"For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil,"
Joel Send a noteboard - 30/09/2012 10:52:05 AM
First, I try to get to the root of the problem. The main point that people gripe about is that there are so many jobs outsourced to foreign countries. What's the root cause of this? Companies exist for one reason: to make money.
Companies shouldn't exist solely to make money. Companies should exist to provide services and goods that are needed within the community. This reductionist attitude, that it's all only about money, is one of the root causes of the problem.
"for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."
I still cannot understand how the "Christian" right reconciles their beloved profit motive with the Golden Rule (and I Timothy 6:10.) The more we look at profit motive the less morally defensible it becomes. It is one thing to say everyone earns the fair market value of materials and labor they invest in products they sell, but "profit," by definition means "returns exceeding investment." Whence comes that "wealth creation"? It is not from materials, nor from labor: Those are already accounted for; people who only get the market value of their materials and labor do not profit, only break even. To profit, they must get MORE than their materials and labor, and while that is not theft so long as it is voluntary, it does smack of fraud. Maybe I can convince someone to trade me $5 for $1, but can I really call that moral...?
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This message last edited by Joel on 30/09/2012 at 10:54:24 AM
How would you fix unemployment?
- 18/09/2012 05:43:17 PM
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Kill off every third unemployed person; that'll teach the lazy bastards. *NM*
- 18/09/2012 06:11:58 PM
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While likely infeasible, the only real matter with which I can think to address the root problem
- 18/09/2012 07:15:49 PM
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Repeal ObamaCare, for a start. But that's like taking a bucket of water out of the Titanic.
- 18/09/2012 08:54:42 PM
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The left does not believe higher corporate taxes create jobs; it believe they reduce federal debt.
- 18/09/2012 10:57:53 PM
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A reply to a single paragraph should result in a reply back of manageable length... right? 
- 18/09/2012 11:30:02 PM
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- 18/09/2012 11:30:02 PM
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Good luck with that (sorry Joel, but it is true
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- 18/09/2012 11:36:09 PM
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- 18/09/2012 11:36:09 PM
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I do not think the first and fourth paragraphs of my response to him should count as two paragraphs.
- 18/09/2012 11:55:08 PM
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no,
- 19/09/2012 12:03:25 AM
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Bah; most respondents have noted the issue is complex, and many note different factors.
- 19/09/2012 12:17:47 AM
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Caring MORE about Western living standards=/=caring NOTHING about Third World ones.
- 18/09/2012 11:48:54 PM
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That much is true, yes.
- 19/09/2012 07:04:05 PM
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I simply do not see any benefits to ANY countrys populace, only Western multinational CEOs.
- 24/09/2012 04:45:19 AM
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Well, I tried. All anyone can do, right? *NM*
- 25/09/2012 07:07:20 PM
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Like I say, I am happy to review any data to back claims laissez-faire internationalism helps anyone
- 26/09/2012 04:27:32 AM
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Wait...is there something wrong about not caring about other countries?
- 19/09/2012 03:15:00 AM
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Put a bird on it! 
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- 18/09/2012 11:02:41 PM
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*NM*
- 18/09/2012 11:02:41 PM
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Or bring back conspicuous consumption by creating a companion class of workers.
- 18/09/2012 11:07:29 PM
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I think you named the root problem quite well...
- 25/09/2012 01:12:55 PM
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"For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil,"
- 30/09/2012 10:52:05 AM
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get rid of unemployment extensions so the lazy people go out and find jobs
- 25/09/2012 01:44:23 PM
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