statists that are NOT in favor of competition or the responsibilities of capitalism. Use another descriptor for them, but they are as similiar to capitalism as rape is to sex.
It is mildly interesting that you twist "Giving people the opportunity to pass on their own wealth to their descendents" with the response "Unearned wealth from inheritance should be taxed heavily". I earn my wealth and I earn the right to provide for those I love. Besides that, who are the morality police saying this is just too horrible to allow so we'll have to take/steal the wealth from you? Absurd.
Today we salute MR COLD MEDICINE LOCKER UPPER. You locked up cold medicine to make it harder for metheads to get NyQuil. LOCKED UP THAT COUGH MEDICINE AWAY BEHIND THE COUNTER-MAN. The result was a lot of metheads moved on to crack and heroin. So here's to you Mr. Adopt A Naive Plan to Appease a Bunch of Morons. Good job. MR COLD MEDICINE LOCKER UPPER. Drugs...America's Mental Kryptonite
I think it is time Americans realized they are not in control of the government. The government is in complete control of them. No amount of standing up or protesting will change this. I strongly wish you could prove me wrong. Go ahead. Try.
Nuance seems lost on you. I imagine you don't get most jokes or parables.
I have one choice for cable and internet because of government mandated monopoly. The government has forced me to pay taxes at gunpoint. The government is in power without worry about the consent of the governed. This nonsense about "all you have to do is vote against them and rainbows will shine" needs to stop. Americans have let their government get out of control and it is now an unprincipled democracy looking to expand government's role and invade every aspect of life. Next up: Government bakeries. Good luck with that.
In the short run, a company can serve the shareholder interests over the customer. But they cannot do that in the long run. Government can do it in the short run...they can do it in the long run...they can do it with a house...they can do it with a mouse. Oh they do, they do like green backs and ham. Government is supposed to be "answerable" to the citizens. We stopped doing that over 60 years ago in America. Rep and Dem parties figured out how to shell-game voters into never taking responsibility, always growing government, always escaping accountability. For about 40% of Americans, there is only ONE party they ever vote for. "Answerable" is naive.
Companies are more responsive to shareholders (and customers) than the government is to voters. I am a shareholder. I am a voter. I have more control over the companies I own share in. I have less control over my government. I have options over the companies I own shares and do business with. I have no options (that are reasonable to me) over which government I use or which of their laws I follow. Any of this sinking in yet? Hello? Bueller? But please, stand with the rest of the 3rd world and ask for government to control a long list of services for the public.
"If the public and 'their' politicians believe that the entertainment industry is on the verge of collapse..." I'll be much more likely to clap and cheer in great joy at the revolution. Anything that gets me out of another Sean Puffy P. Diddy Combs name change and music that is so bad I curse God for my ears. A collapse causes a vaccuum into which something will flow. Odds are it'll be much, much better.
I'd like to have a retirement, but a nerd on Mars will keep me warm instead. I'd like to buy medicine for my wife, but just raise my taxes to put a nerd on Mars. I'd like to buy a house that is safe, but instead you can raise my taxes for a nerd on mars and I'll be lickity-split happy and do you a little jig in my thread-bare overalls. Weee-doggy! A robot or man on Mars! NASA looks funded the same way China and Russia funded their space programs. Good thing we is the land of the free and home of capitalism and frown on socialism.
Your car won't do much to help you when the government becomes oppressive.
"...kill civilians, disrupt society, and bring down the current government" describes UK and US foreign policy for at least the last 70 years. That's the problem with filling the role of global policeman. Dumb idea.
I agree. The US Governmnet should fund space flights. We can all agree that it's important to get free rides for Senators into space and expensive trips for celebrities. We can all agree we need that more than I need my taxes reduced so I can save money for my retirement, send my kids to school, take a decent vacation before I'm 80, financially help my kids with buying a home, get my hip fixed, buy all the medication I need, support a Russian orphanage, open my own business, or even throw my earnings down a well if I want to. I guess "American Pride at being the space travel leader" is more important than me being able to keep more of my earnings. Of the 5 things government should be doing, space vacation travel isn't one of them. Just how big do people supporting this idea want government to get? Is there no end? Is there anything that people will finally say "Not the role of government"? I'm beginning to think there isn't. Someone please bring up the lame excuse "But science benefits so much from space exploration!" B.Durkin
#1 Because there's a chance for me to make a profit off space. #2 Because private enterprise can expand the boundaries of human knowledge by exploring space from space. #3 Cool zero gravity activities. Altogether now: With more knowledge I can sell things at a profit that improve human life and some of those things will be done in zero gravity.
I've been waiting for a series that goes another 100 years into the future past TNG. New wars, new alliances, and new tech. I'd love for it to have major characters outside of the Federation. Maybe some solo adventurers. Too much focus on damn government/military for me. Oh, and also be sure to include more than one token hot chick. The future should be densely populated with hot chicks.
Make no mistake, if you are for competition and keeping government out of competition with private industry, you are not for this proposal. Please consider that you might be more in favor of socialism rather than free markets and capitalism.
It will be good for you...for a short time.
Wrong. You don't save money by having government provide a service. Where are Hayek and Friedman when you need them?
"Amazing, why does this continue to be a response to anything government funded?"
What is truly amazing is that you understand so little about free market economics.
We are moving to other cities, but the socialists keep following us.
Consumers are showing their preference. YOU seem to be assigning some value to that preference. I am sorry that YOU think the consumer "should" care about these things, but the consumer doesn't.
How bold to think you know so much better that YOU should have your view cast over all us ignorant folks. Get real.
Stop trying to legislate morality. We just learned consumers would rather have low prices and selection over quaint, small, expensive stores. So let it be written, so let it be done.
Build your own utopia somewhere else. Let freedom ring here in America.
Thanks for the info on your sexuality and the fact that you own a Linux company. TMI! Capitalism. Free Markets. As an investor, I want WalMart focused on profits. WalMart brings more choices and lower prices to me as a rural citizen. Local stores can compete on service and specialties, but for low prices and selection I'll use WalMart.
Read Mises. Learn Austrian School of Economics. End the ignorance. Then I can have my tax money back to take care of my kids instead of you getting a rover on Mars with a US flag on it. My kids are more important than your silly pride.
I'd rather have my tax money back so I can spend it as I see fit (on my poor mother). After all, I earned it thru my work. I didn't know it was government's role to explore space. I thought that would be a good thing left to the market. Oh, you say it's too expensive to be left to the market! Exactly. It's too expensive for anyone to really be interested in, unless you have a gun to hold-up tax payers for billions in funding. Bush is proving worse than Al Gore. Gore just wanted a trillion in healthcare funding. Bush wants a couple trillion in healthcare, war, space, etc... Please, at least question the sanity of this B.S. space exploration funded by taxpayers. Maybe we can just build some expensive monuments instead. Signed--a Libertarian