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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
More of that reality-optional thing that I've heard is going around.
Given our exchange, if it's representative, and the Tea Party does sweep some kind of victory in 2012, it will be based on propaganda and fear-mongering.
That's the only way it could happen.
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How do you explain the conservatives gaining political control in Canada? Rhetorical, I can guess your answer or i will read it in the thread on the subject. My explanation, and it applies in the US also, is that people can see the the problems coming and want to do something about it.
It only takes moments of looking at some basic data to understand that debt is going to consume national income or GDP. Taxing national income absolutely can not solve spending problems.
The importance of the above is easily overlooked by those seeking overly complex answers to simple problems. However, this message is easily communicated to typical voters.
If you call the above message propaganda or fear mongering, you and those who share your viewpoint have opportunity to do something about it, by sending your message - whatever it is, I am not clear on what you want to do (I suspect most others don't either). The conservative message is clear and easy to understand - so we will sweep in 2012. We will control Congress and the WH. I even expect a super majority - and if that happens, hold on to your hat!
My comment about our exchange was not personal, but in my view reflects core differences in how people like me with my views communicate with people like you with your views. I see simplicity, you see complexity.
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Originally Posted by filtherton
This is hardly a reasonable example of regulation being worse than no regulation.
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I do not advocate for no regulation. I advocate for fair or neutral rules and regulation. Government should not play favorites in the market.
That is the key point, if you want to respond to it.
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The idea that the government is standing in the way of displaced autoworkers who want to learn to write fluent computer has nothing to do with reality. How long does it take to learn to write professional level code? And how should these folks feed their families in the year or two it will take them to get up to speed in the programming language du jour?
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This is what I mean by responding to trivial matters relative to an example. Perhaps, it is not about all auto workers learning to be be computer programmers, but auto workers not sitting around collecting unemployment, going to rallies and fighting for bailouts but adapting to changing market conditions.
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Do you know what price inelasticity is? It's when prices don't respond to changes in supply and/or demand.
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A short-term issue. And it works both ways, potentially in favor of labor and potentially against labor. For example, as a business owner, if there are short-terms swings in business activity, the last thing I want to do is let go a fully trained employee. So if business slows and demand for labor declines, my response is not to immediately cut labor cost.
Look at both sides of issues. Labor has power in free markets. I don't understand why you folks assume labor will always be a victim. Honestly, can you share some insight on this?