Go, Economy!

[Razor Ramon]

A truly free market doesn't work. One instance like the one we're going through now would impoverish the many while enriching a few. Regulation isn't a bad thing to protect this country. I just don't like the credit card fee bullshit. You know you don't have the money but are withdrawing anyway. That onus is on you.

[Bojack]

That's true, but in some ways the lack of a true free market lets them get away with that. Some of them may have gotten what they deserved in the crash if it were a true free market.

Perhaps, I'm still saddened that we didn't anti-trust the shit out of the financial industry and pile on some regs for their bad behavior as terms of the bailout. Banks were too big to fail yes, but if you're too big to fail then you're too big to exist.

[Josh]

Everything would be so much better if everyone was more punk rock.

[Yoshi]

Perhaps, I'm still saddened that we didn't anti-trust the shit out of the financial industry and pile on some regs for their bad behavior as terms of the bailout. Banks were too big to fail yes, but if you're too big to fail then you're too big to exist.

Government to the rescue! Let's get the people who have never had a real job and live in Candy Land to decide how things should work!

[dave is ok]

Government to the rescue! Let's get the people who have never had a real job and live in Candy Land to decide how things should work!

What I just read is that stealing 20 trillion dollars from the taxpayers of the US is ok and the government shouldn't regulate you to make sure it doesn't happen.

[Drewbacca]

It wasnt from the taxpayer. And 2 - if anything the financial operating procedure in Washington is left leaning due to the wide-spread belief in Keynesian policy. Which has been the goto defacto stance in the economy since Nixon enacted senioriage and non-conversion.

Whereas conservatives want real-backed money with precious materials and hard stone. Both policies are ok. Keynesian is more realistic in an expanding world. But as weve seen in the past decade its much easier to rig and corrupt with Keynesian because everything is numbers on a spreadsheet.

[dave is ok]

It wasnt from the taxpayer. And 2 - if anything the financial operating procedure in Washington is left leaning due to the wide-spread belief in Keynesian policy. Which has been the goto defacto stance in the economy since Nixon enacted senioriage and non-conversion.

Whereas conservatives want real-backed money with precious materials and hard stone. Both policies are ok. Keynesian is more realistic in an expanding world. But as weve seen in the past decade its much easier to rig and corrupt with Keynesian because everything is numbers on a spreadsheet.

Ron Paul does not equal 'all conservatives'

Name one other prominent conservative who wants to do away with fiat currency.

And it was robbed from the taxpayers. Every time Wall Street rigs a commodities market, or takes trillions from the government in secret loans - it raises the cost of living for everyone.

[Yoshi]

You know what would stop secret government loans? Keeping the federal government the fuck out of anything that isn't infrastructure and national defense. If we took away the former lawyers and career politicians, how many people would be left in Congress that might actually know something about reality?

[Fe 26]

It would never pass, but I think they should set a career cap on people in the three main branches of government. Maybe set it to 25-50%. Maybe even do it by gender and race too.

After 25% is lawyers, or business majors, no more can have the job until someone leaves.

[Bojack]

Government to the rescue! Let's get the people who have never had a real job and live in Candy Land to decide how things should work!

Says the insurance number cruncher.