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Post #342,478
by beepster
5/10/11 7:24:32 AM
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New Re: You've drunk too much kool-ade.
Really?

So when you add all the research up, what % of the government workforce is that?

As for protective services...well they don't >make< anything. As for gov staff jobs, they really don't make anything...

The poor poor fed...understaffed, underfunded...spending how many trillion/year? You're making me weep. Please stop.

If you would have rattled off some bridgebuilders, roadbuilders, construction workers, shipbuilders...but no...those are all done by private concerns.

(and you brought up gov procurement as productive...I'm going to laugh about that all day)
Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
Post #342,481
by Another Scott
5/10/11 7:42:33 AM
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New Heh.
The Army Corps of Engineers and the SeaBees don't make anything? They're "private concerns"? Really? Are you sure you want to keep going down this road?

The Galtian Overlords and Masters of the Universe constructed the systems of laws and rules that make all their wealth and Productivity possible? Really? Or do you mean that the system appeared fully-formed from Zeus's head? Really?

If you think procurement has problems now, imagine what it would be like without those people who "don't really make anything" over-seeing it. Living in Florida, I would think you would be aware that quite often people and companies try to defraud the government for personal gain. http://articles.sun-...al-giant-columbia But those FBI investigators "don't really make anything" so it's just busy-work that wastes Beep's taxpayer dollars so it's good if they go away. Right? Government's too big!!!!111ONE

Should I start calling you Farmer Beep now, to recognize that you "really" produce stuff?

Sheesh.

I think I'm done.

Cheers,
Scott.
     Three Economic Things that Do Not Exist. - (Another Scott) - (35) - May 8, 2011, 02:45:15 PM EDT
         no such thing as printing too much money, got it -NT - (boxley) - (34) - May 9, 2011, 09:21:20 AM EDT
             BS - (drook) - (33) - May 9, 2011, 09:23:27 AM EDT
                 bad analogy - (boxley) - (21) - May 9, 2011, 09:32:53 AM EDT
                     Countries are different from people. - (Another Scott) - (20) - May 9, 2011, 02:59:58 PM EDT
                         Re: Countries are different from people. - (beepster) - (17) - May 9, 2011, 03:24:06 PM EDT
                             Evidence, please. - (Another Scott) - (16) - May 9, 2011, 03:56:36 PM EDT
                                 Re: Evidence, please. - (beepster) - (15) - May 9, 2011, 05:49:06 PM EDT
                                     Um, then why can the Treasury sell 10 yr notes at 3.2%??? - (Another Scott) - May 9, 2011, 06:17:04 PM EDT
                                     Selective numbers. - (Another Scott) - (13) - May 9, 2011, 08:44:37 PM EDT
                                         Re: Selective numbers. - (beepster) - (12) - May 9, 2011, 10:49:37 PM EDT
                                             You've drunk too much kool-ade. - (Another Scott) - (11) - May 9, 2011, 11:34:48 PM EDT
                                                 Re: You've drunk too much kool-ade. - (beepster) - (1) - May 10, 2011, 07:24:32 AM EDT
                                                     Heh. - (Another Scott) - May 10, 2011, 07:42:33 AM EDT
                                                 ROFLMAO - (boxley) - (8) - May 10, 2011, 07:33:39 AM EDT
                                                     Yes, the government's underfunded. - (Another Scott) - May 10, 2011, 07:46:13 AM EDT
                                                     Different flavors of kool-aid I guess - (beepster) - (6) - May 10, 2011, 11:04:07 AM EDT
                                                         You and box do realise - (jake123) - (5) - May 10, 2011, 03:10:51 PM EDT
                                                             Maybe not.. True Disbelievers are always with us - (Ashton) - May 10, 2011, 04:13:47 PM EDT
                                                             borrow and spend? hardly - (boxley) - May 10, 2011, 04:48:57 PM EDT
                                                             Bit more fundamental of an argument - (beepster) - (2) - May 10, 2011, 05:12:00 PM EDT
                                                                 Science by survey ... check -NT - (drook) - May 10, 2011, 05:30:20 PM EDT
                                                                 You'll love browsing around the GSS, then. - (Another Scott) - May 10, 2011, 05:46:44 PM EDT
                         Jared Bernstein knifes the trope. - (Another Scott) - (1) - May 18, 2011, 09:53:09 PM EDT
                             craw, where your gravel goes to grind your food -NT - (boxley) - May 19, 2011, 09:23:52 AM EDT
                 We don't have unlimited water - (beepster) - May 9, 2011, 09:34:50 AM EDT
                 better answer - (boxley) - (9) - May 9, 2011, 09:38:47 AM EDT
                     Irrelevant to current situation at zero bound. Try again? -NT - (Another Scott) - May 9, 2011, 10:21:30 AM EDT
                     Wait, you're calling stuff from the *80s* Obama's policies? - (drook) - (7) - May 9, 2011, 10:23:33 AM EDT
                         Net exports might go up!!!!1111 -NT - (Another Scott) - May 9, 2011, 10:36:09 AM EDT
                         Re: Wait, you're calling stuff from the *80s* - (boxley) - (5) - May 9, 2011, 01:14:10 PM EDT
                             80's... - (S1mon_Jester) - (1) - May 9, 2011, 01:30:05 PM EDT
                                 80s in another country trying to execute krugman's model -NT - (boxley) - May 9, 2011, 02:04:51 PM EDT
                             Where did I say give it to the already well-off? -NT - (drook) - (2) - May 9, 2011, 02:13:51 PM EDT
                                 thats what you have been doing and want more of it -NT - (boxley) - (1) - May 9, 2011, 02:21:52 PM EDT
                                     I have? I do? -NT - (drook) - May 9, 2011, 07:53:23 PM EDT

It's a lot less messy in here when Karsten's absent...
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