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Tea Party Patriot Curt Schilling works to save taxpayers' hard-earned dollars

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Starman, May 16, 2012.

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  1. Stitch

    Stitch Active Member

    You are putting words into people's mouths. Anyway, who should build roads and bridges, because I don't recall any society where the magic of the private sector just magically builds roads and bridges.

    Do you think Somalia is what we should strive to be?
     
    Stitch, May 25, 2012
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  2. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    That's the point. Investing in the video game industry is extraordinarily risky whether you are a government, a private entity or an individual. Governments HAVE to invest (otherwise, why do they all have treasurers), and all of them do so at least a little bit to promote economic development. But of course, governments also have or should have strong risk management practices about investments.
    Rhode Island might be our most mismanaged state on a weight class basis.
     
    Michael_ Gee, May 25, 2012
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  3. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    Actually I make crystal clear distinctions as to how and in what I believe government should invest and your seeming belief that corruption exists solely within government -- and not the private sector -- is puzzling.
     
    cranberry, May 25, 2012
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  4. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    There is nothing unspecified about you and I and everyone else that has to pay for our government's largesse and waste.

    Supply and demand -- i.e. people deciding for themselves how to put their money to work -- allocates resources in the most efficient way possible. It's the story of mankind.

    Unfortunately, there is also the patrician (or authoritarian; take your pick) view that advocates a centrally managed world, with of course, that particular person's view of how to manage things being the correct way. At best, it has been misguided do gooding that has given us corruption and inefficiency. At worst, it has been justification for tyranny to take financial freedom away from everyone else.
     
    The Big Ragu, May 25, 2012
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  5. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Ragu -- how, then, do we build a bridge? Or put up a stop sign?
     
    LongTimeListener, May 25, 2012
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  6. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    You want a government that puts up stop signs? OK. Legitimate function of a local government.

    Can you agree that we can do that--and provide whatever other public goods that aren't allocated privately--without a Federal budget of $4 trillion annually, and tens of trillion more in state and local spending?

    And. ... that we can do it without shortfalls of $5 trillion plus a year (being added to our accumulated debt) in combined state and Federal spending, as we have seen in each of the last couple of years?

    If this is about stop signs and bridges, and not the trillions of dollars of corruption, waste and runaway spending that has become "government," then I am definitely the one missing the big picture.
     
    The Big Ragu, May 25, 2012
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  7. RickStain

    RickStain Well-Known Member

    The leap from "the free market is a really, really efficient way of allocating resources" to "It's the most efficient way possible and no tweaks could possibly improve it" is the one that always trips me up.
     
    RickStain, May 25, 2012
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  8. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    If money is involved, there will be corruption. That stands for public and private ventures.
     
    93Devil, May 25, 2012
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  9. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    People allocate their funds for dope, porn, burgers, ammo and corn syrup and will go deep into debt to do so. Save us Invisible Hand!
     
    Azrael, May 25, 2012
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  10. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    Again, there's a difference between legitimate government spending (which also needs appropriate checks and balances to guard against corruption) with corporate welfare under the guise of "economic development." And while I favor a certain amount of deficit spending during economic downturns to spur growth and keep folks working, we can probably agree that waste and inefficiency exist.

    But, hey, there's value to rooting out corruption, waste and inefficiency, so I'm certain the marketplace will take care of it.
     
    cranberry, May 25, 2012
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  11. Stitch

    Stitch Active Member

    is there a view that humans were once free to do whatever they wanted with their resources? Throughout history, I have yet to see an example where humans are free of state control in regards to property. And I'm not sure giving individuals completely free reign would bring benefits the libertarians think it would. All it would lead to is individuals using the mantra of the free market to camouflage the fact corporations would be the de facto leaders of the state.
     
    Stitch, May 25, 2012
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  12. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    38 Studios: Hey, we sold your houses, employees, rejoice!

    38 Studios later: You're all FIRED!

    38 Studios even later: And about those houses ...

    http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/5/25/3043282/38-studios-downfall-leads-to-second-mortgages-for-some-employees
     
    TheSportsPredictor, May 29, 2012
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