It feels to me like this is supposed to be a libertarian forum, originating from the teachings of the 2000 Libertarian Presidential candidate, based on the economic concepts of sound money, which is antithetical to modern monetary theory, of which MMT is the basis of leftist ideology. I would like ...

Honestly I've just learned to listen to my body as to what foods agree and don't agree. I find that for me, I do better on a higher carb lower fat diet. I'm also extremely active, 60-90 minutes of exercise minimum per day so the carbs are needed, lol. I very rarely eat processed foods. I eat lots of...

These things make no difference for my position. Of course not. End of discussion, then. I'd like to see this thread get back on track, if you don't mind. Please read my questions that I posted twice above. I was trying to bring it back on track but I don't think you've read my full posts. I'm not ...

M last pp yearly high was 19.49% on 8/10 (low was -10.75% on 3/19, wow, 30% swing). Today, just popped over 19% again. Within 0.3% of yearly high. Given what has happened this year with the economy, my old self would be SO pissed off at the world -- how can stocks keep on rising when the world suck...

I think you misunderstood what I was saying. I was not saying contract work is bad. I was saying that the specific jobs in question are below minimum wage once you account for expenses. Would you mind going back and reading my post where I gave concrete examples that very clearly rebut your positio...

I can answer a previous question from pmward, in the interest of taking this discussion back to Reality Land: are there people who prefer being gig workers to employees? The answer is OMG YES!!!!!!!! You have to be living under a rock in Governor Newsome's backyard to think otherwise. Also you have...

Right, but SomeDude was not one of those people. Go look at his post history. It was straight up Trump worship. Aside from a gold thread, basically every comment he made on this forum from the time he arrived until Trump lost the elector vote on Monday was vehement Trump worship. Trump was literall...

You guys especially doodle and pm, don’t understand the difference between pro-Trump and anti-anti-Trump. Go ahead and say something mocking, because you just don’t get it. I saw Trump as the bomb to blow up or at least expose the rotten system. Some other things he did right were a bonus. He destr...

I think Pugchief hit the key issue on the head - greed. We are mostly a greedy people. We want the see-saw firmly planted on the “I want more stuff, or the means to acquire it” side rather than on the “I have enough” side. Bigger house, flashier car, dozens of shirts, pants and shoes, and then go r...

You guys especially doodle and pm, don’t understand the difference between pro-Trump and anti-anti-Trump. Go ahead and say something mocking, because you just don’t get it. I saw Trump as the bomb to blow up or at least expose the rotten system. Some other things he did right were a bonus. He destr...

SomeDude is just like McConnell, licking the boot until the very day Trump loses the electoral college, then suddenly tries to distance himself from the mess as much as possible.

I think Pugchief hit the key issue on the head - greed. We are mostly a greedy people. We want the see-saw firmly planted on the “I want more stuff, or the means to acquire it” side rather than on the “I have enough” side. Bigger house, flashier car, dozens of shirts, pants and shoes, and then go r...

Social justice investing will draw interest until it sorely lags the S&P 500, which it ultimately will. And then only idiots will invest that way. ::) It's like the restaurant that told customers to pay whatever they wanted, and then went bankrupt in 6 months because they weren't profitable. :o...

I am FAR from a Progressive! I cannot stand Bernie!!! Specifically because of all the policies he advocates as Mr. Free. I may have voted for Trump ahead of Bernie! Vinny Capture.JPG Trump is a progressive. He is probably left of Clinton if you go back to Clinton's State of the Union speeches. That...

It's all those stem cells!!

We also have the abomination that is the "gig economy" where people are lining up to be paid less than min wage after expenses (gas, maintenance, wear and tear, etc). These things are like a rock holding wage growth down. I'm not sure what your problem with Gig working is. You sound like ...

MangoMan wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 11:58 am Gig workers like and want flexibility, that’s why they became gig workers

Hey you know, because you can find an article saying this online it MUST obviously be true.

Someone said once that money is like manure, it only does any good when you spread it around. The more concentrated wealth becomes the weaker and more precarious capitalism's position becomes. F. Roosevelt was a very wise man in this regard. Had it not been for roosevelt we would have probably had ...

We also have the abomination that is the "gig economy" where people are lining up to be paid less than min wage after expenses (gas, maintenance, wear and tear, etc). These things are like a rock holding wage growth down. I'm not sure what your problem with Gig working is. You sound like ...

I think it's great. If increased "social responsibility" is directly tied to increase in capital and stock prices, more companies will take it seriously. This is using capitalism itself as a driver for change. Those that don't like it will buy ETF's from a company that doesn't do this. Tho...

In my not so humble opinion, I think labor unions played a big part of moving and/or losing US industry/jobs to offshore countries/companies. Automobiles, aircraft, electronics, electronics customer service, appliances, chemicals, ship building, lumber, etc. I saw it happening first hand in my comp...

I find the left view that the right are fascists ironic (see 'Antifa'). You don't see the right telling anyone what is acceptable to think. That is the hallmark of fascism. I would disagree with that. There are a lot of people on the "right" telling people what is acceptable or not to thi...

I find the left view that the right are fascists ironic (see 'Antifa'). You don't see the right telling anyone what is acceptable to think. That is the hallmark of fascism. I would disagree with that. There are a lot of people on the "right" telling people what is acceptable or not to thi...

I find the left view that the right are fascists ironic (see 'Antifa'). You don't see the right telling anyone what is acceptable to think. That is the hallmark of fascism. I would disagree with that. There are a lot of people on the "right" telling people what is acceptable or not to thi...

Really, I think I personally see forward movement as inevitable. The past is gone. So why fight it? Since both liberalism and conservatism are moving targets, conservatives always lose eventually. Liberals always win eventually. Todays conservatism is yesterdays liberalism, and todays liberalism is...