It's The Economy -tupid

[vantexan]

dude everything is not better today than the past.

video games expire after less than 10 years. video game systems break more easy. appliances break more easy. i think cars ARE more reliable.

no you didnt have more productivity then :S

you have monopolies now. this is one sign of an efficient market.

You weren't even born Ricky. We have it better than in the 70's in a lot of ways. In some ways no. Our food isn't as healthy. We had plenty of scrap food then too but it's gotten worse. Talk to the other guy about more productivity.

 

[Over70irregs]

We also had poorly built cars back in the 70's. Look around. Our cars today, our clothes, communications(phones, tv's, computers)are all better than in the 70's. We had more "productivity" then because we produced more then. Most of that went offshore and service jobs became the norm. But I lived through the 80's. Not about what I felt in my heart. We had it better than in the 70's. Topped off by the fall of the Soviet Union in the early 90's. Felt like the sky was the limit. But we also had the rise of the 401k. Companies trying to cash in on the stock market by eeking out more and more profit to satisfy Wall Street. Often at employees' expense. I will agree with @rickyb that capitalism can be cutthroat. Lean and mean. It's the price we pay for efficient markets that provide our needs. But if our politicians aren't responsible, print too much money and throw it around, then efficient markets mean little when government caused inflation makes everything more expensive than it should be.

Sustained market growth without manufacturing as a bedrock leads to foundational erosion. Capitalism is not real when a switch can stop a market on a dime.

 

[vantexan]

Sustained market growth without manufacturing as a bedrock leads to foundational erosion. Capitalism is not real when a switch can stop a market on a dime.

In some ways yes.

 

[Over70irregs]

In some ways yes.

By the time we get manufacturing back it will be robotic.

 

[Babagounj]

By the time we get manufacturing back it will be robotic.

They will still need someone to service the robots.

 

[Over70irregs]

They will still need someone to service the robots.

Lol. Think robot memory in the cloud then quickly loaded to a new one. Old broken junk gets shipped overseas like a flip phone. Think Cuba…

 

[rickyb]

You weren't even born Ricky. We have it better than in the 70's in a lot of ways. In some ways no. Our food isn't as healthy. We had plenty of scrap food then too but it's gotten worse. Talk to the other guy about more productivity.

Was howard zinn born?

I agree it was better in alot of ways. Better democracy. Education. Housing.

Productivity is way up since then

 

[Doublestandards]

They will still need someone to service the robots.

And those people will be h1b visas lol

 

[Over70irregs]

And those people will be h1b visas lol

I hear they bring them in because we are not good in STEM?

 

[Over70irregs]

GameStop to invest corporate cash in bitcoin, following in footsteps of MicroStrategy

GameStop’s foray into cryptocurrencies marks the latest effort by CEO Ryan Cohen to revive the struggling brick-and-mortar business.

www.nbcnewyork.com

 

[Over70irregs]

Your personal net worth is entirely comprised of government iou’s, drywall/rotting lumber and 7 tech companies…….. now reflect

 

[MyTripisCut]

Your personal net worth is entirely comprised of government iou’s, drywall/rotting lumber and 7 tech companies…….. now reflect

Who cares if it’s seven dead frogs and hooker, if you get money for it, your point is irrelevant.

 

[Over70irregs]

Who cares if it’s seven dead frogs and hooker, if you get money for it, your point is irrelevant.

Irrelevancy is your time/youth being sacrificed while another man prints and spends.

 

[Wally]

Your personal net worth is entirely comprised of government iou’s, drywall/rotting lumber and 7 tech companies…….. now reflect

My first house was in need of lumber and drywall. Sold it for a nice profit.

 

[Brownwind]

My first house was in need of lumber and drywall. Sold it for a nice profit.

We sold our home for ridiculous amounts as well. Bought in town and adjusting with the flow.

 

[Thebrownblob]

Your personal net worth is entirely comprised of government iou’s, drywall/rotting lumber and 7 tech companies…….. now reflect

And eventually, you die so what’s your point?

 

[Wally]

We sold our home for ridiculous amounts as well. Bought in town and adjusting with the flow.

Dems in my state put restrictions on land use which actually made homes worth more, more expensive. Builders stopped putting up smaller square footage homes in favor of more profitable larger homes.

 

[Thebrownblob]

Dems in my state put restrictions on land use which actually made homes worth more, more expensive. Builders stopped putting up smaller square footage homes in favor of more profitable larger homes.

Yep, the unintended consequences of bad policies

 

[oldngray]

Dems in my state put restrictions on land use which actually made homes worth more, more expensive. Builders stopped putting up smaller square footage homes in favor of more profitable larger homes.

I used to have some land with no restrictions but not far away was a big area that only wanted rich people with their vacation homes that had a lot of restrictions. No way I would buy any land there.

 

[Over70irregs]

And eventually, you die so what’s your point?

You threw a new wrinkle…..death. Let’s push death away a little while. Someone did this