Of course you might get a Govt. job. Or the union might be able force your company into keeping older workers on until retirement.
In a perfect capitalist world the strong the smart the lucky and the ones whose parents were get to the top and all the poor unfortunate soles who were not get to beg in the streets.
Ever go to Mexico for a while. Capytalism in its pure form.
In a perfect capitalist world the strong the smart the lucky and the ones whose parents were get to the top and all the poor unfortunate soles who were not get to beg in the streets.
Ever go to Mexico for a while. Capytalism in its pure form.
what have the mexican's ever invented other than the tortilla and salsa
i don't really have a grasp for the mexican economy
but the education system and lack of innovation is why alot of their people are poor
not capityalism
plus the state owns most of the important stuff i believe like oil
mexico probably what i would call fascist capitalist where the state and government promotes big business and rich dudes holding a firm lock on all the important stuff
like carlos slim the telecom guy is one of the richest dudes in the world
and carlos slim didn't invent shit he just played the fascist capitalism games to come into mexico with the technology and such
people from abroad provided the technical aspect of actually setting it up
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I walked over to Tijiuana one time...1st thing was a Taxi Driver wanting to take me to a place where I could get some 13 or 14 year old girls...Yeah Capitolism at its best yeah man...I declined & stayed on the main drag & bought 2 switchblades instead...........Govt job would be cool...Maybe haul some secret service cars around.
good point
but free markets would do a much better job of doing the "unprofitable stuff" rather than government
plus the regular run of the mill postal service kind of a thing of the past and dieing a slow death due to the internet, email etc....
getting rid of it would save our country alot of gas guzzling as well but i know all the jobs associated with it are the big sticking point
90% of the shit i get from the USPS immediately ends up in my trash can
100% of the shit i get from FedEx or UPS i keep
which is a big reason its unprofitable....its a waste....
you can also think of it another way
its a way for corporations, credit card companies etc....to get subsidized to spam us with junk mail on our dime LOL
but free markets would do a much better job of doing the "unprofitable stuff" rather than government
plus the regular run of the mill postal service kind of a thing of the past and dieing a slow death due to the internet, email etc....
getting rid of it would save our country alot of gas guzzling as well but i know all the jobs associated with it are the big sticking point
90% of the shit i get from the USPS immediately ends up in my trash can
100% of the shit i get from FedEx or UPS i keep
which is a big reason its unprofitable....its a waste....
you can also think of it another way
its a way for corporations, credit card companies etc....to get subsidized to spam us with junk mail on our dime LOL
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Agree. If they were to standardize the rates we would not have so much trash in the mail and they could shrink the agency. Ever see an agency shrink?
I have a problem with your opening sentence however. How do you know that free markets do a better job handling unprofitable business since they never do for very long.
You want to turn highways over to them? (no toll roads)
I have a problem with your opening sentence however. How do you know that free markets do a better job handling unprofitable business since they never do for very long.
You want to turn highways over to them? (no toll roads)
well it would likely cost more per parsel i'm assuming in the free market but it would naturally remove alot of the waste that currently goes on...and would give businesses less incentive to spam us with hoards of crap......and make business promote more heavily people canceling paper statements and only going with internet pay/statements....and the taxpayer wouldn't have to pick up the tab for the losses
the university here actually rid of all paper statements for bills to cut costs this month....you don't have the option anymore all electronic
and there is some safety issues i understand like mail bombs and all that sort of thing so its a sticky issue.....
i really don't honestly know the right solution all i know is USPS in its current state is very wasteful and alot of that blame can be placed on government being in full control of the operations
as for highways i dunno that's a sticky issue cause overall infrastructure and city planning is a part of that and city and local government officials should all be a part of that.....so that should likely remain funded mainly via the taxpayer vs. the free markets IMO
the university here actually rid of all paper statements for bills to cut costs this month....you don't have the option anymore all electronic
and there is some safety issues i understand like mail bombs and all that sort of thing so its a sticky issue.....
i really don't honestly know the right solution all i know is USPS in its current state is very wasteful and alot of that blame can be placed on government being in full control of the operations
as for highways i dunno that's a sticky issue cause overall infrastructure and city planning is a part of that and city and local government officials should all be a part of that.....so that should likely remain funded mainly via the taxpayer vs. the free markets IMO
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i'm not "worried" about it
its just a complete waste overall
just think of all the gas guzzling alone we could save
the big push these days is oil independence revamping the USPS and downsizing it big time would be a good start
cutting back to 5 days a week will be a good start as well.....well its not a done deal yet but they talking about it
but yet again the jobs aspect is the big sticking point
trying to save jobs in an industry that is slowly dieing
similar to our auto industry
its just a complete waste overall
just think of all the gas guzzling alone we could save
the big push these days is oil independence revamping the USPS and downsizing it big time would be a good start
cutting back to 5 days a week will be a good start as well.....well its not a done deal yet but they talking about it
but yet again the jobs aspect is the big sticking point
trying to save jobs in an industry that is slowly dieing
similar to our auto industry
well back than it was a worthwhile organization that provided a necessary service during that time
things change....economies change....growing up during the tech boom i still remember my first computer that probably cost 1000 bucks or more with a floppy drive that couldn't do much of anything....or playing atari.....or my dad's car cellphone before there were real cell phones
we can either live in the past riding ponies delivering mail where our standard of living is much lower
or move forward and increase or productivity and efficiency and riding of waste by utilizing the technologies of today
my ideal setup for today would be pickup at all homes say two 2 days a week and i suppose if you had something delivered that day they would pick up any mail in your mailbox.....if you really needed something delivered fast you'd have to go to the post office (right now most people do that anyway for overnight delivery or what not)
and that would just be for private residences....obviously businesses would need day to day deliveries in and out....so you could bring your outgoing mail with you to work if you wanted something to go out that day.....
and all this would give people more incentive to go paperless and cut back on waste and volume of mail
less trucks needed, less gas guzzling...but unfortunately less jobs
anyway kinda talkin out of my ass here i'd have to think about it more.....but all i know is the current setup is very wasteful
and that would just be for private residences....obviously businesses would need day to day deliveries in and out....so you could bring your outgoing mail with you to work if you wanted something to go out that day.....
and all this would give people more incentive to go paperless and cut back on waste and volume of mail
less trucks needed, less gas guzzling...but unfortunately less jobs
anyway kinda talkin out of my ass here i'd have to think about it more.....but all i know is the current setup is very wasteful
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