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Ghost Dog

(16,881 posts)
18. I am serious.
Thu May 9, 2019, 06:28 PM
May 2019

I want green and socio-economic and therefore political new deals all round. Anything else --> Catastrophe.

Of course, this will only work once the great majority of people see and agree.

Big Brother is here now, thriving on disinformation and double-think. The intelligent alternative I describe would have to be open and transparent to all, with all agreeing that the sails have been correctly trimmed, the helmsperson under control, charts throroughly consulted and the vessel on the best possible course considering the surrounding environment it is navigating through towards the future.

Or else: No future.

How about a special tax on credit card interest revenue earned by the banks Quemado May 2019 #1
Same impact as my #2 below FBaggins May 2019 #3
I think a one-off "Capital Net Worth (including Offshore Holdings) Tax" devoted to jumpstarting GND Ghost Dog May 2019 #4
Not sure that's possible FBaggins May 2019 #2
A federal or state "Social Support & Stimulus Bank" exclusive to Ghost Dog May 2019 #5
How? FBaggins May 2019 #7
It would cover losses with "intelligently administered socialist redistribution of wealth policy". Ghost Dog May 2019 #8
Ah! So you're proposing a government bank that knowingly loses money FBaggins May 2019 #9
No. The customer would not decide. The State Bank would decide, intelligently. Ghost Dog May 2019 #11
Decide what intelligently? FBaggins May 2019 #13
Both. See above. Ghost Dog May 2019 #14
So you would appoint a blue ribbon commission? FBaggins May 2019 #15
I am talking Authoritarian Socialism, Ghost Dog May 2019 #16
Ah! Communism PLUS Big Brother! FBaggins May 2019 #17
I am serious. Ghost Dog May 2019 #18
Then why even comment about credit card interest rates and banks? FBaggins May 2019 #19
State planning and execution can coexist with a system using prices to allocate goods and services. Ghost Dog May 2019 #20
"Can"... sure. But not in the case you described FBaggins May 2019 #21
Nope. But keeping rates constant and low, and even lowering them, for those that pay their bills... Freethinker65 May 2019 #6
This is reasonable. Ghost Dog May 2019 #10
Any attempt to limit interest income earned by lenders (the interest rate) will lead to a ... SWBTATTReg May 2019 #12
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