Life Philosophy

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  1. Robert

    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Is your aim to help China's economy? Should it be this nations aim to work hard to further China?

    Where is my research. Well in my university economics book. In Adam Smith's writing. In Hayek's economics and well, all over. I studied it to further my own businesses.
     
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    Why does it matter?

    I don't know what you're trying to say.
     
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    No, this nations aim is to protect the individual rights of its citizens. Which means the government stays out of people's business. Let businesses freely trade with each other. Tariffs are taxes. Taxes are anti-freedom and are un-American. Taxes hurt the poor and middle class the most.

    Hayek would approve of Trump's tariffs? Really?
     
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    I will work on changing that tactic, although it was not used as any tactic. I was just stating my impression, honestly. I was educated in Banking and Finance before the move to make maxing out corporate and banking profits the only thing important to this nation, by offshoring every value added job possible. I later created a small manufacturing company that I retired and sold. And honestly I truly believe that I understand the reality of what has gone on, in regards to this issue, better than you. Again, not a tactic, but a fact, and there are many people even more educated and experienced than me that agree with me. Books have been written on it, and if you want to understand this, the news and the media will never educate one...at all. For they promote the globalist way of thinking, and have for a long time.

    So, that will end our little discussion, for you are immovable and that also applies to me. And yet it isn't at all obvious to you what maxed out profits of globalism, in favor of a few has done to this nation. I don't know how you can miss it, not see it, ignore it, but it is self evident, at least to me. And I see it in every town that I have traveled since I retired. High value added jobs, millions of them replaced by being a walmart employee, a fancy coffee server, and even some of the factories that we still have, are making wages not all all comparable with what factory work once paid, as the rush to the bottom continues. And the factories that do still pay middle class wages, outside of the auto industry(amercan autos not japanese) are still leaving this nation for buck a hour labor costs, no insurance, no retirement, like you see in sh*t hole nations with lots of poor.

    The rush to the bottom for working and middle class americans, with no end in sight, until history repeats. If an economic model does not serve enough of a population, all hell breaks loose. And this model isn't serving anyone but the top few. The signs are everywhere, but one has to look, and understand what one is looking at. IMO
     
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    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I realize that.
     
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    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    You keep repeating your complaints, as if over and over amounts to explanation. One problem with how you speak is it sounds just like Democrats are lecturing me.

    And though your complaints do not get shorter, they lack explanation.

    Big banks since rates were squeezed dry by the Feds, should have done what?
    Big banks use your cash and my cash. Would we admire they by them going broke? Who could trust banks that do not show interest in profitability? My banking is cost free to me. Do you pay Banks steep charges? If so, I recommend Chase.

    Can we start there since you blame banks?
     
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    Then communicate more clearly.
     
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    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    You will not locate a democrat trying to protect us as you claim. We republicans put forth a lot of effort to protect individual rights. But alas, a study of this nation starting with FDR has to show you how much Democrats love us since they have held so much power for so long our laws and regulations have truly piled up to the ceiling more than one time.

    I am still trying to learn why you protect China so much.

    I believe the Chinese businessmen that tell me they have not raised prices to Americans one penny due to tariffs on China.

    Specifically what prices increased that you want to address and how much of an increase against Americans?

    I argued when oil prices skyrocketed it was a prime cause of the recession of 2008-09 yet your typical Democrat denied it. I even outlined how high fuel costs increased the chance of a foreclosure. They did not believe it.
     
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    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    What education level are you? I was taught by one of my college English teachers that we must communicate at the level of those we speak with. I understand to a lower level education I confuse them. I do want you to grasp what I speak of. I will try if you will try.
     
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    I’m not saying democrats are protecting us at all. Where have I said this?

    I’m not protecting China. I’m against government interference.

    I know Chinese bussinessmen who have.

    I’m not supporting democrats.
     
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    I’m in college.
     
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    everyone must learn

    Betsy Devos recommends 3.1415 pizzas per child per week

    but we need to end the irrational non repating practice of the government making sure kids EAT!

    Let them call into Domino's on their Obama phones

    my life philospohy is its funny... like volleyball

    and understanding of newtonian physics is a must to win

    even dogs can catch frisbees
     
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    She had nothing more to overcome than any other kid growing up. So she didn't get invited to a birthday party; lots of kids didn't get invited to parties. It's not tragic or the end of the world. Have you actually read her biography?
     
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    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    That is not her major obstacle. But if you do not see her obstacles, review the video again. I listened to her brief biography. But if you will actually watch her video, her lessons are far more vital than what you focus on.
     
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    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I spent many years in college.
     
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    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Depends on the religion doesn't it?

    Do you take it on faith that in St. Petersburg Russia people live there?

    I do take it on faith.

    I take it on faith people also live at Antartica and also Tokyo.

    When I was 20, rather than my current age of 80, I also had some wild ideas.

    But give you 60 more years and you will be shocked many times over what you will learn in your future.

    For instance, I have been educated in a number of fields. Early on I studied physics, Chemistry, calculus, analytic geometry to name a few things. I later studied business in college. I later studied Real estate in college. I studied income tax law also in college. I had to keep taking college courses or college level courses for about 35 years.

    On GOD, I never have been persuaded of the natural cause of the universe as being simply nothing at all. I doubt anybody can persuade me there is no GOD.
    Oh perhaps not the GOD you think of, but the GOD that created at least this universe. I see nothing shown to me in my education of Physics nor Chemistry nor Biology so powerful that nothing can create a universe.
    My faith is in the universe. I can see some of it. I can locate more powerful telescopes to see more of it.
     
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    No. All religions require faith.

    No. It's an obvious and provable fact.

    There's evidence for this, so you don't have to take it on faith.

    Right, so because you're older your ideas are some how superior? Age determines the right ideas rather than rationality. Well if that's the case, why even argue about anything with anyone who's younger than you. And why aren't you looking for people who older than you to tell you that you have crazy ideas at 80 because you still have plenty more to learn in the future...

    Sounds like a waste of time and money.

    Because you are ruled by your emotions rather than reason. You want to believe God is real despite the clear lack of evidence.

    The universe was never created. The universe is everything that exists. Existence cannot be created from nonexistence. Existence just exists.
     
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    I am not worried at your age. Sooner or later you have a chance of getting an open mind.

    I did not taunt you nor insult you. But more comments like some you made to me will get your posts almost ignored. You made untrue cutting comments against me and in a good conversation that simply is not done by me to you nor you to me.

    How you came to the conclusion the universe has always existed beats the hell out of me. maybe you have a magic fairy in mind.
     
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    The limits of human intellect should not be an excuse for attributing things we do not yet understand to some anthropomorphic benevolent power.

    The problem comes in when humans create all kinds of dogma and mythology to explain all of the mysteries of existence, both individually and collectively.

    If belief in a creator or a god provides a person with a workable life philosophy, then more power to them, but trying to impose their dogmatic beliefs upon others has been a major source of violence and misery since roughly the time the first homo sapiens arrived.
     
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    What degree(s) did you get? English, I guess.
     
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    There you go, at it again....
     
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    I got a degree in nuclear engineering and I know what plutonium 241 is

    I'm also an expert at those cheap little balsa wood airplanes with the rubber bands in the red plastic propellers


    Donald Trump introduce me to want love it really is Once you except you have a trump stress disorder you can start to correct it. I'm hoping for a big settlement out of court
     
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    So being open-minded means changing my mind to your views. And some how you're not closed-minded for not changing your views to my views?

    Alright I'm sorry for expressing cutting comments.

    Weird, coming from you. You're the one who believes in a mystical creature (God), not me.
     
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    Frankly, I never approach any topic with the idea I will change a person's mind. I realize why they show up here. It is similar to dick waving contests. They think they have the big one and will wave and wave trying to humiliate other posters.

    I have yet to encounter even one Democrat who says, I am super interested in what you have to tell me and would love for you to persuade me. They can't ever do that.

    When I was your age, I was then a loyal democrat. I shocked myself many years later by totally changing my mind and deciding that as a pragmatic matter, since we are run by one or the other party, banging my head against the wall pretending an independent means something or other parties as well, I simply picked the easy road and now vote for republicans.

    I told you. I believe in the universe. Show me something able to create any universe and I will point to that entity by simply saying GOD. I believe I hold a totally different view of GOD than you hold.

    To try to hand you the easy way to get my point is this. Suppose you managed to get a collection of every element on the Periodic table of Elements.

    Got that much? Take all elements and simply put them all together in one contained location.

    Watch them for as long as you live. Check them daily. Do they morph into planets or asteroids or obtain motion as planets have motion all by themselves?

    Something gave the Sun one hell of a spin to cause it to spin so fast. Take all the planets, Something swung them around a super fast moving star that carries Earth along too.

    I have told many GOD is the awesome power. They may want to chant to said GOD or even act as if GOD is directing their fate, but the Creator does not have to try to manage a person's life at all. Could simply create universes.

    Have you once stopped to ask what the hell spins enormous planets around so fast and sends them on a course around the Sun? Nah, probably never.
     
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    And you're not one of those people too?

    Both parties are evil and are destructive to America's principles.

    So what if I haven't? The universe isn't created. It just is.
     

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