"Love of money is the root of many evils." It's a subtle but important distinction: money of any kind is a tool, existing for a valid purpose; otherwise inert. Accumulating money in a manner viewing it as a score versus…
Jesus proclaimed Jewish leaders of the day as hypocrites for telling people to do as they said while not following their own preaching; in other words: committing sin. Likewise, there is a great deal of biblical…
One data center brings the whole bank down? Right... This is suspiciously quickly after military exercises in LA right next to a Wells Fargo. It looked like something was being carried out of the building.…
If you don't know about him already, you might find Martin Armstrong interesting. https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/blog/
I find it even more interesting that my comment, which is factually correct, has been flagged. The Yellow Vest movement started in France and has been prominent in the countries listed within the article. The…
I find it interesting that those are the countries where Yellow Vest protests are greatest, where government has been ignoring citizens the most.
Without context you'll always get assumptions. Part of discourse is establishing clarity. Of course a toxic environment makes life harder. Glad you're doing well.
A highly dense population will always experience activity. Unless you're going into private properties, which is generally a prosecutable offence so don't do it, you wouldn't know which buildings have high or low…
A thief can go to his grave thinking he's a victim. Being coddled into a lie is the saddest thing that can happen to a nation's people.
They're actually getting even better at it - 1.12% in 2009-10! I like how you've pointed out the amount relative how much theft^H^H^H^H^H "tax" revenue is brought in rather than the absolute amount of: £3,673,797,000…
Human behavior is quite simple - it's the magnitude of interactions that that make it appear more complex than it is. I do agree that it is easier to be lazy and obtain instant gratification than delay it for great…
The other part of that is doing something about it. No action, no success. Of course, by the time you figure it out you'll realize that most wealthy people are not the evil sleaze we expect them to be and you'll take…
Is it more beneficial for yourself to blame others or figure out how to improve your situation? If you're not content to remain a crab in a bucket, it might be a good idea to meet some successful and/or wealthy people…
The benefits are not purely monetary - raising the quality of an area due to investment that otherwise would never come in is an enormous benefit for people already living there. That isn't too say throwing money at a…
So complicate the tax issue which increases costs elsewhere and contribute to government managed funds that prove inept? Taking funds from a farmer growing crops successfully and giving them to the one nextdoor who…
Imagine if you weren't allowed to use a calculator without a $5,000 license and six months of training. Sounds absurd? Welcome to the financial world, where outsiders are frowned upon. The market is highly regulated in…
Any tax decrease "disproportionately" benefits the wealthy because they have more. A 1% decrease on $50,000 income is going to be less than the same percentage decrease on $500,000. Of course, you could argue that…
As I pointed out: entities involved in regulatory capture. Money creation through debt is another topic, but still benefits primarily the same parties.
Regulation inevitably squeezes it into government one way or another. The only long-term beneficiaries are the government itself which constantly requires more funding through any means possible, and those involved in…
Thank you for the supporting information showing that both temperatures and sea levels during the pre-industrial era have been higher than they are now. Everything has a cycle - those swings in temperatures and sea…
First off, I want my amazing AI and renewable/sustainable energy generation via microgrids and all manner of eco-friendly technologies. However, the economics and individual freedom aspects are pushing those forward;…
Linear thinking cannot bridge the gap in the complex, nonlinear world we live in. There is a time for unions and there is a time for leaving a broken system. The ocean is bigger than textile mills in the Carolinas and…
Practices that work during a growth phase rarely work effectively when an organization (business, country, etc) has reached the latter states of its lifecycle. One example is unions: they organized and protected workers…
I've been both a wage earner and a business owner, having gone from a similar perspective as yours to wondering why I was funding incompetence, laziness and war by paying taxes. Most business owners I've met, both small…
Death was more of a concern in the 1800s regarding medical procedures. Multiple jobs just to get by sounds a lot like today yet plenty of people still grow, learn and create.
"Love of money is the root of many evils." It's a subtle but important distinction: money of any kind is a tool, existing for a valid purpose; otherwise inert. Accumulating money in a manner viewing it as a score versus…
Jesus proclaimed Jewish leaders of the day as hypocrites for telling people to do as they said while not following their own preaching; in other words: committing sin. Likewise, there is a great deal of biblical…
One data center brings the whole bank down? Right... This is suspiciously quickly after military exercises in LA right next to a Wells Fargo. It looked like something was being carried out of the building.…
If you don't know about him already, you might find Martin Armstrong interesting. https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/blog/
I find it even more interesting that my comment, which is factually correct, has been flagged. The Yellow Vest movement started in France and has been prominent in the countries listed within the article. The…
I find it interesting that those are the countries where Yellow Vest protests are greatest, where government has been ignoring citizens the most.
Without context you'll always get assumptions. Part of discourse is establishing clarity. Of course a toxic environment makes life harder. Glad you're doing well.
A highly dense population will always experience activity. Unless you're going into private properties, which is generally a prosecutable offence so don't do it, you wouldn't know which buildings have high or low…
A thief can go to his grave thinking he's a victim. Being coddled into a lie is the saddest thing that can happen to a nation's people.
They're actually getting even better at it - 1.12% in 2009-10! I like how you've pointed out the amount relative how much theft^H^H^H^H^H "tax" revenue is brought in rather than the absolute amount of: £3,673,797,000…
Human behavior is quite simple - it's the magnitude of interactions that that make it appear more complex than it is. I do agree that it is easier to be lazy and obtain instant gratification than delay it for great…
The other part of that is doing something about it. No action, no success. Of course, by the time you figure it out you'll realize that most wealthy people are not the evil sleaze we expect them to be and you'll take…
Is it more beneficial for yourself to blame others or figure out how to improve your situation? If you're not content to remain a crab in a bucket, it might be a good idea to meet some successful and/or wealthy people…
The benefits are not purely monetary - raising the quality of an area due to investment that otherwise would never come in is an enormous benefit for people already living there. That isn't too say throwing money at a…
So complicate the tax issue which increases costs elsewhere and contribute to government managed funds that prove inept? Taking funds from a farmer growing crops successfully and giving them to the one nextdoor who…
Imagine if you weren't allowed to use a calculator without a $5,000 license and six months of training. Sounds absurd? Welcome to the financial world, where outsiders are frowned upon. The market is highly regulated in…
Any tax decrease "disproportionately" benefits the wealthy because they have more. A 1% decrease on $50,000 income is going to be less than the same percentage decrease on $500,000. Of course, you could argue that…
As I pointed out: entities involved in regulatory capture. Money creation through debt is another topic, but still benefits primarily the same parties.
Regulation inevitably squeezes it into government one way or another. The only long-term beneficiaries are the government itself which constantly requires more funding through any means possible, and those involved in…
Thank you for the supporting information showing that both temperatures and sea levels during the pre-industrial era have been higher than they are now. Everything has a cycle - those swings in temperatures and sea…
First off, I want my amazing AI and renewable/sustainable energy generation via microgrids and all manner of eco-friendly technologies. However, the economics and individual freedom aspects are pushing those forward;…
Linear thinking cannot bridge the gap in the complex, nonlinear world we live in. There is a time for unions and there is a time for leaving a broken system. The ocean is bigger than textile mills in the Carolinas and…
Practices that work during a growth phase rarely work effectively when an organization (business, country, etc) has reached the latter states of its lifecycle. One example is unions: they organized and protected workers…
I've been both a wage earner and a business owner, having gone from a similar perspective as yours to wondering why I was funding incompetence, laziness and war by paying taxes. Most business owners I've met, both small…
Death was more of a concern in the 1800s regarding medical procedures. Multiple jobs just to get by sounds a lot like today yet plenty of people still grow, learn and create.