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Bad Purchase posted:if we can make real inflation happen at a higher rate than we pay interest on our debt, then the dumb idiots who bear the risk of default by holding our bonds are also effectively paying us for the privilege no, idiot you are going to pay for it. When was the last time that Windows or Amazon paid for the loving crack in your street?
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Archer666 posted:Honestly I feel like American conservatism is way too extreme for me to map any of my opinions on except for 2. Next level dumb. Everything in the brain is measured on a spectrum, and you think gender identity is somehow binary. Big brain take.
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-only morons think communism would actually work
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Just loling at these abortion takes. The catholic church didn't care about abortion until the 19th century. The religious right didn't care about it and in fact were pro Roe v. Wade until they needed a new wedge issue besides segregation. Obviously it worked because it's laughable anyone would find it tragic. Safe legal and rare makes a handy liberal catchphrase but gently caress that noise. It should be safe, legal, and common.
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:no, idiot you are going to pay for it. When was the last time that Windows or Amazon paid for the loving crack in your street? ackshually what you're talking about would be the same whether the federal budget ran a surplus or debt
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I find it offensive when conservatives call liberals cucks because not everyone who enjoys the cuck lifestyle is liberal 
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Bad Purchase posted:ackshually what you're talking about would be the same whether the federal budget ran a surplus or debt are stupid? It's ok if you are. I am too
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:no, idiot you are going to pay for it. When was the last time that Windows or Amazon paid for the loving crack in your street? Nobody is going to pay for it because America actually does have unlimited money because, and I can't stress this enough, our money is worth however much we say it is and nobody can stop or challenge us
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you:Who What Now posted:Nobody is going to pay for it because America actually does have unlimited money because, and I can't stress this enough, our money is worth however much we say it is and nobody can stop or challenge us The guy she told you not to worry about : China
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I don't really care for neopronouns, I don't mind using preferred pronouns when it comes to he/she/they but i'm not sure how to pronounce xe and i'm not sure my mouth can even make that sound. It's never really come up among the people I know but I'd probably just default to calling them by their full name all the time as opposed to rewiring my brain with a new type of grammar.
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Oct 15, 2021 19:30
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also it's cool to be rich as gently caress
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Oct 15, 2021 19:38
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:are stupid? It's ok if you are. I am too my post was responding to the debt vs surplus hand-wringers. being able to sell your debt with near-zero interest rates while inflation erodes the value faster than you pay interest means the debt holders are paying you for the risk they carry. i'm not saying that if you build a border wall and fund it with bond sales that the debt holders have paid for the whole border wall project -- however the government finances it, the funding is obviously still coming from tax payers. i'm just saying that in some circumstances the government choosing to go into debt makes more sense than funding the border wall outright with a balanced budget. unless you can make mexico pay for it. Edit: the thing that will gently caress over the US government is deflation, not inflation. Bad Purchase fucked around with this message at 19:47 on Oct 15, 2021 |
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Weird how the conservative opinion thread is indistinguishable from a bad opinion thread. Must be a coincidence.
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Monarchies are good actually
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Smugworth posted:I find it offensive when conservatives call liberals cucks because not everyone who enjoys the cuck lifestyle is liberal it's always projection, cuck porn is basically indistinguishable from KKK propaganda about black men coming to steal white women
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Bad Purchase posted:my post was responding to the debt vs surplus hand-wringers. being able to sell your debt with near-zero interest rates while inflation erodes the value faster than you pay interest means the debt holders are paying you for the risk they carry. i'm not saying that if you build a border wall and fund it with bond sales that the debt holders have paid for the whole border wall project -- however the government finances it, the funding is obviously still coming from tax payers. i'm just saying that in some circumstances the government choosing to go into debt makes more sense than funding the border wall outright with a balanced budget. unless you can make mexico pay for it. Defaltion will gently caress over the american people. Its why Wendy's is looking into using machines.
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Yes, thats the reason fast food has been funnelling money into automation for decades and decades: deflation 
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Who What Now posted:Yes, thats the reason fast food has been funnelling money into automation for decades and decades: deflation I have no word for how much I hate you
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:I have no word for how much I hate you deflate my balls lol
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Dave Thomas' ghost screaming into the dreams of Wendy's CEO "DEFLATION IS COMING YOU FOOL! WE NEED ROBO BURGERS OR WE'LL NEVER SURVIIIIIIIIIIIVVVEEEEE!"
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rampant chemical pollution of waterways is turning frogs gay
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Lascivious Sloth posted:deflate my balls lol you like that wouldn't you? you saucy bitch Who What Now posted:Dave Thomas' ghost screaming into the dreams of Wendy's CEO "DEFLATION IS COMING YOU FOOL! WE NEED ROBO BURGERS OR WE'LL NEVER SURVIIIIIIIIIIIVVVEEEEE!" That is I said!
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:you: Doesn't China still keep a huge portion of their reserves in dollars? edit: Yes they do, the largest of any country, currently a bit more than 3 billion at last count.
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Guildenstern Mother posted:Doesn't China still keep a huge portion of their reserves in dollars? I know right? It's everyone's problem if we default. Economics is loving stupid
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Guildenstern Mother posted:Doesn't China still keep a huge portion of their reserves in dollars? $3 billion? That seems pretty small for a large power like China.
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phasmid posted:$3 billion? That seems pretty small for a large power like China. It does doesn't it. Maybe China can see into the future.
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Away all Goats posted:Monarchies are good actually The US presidential system is basically 1700s people thinking that you still need a powerful king to make the system work, and trying to work around the worst problems by making the position elected and time limited. Those were absolutely improvements, but it means the US is still stuck with having a single man be way too powerful. Somewhat ironically, the remaining western monarchies evolved into "maybe giving a single person that much power is bad", which I prefer. Of course, there are republics with entirely symbolic presidents as well, but having a king or queen makes it so obviously stupid to give your single symbolic leader any power that it keeps (most) people from getting silly ideas.
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Pansexual is just Bisexual but harder to explain. Demisexual isn't real.
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Computer viking posted:The US presidential system is basically 1700s people thinking that you still need a powerful king to make the system work, and trying to work around the worst problems by making the position elected and time limited. Those were absolutely improvements, but it means the US is still stuck with having a single man be way too powerful. is this why the electoral college is broken?
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:why the gently caress would we ever want a surplus. As long as we pay our loving bills every once in a while, and our money is what everyone compares it to, it will cost us less and less, in the real sense. While we are top dog, inflation is a good thing. At least in the international sense no one actually understands what the deficit is. its economically terrible to have a surplus
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bruvs be4 luvs
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Fashionable Jorts posted:Pansexual is just Bisexual but harder to explain. whatever. I want to gently caress a demon or a half god
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Guildenstern Mother posted:Doesn't China still keep a huge portion of their reserves in dollars? phasmid posted:$3 billion? That seems pretty small for a large power like China. Wikipedia says China owns about $1T of federal treasuries. Japan owns about that much as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_debt_of_the_United_States#/media/File:Composition_of_U.S._Long-Term_Treasury_Debt_2000-2014.svg Congrats to Belgium on 3rd place.
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Dubplate Fire posted:no one actually understands what the deficit is. its economically terrible to have a surplus I know. I explained it a couple of posts ago
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Bad Purchase posted:Wikipedia says China owns about $1T of federal treasuries. Japan owns about that much as well. wow. they should probably make sure our economy works
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lying is a great way to avoid trouble and get what you want
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i dont believe in wearing sunglasses indoors
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Earwicker posted:i dont believe in wearing sunglasses indoors it does happen. I have done it before
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Earwicker posted:i dont believe in wearing sunglasses indoors Hats should always be taken off indoors.
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:it does happen. I have done it before you are a ghost so even if you did, you didn't.
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