Posted on 02/24/2006 6:24:09 AM PST by Sam's Army
No ma'am I sure don't. I need me one of you edukated folks to explain it all to me. Maybe you need to put your entire post in extra large blinking red font. That so helps an argument. Jeez lady, put the bottle down. I sat through enough courses while achieving my degree (we have colleges down here too) to understand the pros and cons of regulation. Regulations that have only been in place for 70 years. I do so love 'conservatives' advocating a continuation of FDR's policies
People/societies have used all kinds of things as "money". Just like gold, paper and salt and shells and all kinds of other things, are worth whatever someone says they are. At one time, spices were worth far more than gold; so was salt.
You so smart...What was the value of the gold, salt, spices, etc. based upon? The free market. If the supply of said product flooded the market, the value of that product and its trading value dropped. Who stepped in if the value of the product dropped? No one. What is the dollar based on? What the Fed says its worth. Yeah that's laissez faire if I've ever seen it...
Iran and yes, Venezuela want to manipulate the market, the HATE America and ANYTHING, that they and others see as possibly hurting us, is just hunky dory with them.
Ah, I see. Choosing to base your product's price on anything except the dollar is 'hate'. I wonder if the Brits felt the same way when other nations chose to switch to the dollar instead of the pound. I could search for documentation but I doubt they were juvenile enough to classify such a switch as 'hate'. Or to bomb a nation into oblivion to ensure that nation stayed on the dollar standard
I'm most assuredly NOT a damned Patsie; never was. I'm as much, if not MORE a Conservative as you are.
No, I never called you a patsie. I called those that were anti Wal-Mart and trade unions patsies. You, you're just a harmless partisan. And I've challenged you on this in the past but I would be more than happy to compare conservative values. I can most definitely assure you, every one of my stances can be traced back to the Framers. Yours OTOH are definitions of conservatism that can only be traced to the early 20th century progressive movement. I've read your posts. You are a good Republican, nothing more
nopardons is clueless as to market dynamics, exchange rates and monetary policy...
She is endlessly fascinating to play with...like a cat with a mouse...all of her fantastic wiggles and jerks and she is still a mouse to be eaten...
Seemingly she loves to blow smoke up the bull pole...
Stop drinking the bong water and perhaps you'll stop hallucinating so much.
Actually, the SEC was formed by FDR; however, rules and regulations covering trades etc., began under the BUTTONWOOD TREE; which is where the NYSE began.
Yes, there have been lots of changes, since those early days, in the streets of Manhattan, but then, crooks keep coming up with new schemes and scams.
During the time that America was on the gold standard, there were fewer rules and regulations covering the market and banking, there was a constant cycle of PANICS, DEPRESSIONS ( the one from '29 - the early '40s , was hardly something new ), RECESSIONS, AND BANK FAILURES. I take it that that's what you would like to go back to, from what you've been posting.
Hmmmmmmmmmm...history is certainly not your forte. Governments have decided what the price of gold was to be, if memory serves...which it does. :-)
Have you no recollection of gold at $35 an ounce? Did the "free market" set that price? Ummmmmmmmmm...why no, it didn't.
Oh, so Iran and Venezuela don't HATE America? Trying to manipulate currencies, by them has nothing whatsoever to do with their shared dream of harming us and bringing us to our knees? REALLY?
ROTFLMSO.............you haven't the fainest idea what the FFS stood for, what their "values" were, nor, fir that matter, what mine are. But do keep yourself puffed up and warm, with the thought of just how "special" and "superior" you are, because nobody else thinks so; just you.
A Projection Complex is a funny thing, especially when you keep exposing yours. :-)
LOL
Where did you get that?...googling up wikipedia...
LOL...how utterly predictable...
GEEE....you sound like such an expert...
LOL Whats next?....I half-assed biography on Morgan?
Of course. QED, once Bush was in office for all of, oh, 10 minutes, it was ABF!
Don't GOOGLE, neither have I ever laid eyes on Wikipedia; however, I do know that Wikipedia isn't worth much, since lots pf people post all kinds of utter bilge there, I guess that's where you get your info from, though.
Uh huh...sure...all day long...the only possible use for the internet would be posting dribble and diatribes...
Sigh
You appear to believe that FR's only use is for you to post your dribble(sic) and diatribes; not to mention self aggrandizing mewlings, falsehoods, lies, fallacious junk, and to play word games on.
Define "liberal": our founder's were "liberal" in the word's classical sense.
In other times, in seasons of tyranny and confusion, liberal meant the liberalization of liberty.
My take.
Meant in the word's modern sense .... "more liberal" means "further left." It's good that you prompted the distinction.
The point was to provide an example of "faceless capitalism." And, whether intentionally or not, your response is an excellent example of it.
Socialism with a face is so much better at providing jobs. That's why German unemployment is 12.2% and French unemployment is 9.6%. It's a good thing that socialism has a face, because otherwise it would be a complete failure.
Context is a good thing, Todd. You should learn about it.
Now why would I be foaming? Because someone came to America to escape Communism and now wants to impose Communism on America? Because you came to America and blame your failures on the rich somehow stealing from you? To protect yourself from those evil rich guys, you want to raise taxes, increase redistribution and eliminate the ability of Americans to leave an inheritance to their children.
Why would arguing with an ungrateful, bigger government loving immigrant make me foam?
I'm always willing to learn. So teach me.
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