Ozzy ... There’s just something about you that pisses them off. *lol* (jk)
gasley ... The problem with communicating as we do over the Internet is that we cannot see facial expressions, hand gestures or body language. As a result, sometimes our comments are taken in a negative way, when we were intending to be friendly, or at least passive. There was nothing in nonoise’s post that I took as offensive. Nor did I intend to offend.
nonoise ...
There are no "half-truths" in the fact that Tibetans have been ground into the ground by China. There are no half-truths about the fact that China has locked up between one and two million Muslims in internment camps. There are no half-truths that thousands of Chinese citizens were ground to death under tank tracks and shot to death in Tiananmen Square for the "crime" of peaceful protesting. Same with stealing our patents, hacking our computer systems, manipulating their currency and dumping their products.
inna ... Yes, it is obvious why prices are going up. When money is "printed" into existence and distributed throughout society, it dilutes the worth of money already in the system. This causes more money to chase fewer goods and prices to go up. The politicians blame the consumer, as the Gerald Ford administration did. I wonder if any of you guys remember Gerald Ford’s "WIN" buttons. "WIN" stood for "Whip Inflation Now." The thrust was to get consumers to stop consuming so much. *lol* Those among us who were more astute kept saying ... "consume less, hell ... stop printing money!"
But then, what do I know. I don’t even have an AA degree like nonoise does. Heck, I barely made it out of high school. My Mom considered it to be a miracle. :-)
Frank
PS: Even Adam Smith promoted a "safety net" for those less fortunate amongst us.
PPS: I second gasley’s suggestion ... READ.
