Yes, the reason for the failing US (and European) economies is destruction of money, destruction of individual liberties, growth of the government, growth of regulations and taxes. That's what has to be stopped for jobs to come back.
So you're going to quote the "destruction of individual liberties" as the reason behind this, yet all the jobs tend to go to places where they have FEWER individual liberties, like China. Your point makes no sense, just like you most of the time.
And despite what you'd like to believe, Gold is no more "real" money than anything else. The only reason gold has value is because people put value in it. As far as practical uses, it's only for jewelry, and as a conductor. And it's conductor value is nowhere near what it's price is now. And when people stop thinking, "OOOO, Shiney!" then the value of gold as money will plummet, as people won't have any use for it.
Quite frankly if you start a PhD with money as your sole motivation, you probably won't make it through the program anyway.
I will not disagree with that. However, I will point out that you are probably in a tiny minority, and part of the problem is that the finance guys are able to pay far higher salaries for their jobs than most places that would actually be useful.
In that situation, I can understand why they wouldn't be doing so. However, I also would not impose 80 hour weeks on them. Anyone who does is completely incompetent.
That is a fat load of bullshit, just like everything else you've said in this thread. Employers are the ones with power, which is why you've seen wages stagnate and drop in the last 30 years.
If it were employees, who were in shackles, there would have been an outflow in that category.
Or it could be that even with employees in shackles, its still cheaper to move production to a country where the government does exactly what you want it to do: Not give a shit about anything but helping business make money.
And absolutely none of what you said has anything to do with the topic at hand. And absolutely none of what you said is responsible for what is happening, as the exact same thing would be happening even if we all were using BitCoin or Gold or whatever your "real currency of the week" is.
That is another large reason behind the shortage. However, how many people that graduate from med school go on to become an actual doctor, working in a clinic/hospital, seeing patients, and whatnot?
I remember the promise being given was that, with the increase in productivity, people were going to be able to work fewer hours. So instead of a 40 hour work week, it'd be 20. Instead, business got greedy, and the 40 hour work week turned into 60, because they got rid of more people citing "Increased Productivity".
The same could be said for MBAs. If their pay was flat, or even lowered, there'd be more money to pay for the engineering talent needed. You know, the talent that actually produces whatever you get to sell?
While not everyone is motivated by money, there is a certain amount of it needed to make something worthwhile. If you're going to spend tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of dollars studying, and your prospects are doing what you studied for, and getting paid peanuts, or going into finance, and making an ass ton while not doing a lot of work, most people would choose the latter simply out of practicality.
No, it isn't. Quit trying to blame everything on "government".
Seriously, why have you not moved to a place where the government is not able to accomplish anything? Is that because you don't want to live in such a nation?
That is quite possibly the most retarded interpretation of his statement possible. Nobody "forces" employers to work. Further, telling them to play by the rules is not doing anything like you are suggesting. If anything, employers today are the ones putting people in shackles.
That's a continuing education thing, and quite frankly, I wouldn't want anyone on my staff who isn't interested in increasing their skillset over the time they work for me. (Note: This is far different than constantly changing to the flavor of the week language).
And I'd be pretty shocked to find out that finance doesn't have some form of continuing education needed to succeed in that field too.
I'm sorry, but no. When you agree to host financial services, you agree to provide a certain level of security for those transactions. Simply saying, "Well, you should have paid a reputable business for that!" is not an answer, and doesn't help anyone. Except the assholes who want to make a quick buck without putting in any of the work.
I would see something like that as being almost a reverse of Google's 20% time: You spend the vast majority of your time working on whatever you like doing, and then maybe one day a week you spend helping out, and doing the things that society needs doing. Like taking away the trash.
Being fucked over, and not getting some form of restitution is your definition of "going smoothly"?
I really hope you always find yourself in a position of being able to absorb those losses, and never get fucked over on something that could potentially ruin you. And in such an event, I hope your "recourse" in taking your now, non-existent ability to conduct business elsewhere gives you comfort.
And this right here is why Bitcoin is going to struggle to take off. Very few people want to actually go through the trouble to do this just to spend some money.
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Yes, the reason for the failing US (and European) economies is destruction of money, destruction of individual liberties, growth of the government, growth of regulations and taxes. That's what has to be stopped for jobs to come back.
So you're going to quote the "destruction of individual liberties" as the reason behind this, yet all the jobs tend to go to places where they have FEWER individual liberties, like China. Your point makes no sense, just like you most of the time.
And despite what you'd like to believe, Gold is no more "real" money than anything else. The only reason gold has value is because people put value in it. As far as practical uses, it's only for jewelry, and as a conductor. And it's conductor value is nowhere near what it's price is now. And when people stop thinking, "OOOO, Shiney!" then the value of gold as money will plummet, as people won't have any use for it.
I'm sorry, but your anti-government rants are usually not on topic in the least. At least pretend to have read what the article was about.
Quite frankly if you start a PhD with money as your sole motivation, you probably won't make it through the program anyway.
I will not disagree with that. However, I will point out that you are probably in a tiny minority, and part of the problem is that the finance guys are able to pay far higher salaries for their jobs than most places that would actually be useful.
The value of bits of paper that central banks can print more of always goes to zero.
Now who's the one not giving anything approaching an argument?
The Greeks' didn't.
And I'm sure that had absolutely nothing to do with them being conquered.
In that situation, I can understand why they wouldn't be doing so. However, I also would not impose 80 hour weeks on them. Anyone who does is completely incompetent.
Employers are the ones in shackles
That is a fat load of bullshit, just like everything else you've said in this thread. Employers are the ones with power, which is why you've seen wages stagnate and drop in the last 30 years.
If it were employees, who were in shackles, there would have been an outflow in that category.
Or it could be that even with employees in shackles, its still cheaper to move production to a country where the government does exactly what you want it to do: Not give a shit about anything but helping business make money.
And absolutely none of what you said has anything to do with the topic at hand. And absolutely none of what you said is responsible for what is happening, as the exact same thing would be happening even if we all were using BitCoin or Gold or whatever your "real currency of the week" is.
That is another large reason behind the shortage. However, how many people that graduate from med school go on to become an actual doctor, working in a clinic/hospital, seeing patients, and whatnot?
Except that none of this was on economics. You just wanted to rant against governments.
I remember the promise being given was that, with the increase in productivity, people were going to be able to work fewer hours. So instead of a 40 hour work week, it'd be 20. Instead, business got greedy, and the 40 hour work week turned into 60, because they got rid of more people citing "Increased Productivity".
I'm sorry, but that statement has absolutely nothing to do with the topic at hand.
The same could be said for MBAs. If their pay was flat, or even lowered, there'd be more money to pay for the engineering talent needed. You know, the talent that actually produces whatever you get to sell?
That culture isn't going to last forever.
While not everyone is motivated by money, there is a certain amount of it needed to make something worthwhile. If you're going to spend tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of dollars studying, and your prospects are doing what you studied for, and getting paid peanuts, or going into finance, and making an ass ton while not doing a lot of work, most people would choose the latter simply out of practicality.
No, it isn't. Quit trying to blame everything on "government".
Seriously, why have you not moved to a place where the government is not able to accomplish anything? Is that because you don't want to live in such a nation?
That is quite possibly the most retarded interpretation of his statement possible. Nobody "forces" employers to work. Further, telling them to play by the rules is not doing anything like you are suggesting. If anything, employers today are the ones putting people in shackles.
I'm sorry, but no. Even if we had your dream anarcho-capitalist society, the exact same thing would be happening.
Try as you might, you cannot blame government for everything.
That's a continuing education thing, and quite frankly, I wouldn't want anyone on my staff who isn't interested in increasing their skillset over the time they work for me. (Note: This is far different than constantly changing to the flavor of the week language).
And I'd be pretty shocked to find out that finance doesn't have some form of continuing education needed to succeed in that field too.
I'm sorry, but no. When you agree to host financial services, you agree to provide a certain level of security for those transactions. Simply saying, "Well, you should have paid a reputable business for that!" is not an answer, and doesn't help anyone. Except the assholes who want to make a quick buck without putting in any of the work.
I would see something like that as being almost a reverse of Google's 20% time: You spend the vast majority of your time working on whatever you like doing, and then maybe one day a week you spend helping out, and doing the things that society needs doing. Like taking away the trash.
OK, your turn - figure out what the monthly pricing is going to look like.
Same as it is today. Unless you think they should be able to get away with selling shoddy service.
Being fucked over, and not getting some form of restitution is your definition of "going smoothly"?
I really hope you always find yourself in a position of being able to absorb those losses, and never get fucked over on something that could potentially ruin you. And in such an event, I hope your "recourse" in taking your now, non-existent ability to conduct business elsewhere gives you comfort.
To be fucked over, and have almost no recourse for it?
Forgive me if I'd rather wake up.
And this right here is why Bitcoin is going to struggle to take off. Very few people want to actually go through the trouble to do this just to spend some money.
I gotta say, that "gamerkeys" site looks pretty questionable to me.