04-15-2005, 04:00 PM
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Loser
Location: Check your six.
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Originally Posted by pan6467
the Dem. leadership realizes:
- wages must be increased and the threat of inflation is bullshit because CEO's and upper management make far more than they ever have in the past
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So you're suggesting that wages should increase, but costs won't go up. I can't come up with any other interpretation of your statement. Interesting.
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- social programs and education are needed to develop a more intelligent work base that can again be the best and most innovative
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"Knowledge is good."
Statue inscription from Animal House
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Originally Posted by pan6467
- tax bases can be increased by tariffs, finding ways to keep factories here and regulating imports and small business loans to keep business growth up.
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Raise tariffs, and any of our industries that depend on imported goods will go in the tank. Can any of our economists point out a tariff that's worked out in the long term?
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Originally Posted by pan6467
- universal healthcare, so that the medical debt (which is extremely high and probably our worst enemy) can be eliminated. The scare tactics that it would decrease the effectiveness of care, that it would take away the pharmaceuticals incentives to develop drugs and all the other GOP propaganda would be far outweighed by the fact that companies could free up that benefit monies to pay workers more, workers would be able to spend/ save/ lower debt more because they wouldn't have outrageous insurance, medical and prescription bills to worry about.
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I can't state this as an established fact, since it hasn't happened, but I think by raising costs substantially, you just sent our exports to the same toilet that's holding our import-related businesses.
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Originally Posted by pan6467
- This solution would be for everyone to start over ALL DEBT forgiven and 1 world currency, 1 world minimum wage and 1 world trade. While countries would remain sovereign as to their laws and customs the economics would be based on every country producing and consuming.
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I don't think the Chinese will be beating down our doors to get involved with that deal. Neither will our other upstanding trading partners like OPEC, Cuba, Venezuela ... |
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