I could hear you cracking your knuckles, getting ready to bust my balls. Couldn't have that now could we?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sharpienads
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I could hear you cracking your knuckles, getting ready to bust my balls. Couldn't have that now could we?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sharpienads
because if you had a profit you must have ripped someone off. You are supposed to operate on a break even basis :)Quote:
Why is profit it that some people equate profit to stealing?
I probably read it about 10 times and couldn't figure out what you were trying to say. And then when Rucker made what sounded like an appropriate reply I was even more confused.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
A little late for this, but if there was any chance that some of these people would actually read it and learn something, it might be worth buying copies of Thomas Sowell's book, Basic Economics and putting them in the night stand drawer in their hotel rooms. [Flower]
Have to love the interview at 3:53 ...Ya! Go Obama
Many, many, many, good people (who are otherwise intelligent) overwhelmingly believe that economics is zero sum game. Trying to convince them otherwise, through very simple and basic illustrations, ends up being an exercise in painful futility.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
They have been taught by all their public school teachers that corporations are evil - and so by definition everything they do must be abhorrent and unnatural.
Even a blind squirrel...Quote:
Originally Posted by Sharpienads
For the 2012 Fortune 100, average of 6.8%. For the top ten, 6% even. Company size based on revenue and profits are before dividends. Standard deviation for the 100 is rather high at 7.7%.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
lets all hold hands in a prius commerical
If I care to know what's going on with liberals, I'll just re-read Rucker's posts.
(I know, I know...you're not a liberal because you like guns. You're a moderate. Which = a liberal that doesn't take a stand on anything.)