The Trump Presidency

[Josh]

that's some expensive trolling there.

Glory is forever.

[Calliander]

Nope, further south. Long Island.

Gross.

[Doc Holliday]

You wrote a book, didn't you? I'm going to buy a couple copies to throw in the fireplace.

[Dolemite]

Gross.

Your mom is gross.

[GohanX]

I can confirm.

[Calliander]

You wrote a book, didn't you? I'm going to buy a couple copies to throw in the fireplace.

This hurts because there aren't physical copies you can burn. [Flight of the Conchords - Hurt Feelings.mp3]

[Doc Holliday]

Is that expensive? I can't read digital books for more than a few pages before I get distracted. [/hipster]

[Calliander]

Is that expensive? I can't read digital books for more than a few pages before I get distracted. [/hipster]

Not to derail the thread but I'm the same way. Digital is nice for one reason: I can proofread and make notes right in the ebook app, and then send them to myself when done. I still prefer physical books.

Publishing is not expensive money-wise, in my mind. All of the self-publishing routes cede some percentage of the ownership to the company doing the publishing - even the ones who claim you keep your rights. I'm not willing to make that concession. So my life is just query letters and rejections. Oh well!

[Frogacuda]

Economics is right/wrong either way, it's just really a choice of do you want to help the unfortunate but also help the lazy, or fuck over the lazy and take the unfortunate with you as collateral. The real problem is that we should be critical of any policy a party provides, using facts and our beliefs.

This is incorrect. Economics is a balancing act, and we have often gotten by because we've met in the middle of two wrong sides. That's not really happening since the Democrats moved economically to the right. People who think taxes should always be lower or always be higher regardless of where they are right now or what happened last time they changed are all clueless assholes.

Econ, as a study, is full of these curve graphs with a high spot right in the middle. For taxes, for infrastructure spending, for minimum wage, for fucking everything, there's too much and too little. The idea that one side or the other is always right is laughable. Solid economic policy is about figuring out which side of the curve we're on and adjusting.

Socialism on the left, libertarian free market on the right, and Capitalism is the sweet spot right in between where social volatility is highest and competition is strongest.

[Anthony]

This is incorrect. Economics is a balancing act, and we have often gotten by because we've met in the middle of two wrong sides. That's not really happening since the Democrats moved economically to the right. People who think taxes should always be lower or always be higher regardless of where they are right now or what happened last time they changed are all clueless assholes.

Econ, as a study, is full of these curve graphs with a high spot right in the middle. For taxes, for infrastructure spending, for minimum wage, for fucking everything, there's too much and too little. The idea that one side or the other is always right is laughable. Solid economic policy is about figuring out which side of the curve we're on and adjusting.

Socialism on the left, libertarian free market on the right, and Capitalism is the sweet spot right in between where social volatility is highest and competition is strongest.

That's not what capitalism is, or an extremely rosey look on it.


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