as imperfect and flawed capitalism is, it has worked better than other forms of economic and political systems-so far.
it’s very simple in “theory.” capitalism is an economic and-or, political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
in other words, keep government out of it as much as possible.
They are notorious for taking people on in December and getting rid of them in January.
I don't know of very many retail businesses that do not do the same thing to cover the holiday crush. You cannot expect a business to take on employees for a two month seasonal rush of traffic and then keep them on the payroll for the other ten months without the corresponding increase in business cash flow.
as imperfect and flawed capitalism is, it has worked better than other forms of economic and political systems-so far.
it’s very simple in “theory.” capitalism is an economic and-or, political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
in other words, keep government out of it as much as possible.
It’s just not fair that ONE PERSON attains more wealth than he/she will be able to spend in a LIFETIME, while others are struggling to avoid becoming homeless.
Yeah, we must find a way to make low effort equal high reward. And also find a way to make high effort yield low reward. Now THAT would be fair!
Should there be a cap on How Much Children of the Billionaire should receive as inheritance?
Of course. When someone who has amassed a fortune through hard work, long hours, and high effort dies the government should confiscate every last penny of their estate and give it to the "poor". After all it is not the "poor" people's fault they have less, so they should once again have low effort rewarded by high reward.
I would like to have all the perks of the so-called rich, but I am satisfied with what I have earned and paid for with my own two hands. My hands were made to work, not to hold out waiting for someone to give me what I did not work for, and what I have no right to just because they have it and I do not. Perhaps the government should mandate that wealthy people give their "ice cream money" to the government or other people? That would be more fair, would it not?
okay, i haven't been to a meeting in over 17 years and i don't live anywhere near the place i grew up.
i have had minimal contact with my jw family, essentially just occasional phone conversations.
i think they could easily guess that i'm inactive but they pretend not to know and they've never shunned me.
Reading the comment by Atlantis I am surprised they do not dictate what color ink should be used when labeling records, or whether it should be written in cursive or printed in block letters.
i was reading in the shepherding book that elders should “ cultivate and maintain friendships with one another.”, and thought to myself “bulls$it!” i remember that most of the elders in my old congregation were nothing but nasty asses.
i know it may vary from congregation to congregation, but do elders generally get along with each other behind closed doors in elders meetings?
or, are they often in conflict with each other?
My observation - Elder #1 "compensates" by trying to lord it over the rest of the elders, the congregation, and loves to have the front seats in the synago-I mean the kingdom hall.
Elder #2 - Completely deaf, and so all elder #1 has to do is paste on his best fake smile as he looks at elder #2 while spouting the most idiotic B.S. and elder #2 just grins and says "Okay" to everything because he didn't hear a word of what was said.
Elder#3 - Hates any kind of confrontation and is under the thumb of elder #1, and his usual reply to anything is just a shoulder shrug.
They don't have much of anything to do with each other.
i had to read this paragraph twice in case i'd misread it the first time.
who is he trying to kid!?
mr gomez says, "there's very little rules, if any, most of our conduct is governed by principles, and there's a lot of room for us to make personal choices.
I liked the line in a song some years ago, "If you tried to tell the truth, you'd choke yourself to death!" Sounds like the eldurrs IMO.
.. is anti-gun, police and war?.
is subject to government but really anti-government?.
is prone to alternative medicine and science?.
Democrats, or what used to be democrats in the U.S.
seeing on another post here about former jws throwing away literature.
i am curious as to the various opinions on there value.. for me i have been inactive for 3 years almost 4. i still have alot of books and of course all their bibles ever produced (except a few from the 1800s.).
in my opinion i think there are four books the jws produced that are useful:.
Every piece of literature produced is very useful. . .
. . .but then again I have a wood-burner that gets pretty hungry for combustible fuel.
Seriously though, I always liked the Commentary on James book. Of course now the type of Christian attitude that it encourages would never be tolerated in the "loving" organization.
as thanksgiving is just around the corner, just about all the states are implementing total lock-down with high penalties on any citizen who disobeys.
but what is the deal with texas!.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh0fg5gqhvw.
@ Jehalapeno - Somewhat ironic that someone who stated, "Your an idiot. . ." is not intelligent enough to know the difference between Your and You're.
or..as i remember the title..circuit servants wives.
but then i left 40+ years ago.. any recollections of those females that led such an unnatural existence?.
those that i recall seemed such aloof creatures..
I remember one who came from Wyoming (USA). She was not unattractive, had a pleasant personality, and a real a--hole for a husband. If he ever caught sight of her even passing a word or two with ANY brother he was at her side in a flash, physically getting between her and whomever she was visiting with, and would clench her arm and move her away.
I felt sorry for her as she was obviously tied down to an abusive, "little" man with a big ego.
the POOR who typically will be the ones without drivers licences (no car(, passports (no foreign holidays) , no rent card or any number of other documents that comfortable people take for granted.
Always seem able to make it to the government welfare office and get the required documents to prove who they are when it comes time to get in line for free stuff though!
