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Actually Mr. President, we should get rid of the minimum wage

Oceandan said:
Or to those who live in a fantasy world of books and academics, but could find their backside with both hands in Realville.
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Many economists work in the academy. Many work in what you would call Realville. They have after all become the backbone of public and private sector decision-making. The primary difference between the two groups today is that the ones working in Realville make more money.
 
Arbo said:
Which sounds a heck of a lot like the person you are dealing with...
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Gee, yet another substance-free post from Arbo. That's 57 in a row now by my count.
 
If God never makes us conscious of our weakness except to give us of His stength, you two should be expecting some HUGE-ass shipments shortly.
 
Cardinal Fang said:
If God never makes us conscious of our weakness except to give us of His stength, you two should be expecting some HUGE-ass shipments shortly.
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You are coming for a visit? Well at least let me get the forklift in tip top running condition.
 
Cardinal Fang said:
If God never makes us conscious of our weakness except to give us of His stength, you two should be expecting some HUGE-ass shipments shortly.
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So now you are an expert on mythology? LOL...
 
Arbo said:
It's so funny to see you knocked down from the 'economist' to adding by one... Intellectual integrity would do you wonders...
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Fifty-nine. You just don't have any substance in you at all, do you.
 
Cardinal Fang said:
Fifty-nine. You just don't have any substance in you at all, do you.
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I've got quite a bit more than a guy on this forum that is a proclaimed 'economist' that isn't really one, and comes across more as a partisan... who could that be?
 
Arbo said:
I've got quite a bit more than a guy on this forum that is a proclaimed 'economist' that isn't really one, and comes across more as a partisan... who could that be?
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Not sure. All my degrees are in economics and I'm at the back end of a rather lucrative 40-year career as a practicing professional in that very field, so if there were any of these impostors around, I'd probably be one of the first to recognize them.
 
Cardinal Fang said:
Not sure. All my degrees are in economics and I'm at the back end of a rather lucrative 40-year career as a practicing professional in that very field, so if there were any of these impostors around, I'd probably be one of the first to recognize them.
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Here, borrow this mirror and take a look in it. I guarantee you will find an imposter.
 
Cardinal Fang said:
Many economists work in the academy. Many work in what you would call Realville. They have after all become the backbone of public and private sector decision-making. The primary difference between the two groups today is that the ones working in Realville make more money.
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I find it interesting that you shove "government" in with "realville" :)
 
Heebie Jeebie said:
Here, borrow this mirror and take a look in it. I guarantee you will find an imposter.
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I think it's a foregone conclusion that you've got nothing to add to this discussion except ad hominems. Strangely enough, up until now you've gotten away even with calling someone FAT and passing that off as civil political discourse. Why, I do not know.
 
cpwill said:
I find it interesting that you shove "government" in with "realville" :)
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Because without the government, realville becomes Somalia.
 
Zalatix said:
Because without the government, realville becomes Somalia.
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..... which doesn't mean that government actions have to take into account and respond to their consequences. "realville", it is not.
 
Heebie Jeebie said:
Here, borrow this mirror and take a look in it. I guarantee you will find an imposter.
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You're trying to convince me that I don't in fact do every day what I do every day? I'm really sorry (but hardly surprised) to learn that you suffer from such monumental issues in dealing with simple fact and reality. Just something you'll have to live with, I guess.
 
cpwill said:
I find it interesting that you shove "government" in with "realville"
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Well, of course you would. And there would be no more rational basis for that finding than for any of the other nonsensical "discoveries" you've reported here over time. The economy is comprised of the household sector, the business sector, the foreign sector, and the public sector. The public sector is the only one charged with promotion of the general welfare among its chief responsibilities. The rest could care less. That's reality.
 
cpwill said:
..... which doesn't mean that government actions have to take into account and respond to their consequences. "realville", it is not.
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It was one of your myopic confrères that divided the academic world off from the rest, a residual that that he then termed "Realville". Typical binary right-winger. Maybe you should be challenging him on that. Or explaining through reference to even more libertarian nonsense how running a $3.6 trillion global operation isn't quite "real" enough for you.
 
Zalatix said:
I think it's a foregone conclusion that you've got nothing to add to this discussion except ad hominems. Strangely enough, up until now you've gotten away even with calling someone FAT and passing that off as civil political discourse. Why, I do not know.
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Did you say something about the subject or did you just belch?
 
Cardinal Fang said:
You're trying to convince me that I don't in fact do every day what I do every day? I'm really sorry (but hardly surprised) to learn that you suffer from such monumental issues in dealing with simple fact and reality. Just something you'll have to live with, I guess.
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I'm saying based on your argument you don't appear to. But hey maybe you are a genius economist, resterauntaur and charity runner. You certainly wouldn't get that from your posts though.
 
Heebie Jeebie said:
I'm saying based on your argument you don't appear to. But hey maybe you are a genius economist, resterauntaur and charity runner. You certainly wouldn't get that from your posts though.
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LOL!!! What would you know about any of them?
 
Cardinal Fang said:
LOL!!! What would you know about any of them?
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Apparently more than you think. But then you don't seem to think much of anyone but yourself so it's understandable that you continually underestimate people.
 
Cardinal Fang said:
running a $3.6 trillion global operation
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Funny that anyone can call the waste, and all the things government isn't supposed to be involved with, such a thing. Bankrupting our grandkids, some operation...
 
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