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Comment on Why CEO’s Earn More Than Janitors by Egadsno

Egadsno — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:05:43 +0000

“If labor created value, then society..” I beg to differ. The cost of all known materials, everything of intrinsic value relies on the cost of energy to dictate its true value. Be that mining, refining and processing metals, wood, oil, works of art you name it. Titanium for example would replace steel if energy costs dropped by a factor of 10. It is simply not worth the refining. Too much energy. Even if it would virtually never rust and replace an aging infrastructure for centuries. Not an option. Everything works like this- but the prices of energy have been so tightly controlled that they appear static, you can almost ignore the variable as it is almost a constant. To say that digging a hole and filling it back up is a waste is a flawed analogy but when work is performed for good purpose there is a positive outcome. The only person helped in that analogy is the makers of shovels

Comment on Trayvon Martin Was NOT Killed By The Free Market by admin

admin — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:37:58 +0000

not exactly sure what your point is, but im assuming that you are making some sort of argument that in a free market for legal services, the market would be flooded with aps which promised fair just and swift trials, and that this flooding of the market would result in a bunch of low grade services.

people can rate aps on the iphone and they would rate their legal service aps in the same way that they rate other aps. Things like Amazon and Yelp allow users to rate sellers, restaurants, and products and there is no reason why people wouldnt also rate legal service aps in the same way.

in the long run, the aps that offered the most just legal services would have the highest ratings and would beat out the aps with lower ratings (ie, those who were known to take bribes or favor either the plaintiff or defendant). it is also important to note that in a free market for legal services with competing agencies, both sides to a claim would likely need to agree on which legal agency to patronize–this ensures that both sides would find it in their best interest to use a service with a strong reputation for fairness.

Comment on Trayvon Martin Was NOT Killed By The Free Market by law firm

law firm — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:15:30 +0000

What happens when 100, then 200, then 300 law firms start iPhone Apps because they think iPhone apps are cool and inhouse counsel sitting at airports will start search for apps and stumble across their app. They become worthless.

Comment on Trayvon Martin Was NOT Killed By The Free Market by admin

admin — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 23:25:39 +0000

maybe so, but that wasnt really the point of the article

Comment on Trayvon Martin Was NOT Killed By The Free Market by Julie

Julie — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:03:20 +0000

What’s crazy is during this entire time since Trayvon’s killing, there’s been no restrictions placed on Zimmerman.
Why should he wait around for the government to decide whether to charge him with Murder and he face a possible life sentence.
His parents have the means and so Zimmerman might have left for “vacation” to a place like Equatorial Guinea where they speak Spanish, have beautiful beaches, and NO Extradition Treaty with the US.
If it was your life, would you prefer a jail cell or a tropical paradise?
No one has seen George Zimmerman in ages. I’m beginning to doubt he’s still in the US.

Comment on Quotes From Dr. Thomas Sowell by Delena Amerman

Delena Amerman — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 17:07:04 +0000

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Comment on Trayvon Martin Was NOT Killed By The Free Market by dljm226

dljm226 — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 02:01:11 +0000

I love it when I find someone who writes the jumbled up pieces I cannot put into words!
Well done!

Comment on We Lost The Health Care Battle–Now What? by Max

Max — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 23:36:23 +0000

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Comment on Just Doing Their Job? by Shawn Bodily

Shawn Bodily — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:40:46 +0000

I agree 100%.

The practice that bothers me most is that of police and SWAT raids. This is both extremely dangerous to the officers involved and to those that they are raiding, should they be innocent or should their be bystanders. Then they think that yelling police as they are breaking down your door is adequate notice, and now you are supposed to react in a completely calm way or you run the risk of being filled with bullets. All this for some marginal benefit of preserving evidence, usually drugs, when this arrest could be made at a different, much safer time.

It is a perversion of the fourth amendment.

Comment on A Goal for Failure – Why Everybody Loses When The Losers Win by tinkerbell392

tinkerbell392 — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 05:03:34 +0000

Are you serious? Sports & economics theory?? something amiss here! Economics is all about ‘means to an end’. Sports is fun, winning. loosing & whatever it takes!