Things I Hate

[ykickamoocow 0]

You are nto communist, but in America, there is no real left wing, or even centrist politics, everyone not to the right is a commie. You are either with us or against us, if you are against us you are a commie. It is the great legacy of McCarthyism, which makes the term communist freely transposable to anyone who does not subscribe to American foreign policy.

I'd rather be a commie than a right winger

You are quite correct. From 1945 to 1970 then 1980 to 1990 Americans were driven by fear of communists and in the land of the free you could actually go to jail for your political beliefs. Americans have always feared communists so pumpdoc calling me a communist means that he fears me for some strange reason.

[pumpdoc 2]

You are quite correct. From 1945 to 1970 then 1980 to 1990 Americans were driven by fear of communists and in the land of the free you could actually go to jail for your political beliefs. Americans have always feared communists so pumpdoc calling me a communist means that he fears me for some strange reason.

I don't fear you or commies at all, it's a failed system that will never work. What I don't like is people(the left) want what I've worked hard for just because I've got it, take from the rich or middle class and give to the poor. In the US you are what you want to be, people can start with nothing and build a great living for themselves. Why support someone who is to lazy to do the same?

[ykickamoocow 0]

I don't fear you or commies at all, it's a failed system that will never work. What I don't like is people(the left) want what I've worked hard for just because I've got it, take from the rich or middle class and give to the poor. In the US you are what you want to be, people can start with nothing and build a great living for themselves. Why support someone who is to lazy to do the same?

The Poverty Cycle. Look it up.

[ykickamoocow 0]

Cycle of poverty

People living without this set of minimum necessities subsist on a poor diet. In economics and sociology, the cycle of poverty or the poverty cycle is a social phenomenon whereby poverty-stricken individuals exhibit a tendency to remain poor throughout their lifespan and in many cases across generations. The cycle of poverty has been described as a catch-22 and a feedback loop, as it occurs because the financial resources necessary to get out of poverty, namely productive capital, which some critics believe can only be obtained if the individual has financial resources in the first place. Some critics assume that the poverty-stricken find it extremely difficult to get out of poverty because they do not possess enough resources to invest in their own economic development.

Effect on economic growth

With the poor unable to maintain savings and invest in their own development, the cycle of poverty can lead to significant underinvestment in an economy. Consequently, productivity from the impovershed is significantly reduced, and economic growth is reduced. This thus forms a component of growth theory. The cycle of poverty also reduces the potential for skill-based and knowledge-based development because the poor are unable to invest the time and money in the necessary education. This effect leads to a technology shortage, which in turn leads to low production, and thus, lower foreign direct investment (FDI). Additionally, the cycle of poverty leads to a cycle of social unrest; poverty causes social discontent and social strife, and social strife in turns hampers economic growth to a great degree. Unstable political and social climates also deter potential investors, both foreign and domestic, resulting in an even more complex negative feedback loop.

Causes

There are many different and distinct political camps which give different reasons for the cycle of poverty's existence. More Left wing politicians tend to argue that the cycle of poverty is caused by social injustice and social inequality. As such, those with existing wealth can create more wealth, and those with little wealth are not able to create enough wealth. Free market proponents and libertarians may argue that the a strong presence of the state in the economy erodes property rights and thus damages the incentive to create wealth.

Unbalanced distribution of wealth

Lack of education, or human capital, is thought by many to be one of the biggest causes of the poverty cycle. Education in a modern knowledge-based economy is one of the conditions to achieving economic growth, as it increases skill. A maximised education would require devoted time and energy, or extra-curricular reading. Children who are from poor families and have to work cannot maximise their education, even if the education is free. It would also require a conducive and hygienic environment, which is often not available to the poverty-stricken. This is even worse in countries such as India where public education in many areas is not available for free due to budget constraints. Tertiary education is often not free. Some theorists believe that children often will not be able to break out of poverty because their reduced skillset reduces their potential income. With no means to provide a conducive educational environment for their own children, the cycle begins again.

Excessive intervention by the state

Many neoliberals attribute certain cycles of poverty to insufficient protection or recognition of property rights. To be more exact, in an environment where one's property can be stolen at any time, such as countries with a weak rule of law, there is very little incentive to save and invest.

Others like the free market proponent Hernando De Soto argues that poverty is sustained by government overregulation that generates high costs to property ownership through bureaucracy and big government. He argues that many of the poor in the world economy are unable to develop their property or own property because this regulation is too costly to overcome. As a result, they argue they are unable to generate wealth in a legal market that is full of regulation and are forced to resort to operate in an extralegal market that hampers wealth creation, thus hampering their ability to be pulled out of poverty.

Economists such as Milton Friedman argue that tariffs, income taxes, payroll taxes, savings tax and tax on investments all provide perverse incentives toward wealth creation that hurt the poor the most. He further argues that some of these arrangements are also wealth transfers from poor to rich; such as tariffs and social security. He argues that these regressive tax burdens encourage low productivity and little savings and investment that would otherwise lift the poor out of poverty. Others have argued that welfare perpetuates poverty by providing incentives counter to wealth creation. Proponents of the FairTax and economists such as Milton Friedman favor eliminating welfare programs that prevent benefits from those earning above a certain income. They believe that these income caps as eligibility to receive benefits provide an incentive for laborers to earn less than they actually could in order to gain free benefits from government programs. In the same way, incentive to find work can be reduced by the effect of income tax on low-income earners. As money is earned by a person receiving welfare, the amount of welfare they receive is reduced. This money earned - for example, through part time work - may also be taxed. Thus, there is reduced incentive for those who are part of the cycle of poverty to find work.

Solution

The effects of economic repression through social inequality as causes, as well as a lack of resource flow downwards from the wealthy due to insufficient redistribution of wealth.

Universal public education and welfare are the most commonly used methods by modern governments. In many places the rule of law also needs to be strengthened, by creating efficient legal systems that protect the acquired capital of the poor. Mixed-income housing is being implemented in more and more cities as a possible solution to poverty issues. It is an attempt to bring middle and lower class families together in the same neighbourhoods. This interaction between low and middle-income families, according to supporters, helps the low-income families.

The famous Hills v. Gautreaux case in Chicago provides a sort of case study of the potential of mixed-income housing. The cycle of poverty is often cited by opponents of capitalism, such as communists, anarchists, and others as an argument against the capitalist system. They often insist that there can be no effective solution to the cycle of poverty while capitalism remains in place, and that it would be necessary to overthrow capitalism and establish either a planned economy or a gift economy in order to eliminate the cycle.

More radical theorists, like anarchist Rudolf Rocker would propose that it is the structure of society itself which keeps the poor impoverished. In his work; "anarchism and anarcho-syndicalism" Rocker states;"The portentous development of our present economic system, leading to a mighty accumulation of social wealth in the hands of privileged minorities and to a constant repression of the great masses of the people, prepared the way for the present political and social reaction and befriended it in every way. It sacrificed the general interests of human society to the private interests of individuals... Where industry is everything, where labour loses its ethical importance and man is nothing, there begins the realm of ruthless economic despotism, whose workings are no less disastrous than those of any political despotism. The two mutually augment one another; they are fed from the same source... As long as a possessing and a non-possessing group of human beings face one another in enmity within society, the state will be indispensable to the possessing minority for the protection of its privileges"

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[Player(1) 0]

Yup you are a commie, you must be a sad person

Isent calling an F1 fan a communist an oxymoron?

Consequently I hate:

Redneck's

People that use commie as an insult

Racist's

People that like "muscle" car's and spout retarded chatch phrases like "theres no replacement for displacement"

[pumpdoc 2]

Isent calling an F1 fan a communist an oxymoron?

Consequently I hate:

Redneck's

People that use commie as an insult

Racist's

People that like "muscle" car's and spout retarded chatch phrases like "theres no replacement for displacement"

That's not nice, I'm fond of "it takes quebic dollars for quebic horsepower"

[Quiet One 15]

That's not nice, I'm fond of "it takes quebic dollars for quebic horsepower"

[cavallino 2]

Inefficiency

Bad roads

Violent/ abusive drunks

Digital Watches

Ties

Greenpeace/ other anti nuclear hippies

Ringtones

People who download ringtones

SMS

People who expect you to send them SMSes

Mobile Phones

Dogs

Stray Cows

Bad drivers

Insipid lyrics

Dancing

Watching people dancing

Speed limits

Shaving

[dribbler 6]

People that like "muscle" car's and spout retarded chatch phrases like "theres no replacement for displacement"

Oh yeah, nice one.

It's normally spouted by overweight gentlemen who have the misguided belief that size and mass can win the day.The sort of c#ck sucker that parks his car on double yellows whilst nipping off to buy a cheeseburger. To dissprove the theory, kick them in the testicles very hard. See how their not inconsiderable displacement helps them then.

[monza gorilla 1]

Inefficiency

Bad roads

Violent/ abusive drunks

Digital Watches

Ties

Greenpeace/ other anti nuclear hippies

Ringtones

People who download ringtones

SMS

People who expect you to send them SMSes

Mobile Phones

Dogs

Stray Cows

Bad drivers

Insipid lyrics

Dancing

Watching people dancing

Speed limits

Shaving

Are we related??

[monza gorilla 1]

Isent calling an F1 fan a communist an oxymoron?

No. Airline food is an oxymoron.

[dribbler 6]

No. Airline food is an oxymoron.

Is an oxymoron an idiot who like air?

[pumpdoc 2]

Oh yeah, nice one.

It's normally spouted by overweight gentlemen who have the misguided belief that size and mass can win the day.The sort of c#ck sucker that parks his car on double yellows whilst nipping off to buy a cheeseburger. To dissprove the theory, kick them in the testicles very hard. See how their not inconsiderable displacement helps them then.

[AutoRacer5 0]

Oh yeah, nice one.

It's normally spouted by overweight gentlemen who have the misguided belief that size and mass can win the day.The sort of c#ck sucker that parks his car on double yellows whilst nipping off to buy a cheeseburger. To dissprove the theory, kick them in the testicles very hard. See how their not inconsiderable displacement helps them then.

AK-47 vs. Colt 45 pistol. Who wins?

[JayStorm 0]

AK-47 vs. Colt 45 pistol. Who wins?

Depends who fires first...

[AutoRacer5 0]

and how accurate the shot.

[pumpdoc 2]

AK-47 vs. Colt 45 pistol. Who wins?

Colt .45, I'll get on target faster and you won't get back up...............

[UrKo 0]

Colt .45, I'll get on target faster and you won't get back up...............

r u up to the challange :D

you with your colt .45 and me with my ak-47.....mmmmm smell of gun powder...sweeeeeeeeet

[dribbler 6]

Virtual gun fights.....ha!

[pumpdoc 2]

r u up to the challange :D

you with your colt .45 and me with my ak-47.....mmmmm smell of gun powder...sweeeeeeeeet

From a draw.......one shot.............you're meat

[ykickamoocow 0]

I heard somewhere that the AK-47 has killed more people world wide than any other gun. Of course my knowledge of guns is very limited but i do remember hearing that somewhere.

[AutoRacer5 0]

Speaking of Colt .45, imagine this:

Lando Calrizzeon, for Colt 45 malt liquor.

[UrKo 0]

From a draw.......one shot.............you're meat

So tomorrow at noon .....im sure you know the place called O.K. Corral

[UrKo 0]

I heard somewhere that the AK-47 has killed more people world wide than any other gun. Of course my knowledge of guns is very limited but i do remember hearing that somewhere.

You heard right

[pabloh20 1]

Hate is such a strong word.......

I don't really hate much in this life, but I do hate the fact that we haven't yet obtained world peace.........