You see, my family is poor; we use an old voting machine as a PC and... I really did have my term paper written. It was a really, really good one, too, would've been an A for sure.
Then, I got up to get a drink of water and... well... I have carpeting. When I sat down, ZAP! and it was gone!
So we need them to figure out that "Disk go in here, disk maybe play, maybe not. If not, me spend more money and disk maybe play, maybe not. If still not, me lose money and get frustrated and go to thepiratebay.org and now it play. Me write letter to company, tell them they steal from me, I steal from them, we even now."
Whilst their actions are devaluing individual dollars, the profit they make from their investments is greater than the devaluation (eg. loan interest rates are always higher than inflation, unless someone stuffed up badly).
I forgot to respond to this in my last reply...
Some of those dollars they're devaluing are mine, yet my ability to compensate for the loss of the dollar's value by generating more of them is virtually nonexistent. Many people, indeed the vast majority in the US, are in the same boat. Quality of life in on a steep decline for most of us while a few, in control of the printing facilities for our money, aren't being affected at all.
Yes, even the rich are affected by this. To a much smaller degree (less in the bank, lifestyle stays the same) right now, but eventually that bank account will dry up; when so much money is in circulation that a roll of toilet paper costs $100.00, the rich will feel it. The banks won't care, they have all the money they need. Everyone else will starve. Me, I'll probably be making twice what I make now, while having to pay 50x as much for the things I need to survive. Yes, I'm one of the ones who will starve.
The car (auto) industry isn't self destructive simply by continuing to make cars if they only make enough to satisfy demand. When more money is created than is needed, as is the situation we are in now, you have problems.
Your claim that the financial industry doesn't print more money is only half correct. They do create new money through loans; money that otherwise would not exist. If everyone went to every bank right now and withdrew all of their money, the money in those loans would be new money, no?
That's not creating new money, that's putting old money to better use. A dollar being used in a loan is a dollar not being used by the person who saved it. It's a dollar that would still exist without the loan; it'd just be in different hands. If everyone tried to withdraw all their money from all the banks in the world, they wouldn't be able to because those dollars are with the borrowers.[1] If the Central Bank does not print more money (so the only possible creators of money would be the banks), the banks---unable to physically get their hands on that money---would collapse into liquidation and people will lose a portion of their money.
So you're telling me if everyone withdrew all of their money from every bank right now, every cent which was backing the loans made by those banks, right now...
You're telling me, in that case, that the money in those loans, which is money above and beyond what was deposited into (and now withdrawn from) the accounts held by those banks is not new money?
It would seem that, if a bank holds $50 billion in deposit accounts, makes $10 billion in loans and, subsequently, the $50 billion held in those deposit accounts is withdrawn, that $10 billion just came from nowhere. (Only $40 billion should have been available for withdrawal.)
The water industry at least creates clean water and bottles thereof. Are you telling me I can go out and buy a bottle of financial risk?
Your claim that the financial industry doesn't print more money is only half correct. They do create new money through loans; money that otherwise would not exist. If everyone went to every bank right now and withdrew all of their money, the money in those loans would be new money, no?
Further, The Federal Reserve Bank does, in-fact, print new money. A lot of it. Every year.
Where do you think those shiny new bills come from? Here's a hint: they're printed by The FRB.
And they don't destroy or declare destroyed nearly as much as they print each year.
I'm referring to the money itself. Industry creates. Financial industry devalues money.
Sure, it may add monetary value to your business. At the same time, it's increasing the monetary value of everything else be decreasing the value of that money.
Does anyone bother reading my comments all the way through? I'm not arguing the principal behind it, I'm pointing out a flaw in the name being used for it.
Ok, mods, come the fuck on. Overrated != Disagree.
Post a fucking response if you disagree, instead of abusing the moderation system. The Overrated mod is meant to negate a bad positive mod, it should never be the first (or only) moderation on a comment.
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If there's no D.C. offset, the vote will have to be recounted.ÂPoles will have to be held again if the recount confirms lack of bias.
You don't find it at all shocking, do you?
You see, my family is poor; we use an old voting machine as a PC and... I really did have my term paper written. It was a really, really good one, too, would've been an A for sure.
Then, I got up to get a drink of water and... well... I have carpeting. When I sat down, ZAP! and it was gone!
That makes an alarming amount of sense.
With all the bullshit politicians like to spew, voting is already a gamble.
What paper ballots?
This electron was rigged!
storing all your data in a clod
Is it an insensitive clod?
Punishing the customer won't stop the criminals, never will.
That should read "Punishing the customer will increase the criminals' numbers, always will."
"Woosh!" indeed!
Try looking at the italicized words.
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or....
I see what they did there... now that you pointed it out...
Those pesky pirates stole our verdict using P2P!
I know there doing the best they can over their, but for all intensive purposes the editing is very poor.
Yeah, I hope the editor that made the error loses there ass over it.
AC's interpretation has the same result. Always.
B.I.N.G.O!
Convince Sony to let them.
sometimes, price drops as adoption picks up.
adoption isn't picking up.
what's the other reason price drops?
So we need them to figure out that "Disk go in here, disk maybe play, maybe not. If not, me spend more money and disk maybe play, maybe not. If still not, me lose money and get frustrated and go to thepiratebay.org and now it play. Me write letter to company, tell them they steal from me, I steal from them, we even now."
The "don't record" flag is the first (and only) commercially available implementation of the "evil" bit.
Ironic.
a natural person's first name or first initial and last name in combination with any one or more of the following data elements
The username and first + last name, yes. Either or, no.
Retard Of The Day? No, that's the "Frost Piss" and "Nigger" troll.
Whilst their actions are devaluing individual dollars, the profit they make from their investments is greater than the devaluation (eg. loan interest rates are always higher than inflation, unless someone stuffed up badly).
I forgot to respond to this in my last reply...
Some of those dollars they're devaluing are mine, yet my ability to compensate for the loss of the dollar's value by generating more of them is virtually nonexistent. Many people, indeed the vast majority in the US, are in the same boat. Quality of life in on a steep decline for most of us while a few, in control of the printing facilities for our money, aren't being affected at all.
Yes, even the rich are affected by this. To a much smaller degree (less in the bank, lifestyle stays the same) right now, but eventually that bank account will dry up; when so much money is in circulation that a roll of toilet paper costs $100.00, the rich will feel it. The banks won't care, they have all the money they need. Everyone else will starve. Me, I'll probably be making twice what I make now, while having to pay 50x as much for the things I need to survive. Yes, I'm one of the ones who will starve.
The car (auto) industry isn't self destructive simply by continuing to make cars if they only make enough to satisfy demand. When more money is created than is needed, as is the situation we are in now, you have problems.
Your claim that the financial industry doesn't print more money is only half correct. They do create new money through loans; money that otherwise would not exist. If everyone went to every bank right now and withdrew all of their money, the money in those loans would be new money, no?
That's not creating new money, that's putting old money to better use. A dollar being used in a loan is a dollar not being used by the person who saved it. It's a dollar that would still exist without the loan; it'd just be in different hands. If everyone tried to withdraw all their money from all the banks in the world, they wouldn't be able to because those dollars are with the borrowers.[1] If the Central Bank does not print more money (so the only possible creators of money would be the banks), the banks---unable to physically get their hands on that money---would collapse into liquidation and people will lose a portion of their money.
So you're telling me if everyone withdrew all of their money from every bank right now, every cent which was backing the loans made by those banks, right now...
You're telling me, in that case, that the money in those loans, which is money above and beyond what was deposited into (and now withdrawn from) the accounts held by those banks is not new money?
It would seem that, if a bank holds $50 billion in deposit accounts, makes $10 billion in loans and, subsequently, the $50 billion held in those deposit accounts is withdrawn, that $10 billion just came from nowhere. (Only $40 billion should have been available for withdrawal.)
The water industry at least creates clean water and bottles thereof. Are you telling me I can go out and buy a bottle of financial risk?
Your claim that the financial industry doesn't print more money is only half correct. They do create new money through loans; money that otherwise would not exist. If everyone went to every bank right now and withdrew all of their money, the money in those loans would be new money, no?
Further, The Federal Reserve Bank does, in-fact, print new money. A lot of it. Every year.
Where do you think those shiny new bills come from? Here's a hint: they're printed by The FRB.
And they don't destroy or declare destroyed nearly as much as they print each year.
I'm referring to the money itself. Industry creates. Financial industry devalues money.
Sure, it may add monetary value to your business. At the same time, it's increasing the monetary value of everything else be decreasing the value of that money.
Does anyone bother reading my comments all the way through? I'm not arguing the principal behind it, I'm pointing out a flaw in the name being used for it.
If the above is a troll, I've been very well fed. The above is my opinion, based on my experience.
My intent certainly is not to start an argument or flame war (as per the popular definition of a troll). I'm here to state and support my opinion.
Ok, mods, come the fuck on. Overrated != Disagree.
Post a fucking response if you disagree, instead of abusing the moderation system. The Overrated mod is meant to negate a bad positive mod, it should never be the first (or only) moderation on a comment.