Trump's speech sounds like it was plagiarized from Russian propaganda

[Timshel]

Maybe he took writing tips from Melania and just tweeked an old Putin speech or had him write it.

 

[Lightbringer]

So what?

 

[Timshel]

So what?

So, I don't want a President that spews Russian propaganda, attacks free markets, liberty and everything that makes this nation great.

 

[Lightbringer]

So, I don't want a President that spews Russian propaganda, attacks free markets, liberty and everything that makes this nation great.

Yes, I'm sure you're for free markets and liberty.

 

[Timshel]

Yes, I'm sure you're for free markets and liberty.

As an apparent Trump supporter, I am sure you are not.

Protectionism is not a free market principle. In fact, it is the primary thing early free marketers, like Smith, fought against.

 

[Nomad]

So what? I have no brain anyway.

No wonder you're so blasé about a fucking KGB agent in the WH.

 

[Lightbringer]

As an apparent Trump supporter, I am sure you are not.

Protectionism is not a free market principle. In fact, it is the primary thing early free marketers, like Smith, fought against.

I voted for Trump, I really didn't want Hillary.

As for protectionism, that's just a cost of doing business. Tariffs, taxes and other fees have always been a fact of life.

 

[GazzaQueen]

Trump talked about giving the power back to the people. Sounds more American to me.

 

[Lightbringer]

No wonder you're so blasé about a fucking KGB agent in the WH.

That could have been funny if you hadn't screwed up your comment. You need practice son.

 

[Lightbringer]

Trump talked about giving the power back to the people. Sounds more American to me.

I'm not sure that's a good idea now that I think about it. I've met some people, I don't want them to have power.

 

[Timshel]

I voted for Trump, I really didn't want Hillary.

As for protectionism, that's just a cost of doing business. Tariffs, taxes and other fees have always been a fact of life.

So you are for higher taxes because it's just a "cost of doing business"... "a fact of life"... or maybe a "different stroke (Trump was on that show) for different folks" or some other stupid and meaningless idiom? I bet you think Trump's speeches are real deep, don't you?

 

[Lightbringer]

So you are for higher taxes because it's just a "cost of doing business"... "a fact of life"... or maybe a "different stroke (Trump was on that show) for different folks" or some other stupid and meaningless idiom? I bet you think Trump's speeches are real deep, don't you?

It's not about whether the taxes are high or low, it's about taxes period. If you're going to say that you can't have a free market with taxes at any rate at all then you can't agree with taxation in any form.

 

[Timshel]

Trump talked about giving the power back to the people. Sounds more American to me.

Sounds more like People's Republic of America to me. Russian propaganda always portrays the American people as if they are oppressed.

 

[Timshel]

It's not about whether the taxes are high or low, it's about taxes period. If you're going to say that you can't have a free market with taxes at any rate at all then you can't agree with taxation in any form.

Yeah, I did not say that.

When the government actively seeks to to tilt things to favor some enterprises and hinder others then you don't have a free market. Free trade is essential to free markets. Again, consult Adam Smith.

Your response was nothing but irrelevant and inaccurate idioms. It's not a cost of doing business or a fact of life. It's a cost created solely by third parties to the business activity or exchange of goods (i.e., governments) and it does not exist in nature or without government.

 

[Lightbringer]

Yeah, I did not say that.

When the government actively seeks to to tilt things to favor some enterprises and hinder others then you don't have a free market. Free trade is essential to free markets. Again, consult Adam Smith.

Your response was nothing but irrelevant and inaccurate idioms. It's not a cost of doing business or a fact of life. It's a cost created solely by third parties to the business activity or exchange of goods (i.e., governments) and it does not exist in nature or without government.

Of course it doesn't exist without the government. Governments tax...no government, no tax.

btw, I didn't just make up the phrase "cost of doing business". You should probably consult Smith because he actually argued for what we now call progressive taxation.

 

[GazzaQueen]

Sounds more like People's Republic of America to me. Russian propaganda always portrays the American people as if they are oppressed.

Interesting. Do they blame the Politburo and call them out as power hungry parasites, too?

 

[Darth Omar]

Trump talked about giving the power back to the people. Sounds more American to me.

It's a 'we the people thing' lol.

 

[anatta]

Sounds more like People's Republic of America to me. Russian propaganda always portrays the American people as if they are oppressed.

you run with that..Vlad wrote the speech for the Siberian candidate

 

[anatta]

Yeah, I did not say that.

When the government actively seeks to to tilt things to favor some enterprises and hinder others then you don't have a free market. Free trade is essential to free markets. Again, consult Adam Smith.

Your response was nothing but irrelevant and inaccurate idioms. It's not a cost of doing business or a fact of life. It's a cost created solely by third parties to the business activity or exchange of goods (i.e., governments) and it does not exist in nature or without government.

what about the auto-bailout? what happened to your precious free market there?

 

[Airstrip One]

what about the auto-bailout? what happened to your precious free market there?

It was legislated, so, obviously, the free market got knifed on that one, too. If the public really wanted to prop-up GM and Chrysler, then they would fucking buy American already.