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CaptainWidget commented on an article. 11:54 PM

What If the Government Didn't Cut Jobs?

<<Nobody needs a law to buy bagels.>>

Your level of ignorance about economics is astounding.

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CaptainWidget commented on an article. 9:59 PM

What If the Government Didn't Cut Jobs?

<<A wider distribution of wealth, as many Government employees can spend at many bagel stores, whereas one underpaid private sector employee spends less, and one overpaid private sector executive can only visit one bagel store

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CaptainWidget commented on an article. 3:52 AM

What If the Government Didn't Cut Jobs?

<<Sure, dumb regulations, bad policy, and uncertainty are holding the economy back from its potential. But that's subjective and hard to measure>>

Translation "so since I can't measure them,

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CaptainWidget commented on an article. 6:56 PM

Forget About the American Dream

Homes are a horrible investment. As it has been clearly pointed out, you're tying up the majority of your net worth into an asset that

A) Appreciates at 1% a year on average

B) You have to

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CaptainWidget commented on an article. 6:38 PM

The 10 Dumbest Ways the Government Wastes Taxpayer Money

Obviously you're going away from the intent of the question. Would you voluntarily donate a dollar to them under any circumstances? Would any logical person? And for what logical reason?

And if no, what is the

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CaptainWidget commented on an article. 5:29 PM

The 10 Dumbest Ways the Government Wastes Taxpayer Money

<<Yes, I am supporting my trusting some of my tax dollars to studies I do not understand. Moron that i am.>>

That's not what I asked. If these studies creators approached you at the grocery store

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CaptainWidget commented on an article. 11:47 PM

Game Changer: Health-Care Spending Defies Almost Everyone

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Government programs basically set the price for medical services and devices. Increasingly commercial insurance plans reimburse providers and physicians on a "% of Medicare" basis. The

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CaptainWidget commented on an article. 11:22 PM

The 10 Dumbest Ways the Government Wastes Taxpayer Money

Would anyone here defending this waste voluntarily donate a single dollar to any of these "scientific" studies? If so, at least you're being intellectual honest.

You're a moron, but at least you're an

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CaptainWidget commented on an article. 9:12 PM

Game Changer: Health-Care Spending Defies Almost Everyone

Much of our current health care spending, much like housing spending pre-recession, was largely discretionary. The discretion was funneled into these areas through government fiat.

Just like all bubbles, when

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CaptainWidget commented on an article. 6:39 PM

Rising Star Buy: Chipotle

Chipotle doesn't have nearly the same kind of grown potential as McD. A mexican burrito from an American chain isn't going to go over very well in China or the Ukraine. They're just going to go say "why?"

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CaptainWidget commented on an article. 5:08 AM

Regulation Is Good for America

I agree, regulation is great. As long as I'm the regulator.

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CaptainWidget commented on an article. 3:18 AM

Amazon.com's Share Price Is Insane

You don't NEED amazon prime if you own a kindle, it's just another feature, one that I'm sure many buyers do not take advantage of.

I'm in the publishing industry. I can vouch that Amazon takes an EXTREMELY low

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CaptainWidget commented on an article. 12:23 AM

Amazon.com's Share Price Is Insane

Amazon will never be able to raise margins. It's a fundamental change in the business model that the market, and even Amazon's own operations, would likely not support.

I love Amazon the business, but for their

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CaptainWidget commented on an article. 9:47 PM

Why You Should Stay Invested

<<When Spain colonized the New World, they shipped back so much gold and silver that it debased their currency and their empire sunk, you could say sunk under the weight of gold and silver.>>

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CaptainWidget commented on an article. 6:45 PM

More Jobs, Less Work, Low Wages, Dark Future: Part 2

The automated menu you use before you get to an operator is not customer service, it's just funneling you into the most efficient customer service agent for your particular needs.

Checking yourself out isn't

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CaptainWidget commented on an article. 5:11 PM

More Jobs, Less Work, Low Wages, Dark Future: Part 2

<<Two questions, then:

1) Would you accept a gradual transition to communism as automation becomes more widespread and menial tasks become obsolete (and if so, what's your cut off for when to begin this

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CaptainWidget commented on an article. 5:05 PM

More Jobs, Less Work, Low Wages, Dark Future: Part 2

<<You and I might call it utopia. Most people would call it "unemployment." How do you expect people to survive if all the mundane tasks are done by robots, while still living in a capitalist society? We are not all

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CaptainWidget commented on an article. 12:15 AM

More Jobs, Less Work, Low Wages, Dark Future: Part 2

<<When I read a previous article about how many jobs are being automated, I extrapolated that all jobs would one day be automated. This led to the conflict that without jobs no one would be able to buy the goods being

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CaptainWidget commented on an article. 8:33 PM

Hey America, You're Blaming the Wrong 1%!

The prisons are jammed packed full of non-violent drug offenders. We're not talking Escobar, we're talking about Jamal who got busted twice for possession while driving to the grocery store.

The state has a

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CaptainWidget commented on an article. 8:21 PM

More Jobs, Less Work, Low Wages, Dark Future: Part 2

When you adjust for inflation, the absolutely highest amount of tax revenue ever was in 2008.

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