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Originally Posted by microbet
Lestat,
It's just insane that you act so confident about these things. Nobel prize winning economist don't even act this confident. And they certainly don't all agree with you.
I just admitted not even two posts ago that I might be entirely clueless. A post after that, I admitted I'm not a political expert. How the **** does that come off to you as being more confident than Nobel prize winning economists?
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Btw, the regulations are things that keep workers from getting killed on the job and keep rivers from catching on fire.
Right. Exxon's job is to profit and I'm not gonna trust them with resources that belong to all of us like our water, air. They need to be regulated. But here's a case in point for ya...
Last week a guy died on the Chicago el tracks and shut down the system. Uber and Lyft started surging. A ride that normally costs $25 was going for $250-$350.
Now some moronic alderman wants to put caps on surge prices. Do you agree with that? Why can't individual consumers be allowed to determine for themselves at what point they're not willing to trade their dollars for a ride? Sure, many can't afford to pay $250 and might be stranded, but they are stranded anyway! By allowing the market to determine supply and demand, it brings MORE available rides than there would be normally and those willing to spend the money can get to where they want to go.
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And companies build stuff overseas because the average factory wage in Vietnam is $0.53/hr.
Right. That's because Americans don't have the money to buy what used to be considered "made in America" quality products anymore. I'm old enough to remember the days when you could buy a desk, bookshelf, or office chair without having to put it together yourself. When you could walk into a shoe store and have someone measure your foot and wait on you, instead of sifting through rows of boxes yourself. I like to be waited on. I HATE having to walk down every aisle of these big box stores looking for what I need. And I'm willing to spend more money to go to higher priced stores.
But most Americans can't afford that (luxury?) anymore. And why is that? It's because their employer likely hoards money and doesn't share profits in the form of hourly or salary pay. They'll also cut their hours to 29 hour weeks, instead of 40 to get around having to pay for health insurance. They'll pull every trick in the book to get around these regulations that you're for and in the process hurt the employees who's backs they make their profits on.
I realize I have a very sophomoric view and it could be entirely wrong. But I'm not hearing any better answers from the likes of you guys. All you do is shout, "OMG! He's spewing conservative viewpoints! He's a Trump voter, a right wing news watcher, blah, blah, blah...". Instead, how about you tell me how we remedy the disparity in wealth? Our current system doesn't seem to be working and it's only getting worse. Instead of calling me and everyone who dares to raise a non liberal argument names, let's hear your remedies.