Matthew D wrote: Whenever I listen to AM conservative talk radio,
Steve H wrote:If the government has the power to tell us how much employees must be paid, then it has the power to tell us how much we can charge. So, we'll al basically be working for the government. The amounts will be decided by government guys with PhDs, who presumably will make the most money in such a system.
Steve P wrote:Stephen D wrote:For better or worse, this is turning out to be quite the entertaining conversion (al) / debate...
Rock on!
I think I'm going to try to read this thread really-really late tonight, with the candles and the incense burning
Steve P wrote:Steve H wrote:If the government has the power to tell us how much employees must be paid, then it has the power to tell us how much we can charge. So, we'll al basically be working for the government. The amounts will be decided by government guys with PhDs, who presumably will make the most money in such a system.
Let me assure you...The government guys won't be the ones making the most money. Been there, done that, ain't never going back.
Kyle L wrote:This thread belongs in the 60's.
Steve H wrote:Isn't the Government going to set the salaries in Nimbus's and Mathew's preferred society? Of course the folks setting the salaries will make the most money. They will be the bestest and brightestest.
Steve P wrote:Well...I guess that puts me on food stamps.
Steve H wrote:Steve P wrote:Steve H wrote:If the government has the power to tell us how much employees must be paid, then it has the power to tell us how much we can charge. So, we'll al basically be working for the government. The amounts will be decided by government guys with PhDs, who presumably will make the most money in such a system.
Let me assure you...The government guys won't be the ones making the most money. Been there, done that, ain't never going back.
Isn't the Government going to set the salaries in Nimbus's and Mathew's preferred society? Of course the folks setting the salaries will make the most money. They will be the bestest and brightestest.
Rob Coffey wrote: I recommend Socialism by Von Mises for understanding the problems with centralized setting of salaries (and prices).
Steve P wrote:Rob Coffey wrote: I recommend Socialism by Von Mises for understanding the problems with centralized setting of salaries (and prices).
When I really want to know what's going on in the world I read anything by Matt Taibbi (his article on Goldman Saks is a masterpiece). He's generally Insightful, articulate and uses just with the right amount of swear words. Just to whet your whistle here's his blog on the teabag partiers. Very humorous and insightful.
http://trueslant.com/matttaibbi/2009/04 ... le-malkin/
Matthew D wrote:While we expose democracy and equality our free market, capitalism model is anything but.
Matthew D wrote:I'm saddened daily by how much we allow our fixation with economics to undermine what should be our core beliefs of democracy.
Matthew D wrote:Capitalism, after all, is centered in efficiency, productivity, and profit. Such a system little cares what your social value is, it only cares what you offer the system, what you save the system, and what you ask of ("burden") the system.
Steve H wrote:The amounts will be decided by government guys with PhDs
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