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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: If supply side economics worked |
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012, 10:46 am
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| This makes a lot more sense now thanks! PS But if you really want to prove the point ditch Norway (tiny population huge natural resources) and instead chuck in countries like Holland and Denmark who have bugger all natural resources. Nobody reasonably says the wealth of Saudi's is down to lots of o... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: If supply side economics worked |
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012, 10:07 am
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| This makes a lot more sense now thanks! PS But if you really want to prove the point ditch Norway (tiny population huge natural resources) and instead chuck in countries like Holland and Denmark who have bugger all natural resources. Nobody reasonably says the wealth of Saudi's is down to lots of oi... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Fibonacci numbers - The Fingerprint of God |
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012, 9:26 am
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| For a theist (at least the flavor that I happen to be), God is the source of all truth and beauty. I probably wouldn't have put it as "the Fibonacci numbers are godly", but they are beautiful and true, so I think describing them as like 'fingerprints of God' (as in the thread title) is reasonable. ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: If supply side economics worked |
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012, 9:23 am
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| High gini score means high inequality have another go at it with that in mind. If supply-side economics worked countries with high gini scores would also be richer. They aren't so it doesn't. Now do you get it? Sorry Jakob, maybe I'm being really, really dense here... The graph doesn't seem to dist... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: UN Says Austerity Won't Boost Global Economy |
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Posted: 13 Sep 2012, 5:46 pm
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Replies: 20
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| There is a very simple way to stimulate the economy without increasing the deficit. A wonderful new invention, it turns out that government spending doesn't have to borrowed all the time apparently there is something called 'tax' which solves all the problems. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Are the Muslims really the biggest threat . . . |
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Posted: 13 Sep 2012, 5:41 pm
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| So you make up a bunch of lies about people being murdered for burning american flags or bibles and then defend murders and terrorists because it's not their fault they murder people, they are the poor persecuted victims here. That's the thing - if they did have faith, it wouldn't be tested by peop... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: If supply side economics worked |
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Posted: 13 Sep 2012, 5:26 pm
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| Supply side has no interest in equality as an outcome, only economic growth. Why should there be an equality of outcome? There is no equality of productivity. ruveyn what is prbably meant is equality of outcome given identical enviromental and personal variables. it does not implicitly mean equalit... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Are the Muslims really the biggest threat . . . |
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Posted: 13 Sep 2012, 5:16 pm
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| I'm not sure why I bother, I'm not a particularly good debater and ignorant hateful people will be ignorant hateful people no matter what. PS. Christians not going around murdering people in the name of god for any reason that passed their fancy that day is a rather new concept, only a few hundred ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Where Socialism wins out |
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Posted: 13 Sep 2012, 3:42 pm
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Replies: 103
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| there is a distinct us centric feel to this thread, then again when isnt there? there are plenty of countries that fare better than the us by your own metrics because of that so oh so vilified socialism. That is true. That is because we are suckers. We have shouldered the burden of defending these ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: I'm voting for Godzilla this year. |
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Posted: 13 Sep 2012, 3:35 pm
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Replies: 36
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| I want to see Godzilla's birth certificate, he wasn't born in America and he is a socialist. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Recommend some blasphemous books and movies |
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Posted: 13 Sep 2012, 3:29 pm
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TallyMan wrote: Maybe already mentioned? "The life of Brian" by Monty Python. Loved that film. "He's not the son of god - he's a very naughty boy!"
Only the true messiah would deny his divinity!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uMJYQ9LKGQ[/youtube] |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Recommend some blasphemous books and movies |
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Posted: 13 Sep 2012, 3:13 pm
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Submission by Theo van Gogh.
Theo was murdered because of this film and Ayaan Hirsi Ali has spent all of her life since in safe houses with a close protection detail.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neQcqyUAhr8
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neQcqyUAhr8[/youtube] |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Where Socialism wins out |
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Posted: 13 Sep 2012, 2:53 pm
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| Capitalism is excellent at rationing scarce goods as soon as the supply becomes problematic the price shoots up and people think long and hard about if they really need the product or not because of the price signal. Compare the productivity of socialist an d capitalist economies.; For example the ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Do Cultures that do not have property rights have Laws? |
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Posted: 13 Sep 2012, 2:06 pm
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| Do the kibbutz count or does it fall foul of 'communal property' as a concept even though some went to the extreme of not even owning clothing. How many Kibbutzim are currently in operation? And I am talking about real Kibbutzim, not these tourist traps in Israel where American Jewish tourists go f... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Where Socialism wins out |
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Posted: 13 Sep 2012, 1:46 pm
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| Socialism is a better system for rationing scarce goods than market based capitalism. Market based capitalism is better for increasing the supply of goods and services. Whenever rationing must be imposed socialism is a system that gives a sense of fairness. Everyone (in theory) is equally screwed s... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Has anyone ever comtemplated suicide for this reason? |
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Posted: 13 Sep 2012, 1:31 pm
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Replies: 28
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| Coming to the conclusion that humans are selfish, irrational beings, and unconditional and true love can't be found in this world, thus life isn't really worth it? I struggle with this. :( Yes. The first bit absolutely true every, single being ever born was a selfish, irrational being. But. The sec... |
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