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Why We Don't Celebrate A "Capital Day"
Started Bret Cahill · Date: Sep 1, 2008 08:14 ·
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Another airline bites the dust.
Started Doug · Date: Sep 11, 2008 23:49 ·
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Re: Why We Don't Celebrate A "Capital Day"
Started Fred Weiss · Date: Sep 19, 2008 17:32 ·
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Leaked papers show Britain trying to weaken plan for EU carbon cuts.
Started Doug · Date: Sep 17, 2008 23:38 ·
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Bailout puts the class war back in business with a vengeance; gamblers take advantage of speculating investment banks merged with commercial savings and deposits banks & the consequences of the defeat of the Glass-Steagall act.
Started Immortalist · Date: Sep 17, 2008 13:52 ·
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Is your licence out of date?
Started Brimstone · Date: Sep 11, 2008 06:21 ·
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any suggestions what to do on global warming?
Started Nic · Date: Sep 12, 2008 13:49 ·
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Obama losing badly, left freaking out. Too funny.
Started evul · Date: Sep 9, 2008 13:32 ·
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Welfare babies, greasy diners and other tidbits
Started James$B%%(BNasium · Date: Sep 11, 2008 16:15 ·
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Pubs closing for business at a rate of 36 per week
Started Doug · Date: Sep 7, 2008 23:52 ·
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Re: Why We Don't Celebrate A "Capital Day"
Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile · Search for umm in alt.philosophy
Author: Tim
Date: Sep 20, 2008 01:27
...said capitalism had solved the problem of scarcity. But now you are vacillating. ... If land is scarce and that gives it value, how does that explain the value difference of two different plots? Land is land. Umm...no it isn't. And furthermore, even apart from other differences, some land is more scarce than others, e.g. beachfront or land in Monaco or Beverly Hills or Palm Beach. So capitalism has failed there...
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Re: Another airline bites the dust.
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Author: Doug
Date: Sep 20, 2008 00:32
... be some benefit to the environment and the atmosphere so temporary unemployment is but a small price to pay. Maybe those workers in destructive industries will relocate to something better, which is less hypermobile and polluting. Umm, in case you hadn't noticed, there's not exactly a booming economy at the moment. And whose fault is that? Those people will not find it easy to find new work in the (...
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Re: Why We Don't Celebrate A "Capital Day"
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Author: Fred Weiss
Date: Sep 19, 2008 18:45
...Seats in a stadium is another. What characterizes them is that *we can't produce more*. ... If land is scarce and that gives it value, how does that explain the value difference of two different plots? Land is land. Umm...no it isn't. And furthermore, even apart from other differences, some land is more scarce than others, e.g. beachfront or land in Monaco or Beverly Hills or Palm Beach. Is it possible that you really don't ...
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Re: Why We Don't Celebrate A "Capital Day"
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Author: Fred Weiss
Date: Sep 19, 2008 17:32
...in a stadium is another. What characterizes them is that *we can't produce more*. ... If land is scarce and that gives it value, how does that explain the value difference of two different plots? Land is land. Umm...no it isn't. And furthermore, even apart from other differences, some land is more scarce than others, e.g. beachfront or land in Monaco or Beverly Hills or Palm Beach. Is it possible that you really don't understand ...
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Re: Leaked papers show Britain trying to weaken plan for EU carbon cuts.
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Author: BrianW
Date: Sep 18, 2008 08:33
...15:41, Adrian <toomany2...@gmail.com> wrote: Doug <jag...@riseup.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: What is stopping government giving aid to poor countries with no strings attached? Umm, your anarchic utopia won't have any governments TO give aid... <snigger> Isn't it fun watching Doug "I am an anarchist who believes in more government, more laws and more taxes" Bollen tie himself in knots?...
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Re: Leaked papers show Britain trying to weaken plan for EU carbon cuts.
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Author: Adrian
Date: Sep 18, 2008 07:41
Doug <jagmad@riseup.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: What is stopping government giving aid to poor countries with no strings attached? Umm, your anarchic utopia won't have any governments TO give aid...
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Re: Bailout puts the class war back in business with a vengeance; gamblers take advantage of speculating investment banks merged with commercial savings and deposits banks & the consequences of the defeat of the Glass-Steagall act.
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Author: Immortalist
Date: Sep 17, 2008 22:19
...on bad debts that can’t be paid, how are you going to come out a winner? And there’s only one way of coming out a winner, and that’s to make the government bail you out. Umm...how have they come out a winner? IndyMac stockholders were wiped out. Lehman Bros. stockholders were wiped out. Fannie and Freddie stockholders were wiped out. BearStearns and Countrywide stockholders got a pittance, the equivalent of...
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Re: Bailout puts the class war back in business with a vengeance; gamblers take advantage of speculating investment banks merged with commercial savings and deposits banks & the consequences of the defeat of the Glass-Steagall act.
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Author: Immortalist
Date: Sep 17, 2008 22:13
... on bad debts that can’t be paid, how are you going to come out a winner? And there’s only one way of coming out a winner, and that’s to make the government bail you out. Umm...how have they come out a winner? IndyMac stockholders were wiped out. Lehman Bros. stockholders were wiped out. Fannie and Freddie stockholders were wiped out. BearStearns and Countrywide stockholders got a pittance, the equivalent of 10cents ...
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Re: Bailout puts the class war back in business with a vengeance; gamblers take advantage of speculating investment banks merged with commercial savings and deposits banks & the consequences of the defeat of the Glass-Steagall act.
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Author: Tim
Date: Sep 17, 2008 18:38
... on bad debts that can’t be paid, how are you going to come out a winner? And there’s only one way of coming out a winner, and that’s to make the government bail you out. Umm...how have they come out a winner? IndyMac stockholders were wiped out. Lehman Bros. stockholders were wiped out. Fannie and Freddie stockholders were wiped out. BearStearns and Countrywide stockholders got a pittance, the equivalent of 10cents on a dollar. ...
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Re: Bailout puts the class war back in business with a vengeance; gamblers take advantage of speculating investment banks merged with commercial savings and deposits banks & the consequences of the defeat of the Glass-Steagall act.
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Author: Fred Weiss
Date: Sep 17, 2008 18:16
... on bad debts that can’t be paid, how are you going to come out a winner? And there’s only one way of coming out a winner, and that’s to make the government bail you out. Umm...how have they come out a winner? IndyMac stockholders were wiped out. Lehman Bros. stockholders were wiped out. Fannie and Freddie stockholders were wiped out. BearStearns and Countrywide stockholders got a pittance, the equivalent of 10cents on a dollar. ...
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