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RE: Trump hits new low in approval poll - BettyBoston - 03-01-2021
Americans say that the reason the elites want to kill off the 99% is to save the environment, but maybe the globalists are just evil, insane, and greedy.
RE: Trump hits new low in approval poll - Einzige - 03-01-2021
(03-01-2021, 06:10 PM)BettyBoston Wrote: Americans say that the reason the elites want to kill off the 99% is to save the environment, but maybe the globalists are just evil, insane, and greedy.
Clearly the solution is to cut their taxes.
RE: Trump hits new low in approval poll - BettyBoston - 03-01-2021
Almost every problem in the US is caused by the government.
Rents and medical care are expensive because of regulations.
The economy is collapsing because everyone is under house arrest.
Tuition is expensive because of student loans.
The debt is increasing because of wars and welfare.
Airline tickets are expensive because foreign airlines cannot fly domestic routes.
Puerto Rico couldn't recover from a hurricane faster because of the Jones Act.
Prisons are crowded because everything is illegal.
Families fall apart because females marry the state instead of a man.
RE: Trump hits new low in approval poll - Einzige - 03-01-2021
The government exists to regulate capitalism.
Rent and medical care are regulated because those areas are subject to regulatory capture
The government is in the student loan business because our capitalists want a competitive economy.
Foreign airlines cannot fly domestic routes because they might undercut domestic airlines, i.e. capitalist competitors.
Everything is illegal because property rights are so stringently enforced.
Etc.
Remove commodity production for exchange and you have no government.
RE: Trump hits new low in approval poll - newvoter - 03-01-2021
Wow.
Americans are so enslaved that they think government agents are holy gods, but since the elites and the government are the same now, asking for government protection from businesses is like asking a thief to watch your house when you go on vacation.
FAA regulates airlines, but airplanes still fail.
https://www.greensboro.com/townnews/aeronautics/criticism-of-faa-mounts-as-other-nations-ground-boeing-jets/article_eb7b9bff-d7b4-5ac4-a161-193e06107c6f.html
SEC regulates stockbrokers, but markets still crash.
FDA regulates drugs, but drugs are still dangerous.
EPA regulates the environment, but the EPA pollutes.
https://dailycaller.com/2015/09/15/what-do-we-do-now-watch-epa-workers-unleash-toxic-waste-into-the-animas-river/
The USSR was a Socialist utopia, but the Soviet Union was polluted.
https://www.gerdludwig.com/stories/soviet-pollution-a-lethal-legacy/
Maybe the real reason there are laws against car repair is because car dealers lobby for them.
Maybe the real reason there are food stamps now is because food and banking corporations lobby for them.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/food-stamps-making-food-companies-fat/story?id=17166643
Maybe the real reason tax filing is so difficult is that tax preparation corporations lobby for complicated tax forms.
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/taxes/turbotax-h-r-block-spend-millions-lobbying-us-keep-doing-n736386
Maybe the real reason there are laws against ridesharing is because taxi cab companies lobby for regulations against competition.
https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/local/20160128_Emails__Parking_Authority_worked_with_taxis_to_stop_Uber.html
Maybe the real reason there are mandatory vaccine laws now is because pharmaceutical corporations lobby for them.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2007-01-29-0701290104-story.html
Maybe the real reason the US is a police state now is because private prison corporations lobby for it.
Maybe the real reason the US is a warmonger now is because defense corporations lobby for wars.
Maybe the real reason there are mandatory health and auto insurance laws now is because insurance companies lobby for them.
Maybe the real reason there are bailouts and subsidies is because corporations lobby for them.
Maybe the real reason there are government student loans and grants now is because colleges lobby for them.
The government takes away your freedom, but won’t protect you.
The way to deal with danger today is to do what worked in the past.
Government needs to be small and people need to take personal responsibility and embrace freedom.
Being dangerous is not in the best of companies.
The big difference between private business and tyranny is that you can boycott the free market, but the government forces you at gunpoint to do something or not do something.
Look not to the politicians; look to yourselves.
Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.
What do we need government for anyway?
Everything the free market does is better than what government does.
Would you rather graduate from Harvard or the University of New Mexico? Would you rather own a Yugo or a BMW?
If a private association like the MPAA can regulate movies, why can’t the private market regulate other things?
When the TSA fingers your asshole and pulls your cock, is the real purpose to protect you or to make you feel like a degraded slave?
When people smoke now, people just call the police on them, but people in the past either took some personal responsibility and ignored smokers, moved away from smokers, or asked smokers to go somewhere else. The problem with a police state is everyone now is either or a slave or a criminal. Who pays the taxes to pay for tyranny?
If smoking is dangerous, can’t nonprofits raise funds to pay for educational campaigns that warn of the dangers of smoking instead of outlawing smoking?
Can’t people use the BBB to verify if a business is good or not instead of forcing companies to pay fees to get a government business license?
https://www.bbb.org
Can’t private charities funded by volunteer donations provide homeless shelters and soup kitchens instead of being at forced at the point of a gun by the government to pay taxes that fund welfare?
https://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/news/the-salvation-army-ranks-high-on-new-lists-of-americas-top-charities/
Can’t people use guns to protect themselves instead of relying on the Gestapo?
https://nypost.com/2017/08/04/alaskan-town-doing-just-fine-after-losing-entire-police-force/
Can’t neighbourhoods hire private security firms to protect their homes?
https://dksecurity.com
Can’t the free market provide toll roads?
https://portcitydaily.com/local-news/2018/06/03/private-toll-road-near-surf-city-deemed-a-success-by-road-maintenance-organization/
Can’t the free market provide private airports?
https://www.oceanreef.com/amenities/private-airport/
Can’t the free market provide private schools?
https://www.privateschoolreview.com/school-size-stats/wisconsin
Can’t the free market provide disaster relief instead of FEMA?
https://edition.cnn.com/2017/08/29/us/harvey-cajun-navy/index.html
Can’t the free market run delivery services instead of the USPS?
https://www.fedex.com/global/choose-location.html
Can’t the free market run railroads instead of Amtrack?
https://skift.com/2015/08/08/the-u-s-s-first-private-passenger-rail-in-30-years-departs-in-2017/
Think.
RE: Trump hits new low in approval poll - pbrower2a - 03-02-2021
So 'unexpected consequences' happen. So diminishing returns is a reality. Oh, am I shocked! Shocked! Shocked!
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RE: Trump hits new low in approval poll - newvoter - 03-02-2021
If you think that the sole reason for the state to exist is to help evil capitalists then why would you support the government?
RE: Trump hits new low in approval poll - Captain Genet - 03-02-2021
(01-28-2021, 02:55 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: The acquisitive impulse is not all evil. Its antithesis is not so much socialism as it is laziness and apathy.
I recently watched a documentary on Toposa people of South Sudan.
"What is your greatest dream?"
"To be alive"
"What future do you want for your kids"
"I want them to be alive"
Of course they work pretty hard... just to stay alive.
RE: Trump hits new low in approval poll - newvoter - 03-02-2021
Every country is a police state now, but only countries that disobey the globalists are called dictatorships.