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  • #16
    Originally posted by Ben Kenobi View Post
    Obviously wage and price controls 'work' in the sense that they hurt the people who suffer under them, which is why you target people who make too much money. Awesome argument, btw.
    The key is they make too much money.
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    • #17
      Originally posted by Kidicious View Post
      Thus the thread, presented as evidence that they do in fact work.
      I hope you're working on your acceptance speech for your Nobel Prize in economics.
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      • #18
        They don't give those to people who pay attention to reality.
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        • #19
          Hey Kid, what do you think of Richard Nixon's economic policies?
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          • #20
            Originally posted by Ben Kenobi View Post
            So why not apply wage and price controls to everyone since they 'work'?
            While I'm VERY bad at economics, this appears to be a thoroughly specious argument. Kind of like "obese patients with diabetes respond well to this treatment; ergo, all patients with diabetes should receive this treatment."
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            • #21
              Originally posted by Kidicious View Post
              The key is they make too much money.
              How do you define too much money?
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              • #22
                More than him.
                If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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                • #23
                  Not everyone wants to make poverty wages though.
                  I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
                  For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio

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                  • #24
                    My thoughts exactly.
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                    • #25
                      Wonderful. A thread in which Ben and kiddy debate economics.

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                      • #26
                        Short-run and long-run supply curves are very different beasts, by the way kiddy
                        Last edited by KrazyHorse; March 30, 2010, 01:08.
                        12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
                        Stadtluft Macht Frei
                        Killing it is the new killing it
                        Ultima Ratio Regum

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                        • #27
                          So good you had to say it twice?
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                          • #28
                            Damn straight.
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                            • #29
                              Wonderful. A thread in which Ben and kiddy debate economics.

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                              • #30
                                Wonderful. A thread in which Ben and kiddy debate economics.

                                 
                                "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                                Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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