See, the loophole is right there in the text: "with fraudulent intent." How often is something intended to be fraudulent? This law was written to be undermined.
Yes, the invisible hand has been shackled and had several fingers liberated. One of the fingers, the middle one I believe, said "no government bailouts." It was replaced with a stick with dog shit on the end that says "too big to fail."
In which the strong what? You want to finish that thought there? Never mind, I know where it's headed. And to which I say, you are correct, but our system is NOT capitalism. If it was, there'd be no such thing as "too big to fail" and government bailouts of stupid corporations who can't manage their money intelligently would never happen.
I bow to your superior analogy, sir. It's not an urgent issue yet but I see no reason to wait until it is. We can use what we do know while we learn more. We're also going to have to relearn how to take risks. The transition is going to be painful, no doubt, but the sooner we begin the better off we'll be.
Why is it wrong? You change your oil every so often, right? Make sure the tires are pressurized, all the fluids are at sufficient levels, brakes grip, shafts crank, everything runs smoothly, don't you? Preventative maintenance. That's doing something, not nothing. Where's the equivalent procedures for the environment? I know we have policies in place but they've proven insufficient. To continue the obligatory car analogy, it's time for our 100,000 mile tune-up.
the cost of mitigating potential problems would very quickly soar past the cost of doing nothing
No shit? It costs money to do stuff? Know what else it does? Creates jobs. Expands economies. Money needs to move more than just back and forth for the economy to start running again, right now it's going nowhere.
The funny part is I agree with about 95% of that. But I don't think I would be capable of putting my interests ahead of those common to everyone. The needs of the many and shit.
False analogy. Equating climate change to a cold is ridiculous. Malaria would be more appropriate. Also, we are beyond diagnosis at this point and have moved to coming up with cures. Next step is implementation.
What in the hell are you talking about? I agree there's not much wisdom on either side, but doing something to mitigate problems is definitely preferable to doing nothing about them.
Which, if you ACTUALLY PAID ATTENTION, was all his predecessor's fault, who in just 8 years turned a $280 billion budget surplus into a $1 trillion deficit. That's about -500% there. Since then the deficit has increased, what, a few more percent? Yeah, it's ALL OBAMA'S FAULT. Moron.
Letting a known problem get worse before doing something about it is not only illogical, it's fucking stupid. And the assumption that "we'll have time" is unfounded.
Only on/. is the inflammatory dick awarded a +5 Insightful and the reasonable detractor made a Troll. Fuck you brainless mods. Google is right, this mod system is beyond crap.
In other words, that particular problem is so far out in the future as to be safely ignorable right now.
That's exactly the type of short-sighted thinking that got us hip deep in shit in the first place. No regard for posterity because we'll be dead by then, right? What about the people who will have to live with the consequences of all our apathy, laziness and greed today? Fuck 'em? That's what you're saying. God-forbid that we as a species come together and do something for the good of the species, something without immediate payoff, something that might be hard.
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Sounds good. Get on it. Oh wait, you meant someone else do it, didn't you?
Yeah there's some real fucking pricks out there.
What should they be wasting your tax dollars on?
If they had any grounds to do so, but the idiotic law is worded to favor the claimant, no proof necessary.
See, the loophole is right there in the text: "with fraudulent intent." How often is something intended to be fraudulent? This law was written to be undermined.
Yes, the invisible hand has been shackled and had several fingers liberated. One of the fingers, the middle one I believe, said "no government bailouts." It was replaced with a stick with dog shit on the end that says "too big to fail."
Good qualifier, "American" capitalism, as in "not" capitalism.
In which the strong what? You want to finish that thought there? Never mind, I know where it's headed. And to which I say, you are correct, but our system is NOT capitalism. If it was, there'd be no such thing as "too big to fail" and government bailouts of stupid corporations who can't manage their money intelligently would never happen.
Well congratulations, now you can die happy. I hope it was everything you dreamed it could be.
lol, you're cute
Aren't you about 100 years late with this?
No, just gullible and too dumb to question.
I care. I try to educate people. They look at me like I'm off my nut.
I bow to your superior analogy, sir. It's not an urgent issue yet but I see no reason to wait until it is. We can use what we do know while we learn more. We're also going to have to relearn how to take risks. The transition is going to be painful, no doubt, but the sooner we begin the better off we'll be.
the cost of mitigating potential problems would very quickly soar past the cost of doing nothing
No shit? It costs money to do stuff? Know what else it does? Creates jobs. Expands economies. Money needs to move more than just back and forth for the economy to start running again, right now it's going nowhere.
The funny part is I agree with about 95% of that. But I don't think I would be capable of putting my interests ahead of those common to everyone. The needs of the many and shit.
Every time I cough? No. When I start hacking up blood? Bet yer ass. That's where we're at now.
False analogy. Equating climate change to a cold is ridiculous. Malaria would be more appropriate. Also, we are beyond diagnosis at this point and have moved to coming up with cures. Next step is implementation.
What in the hell are you talking about? I agree there's not much wisdom on either side, but doing something to mitigate problems is definitely preferable to doing nothing about them.
Which, if you ACTUALLY PAID ATTENTION, was all his predecessor's fault, who in just 8 years turned a $280 billion budget surplus into a $1 trillion deficit. That's about -500% there. Since then the deficit has increased, what, a few more percent? Yeah, it's ALL OBAMA'S FAULT. Moron.
Letting a known problem get worse before doing something about it is not only illogical, it's fucking stupid. And the assumption that "we'll have time" is unfounded.
And I suppose its your right to be a selfish, reprehensible prick with no sense of social responsibility.
p.s., your mom's a socialist
Only on /. is the inflammatory dick awarded a +5 Insightful and the reasonable detractor made a Troll. Fuck you brainless mods. Google is right, this mod system is beyond crap.
In other words, that particular problem is so far out in the future as to be safely ignorable right now.
That's exactly the type of short-sighted thinking that got us hip deep in shit in the first place. No regard for posterity because we'll be dead by then, right? What about the people who will have to live with the consequences of all our apathy, laziness and greed today? Fuck 'em? That's what you're saying. God-forbid that we as a species come together and do something for the good of the species, something without immediate payoff, something that might be hard.