tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post6531002534626913153..comments2024-03-25T15:17:04.488-07:00Comments on Captain Capitalism: Price Controls Do NOT Compensate for a Lazy PopulationCaptain Capitalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-40133185682582714342019-07-14T17:31:47.273-07:002019-07-14T17:31:47.273-07:00And of course "socialist revolutions" re...And of course "socialist revolutions" result in an inevitable backlash whereupon the people they've been trying to press down realise that they have A Tangible Enemy To Fight, and so they trade the ballot box for the cartridge box ...<br /><br />But if you'd like to forestall The Second American Civil War, perhaps a single solution might suffice:<br /><br /><i>If you are on government aid of any kind, including subsidised loans, you should be ineligible to vote at any level of government.</i><br /><br />Pass a law, make it the law of the land.<br /><br />And then pass another one:<br /><br /><i>Any state, county, or municipality that passes a law that renders null and void the aforementioned law shall be liable for 100% of debts associated with the affected parties.</i><br /><br />But that won't work the way everyone will think it will.<br /><br />Corporations under US law are also "people", and so the college loan companies could saddle the likes of California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Illinois, New York, etc. with 100% of their student loans, with a demand of immediate payment in full.<br /><br />You've heard these people going on and on and on about how student loans should be "forgiven" and how all of these teenage economic grifters are such good people, right?<br /><br />Why not "forgive" the loan companies their debts within these states so they can get on with the business of providing better secured loans to people who actually will make an effort to repay their debts?<br /><br />Let a few state governments try to raise their state income taxes to 20% shortly before they discover what an economic exodus really looks like and that they really aren't able to print money.<br /><br />Basically, let evil bankrupt itself.<br /><br />It'll be a fantastic lesson for the others ala Voltaire.Post Alley Crackpotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-45773056937887746852019-07-14T15:30:47.063-07:002019-07-14T15:30:47.063-07:00You left out the "Marxist academics claim ...You left out the "Marxist academics claim 'this time it will be different'" part ...Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07205115680054313896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-29049592783289365562019-07-14T13:56:23.830-07:002019-07-14T13:56:23.830-07:00
Thanks, but no thanks.<br /><br />Thanks, but no thanks.Un Americanohttp://www.the-niceguy.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-11058178999445003282019-07-14T12:23:50.789-07:002019-07-14T12:23:50.789-07:00Great article - how can the (D)umbclucks who elect...Great article - how can the (D)umbclucks who elect the (D)irtbag politicians not get it?<br /><br />Prosperity comes from productivity - I hate hearing our 'elite' (D)irtbag leaders talk like they can make us prosperous with some diddling of interest rates or redistribution AWAY FROM THE PRODUCTIVE!?jfmorishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00958534016660980260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-36845141759168998732019-07-14T09:32:49.601-07:002019-07-14T09:32:49.601-07:00Implementation of price controls is solid grounds ...Implementation of price controls is solid grounds for revolution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-60276588212976635842019-07-14T09:04:39.200-07:002019-07-14T09:04:39.200-07:00People still don't get it after 1700 years: ht...People still don't get it after 1700 years: https://infogalactic.com/info/Edict_on_Maximum_Prices#Outcometdcommenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16645199111021586392noreply@blogger.com