The coming plutocracy

[Mr. dB]

Why do they send lobbyists to Washington D.C.?

To promote private special interests.

 

[redsamurai]

Not really, anyone that couldn't get a decent return on treasuries thanks to the fed pushing down interest rates also invested, like public pension funds.

no i think this have been verified long ago that the chinese were duped into mopping up those high risk mortgages. That's why subprime was so attractive because you could package it up and sell it off and no one could unravel where all the toxic debt was. There's probably still a ton of turds floating around out there that still haven't dropped yet.

 

[javaguru]

To promote private special interests.

No bro, it's all about "public private partnerships."

You can't complain about the Republican jobs programs in the military industrial complex while embracing the Democrat domestic jobs programs in green energy and education.

The Department of Education finally released a study in 2010 that found head start had no impact on educational outcomes for poor children after 1st grade, the Bush admin kept it from being released.

There is no difference between the parties, they want to privatize profits and have the taxpayer pay for it.

 

[javaguru]

It's funny how the righties mock welfare recipients voting themselves a raise, or Congress voting themselves a raise, but have no problem with the board of directors voting themselves raises.

Extreme executive compensation, among other things, comes at the expense of thousands of regular employees. But we're supposed to fellate them because they're "Job Creators"?

Politicians are always going to fuck you because they're parasites that design the system to benefit themselves. However, when it comes to quality of life, don't look at wages but look at what those wages will provide you. In 1970 you could purchase an AM transistor radio for $300.00 or you could purchase an ipod today for how much?

 

[redsamurai]

You can't complain about the Republican jobs programs in the military industrial complex while embracing the Democrat domestic jobs programs in green energy and education.

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yeah....yeah i think i can complain about a jobs program focused on designing newer and newer methods of killing folks when no one in the world can handle our methods from the 70's and 80's. Funds like the NSF are absolutely vital to our future competitiveness. The private sector just doesn't have enough juice to go around. Funds like the NSF get startups going to get to a point where they have something to show a major private investor. Without it we fall behind countries like China that are PUMPING out innovation.

 

[Mr. dB]

Politicians are always going to fuck you because they're parasites that design the system to benefit themselves. However, when it comes to quality of life, don't look at wages but look at what those wages will provide you. In 1970 you could purchase an AM transistor radio for $300.00 or you could purchase an ipod today for how much?

In 1970 you could buy an okay component stereo system for $300, and a Volkswagen Beetle for $1995. An entry level car today can be had for, what, $13000? Are wages up today by a similar factor (6.52 X)?

 

[-SD-]

In 1970 you could buy an okay component stereo system for $300, and a Volkswagen Beetle for $1995. An entry level car today can be had for, what, $13000? Are wages up today by a similar factor (6.52 X)?

Supply and demand differ for stereos compared to cars

 

[Mr. dB]

Supply and demand differ for stereos compared to cars

What about cars vs. wages?

The stereo was just to point out that his $300 AM radio was a bogus example, $300 in 1970 would buy you a lot more than that.

 

[-SD-]

What about cars vs. wages?

The stereo was just to point out that his $300 AM radio was a bogus example, $300 in 1970 would buy you a lot more than that.

What can you live without, your car or your stereo? Thats the point.

When someone turns 16 they dont dream of having their own stereo.

That sort of demand and the increasingly mobile society, and inflation, drives the price of autos higher over time.

 

[zeosim]

My wife's grandpa died and we were looking through old stuff. He had a reciept from 1950's bought his farm which is probly on about 20 acres for $3000, and his old tax return was $940 for the year. Lol that's is so crazy to me