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Quote from morganist:
i was just thinking about politicians and how nothing improves when they get into power. they blame budgets among other things. i was thinking about usa and obama in particular.
since he has come into power so far it has been what any other government would have done. the same funding restraints argument and not being able to do this or that. i would have thought to myself someone with such strong views would have already had ideas to change things. and even if they didn't they would ask people what they would do if it pained them so much to change things.
i have plans that i would introduce to improve peoples lives. most not all do not need money or little of it.
so i thought what can he and other leaders do to improve the country without costing money.
1. ten percent of the usa are food insecure. he could make it law that shops can only display food until it passes its best before and then has to give it away to charities. he could also change laws on food production to make sure less is wasted or thrown away because it does not look like the food people want to buy. he could at a small cost buy up some land and pay unemployed people to farm it and give the food to food charities.
2. he could introduce laws to prohibit the profit margins on drugs so that they become more affordable and cost the individual less to have health insurance. he could make it that doctors have to do so many years pro bono work as part of the qualifying process to become a doctor, to prove they are in a selfless profession. he could make unemployed people do jobs in hospitals like cleaning to earn their welfare payment.
3. he could introduce a minimum income for people who receive welfare and make them do jobs like street cleaning for their welfare money.
4. he could have stronger punishments for things that cost the economy money such as alcohol and drug abuse.
5. he could get people recycling goods they do not use like freecycle. so people that don't use something that is useful to someone else can make a difference.
6. he could introduce local initiatives to get unemployed people to help the elderly to lower the social security cost.
i am sure there are many others too. any suggestions.
to my knowledge none of these methods are used in any country yet the politicians say they care. they could make a difference with little or no cost. do you agree.
Are you running for office or trying to get noticed by academia? First the invention of "dualflation" term thread. And now...
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morganist
Quote from TraderZones:
Are you running for office or trying to get noticed by academia? First the invention of "dualflation" term thread. And now...
neither. i want to change things and i do have the ear of some influential people. however i myself have no interest in office. the dualflation term was just to try and make it easier to explain why there would be two forms of inflation in coming future. one is a form of cost push inflation but i couldn't call it that because most macroeconomist don't believe it exists and become hostile about it. so to get round that i invented dualflation.
even if i was running for office isn't it better that i would ask people what they want not just tell them.
Quote from morganist:
neither. i want to change things and i do have the ear of some influential people. however i myself have no interest in office. the dualflation term was just to try and make it easier to explain why there would be two forms of inflation in coming future. one is a form of cost push inflation but i couldn't call it that because most macroeconomist don't believe it exists and become hostile about it. so to get round that i invented dualflation.
even if i was running for office isn't it better that i would ask people what they want not just tell them.
the purpose of the Economics forum is not to get other people to buy in that you are smart.
And now "you have the ear of influential people." No one here cares about how brilliant you consider yourself.
So far, both threads look like you are trolling for attention and applause.
Why don't you try something like discussing Economics here? Look at the previous threads and you will see what people generally are discussing.
This is not an Econ 101 academic forum, it is about Economics as in "what economics events and issues are affecting the world as ET posters go?"
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morganist
Quote from TraderZones:
the purpose of the Economics forum is not to get other people to buy in that you are smart.
And now "you have the ear of influential people." No one here cares about how brilliant you consider yourself.
So far, both threads look like you are trolling for attention and applause.
Why don't you try something like discussing Economics here? Look at the previous threads and you will see what people generally are discussing.
This is not an Econ 101 academic forum, it is about Economics as in "what economics events and issues are affecting the world as ET posters go?"
economics is a wide subject area so can cover lots of different things. if you look at most of the posts here they either talk about the end of the world or how certain information may affect stock, share or commodity prices.
the fact is discussing economic terminology is important to understanding what may happen in the future.
if you look at my other posts i usually put a link to an article and a short comment. this enables people to be made aware of the article and i make no reference to economic theories.
it is only occasionally that i will offer further thought on the subject or air my own views. when i do i get good responses. i do try to start debates as well to get people involved in the forums. so i pick topical articles such as the troop number post or the house price post. this way i can involve people in the forum and get them to share their ideas. i also did this post to see if anyone had any inventive ideas i could put forward to people i know in positions that could get something worth while implemented.
if you dislike my posts so much then either stop reading them or posting them or if it bothers you that much complain to an administrator. however i think you would have problems due to me never using curse words.
the fact that i have invoked such a reaction from you would suggest that i am serving some form of purpose to get you thinking.
the only other thing i can think of is that my arguments and posts make yours seem limited and cause you embarrassment.
either way i wish you well even if you don't wish me the same.
p.s. if it is required i can prove i know people that have influence although would prefer not to.