Economic Fearmongering & Socialist Opportunism

[simpleearthling]

16;36 the war was the real bonus financially ,,this how these people think ,,fucking shoot them all

[vigholate]

wtf, you used to be blind... give me a break mr. god man. your the type of person that makes me want to puke. i can't actually listen to you after you claimed you were blind. how can you even say that. obviously its not true. your such an asshole.

[bergweg]

Lets not forget that (legal) Fictions (Corporations) cant create anything, only human beings can. So the bank is not the one who is creating the credit, it's the human being, and nothing is being loaned, it is an exchange. One type of debt is exchange for another, only the thing is that one debt is going to be worked for, redeemed, the other one is not backed by anything, an that's the banks debt. Its a scam. Read the book by mary-elizabeth: croft.

[Sam26100]

As for insider trading, there is nothing wrong with it. The stock exchange was never intended to run on the assumption that people have equal knowledge, or equal ability to interpret it. If one person knows what the other doesn't, it's not wrong. If insider trading legislation continues, soon it will be illegal to trade if it can be demonstrated that you are in any way wiser than the other guy. who would trade stocks if everybody knows exactly the same ammount of info as everybody else?

[Contradiction11]

so if i own a bank and i know that in a month or so it's going to go broke, i can legally sell all my stock in it...knowing that its worthless? What a crock of shit!

[Sam26100]

Yes, if your bank is going bankrupt and you come to me trying to sell I probably wouldn't buy the stock unless I first looked at how your bank was financially. It's not really possible to disguise a failing business as a sucessfull one

On the other hand, if you say that insider trading should be illegal, then you can't objectively draw a line can you? eventually if one person knows a bit more than another it will be illegal to trade making the whole point of trade meaningless and foolish

[Ontologistics]

The host seems to be treating the audience as if they're all 95-year-old demented OAPs! And the Rev is sickeningly sentimental. Maybe it's a Canadian thing.

[Rickdeckard2020]

"The natural forces of the market" are going to police the banks and finance?

Wow.

Oh, that must be the Magical Invisible Hand of the Market that works so well in the alternate reality called Wonderland.

Im not so lucky, because in my paralell universe we get insider trading, ponzi schemes, money laundering, aquisitions-oligarchy-colusion­-pricefixing, pump and dump, chop stocks, sucker swaps, and cooked books.

[th3dark3rsh33p]

yeah it does happen but ultimately the market sorts all these things out through the courts and justice system.

Your also being quite cynical. Your sorta of giving the notion that all real profits are obtained through illegal means or enough of them are to keep the system from working. Capitalism works, has been working for years and still will continue to work., history has shown that.

[Rickdeckard2020]

"ultimately the market sorts all these things out through the courts and justice system"

Really? The same way the market sorted out the fact that cigarettes cause cancer the same year cigarette companies learned about it, oh wait the Market didnt do crap for years and decades because the corporation hid that reality for years while thousands of their customers were dying of cancer while financing the disinfo campaign against themselves. The market seldom sorts out anything the corporations hide

[Sam26100]

Fraud (I.E. ponzi schemes, sucker swaps, cooked books, money laundering) is punished by the court of law as any violation of individual rights. Any extra legislation only makes things worse. Did the SCE discover Madoff's fraud? no

He was doing it for decades, and his competitor even sent a document to the SCE which specifically stated that Madoff was running a ponzi scheme. did they investigate? no

so much for relying on government to regulate antifraud. don't confuse free trade with fraud

[einarbang]

From a completely different culture I am overwhelmed watching grownups with a view of the world like clever 13-year olds.

[Johnybama]

Does this show not have a call-in screener?

[darkdexter]

Really! People calling in are pretty stupid.

[Johnybama]

Paul rocks, come on some American shows to offer your way too reasonable positions on the issues

[tynanthomas]

All those who have lost their jobs and their home should kiss the feet of the socialist because they are the only ones that have their best interest at heart. Not like the rest who just want another reason to screw the tax payer for more and more of their hard earner wages.

[Entropy56]

Rev Willliams looks like a cross between Al Gore and Hugo Chavez.

[darkdexter]

hahaha

[andrewbnkjv]

The great thing about socialism is the GOVERNMENT gives you free condoms and lube

for THEIR SPECIAL INTEREST.

[Bulacanos]

creepy

[andrewbnkjv]

obama is part of the G7 Plan.

[BIBIchgo]

Put Midas Mulligan in charge of the banking system. Ethics has been hijacked by religion.

[truthadvocate]

Blaming everybody is NOT "fair." If that were the case you'd have to blame the children. Specific politicians should be held accountable starting with FDR for producing this "government will bail me out" mentality. And anyone who encouraged giving loans to people that couldn't afford to pay them, for the sake of the "children" so their mommies and daddies to their own detriment could pay mortgages instead of rent.

[leorana2]

"Let's make war and produce more money"

LOL he's clueless

[chulahagh]

Hey lookie here folks. We found ourselves a gov-ment educated fellah.

[leorana2]

So you're one of those who believe you can create wealth by bombing cities and having your citizens create and throw bombs instead of their regular occupation?

[natdavi]

lol "the war was the real bonus"

[fortunatus]

How do you ''feel'' about the economy.

LOL!

[incrediblemulk42]

You don't have to be an economist!

[Beethovens7th]

Fact check on the Rev.: I'm pretty positive it was Eisenhower who had the US Interstate Highway system built, not FDR. And this was not during the Depression, this was post WWII.

Of course I'm against public roads, but it should be noted that part of the reason the highways were built was to make it easier for the military to get around the country if we were ever attacked. Eisenhower was frustrated in Europe having to move convoys along dirt back roads and such.

[Chrisnoscrub047]

The chilfren, the children the children, how many times can I get that in?

[Z4lUS]

LOL Creepy.

[Moragauth]

OMG who are these morons phoning in? Wow.

[Moragauth]

What's going to "regulate" them? The government? LOL Sure, it does such a lovely job creating these problems, it can wonderfully "regulate" them. Because it's gov't. And it can.

[newcode2001]

I would voluntarily pay a part of my earned money to build the prisons and support the law enforcers to protect me and my child from violent individuals: (13:29) I'm sure plenty of other honest, hard working, people would be WILLING to pay that "massive layout of money" for protection. . . Including protection from the "I-have-a-big-heart-for-childr­en" religio-politicians who wish to take away (tax) Individual self-responsibility/freedom. I, too, vote for Justice.

[Beethovens7th]

I still can't get over this guy's line, "I support children, and their well-being..." as opposed to who exactly??? The anti-child-well-beingists???

[Moragauth]

Yeah, you know, evil people like us.

[orangeman4242]

He supports the children?! What a brave and well-reasoned position! Gah, why not just say you are firmly against murder and a strong supporter of puppies...

[TuesdaysThursdays]

I have to ask: WHY oh WHY do Canadian shows always have people call in? Do the thoughts of the uneducated public increase viewership?

Half the time it's not topical or crazy, and in call in #1 its both. Painful.

[dabruin2]

I think what that show showed me was that the uneducated public are just as verbose and incoherrent as us Americans.

[Moragauth]

The viewers aren't always uneducated. But yes, a lot of the time they are I guess.

[Beethovens7th]

Paul what are the political candidates like in Canada? Is there anyone who is actually worth voting for (unlike in the US)?

[qtronman]

Left, lefter, leftist?

[Beethovens7th]

Heh, interesting.

[legendre007]

"Left, lefter, leftist?"

Isn't that why democracy is so great, and why a variety of candidates increases our freedom? You can choose candidates from so many different divergent and strongly disagreeing ideologies, like those you listed. A voter can think, "I don't want to vote for someone who wants to tax me at 55 percent. That's too high! So instead I'll vote for someone who will only tax me at the very low 54 percent."

[PaulMcKeever]

In this federal election? Whew! None of the parties, in my opinion (and that includes the Libertarians), are dedicated to rational government. Therefore, I suggest looking at the two (if their are two) candidates who are most likely to win your district, and choosing between them, according to ones own exposure to abuse by government. If you're facing life imprisonment for selling pot seeds and the NDP guy has a chance, vote for him. If being tax gouged is your...(cont'd)

[PaulMcKeever]

(cont'd)...biggest concern, vote Conservative to minimize the gouging. If you have not earned the respect and praise you get from others, vote Liberal, and tell them you did so...some of the phony pandering will stop. Okay, that last one's a joke...especially because they'd probably praise you even more!

[Beethovens7th]

This guy to your right Paul seems like a nervous wreck.

[akinobjectivist]

Jon, why don't you tell me your life story. Better yet, tell me your fathers life story while your at it. What is that? Children you say? Anything else? Now Paul back to the question of the ECONOMY...

[Beethovens7th]

Hahaha my thoughts exactly.

[Beethovens7th]

"Children's rights advocate"??? Pffftttt.

[dabruin2]

Well done McKeever! And long live your mighty beard!

[PaulMcKeever]

Ha! Re: the beard - we held a family vote today...it got a reprieve...so far..