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Recent content by da Silva

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    Fairtax plan debate

    He who quotes Bertrand Russell must be someone worth listening to. I'm sorry I joined the thread this late, but I see an incongruence in your thought. You said that if there is deflation going on, then we'll get those lazy dollars, not extra investment and overproduction. I buy the...
  2. da Silva

    What is socialism?

    My favorite metaphor: Suppose you're at the bank. There are five queues. The capitalist approach: you take a queue and wait for your turn. You may be lucky or you may get the complicated guy just before you; The socialist approach: there's only one queue. People take their turns as desks...
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    Smoking Poll - Smoking Laws

    There are benefits to it, since you've mentioned it. The difference is that I can smoke a pack of cigarettes and maintain a reasonable conversation, pick up my car and drive safely home afterwards. Isn't all this just a matter of good sense? Stop this "small time agenda" rule that we live in...
  4. da Silva

    Hello there

    Hi. I joined the forum today and hope there'll be some good posting, with a little emphasis on economics. I think of myself as being left of centre but with a liberal mind, meaning I believe the State must play a part in the people's live - education, health care, pensions - but should mind...
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