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> Look at the price stability post-Depression until now. Oh, you mean prices increasing by a factor of 100 or so? > It is 'good' in that someone benefits from the theft, as a burglar benefits from breaking into a house and making off with a television. Yes, that is what I meant by "good". Basically, I am curious if, from the
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Is it good for the USA when the Fed inflates the money supply by creating money? Austrian Economics says there are negative effects, like the resultant boom and bust cycles that cause malinvestment and suffering, distorted structures of production, and retarded economic growth. But printing money also steals wealth from foreign holders of US dollars
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This part of the constitution implies that people are allowed to walk around carrying guns, swords, and even atom bombs in plain sight. Alas, judges don't respect the the law.
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Isn't the easiest solution simply to impose the cost of litigation on the perpetrator, as well as the cost of the original fraud? After all, they're responsible for the litigation being needed...
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[quote user="Nathyn"] There is no place in America where smokers outnumber non-smokers and most non-smokers are extremely annoyed when they have to deal with smoke. So, requiring business owners to cordone off smokers into a certain area harms no one except for possibly creating a slightly higher cost for business owners that haven't yet
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Try some Beano?
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>a massive sales tax would cause demand for R&D to drop Huh? I don't see the cause and effect here at all. If the government spends the massively increased sales tax on R&D, then quite possibly the R&D will rise.Maybe investment in R&D labor services will suddenly be more attractive because the purchase of capital items such as
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The idea has huge holes in it. 1. There's no proof that the universe's size in space or time is infinite, rather than finite. In fact, I've seen arguments in favor of finiteness. 2. Even an infinitely large universe could not contain events violating the laws of physics. Since the physics behind life and intelligence are scarcely understood
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>Today, minimum wage is the primary support for the economy. What does that statement even mean? Are you saying that the economy will suddenly collapse if minimum wage laws are repealed? What "supported" the economy before minimum wage laws? >What, do you believe all large corporations got to where it is today because of government rules