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Tis an ill wind that blows no jobs....

Started by Prickly, July 19, 2004, 10:18:12 AM

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The Good Reverend Roger

#120
October 10, 2012, 04:18:18 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on October 10, 2012, 04:16:47 PM
What I love is that this hypothesis is completely testable, and no one who spouts it bothers to check the numbers.

We've tried it twice on a grand scale, and it's failed both times.

Prickly came back a while ago, IIRC, and he wasn't happy with the way he was treated.   :sad:
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Freeky

#121
October 12, 2012, 04:18:16 AM
Ohh!  Also, you know, they could RAISE THE TAXES on outsourced labor and materials.  That would make them keep jobs at home, too!

It's about as simple and effective as deregulating everything. :lulz:

Junkenstein

#122
August 26, 2014, 01:47:28 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on October 10, 2012, 04:16:47 PM
What I love is that this hypothesis is completely testable, and no one who spouts it bothers to check the numbers.

What I love is how hilarious this thread is with 10 years or so hindsight.

Nine naked Men just walking down the road will cause a heap of trouble for all concerned.

LMNO

#123
August 26, 2014, 03:41:46 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on July 28, 2004, 07:09:35 AM
Actually, Voltaire made the following observation:

There are three types of government, and three states into which they decay.

Constitutional Monarchy, which decays into despotism.

Republic, decays into democracy.

Aristocracy, which decays into oligarchies.

It's actually the THIRD case that is occurring in America.

Thus spake the prophet.

Cain

#124
August 26, 2014, 03:44:50 PM
You may be amused to learn that Voltaire, like any good classicist, cribbed that observation from Aristotle's Politics.

Junkenstein

#125
August 26, 2014, 03:45:51 PM
QuoteAristocracy, which decays into oligarchies.

On the plus side, it's much more obvious now than it was 10 years or so ago. I'm unsure if this makes things better or worse. Probably both.
Nine naked Men just walking down the road will cause a heap of trouble for all concerned.

The Good Reverend Roger

#126
August 26, 2014, 03:54:04 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on August 26, 2014, 03:41:46 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on July 28, 2004, 07:09:35 AM
Actually, Voltaire made the following observation:

There are three types of government, and three states into which they decay.

Constitutional Monarchy, which decays into despotism.

Republic, decays into democracy.

Aristocracy, which decays into oligarchies.

It's actually the THIRD case that is occurring in America.

Thus spake the prophet.

Reverse prophecy:  More accurate than the regular kind.   :lulz:
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.
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