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Comment what a great idea! (Score 5, Insightful) 121

I just had this great idea for a fabulous new technology! I'm calling it CASH. Here are some of its features:
        Transactions are unhackable. No need to worry about who stole your credit card info every time a retailer suffers a security breach.
        Transactions not stored in any bank's database forever, to be sold to unknown third parties at any time in the future, for any purpose.
        No middleman taking a percentage of every transaction, cleverly hidden from the consumer, generating a 2% drain on the economy.
        Does not rely on any network or other technology - works even when the internet goes down.
        Always know exactly how much money you have and how much you are spending, and never be in debt.
        Fast as pulling a bill out of your wallet. Never wait for an overloaded network.
        And, obviously, cash is private and anonymous. Your transactions are nobody's business but yours and your counterparty's.

I'm looking for seed funding for this idea. Please send me cash.

Comment Re:Poverty doesn't negatively affect wellbeing? (Score 2) 127

Economic inequality is not equal to "poverty". I didn't see the word "poverty" used here, and I don't know where you got that.
An economically unequal society in one in which the wealthiest are far wealthier than the least wealthy. That's it. This might mean, for example, that a few people are billionaires, whereas the poorest members of society are just millionaires who only get to own two cars. Relative poverty is not (necessarily) actual poverty.

Comment Re:You are not addressing my point (Score 1) 249

I get your point just fine.
What I can't understand is why you choose to go nuclear over a simple statement of fact: Rand Paul voted against this bill. Period.
Now, if you want to discuss the reasons... that's another matter entirely. Maybe you're right, but my impression is that Rand Paul is and always has been a sincere libertarian. Call me a Heritage Foundation shill if you will, but voting against a massive increase in government debt strikes me as directly in line with his ethos. And I don't believe for a moment that he is any friend to agent Krasnov, unlike almost all of his Repulican colleagues.
Of course, it's a bit suspicious that this bill squeaked by with exactly the right number of votes, and not one more.

Comment Re:Deficit spending causes inflation (Score 4, Insightful) 249

Uh... let's see if you can climb down off that horse of yours long enough to see reason.

> Which conservatives objected to the BBB, and didn't end up voting for it?

Rand Paul

Now. Which part of what I said was it that triggered you? Was it the "Rand" part, or the "Paul"?
Are you objecting because you don't consider Rand Paul to be conservative? Or because he actually did vote for this bill, in your esteemed opinion?

And when you refer to "you people", do you mean people who dare to speak his name? You seem to know an awful lot about me, which really is quite remarkable, given that all I said was a man's name. Do you work for the CIA???

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