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numberwang on 06 August 2018

Overspending on 'luxury' consumer goods, Apple is now a billion Dollar company, some people prefer Nikes instead

Low wage mass immigration

Decay of family structure and parental support nets (40% of children live with single mothers)

Open border free trade that moved the industrial base to Mexico (NAFTA) and China

High taxes, in particular in some states like California

Rising costs for Obamacare / Affordable Car Act for the middle class

Rising rents due to mass immigration (rising demand) in metropolitan areas

Rising cost of colleges due to unlimited government loan hand outs



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DonFerrari on 06 August 2018

And considering how much is the income of american, what is your interest ratio and all, American are also among the worse spenders on earth.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

Bofferbrauer2 on 06 August 2018
LiquorandGunFun said:
JRPGfan said:

"As the authors point out, what it all means is that "the nearly decade-long economic expansion may be more vulnerable to a further spike in gasoline prices or an escalation of trade conflicts" at present. In an unsustainable situation like this, little shocks can trigger a recession."


Trump Logic:
Perfect time for a new Trade war! Trade wars are easy to win, China isnt treating us fairly! what do we really have to lose?

so its ok to have tarrifs on us products. not just free trade which he is wanting, but that doesnt fit your narrative.

on the topic, its too easy to rack up debt, putting them in a hole. no one learns about this in school, im not sure if anyone learns anything in schools anymore.

Yeah, he wants free trade, that's why he puts so many roadblocks into free trade, destroying it. Just because he loves free trade to death.



The Nintendo eShop rating Thread: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=237454 List as Google Doc:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aW2hXQT1TheElVS7z-F3pP-7nbqdrDqWNTxl6JoJWBY/edit?usp=sharing

The Steam/GOG key gifting thread: https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/242024/the-steamgog-key-gifting-thread/1/ 

Free Pc Games thread: https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/248138/free-pc-games/1/

CuCabeludo on 06 August 2018

Everything went downhill after the Rothschilds' Central Banks took control of the enconomy themselves and took gold and silver which are real store of wealth from the people, and giving them worthless paper money backed by nothing.



Jaicee on 06 August 2018
Vizigoth04 said:

I 100% agree with that. The problem with using an alternate system whether as a nation or the entire world is we never have that open conversation about an alternate. We can't just say socialism or capitalism or any other form of economic will work, we have to conversate, plan and agree on how a system will work. One tactic I've thought of is your service to society should be societies service back to you. In another words if you work for a living you should be able to go to your store and attain your groceries or things you need or want. But you shouldn't just take the entire bin of beef as that doesn't leave anything left for anyone else. So then you think ration control. The problem with that is some families are bigger than others. So where's the cap? The rations for a 4 person family is the same as a 7 person family? Who makes those decisions other than a voting system to decide. Vote and decide on the individual policies, not the president/prime Minister or king or queen to make decisions for all. 

My view is basically similar to this, but with the difference that I believe everyone who is able to should work. The application of the above ideas can then be formulated classically as "from each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs". And indeed who better to decide on what people's needs are than the people themselves, collectively?



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Zappykins on 06 August 2018

Clearly, we need to give the top 1% of the 1% a bit more of a tax cut, that's all they need then they will finally start creating those high paying jobs everyone needs.

(time passes)

Oh, that's didn't work? How about some more Welfare for Billionaires. Surely it's bound to work one of these days. (It's Economics 'Nice Guys' version.)



 

Really not sure I see any point of Consol over PC's since Kinect, Wii and other alternative ways to play have been abandoned. 

Top 50 'most fun' game list coming soon!

 

Tell me a funny joke!
DonFerrari on 06 August 2018
Jaicee said:
Vizigoth04 said:

I 100% agree with that. The problem with using an alternate system whether as a nation or the entire world is we never have that open conversation about an alternate. We can't just say socialism or capitalism or any other form of economic will work, we have to conversate, plan and agree on how a system will work. One tactic I've thought of is your service to society should be societies service back to you. In another words if you work for a living you should be able to go to your store and attain your groceries or things you need or want. But you shouldn't just take the entire bin of beef as that doesn't leave anything left for anyone else. So then you think ration control. The problem with that is some families are bigger than others. So where's the cap? The rations for a 4 person family is the same as a 7 person family? Who makes those decisions other than a voting system to decide. Vote and decide on the individual policies, not the president/prime Minister or king or queen to make decisions for all. 

My view is basically similar to this, but with the difference that I believe everyone who is able to should work. The application of the above ideas can then be formulated classically as "from each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs". And indeed who better to decide on what people's needs are than the people themselves, collectively?

Eeeer that is basically socialism and the root cause of why it doesn't work. No one would thrive to do more and look for what market need.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

pokoko on 06 August 2018

It kind of pisses me off that something this meaningful and important is just another battleground for some people to defend or attack based on whichever "side" they pledge allegiance. The Right and The Left have created such a cavern of antagonistic ignorance that almost no one even cares about the truth anymore--they just care about victory or defeat and they're quite willing to watch the world go down in flames for the sake of their sacred political direction.



Jaicee on 06 August 2018
DonFerrari said:

Eeeer that is basically socialism and the root cause of why it doesn't work. No one would thrive to do more and look for what market need.

It's not "basically" socialism; I am a socialist and a radical democrat!

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Jaicee on 06 August 2018
pokoko said:
It kind of pisses me off that something this meaningful and important is just another battleground for some people to defend or attack based on whichever "side" they pledge allegiance. The Right and The Left have created such a cavern of antagonistic ignorance that almost no one even cares about the truth anymore--they just care about victory or defeat and they're quite willing to watch the world go down in flames for the sake of their sacred political direction.

Why not offer an opinion of your own on this subject then instead of just criticizing the opinions of others?