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MarketFundamentalist Posted: Sat, Mar 6 2010 2:41 PM

I used to work in a union job once.  It was a terrifying experience.Sad

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What'd you have to do that was so terrifying?

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MarketFundamentalist:

I used to work in a union job once.  It was a terrifying experience.Sad

Once I couldn't get a union job. I was even willing to get paid less than anyone else to get the job, and they still wouldn't let me have it!

 

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a union job. I was even willing to get paid less than anyone else to get the job

Isn't that any oxymoron?

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Kakugo replied on Sun, Mar 7 2010 5:48 AM

MarketFundamentalist:

I used to work in a union job once.  It was a terrifying experience.Sad

I used work in a public library, so what? Wink

I remember there was another assistant librarian who was really a nutcase. In short he did little more than drooling over the girls who came in and the head librarian and me had to make up for his lack of "enthusiasm" by working longer and harder. When the fellow was pressured to change his ways he usually went straight to the public workers union which always, and I mean always, unconditionally stood by him. They didn't even say "OK, we will help you out but at least pretend to work more and try not to sneak out earlier". That's when i satrted suspecting there was something deeply wrong with unions.

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You're a troll, right? Either you're really dim or really too obvious a caricature not to go unnoticed as a troll.

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Caley McKibbin:

Giant_Joe:
a union job. I was even willing to get paid less than anyone else to get the job

Isn't that any oxymoron?

Yup. I just needed work at the time. Didn't care much for any of the "benefits" that would come with the job.

 

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Fephisto:

What'd you have to do that was so terrifying?

"Life is complicated. I killed people, smuggled people, sold people.

Perhaps here, things will be different.

"Lo! I am weary of my wisdom, like the bee that hath gathered too much honey; I need hands outstretched to take it." -Thus Spake Zarathustra
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Jon Irenicus:

You're a troll, right? Either you're really dim or really too obvious a caricature not to go unnoticed as a troll.

I think MF Is a satirist.  Or he doesn't actually realize the insane hyperbole that keeps dribbling onto his keys.

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Fephisto:

What'd you have to do that was so terrifying?

 

"Life is complicated. I killed people, smuggled people, sold people.

Perhaps here, things will be different.

GTA IV much?

 

 

 

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The Late Andrew Ryan:

"Life is complicated. I killed people, smuggled people, sold people.

Perhaps here, things will be different.

I went into business partnership with a gay junkie nightclub owner. Boy life is tough

 

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Andrew Cain:

I went into business partnership with a gay junkie nightclub owner. Boy life is tough

 

LvMIenthusiast:

GTA IV much?

Hah

 Lol, I'm so proud that community members got that Big Smile

When I was writing that I was just imagining a former Marxist economist talking to someone in the Mises institute where he has now found work.

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Bert replied on Sun, Mar 7 2010 7:29 PM

I went to government school from K-12.  It was an excruciating experience.

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Fephisto:
What'd you have to do that was so terrifying?
Its not so much what I had to do, but what the others were doing: the collectivism and mob mentality. It was truly disgusting and despicable to see such statism. Of course I benefited a little because I had a few benefits etc, but at whose cost? It was disgusting to see my fellow riff raff trying to mooch money off the productive members of society.

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MarketFundamentalist:

Fephisto:
What'd you have to do that was so terrifying?
Its not so much what I had to do, but what the others were doing: the collectivism and mob mentality. It was truly disgusting and despicable to see such statism. Of course I benefited a little because I had a few benefits etc, but at whose cost? It was disgusting to see my fellow riff raff trying to mooch money off the productive members of society.

Examples please.

To paraphrase Marc Faber: We're all doomed, but that doesn't mean that we can't make money in the process.
Rabbi Lapin: "Let's make bricks!"
Stephan Kinsella: "Say you and I both want to make a German chocolate cake."

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MarketFundamentalist:

Fephisto:
What'd you have to do that was so terrifying?
Its not so much what I had to do, but what the others were doing: the collectivism and mob mentality. It was truly disgusting and despicable to see such statism. Of course I benefited a little because I had a few benefits etc, but at whose cost? It was disgusting to see my fellow riff raff trying to mooch money off the productive members of society.

Sorry, MF, but it's time you convince us that you're not a troll.

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Grayson:
Sorry, MF, but it's time you convince us that you're not a troll.

I'm not a troll. I may say stupid things, but I'm here to learn, not to troll. Apologies for some of my unthinking "trolly" posts. Should I delete them?

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MarketFundamentalist:

Grayson:
Sorry, MF, but it's time you convince us that you're not a troll.

I'm not a troll. I may say stupid things, but I'm here to learn, not to troll. Apologies for some of my unthinking "trolly" posts. Should I delete them?

Most of your posts have been declarative statements. What exactly do you want to learn? What was the purpose of your "confession"? Lastly, why do you say things that may be stupid?

To paraphrase Marc Faber: We're all doomed, but that doesn't mean that we can't make money in the process.
Rabbi Lapin: "Let's make bricks!"
Stephan Kinsella: "Say you and I both want to make a German chocolate cake."

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Daniel Muffinburg:
What exactly do you want to learn?
Are you saying that I have nothing to learn from Austrianism?

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MarketFundamentalist:

Daniel Muffinburg:
What exactly do you want to learn?
Are you saying that I have nothing to learn from Austrianism?

Why would I say that?

To paraphrase Marc Faber: We're all doomed, but that doesn't mean that we can't make money in the process.
Rabbi Lapin: "Let's make bricks!"
Stephan Kinsella: "Say you and I both want to make a German chocolate cake."

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Daniel Muffinburg:

MarketFundamentalist:

Daniel Muffinburg:
What exactly do you want to learn?
Are you saying that I have nothing to learn from Austrianism?

Why would I say that?

P.S.

What is Austrianism?

To paraphrase Marc Faber: We're all doomed, but that doesn't mean that we can't make money in the process.
Rabbi Lapin: "Let's make bricks!"
Stephan Kinsella: "Say you and I both want to make a German chocolate cake."

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