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Recent content by HalfoffSale

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    Chinese plan to build alternative to Panama Canal | Guardian

    I assume you expected the Monroe Doctrine to apply here, meaning the US should intervene in the affairs of Nicaragua and China to prevent this economic deal from going through. Since it doesn't apply to this case at all, I'm not sure why you would even bring it up otherwise.
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    japan bans all US wheat imports

    I don't understand the viewpoint of Americans that it shouldn't be labeled. It seems to go againt the very premise of the market, namely consumer choice. It doesn't matter if they're different or not than non-GMO crops, a consumer should be free to choose not to buy them. By not requiring...
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    Chinese plan to build alternative to Panama Canal | Guardian

    What does the Monroe Doctrine have to do with any of this? Are you suggesting the US intervene to stop this? Why?
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    Advertising

    It's lying because they're deceiving customers. If the store tells you something normally costs $60 but is now on sale by 20%, but in reality the items sells at $48 one hundred percent of the time, customers are being lied to about the value of the product. The store is leading them to believe...
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    Raising the minimum wage

    Again, what does "worth to the company" mean? You've only listed some things that require other positions on the team in the whole process. How do you compare and contrast the value added between who did the paperwork and who did the equipment repair? How are you valuing the advertiser's affect...
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    Raising the minimum wage

    Defining "value to the company" is an extremely vague notion, and the dichotomy in positions is growing apart. Value only seems to be recognized in hindsight, by the reward taken in past tense. Many people don't accept that the people they physically watch make their sandwich and coffee every...
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    Advertising

    Advertising is limited in many areas outside of the "fraud and theft" ones that many people deem protective to society. Advertisers cannot place nudity on billboards for instance, despite there being no fraud or theft. Few people would repeal this rule despite it taking away their "individual...
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    Hypothetical (Work and Parallel Universes)

    You've changed the metrics and the groupings. The original market was the customer buying the item, and the team delivering it. In other words: customer value = (boss value + worker value) But the market you say the worker's wage is determined by is not relevant to how many burgers are sold...
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    Hypothetical (Work and Parallel Universes)

    What about objects with more objective value though? We can price things like hamburgers. We say the McDonalds CEO deserves millions because people buy his hamburgers. Why do we also say the guy making them deserves near minimum wage, the opposite, because people buy his hamburgers? We change...
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    Guns Kill More People Than Motor Vehicles in 12 States & DC

    What do we do to make sure the person purchasing the firearm is not a poor parent?
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    Global Warming scam?

    Mad cow happens to cattle that have their feed mixed with rendered cattle, thus spreading the disease. It has nothing to do with vaccinations. Certified organic cows are likely not fed other cattle. There's substantially more to diet than just pork and soy. Things like HFCS for instance that...
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    So sad: MSNBC drops another 20% of viewers in primetime

    Why would you think it to be the other way? News stations are a business like any other, and as such their goal is to sell the product. There's absolutely no incentive to be unbiased and journalistic, and millions and millions of reasons to be sensationalist and pandering.
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    Global Warming scam?

    Just the mad cow to worry about, since we feed cows to cows. Also, chicken has more protein than beef, and less fat.
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    Global Warming scam?

    It's inefficient in the sense of how much you have to feed the cow compared to the resulting meat yield, not the farmer's job side of it. Cows are a less efficient meat source than pigs are a less efficient meat source than chickens, etc.
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    America's problem

    Let me see if I follow you correctly. You're expecting someone to watch these from the makers themselves saying you'll lose weight eating it. Andrea Rosen Yoplait Commercial - YouTube Yoplait commercial - YouTube Then go to the store and find these that highlight how it's fat free and a...