From: JL on 3 Dec 2008 22:46 On Dec 4, 1:48 pm, Diogenes <cy...(a)society.sux.ok> wrote: > You think I'm on the wrong track, I think I'm on the right track. You > are a capitalist pig and I am socialist scum. Man, how confusing, Doug thinks I'm a left wing socialist, and you think I'm a right wing capitalist pig (isn't it normally pig dog ?). I guess that means I probably am in the political centre as I always suspected JL
From: theo on 4 Dec 2008 00:32 On Dec 4, 8:09 am, Diogenes <cy...(a)society.sux.ok> wrote: > On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 17:52:04 +1000, "Capt.about_lunchtime" > > <camer...(a)aapt.net.au> wrote: > > One last comment about this bit: > > >Eventually the wages in these third world countries rise and the cycle > >continues, > > yes, but that could take decades and in the meantime cheap imports > kill our capacity to porduce across a wide enough range, and we become > utterly dependent on (and controlled by) The Big Boys. It's a capitalist plot I tell you. > >putting up tariff walls is a short term insular bandaid. Long term it just > >wont work > > That's just one view. Not one I share. And it certainly is _not_ The > Absolute Truth. There are many ways to do economics. You're just > singing form the Free Market (Big Busines Bulldozer) song sheet. > There are many other song sheets and many other songs. Tiptoe through the tulips? Theo
From: Capt.about_lunchtime on 4 Dec 2008 00:30 "> > That's just one view. Not one I share. And it certainly is _not_ The > Absolute Truth. There are many ways to do economics. You're just > singing form the Free Market (Big Busines Bulldozer) song sheet. > There are many other song sheets and many other songs. > > There is no song that reads the majority or even a significant minority will pay considerably more for a locally produced product of equal or lesser quality given the opportunity. In a Democracy the tariff imposing Gov. would be short lived. In a Dictatorship well anything goes, good or bad. If you let the people decide the taffies are out. If you go down the Dictatorship route all's fine when he or she is a good guy but heaven help us when their kids take over. Democracy is a lousy form of Gov. But so far it's the best on offer. Capt. A. L.
From: CrazyCam on 4 Dec 2008 01:18 JL wrote: > On Dec 4, 1:48 pm, Diogenes <cy...(a)society.sux.ok> wrote: >> You think I'm on the wrong track, I think I'm on the right track. You >> are a capitalist pig and I am socialist scum. > > Man, how confusing, Doug thinks I'm a left wing socialist, and you > think I'm a right wing capitalist pig (isn't it normally pig dog ?). > > I guess that means I probably am in the political centre as I always > suspected Or perhaps, shows aus.moto as a very broad church! regards, CrazyCam
From: bikerbetty on 4 Dec 2008 03:07
"CrazyCam" <CrazyCam(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote in message news:4937762d$0$30451$afc38c87(a)news.optusnet.com.au... > JL wrote: >> On Dec 4, 1:48 pm, Diogenes <cy...(a)society.sux.ok> wrote: >>> You think I'm on the wrong track, I think I'm on the right track. You >>> are a capitalist pig and I am socialist scum. >> >> Man, how confusing, Doug thinks I'm a left wing socialist, and you >> think I'm a right wing capitalist pig (isn't it normally pig dog ?). >> >> I guess that means I probably am in the political centre as I always >> suspected > > Or perhaps, shows aus.moto as a very broad church! > > regards, > CrazyCam Church? Eeek, I'm outta here! <snigger> betty |