Why is the only solution proposed by the left soaking the rich.

Do you get it? You keep saying trade deficit without knowing what it actually means or entails.

Do I support Republicans ?

 

Well, obviously you're not against them. And how can you say I don't understand what a trade deficit is? It seems that you're trying to IGNORE the fact that that's what's killing our economy. It seems that whenever I mention that word, Republicans flock to a different post because it undermines what they're trying to achieve which is to spread their LIES.

 

Well maybe you should put your words so people can actually read them.

Where in the articles does it say that it's a new rig? Did you actually read your information?

No I was just surprised you new the difference. I was happy for you.

I don't actually have to make stuff up. Too smart for that.

I'll take that under advisement.

Can't argue with facts, so you run away. What a big strong man...

 

There is only one side I am on: Mine.

Maybe you should stop being a drone and take your Obama picture off your avatar.

Because you don't. You just keep saying with without knowing why we have one.

When have I ignored that fact? I've been the one saying that we need to produce more. You're acting like trade deficits will be fixed with taxes. No such luck hun.

Our trade deficit is $118 billion. That is 3 percent of the Federal Budget. While it is a problem that we are not producing it's not the underlying thing killing the economy.

 

I guess I did. But this is more common sense then economics. At least, I thought it would be.

 

Why? So some Republican wacko can find me and blow my brains out when Obama wins in 2012?

 

I never suggested that you should post a picture of yourself. And why would anyone want to find and kill you? I'm certain no one thinks you are that much of a bother.

 

I'm certain that nobody would be able to find you even if they knew what you looked like.

 

Why? I wasn't arguing specifics. It was you who started arguing that scarcity doesn't exist...

 

Let me see here. You know my name. You know which city I live in. There's probably only about 30 people with the name Greg Davidson in this city.

 

I actually didn't know your name until you just told me. I never thought that your username was an actual name.

Only shows that you aren't worth that much of an effort of tracking down and killing.

 

Using your "Real" name is not advisable

 

Actually, if you take a look at History, it's always the Leftists that go around assassinating people, blowing up buildings and causing mayhem. For every ONE right wing Wacko, I can show you 100 on the left.

 

You're in Florida!

 

Absolute garbage, by the very definition of the word "GREED" it's EXCESSIVE

It's like when a journalist asked the researcher, "So what you're trying to say is that too much salt is bad for the heart?". The scientist replied. "Yes, that is what Too Much means!"

so
greed is "excessive"
conspiracy theories are "secret"

As for corruption, corruption is born from capitalism and man's own vices.

We seem to define corruption as something that is actually only a subset of corruption, a lot of things just have become socially acceptable or at least overlooked.

When oil companies et al donate money to BOTH sides of the political divide it appears to be to avoid corruption of bribing the party that will support their business. So by donating to both sides they assure that whoever wins, that side will support their business. Isn't that still bribery?

And who is the corrupt person, the person who gives the bribe or the receiver.

In my opinion, the greater the bribe, the MORE corrupt the briber and the less corrupt the bribed. Nearly everyone has there price.

Every time you take a sicky when your not your corrupt, every paper clip you waste.

 

Only individuals can know what their needs are.

I said finite is a misleading term. I never said scarcity didn't exist. I said that when prices decreases things become less scarce. The fear of something becoming more scarce causes prices to increase. This incentives people to look for materials in places which were previously too expensive to look.

 

You seem to have an understanding of what you dislike about greed. What is "greed" to you?

 

That's only because I travel, haha.

 

See... that's the funny thing. When we have good roads, good education and other infrastructure, EVERYBODY benefits. The rich get richer. The rich ALWAYS get richer.

 

Tax cuts don't always speed up the economy. Tax increases don't dampen the economy. If economics was so simple, we wouldn't have to study it so much.

 

Nice phony income mobility graph.

 

greed (grd)
n.
An excessive desire to acquire or possess more than what one needs or deserves, especially with respect to material wealth:

greed [griːd]
n
1. excessive consumption of or desire for food; gluttony
2. excessive desire, as for wealth or power


ex·ces·sive (k-ssv)
adj.
Exceeding a normal, usual, reasonable, or proper limit.

EXCESSIVE is a subjective term. What YOU consider excessive can easily be considered normal by another. Just about the entire definition of greed is subjective.

I think your fear of greed is excessive.

 

This is so just not right, just because if things become scarce prices go up, does not mean if prices go down all of a sudden things will just appear.

If they are scarce, they are scarce.

This doesn't of course mean manufactured scarcity or things there is no call for. These however do not suit the term scarce as used here. Here we are talking more about resources.

According to your statement, if the price of gold fell we would find gold everywhere and if the price of bottled water went through the roof the rivers would dry up.

 

Thank you but I already knew I was correct, that is why I made the post, where you just posted to prove I was right.

You used the term excessive greed, all I said is that all greed is excessive by definition. Your three definitions of greed all began with the word excessive which is exactly what I said.

You just need to say greed, as in "There's no such thing as greed. As for ..." the use of excessive before greed is redundant as greed by definition (as you have demonstrated, thank you) is excessive.

 

Yes it does. Prices rise where goods are in short supply and fall where they are abundant. It's supply and demand.

Scarcity means there is not enough to satisfy everyone. That doesn't mean that there isn't enough. It's just not enough to satisfy demand. It's not too be confused with the term "rare" and it's not be be confused with the term "shortage."

It's no different from anything else on this Earth. Whether it's a natural resource or something we make in a factory.

Gold is a commodity not a resource. The price of gold goes up or down relative to the value of the dollar so your statement wouldn't make much sense.

Why it's true gold can be used for a lot of other things than money, but the value of gold is still relative to the value of the dollar.