Treaty
it’s good to see someone else with similar viewpoints… i thought i was the only one.
There’s been some tension between us lately. I feel it and it puts me in a bad mood, and I don’t think you like it, either. But there’s an easy way to nip it in the bud:
When the newest social intiative pops into your head, some new plan that will make everything better for a particular disadvantaged minority, I promise not to bitch about it if you promise to describe its true nature.
For example (via):
If governments really want to promote startups and the economic innovation they bring, they shouldn’t listen to the standard refrain of cut taxes and deregulate. They need to start rebuilding the social safety net, so that their citizens know that if they go out on a limb and try something risky, someone will be there to catch them if things don’t work out.
Nope, that’s not the true nature, you’re being manipulative. How about this instead:
They need to start rebuilding the social safety net by confiscating additional tax dollars from people who actually do earn a living, or by reallocating money originally intended as welfare for someone else, so that their citizens know that if they go out on a limb and try something risky, someone will be there to catch them if things don’t work out.
When you put on your economist hat, please ensure it’s firmy attached to your head.
My bitchiness stems from my bullshit detector, which tells me, “This person is trying to manipulate their readers”, or, “This person has been manipulated by others and is spreading their false ideas further.”
Cool, it’s settled; you speak honestly, I won’t speak at all.
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see someone else with similar viewpoints… i thought i was...only one. jakoblodwick:
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