Anonymous B replied with this 1 month ago, 1 minute later, 24 minutes after the original post[^][v]#1,320,491
@previous (C)
Well, go live there. Great people, great food, a leisurely culture, opportunities for rising up in the system, great family culture, and other things. It's not perfect, but it's pretty great.
Anonymous C replied with this 1 month ago, 5 minutes later, 29 minutes after the original post[^][v]#1,320,495
@previous (B)
Good Vietnamese food is available in many American cities, so are other cuisines from all over the world.
Can you think of a single quantifiable way that Vietnam is doing well? They have among the lowest incomes in the world, even the people that are rising up there are relatively poor.
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 6 hours later, 6 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,320,525
It's the same trickle down nonsense they keep hammering. I listen to the finanacial guys and they keep beating the 'job creator' drum, that taxing wealth discourages them from hiring more people. They say it with a straight face too. It's both sides, democrats are in bed with the corporations and the Reblicans as well, but they also go off on 'small business need zero taxes' because, of course, they all own small businesses when they aren't in offical government office positions.
I'm honing my homesteading and prepper skills - anything I can do to NOT pay for their vacation homes and cars is my goal at this point. And if we have to eat the rich, I'll be ready for that too.
> Good Vietnamese food is available in many American cities, so are other cuisines from all over the world. > > Can you think of a single quantifiable way that Vietnam is doing well? They have among the lowest incomes in the world, even the people that are rising up there are relatively poor.
Anonymous C replied with this 1 month ago, 3 hours later, 12 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,320,555
@1,320,525 (E)
Trickle-down isn't why we have inflation.
Regardless of who shoulders the tax burden, it's the money supply that determines the value of the currency. When they print this much money, inflation will happen because there's more money chasing the same number of goods.
Anyone that thinks you can create wealth by printing money is an idiot.
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 2 hours later, 14 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,320,571
@previous (C)
Correct, the U.S. Dollar is worthless because there is effectively no cap on supply. Infinite supply and You can't even use Apple Pay to light a fire for warmth. Totally worthless.
It's also how the government can lower wages, because the minimum wage and negotiated contracts from unions now represent a significantly reduced value then when they were established. Yet it's the party talking the most about the working class that defends these policies.
It has already been abolished in practice. The money supply has increased so much, and the minimum wage hasn't budged, so it's far below the market rate for labor and no longer influences the wages workers are paid.