How were the “experts” so wrong about 2024 election and will it carry to 2028?

[pknopp]

You're not concerned about government run, money losing stores driving
private stores out of business?

My reply was nothing more than noting the conflicting argument.

If a private business can do it better and cheaper than government, how would the government run business put the private one out of business?

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

My reply was nothing more than noting the conflicting argument.

If a private business can do it better and cheaper than government, how would the government run business put the private one out of business?

It's simple, the government run business doesn't have to earn a profit.

They can shovel billions of tax dollars into their money losing stores.

It worked in the USSR, eh comrade?

 

[pknopp]

It's simple, the government run business doesn't have to earn a profit.

They can shovel billions of tax dollars into their money losing stores.

It worked in the USSR, eh comrade?

So government can do it cheaper.

Make up your mind.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

So government can do it cheaper.

Make up your mind.

Pouring tax dollars into a money losing store isn't "doing it cheaper".

Get a clue.

 

[pknopp]

Pouring tax dollars into a money losing store isn't "doing it cheaper".

Get a clue.

We poor billions into the banks.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

We poor billions into the banks.

Which banks, where?

 

[JoeB131]

No, you believe in the Robin Hood theory.

Absolutely. Robin Hood was a hero. The Sheriff and Guy of Gisbourne were the bad guys.

Just because the free market doesn’t work for you and some others, doesn’t mean it doesn’t work. It worked for me. It worked for my wife’s first generation immigrant family. It works for many, which is exactly why so many want to come here(that and the freebees the Democrats are offering).

Actually, it doesn't work for most people.

Let's review, shall we.

The top 20% that controls 87% of the wealth- yeah, it works for them.

The second 20% that controls 8% of the wealth- Barely works for them.

The middle 20% that controls 4% of the wealth. Probably not

The bottom 40% that controls less than 1% of the wealth, doesn't work for them at all.

The only reason why this system persists is stupid white people keep voting to keep it in and keep themselves poor.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Absolutely. Robin Hood was a hero. The Sheriff and Guy of Gisbourne were the bad guys.



Actually, it doesn't work for most people.

Let's review, shall we.

The top 20% that controls 87% of the wealth- yeah, it works for them.

The second 20% that controls 8% of the wealth- Barely works for them.

The middle 20% that controls 4% of the wealth. Probably not

The bottom 40% that controls less than 1% of the wealth, doesn't work for them at all.

The only reason why this system persists is stupid white people keep voting to keep it in and keep themselves poor.

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The bottom 40% that controls less than 1% of the wealth, doesn't work for them at all.

Now compare the bottom 40% in capitalist countries to the bottom 40% in the USSR, Cuba, North Korea
and Venezuela.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

We poor billions into the banks.

Still no answer or clue.

 

[JoeB131]

Now compare the bottom 40% in capitalist countries to the bottom 40% in the USSR, Cuba, North Korea
and Venezuela.

Not the topic?

Oh, where is this USSR you speak of?

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Not the topic?

Oh, where is this USSR you speak of?

Not the topic? DURR

Is capitalism bad for the bottom 40%?

Communism is worse for the bottom 80%.

Oh, where is this USSR you speak of?

They were crushed by capitalism.

 

[JoeB131]

Not the topic? DURR

Is capitalism bad for the bottom 40%?

Communism is worse for the bottom 80%.

Oh, where is this USSR you speak of?

They were crushed by capitalism.

No, they fell because they were the last colonial Empire.

The USSR no more fell because of Communism, than the British Empire fell because of Capitalism

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

No, they fell because they were the last colonial Empire.

The USSR no more fell because of Communism, than the British Empire fell because of Capitalism

“We pretend to work and they pretend to pay.”

 

[JoeB131]

“We pretend to work and they pretend to pay.”

yes, I'm sure you heard that somewhere... your historical ignorance is astounding.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

yes, I'm sure you heard that somewhere... your historical ignorance is astounding.

Communism is great, just look at a Trabant versus a Mercedes.

 

[JoeB131]

Communism is great, just look at a Trabant versus a Mercedes.

Mercedes were developed in Nazi Germany, also a socialist country.

That doesn't get you anywhere.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Mercedes were developed in Nazi Germany, also a socialist country.

That doesn't get you anywhere.

And the East Germans built Trabants instead?

Hilarious!

Soviet workers were just as productive as western workers.

DURR

 

[SweetTea]

Actually, it doesn't work for most people.

The only reason why this system persists is stupid white people keep voting to keep it in and keep themselves poor.

Sure, if we could only adopt a Socialist system that took MORE money from the bad top 20%, you know, the ones that worked for it, and give it to those that want freebees, everything would be great. I know you have said you don’t agree with Socialism, but you support a party that is openly going down that path and fast. It is people like you that need to wake up and not vote against your own self-interest.

The reason the system exists is because those of us that don’t spend our time belly aching and being envious are able to enjoy the fruits of our labor. This is not the case in many countries around the world.

To use a sports analogy, good teams don’t spend their time yelling at the refs over a perceived bad call. They hunker down and focus on the game so they can win. Every team gets “bad” calls. The good ones overcome them. You are on a bad team(Democrats) who will never win anything with your current attitude.

 

[pknopp]

Sure, if we could only adopt a Socialist system that took MORE money from the bad top 20%, you know, the ones that worked for it,

The Federal Reserve pumped billions into the markets. Who exactly worked for that?

and give it to those that want freebees, everything would be great. I know you have said you don’t agree with Socialism, but you support a party that is openly going down that path and fast. It is people like you that need to wake up and not vote against your own self-interest.

The reason the system exists is because those of us that don’t spend our time belly aching and being envious are able to enjoy the fruits of our labor. This is not the case in many countries around the world.

To use a sports analogy, good teams don’t spend their time yelling at the refs over a perceived bad call. They hunker down and focus on the game so they can win. Every team gets “bad” calls. The good ones overcome them. You are on a bad team(Democrats) who will never win anything with your current attitude.

Where in Capitalism do we find the part where taxpayers bail out failed bankers?

 

[SweetTea]

The Federal Reserve pumped billions into the markets. Who exactly worked for that?




Where in Capitalism do we find the part where taxpayers bail out failed bankers?

Bailing out banks prevented a large scale economic downturn…a systemic issue that would ultimately harm the very people that you claim to want to protect. Think stabilization vs handouts. They are very different things.