I love it. Some expert would create a magic “plan”. |
You seem like the kind of person who only looks where the light is shining. How much of that initial "corporate profit" is attributable to government-provided features, like patent processes, surety of courts, basic infrastructure, etc.? A functional state is necessary for "corporate profits," and administering a functional state is costly. For the record, I'm an economist, working in finance no less, and closer to the libertarian side of things than the opposite. But faulty logic used to score political points drives me nuts. |
I understand that but you can't argue that their fiscal responsibility is anything but criminal. I am all for spending for necessary resources/services but the amount of bureaucratic waste is asinine. |
Government features like Patent (paid for during application) and infrastructure (paid for with utility and gas taxes) are paid separately. The court system is paid for with many fees by users and fines as well as all taxpayers. On top of the 59% government confiscation of corporate profits ...fees for patent, utility/gas taxes...fees for court use and potential fines to add insult to injury the corporation must employ legions of unproductive lawyers, accountants, and regulation compliance staff to do government work for the IRS, EPA, OSHA, and scores of other parasites. |
This is nonsense. At best, and this is a stretch, fees for service pay for a share of the marginal costs of provision and none of the fixed costs of provision. Your argument is like saying that because an open seat on a plane costs effectively zero to the airline to fill, if the airline collects more than zero for their seats then the passengers are paying for the service through their fees. Small mind, as if the rhetoric itself wasn't enough of a give-away. |
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Me again. (PP from above.)
I get it. Your sneering towards snd sniveling at the state is developmentally appropriate. I was the same in my 20s. Worked at a conservative think tank. Attended talks at CATO. Played poker with the writers for Reason. Got the Institute for Humane Studies to find my graduate work. I was like you. But then you learn more about how the world works. The catchy talking points you get from Mercator Center talks often lack substance. Not always, but it can be difficult to separate the real thinkers and scholars from the demagogues and charlatans. You’ll wise up, buddy. Maintain that skepticism, temper the anger, and disabuse yourself of the notion that everyone else is a fool. Or else you’ll just end up being a crypto evangelist railing against the state and then begging for deposit insurance once some tech-bro stereotype marks you for the sucker you’ve become. |
You are nuts. I have no interest in crypto or libertarianism. I support moderate democrats. I also know that our government is a waste factory. 90% of America are fools. 50% are complete morons. We are lucky to live in a bubble in the DC area. |
You're quite the prize yourself. ^ |
It’s not magic there are security plans all over DC. |
You bang a thief so your no better. |
So you’re justifying $1 billion worth of white-collar crime day. |
What does your magic plan say that would end the rampant crime at CVS? |
we have enough cops and secuirity in DC, the problem is that they wont do their job. Why can't CVS security be armed and able to detain and handcuff teens robbing them blind? |
LOL. The police can't even detain a teen who is an armed carjacker. |
| Love it when progressives have to scurry for their lives due to their low IQ voting. It's invigorating! |