At 3/23/09 11:08 PM, Elder500 wrote:At 3/23/09 11:02 PM, SpiffyMasta wrote:On the note of economics, I honestly want to hear what you have to say. Seriously, go ahead; I'm listening (I'm not trying to start a fight, I really want to hear your opinion. However long it is, I'll read it, so...if you're willing, go ahead!), I want to get an opinion from everyone.
On another note, the whole hateful thing, wouldn't giving a description filled with f bombs and those other f words be considered hateful? Can we whistle that, or does it have to be in the flash?I believe it has to be in the flash, but maybe you could whistle if the description uses seriously hateful things, like the "n" word.
I hate ranting. But whatever if you want to read it.
Here's the deal with the economic situation right now. Everyone liked to blame the republicans for not doing stuff right, when nobody realized that dems had control of the house and the senate, and passed everything that happened in government for the last few years. The auto companies and the banks should have been let go bankrupt. If I recall well, airline companies went bankrupt a while back, and they pulled out of it just fine. In fact they came out even better for it, because they learned their fucking lesson. Do you honestly think that a child who breaks your dishes will stop breaking dishes if you give him more. No, the way that capitalism works is if a company fails then another one takes over.
Yea there should have been a lot more oversight into what was going on, but the banks reaped what they sowed. They knew they were overextending themselves with bad loans and bad mortgages but now they don't even get punished. Hell, they even get fat bonuses for their execs. You should get payed by what you perform, not just for holding a title.
And now stupid dems want to burn more cash, throw away more money, for what? IT'S NOT GOING TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY. People can't get any loans at the low interest rates because the banks don't give them out. Nobody can get money. What they needed to do is tell the banks that they would give them money only if the banks were to then loan out money to people again.
I know a guy who is probably worth ten million and who owns a bunch of property and he tried to get a loan and he couldn't. So he just paid for the property he was buying in full cash. A man who can pay property with his own money, can't even get a loan for that amount?? The banks are now going to the other extreme of needing too much security. They need to find a just middle again.
And bailing them out was the worst thing they could've done.
And don't even get me started on the idea of socialism and what Bobama is trying to do. I lived in fuckin Quebec for 19 years of my life, and socialism does not work. It doesn't work in Canada, and it doesn't work in Europe. It works if you want to have a crappy lifestyle, a shitty health care system, and even crappier jobs. Even the europeans are currently electing left wing people because they are finally realizing that socialism is an impossible concept.
Why? because people are completely fuckin lazy ass pigs. If you spoon feed them, they will not put any effort forth. Capitalism worked in the U.S. for so long because people actually worked hard to get where they wanted to be. Socialism, every works for the government, has job security and don't have to put out. So all you get is minimum effort. That gives you crappy service, slow waits for all governmental services, and no good job possibilities.
It's human nature, that's all.
And don't get me wrong, socialism is a great idea. I'm all for an utopian world where everyone is happy and has a great life and there is no poverty.
But it is what it is : an Utopia. A completely unrealistic world because we are humans, and humans will only do what they need to do, nothing more, unless they are pushed to do more.
