ya, i'm paranoid about spending money. We use a credit card mainly because of the % of cash we get back based on how much we use it. But we pay the card off each month and make sure we always have enough in savings to pay it off in an emergency. I never buy an appliance/electronic unless I have the cash first. We don't…
I completely agree the bad is over emphasized and the good hardly ever talked about, especially the closer to DC you get. However the education I got on Mao and the others squares with what is on Wikipeida now. Which I'm sure is slanted and biased but does cover a lot of their accomplishments. I did grow up in a pretty…
@RexM Since I am so unfair to Greevar let's take a concrete example from his first response to me and see how it stands up: "subsistence farming - farming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer without surpluses for marketing" (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/subsistence+farming) "Subsistence peasants are people…
I do believe that I've explained and factually backed up my claims. The fact that you don't like what I said doesn't weaken the merit of my argument. In any case, I will explain again and I will not discuss it further. If you want evidence, you need only look through this thread and follow the linked information. It is…
What I said is 100% true, but it's not just interest that causes inflation (though it is a huge part of it). Interest is just one component in the system. You see, banks loan out money that doesn't exist because all money is backed by debt. Your promise to pay the loan is where the bank gets the capital to loan to you in…
So I've been lurking for a long period of time and decided to activate my profile here. Funny that I'm doing it via Occupy Wall Street. But you know what? That basically just proves greevar is correct in talking it out through forums. It got me to come on here to talk about this movement and continue to read everyone's…
And continuing to belong to the most corrupt party in that system that has done the most damage is not exactly a vote of confidence. If he's going to lay blame on 5 "failed" federal agencies then when does he accept responsibility for things his party has done to make matters worse? You also have to look at what makes…
Greevar I totally agree on a lot of the points and think most of them could use a little tweaking. My problem came from when people toss around unrealistic goals like "get rid of money". That's just not going to happen in anyone's lifetime, if you're lucky you might lay a good argument that can be used as a foundation to…