Thread: The Real Causes of Income Inequality

Originally Posted by michael h

Actually there was a response to subtlety that I enjoyed ... by you. On the other hand you defended its practice from the person who uses it the most. So do you defend its practice when your empathetic and when not empathetic call it incapable of responding intelligently? I'm looking for a sense of consistency here.

That was intellectual jabs and one liners by the way ... but insults will work for the context here.

I never defend repartee for the sake of repartee. I read past the sarcasm while looking for the meat of the post. I think all repartee does is cause resentment because it tends to be insulting. There is no place for insults in a good discussion.

Originally Posted by michael h

clear and succinct ... now multiply that times 20 and see what you have.

Clear, succinct and meaningless, serving no purpose.

Time for a late lunch.

Originally Posted by dnsmith

I agree with much of what you said, right up to the blaming/talking about imports/exports.

Imports are credit and spur borrowing / low interest rates ... no?

Originally Posted by dnsmith

Clear, succinct and meaningless, serving no purpose.

hmmm so you made a clear and succinct response and it serves no purpose, in demonstrating that there were not 20 similar responses with it?

Originally Posted by dnsmith

I never defend repartee for the sake of repartee. I read past the sarcasm while looking for the meat of the post. I think all repartee does is cause resentment because it tends to be insulting. There is no place for insults in a good discussion.

When the post is 85% repartee I'm not as willing to search for the meat of the post. You make a another good point here repartee causes resentment because it tends to be insulting ... if your post is long that means I've been insulted 20 times ... hardly a reason to warrant the respect of a word search for the "meat" of the post.

Originally Posted by dnsmith

Over all, liberalization of Free Trade has done a lot of good for the US, and will continue to do so.

Free trade has done good when most agreements are taken into account. It only took one to screw America's future.

So once again we borrow from the manufacturer in order to buy from the manufacturer.
This seemed a good idea for a while until we couldn't afford to pay back the loan.

Originally Posted by Wlessard

EITC, you mean the subsidy the poor get when they have little to no taxes to pay which exceeds what they paid in from their jobs.

Yes that's the one. The one that results from ensuring their wages are manipulated so they cannot earn a market wage based upon competition.

Originally Posted by michael h

Imports are credit and spur borrowing / low interest rates ... no?

I don't believe that imports spur borrowing as they tend to be less expensive than home made products such that less money is borrowed to pay for them.

Originally Posted by michael h

hmmm so you made a clear and succinct response and it serves no purpose, in demonstrating that there were not 20 similar responses with it?

Repartee may be clear and succinct, but they mean nothing and serve no purpose. The number of responses is irrelevant. The only thing that is relevant is a well thought out supported post. Witty repartee are little more than insults. They are not relevant to any discussion.

Originally Posted by michael h

When the post is 85% repartee I'm not as willing to search for the meat of the post. You make a another good point here repartee causes resentment because it tends to be insulting ... if your post is long that means I've been insulted 20 times ... hardly a reason to warrant the respect of a word search for the "meat" of the post.

I have read several of M's posts. Long that they may be, they did not tend to be insulting except when he is responding to an insulting response to him. Insult breeds insult and to me people who use them breed my contempt.

Originally Posted by michael h

Free trade has done good when most agreements are taken into account. It only took one to screw America's future.

I do not accept that our future is "screwed." I believe that once we eliminate fanatic liberalism and fanatic conservatism we will continue to prosper into the future and free trade will help us do that.