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Originally Posted by roachboy
this sort of "debate" gets exasperating.
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This is not a debate.
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i don't think you know what you are talking about. like at all.
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How did this personal attack add value to the thread?
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but maybe i expect something entirely different than makes sense to expect.
either way, this isn't interesting to me---it isn't fun, it doesn't get anywhere.
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You control what you read, you control how you respond. If something is not fun to you, why not act on it accordingly?
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Originally Posted by dc_dux
Prepare for more charges of "euro-socialism" or "New World Order" fueled by the Limbaurghs, O'Reillys, Malkins and other ignoramuses who claim they know better than any economist.
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Perhaps you can enlighten and give us the best response to the primary point they will bring up in regard to the financial status of one of the most heavily regulated/highest tax rate states in the country, California? Is California an example of the final failure of tax and spend, highly regulated economies?
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Originally Posted by guyy
Under neo-liberal regimes, sure. They created situations where there weren't enough regulators or regulation and by golly, the regulators just couldn't keep up with the dynamism of the market. It was a self-fulfilling prophecy. Once the first attacks were felt, they lopped off even more by saying that those regulators/meddlers were so darn inefficient and reactive.
The neo-liberal balderdash about gummint & markets was a smokescreen to obscure the institution of neo-liberalism. Hiding its own institution was one of the things that made neo-liberalism so anti-democratic.
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We have a man in charge of the IRS, that was not able to figure out how to do his own taxes, and this government official is going to fix the most complex financial market in the history of man kind. I don't think so.
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It was.
It's been negated in practice since last fall by the crapitalists and your man G.W. and crew -- at least before they went limp. Considering that practical negation, it doesn't really matter what is said in factless vacuoles of the superstructure.
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The US sneezed and the world caught a cold. That is, comparatively speaking, what happened. 50/100/200 years ago other economies were not so dependent on the US economy.