Senate Special Election in MA

[Leif]

I know I've brought this up before, but someone please explain what is, and what is not, considered "trolling".

[Solefald]

http://i46.tinypic.com/25tx0yt.jpg

i can dream, can't i?

[Kuya]

Jesusland can keep California.

[Penthesilea]

thankfully PA is saved by Philadelphia

[Yugl]

I've never heard something so morbid about capitalism. Your account is honestly more consistent with the Soviet model. Long lines for health care, unless you are a government official. Poverty, unless you are a government official.

He's right about the middle class portion. Capitalism in conjunction with international markets has shown statistical correlation (note: not causation) with declined growth in the middle class. The theoretical model to assert this suggests that two types of markets are prevailing in growth: high-tech and mass manufacturing. As countries rapidly polarize towards these entities, it becomes increasingly difficult for the middle class to sustain itself, and thus, faces the option of either upgrading to high-tech (Desired option by the middle class) or downgrading towards cheap labor.

This along would not be suffice as strong evidence until placed in conjunction with other findings that suggest inequality increases initially as countries become richer (Obviously due to capitalism), but decreases as further economic growth continues. In fact, it is during industrialization during which inequality peaks (no surprise). However, what explains the decline? Redistribution programs. As countries develop and industrialize, they quickly learn that old institutional standards are not enough to maintain their disposition. Hence, they make efforts towards redistribution. This obviously is less so the case in the US than it is in Europe, but that fact only supports the original claim once you realize that the US suffers from greater inequality than other nations. Of course, there are other factors that influence this such as heterogeneity of the population, population size, and the relative wealth of individuals. Nevertheless, that does not signify enough support to invalidate earlier claims.

Corporations are entities supported by people, run by people, financed by people, and are groups of people. If those people want to give money, what is to stop them?

How is a corporation different from Sally's Neighborhood Book Club who decide they're going to donate as a group to Barack Obama's campaign?

You've answered your own question.

[Rhinox]

The honeymoon is ovah


http://www.facebook.com/pages/Scott-...d=323708355737

lol

[Cyn]

That's fucking hilarious.

[Kuya]

A bill largely composed of taxcuts. Why, if i didn't know any better, i'd say that the Republicans were the majority.

[Olo401]

The honeymoon is ovah


http://www.facebook.com/pages/Scott-...d=323708355737

lol

I felt.. a disturbance in the force. It was as if the voices of a million Leifs cried out in the darkness, and were then silenced.