Alberta Politics & Government Thread 3.0

[KelVarnsen]

They are a troll. It's just that simple.

[Muta]

Hey Mel, just curious, since you're so active in the Alberta thread right now - what are you gonna do when AOC becomes president one day after this brief flirting period with right-wing populism / authoritarianism unravels and dies, exposing that brand of politics as untenable and ineffective? And a new age of progressive politics begins?

I look forward to your response in the American politics thread!

[MelBridgeman]

Originally Posted by Muta

Hey Mel, just curious, since you're so active in the Alberta thread right now - what are you gonna do when AOC becomes president one day after this brief flirting period with right-wing populism / authoritarianism unravels and dies, exposing that brand of politics as untenable and ineffective? And a new age of progressive politics begins?

I look forward to your response in the American politics thread!

Count my millions?

[MelBridgeman]

Originally Posted by Yamer

I simply refuse to believe you're a real person.

You do you.

[SebC]

Originally Posted by MelBridgeman

Yikes sounds like the Robert Reich School of Economics.

Wage Push Inflation: Inflationary Spiral



While wage push inflation can improve workers purchasing power temporarily, it will erode overall econmic stability over time.

Wouldn't be very helpful to those people in the long run.

The size of the effect is important. It is important to recognize the difference between partial losses of benefit and total loses.


Does wages going up push prices up? Of course it does. Does it push prices up so high that we should not pursue wage increases at all? Of course not.


Tell me an economic policy you support and I could easily present you with a list of drawbacks. Without considering the scale of those drawbacks I could easily make it look like the policy should not be pursued.

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by SebC

Tell me an economic policy you support

[MelBridgeman]

Originally Posted by SebC

The size of the effect is important. It is important to recognize the difference between partial losses of benefit and total loses.


Does wages going up push prices up? Of course it does. Does it push prices up so high that we should not pursue wage increases at all? Of course not.


Tell me an economic policy you support and I could easily present you with a list of drawbacks. Without considering the scale of those drawbacks I could easily make it look like the policy should not be pursued.

Well i agree with all of that, so you must of missed the original point I was responding too, that minimum wage should be a living wage tied to inflation. I merely presented a consequence of doing something like that.

Goverment policy not just economic policy is a game of winners and losers, it's important to moderate that policy, there are things that are known to happen but you can't predict when they will happen (i.e. a pandemic, which was something scientists have been talking about for decades).

As an example, some of not all of the current Candian Goverments policies are fine but they lack the moderation, in some cases, big time restraint was required to help it least help lessen some of the unintended consequences it may produce or contribute too.

So if you still like to me to give an economic policy I support, I would be more than happy too but I believe you could easily present me with a list of drawbacks, because like i said, everything has winners or losers or pros and cons and effective goverments are ones that can show some restraint.

[MelBridgeman]

Originally Posted by iggy_oi

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[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by MelBridgeman

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Are you trying to hit on me?

[MelBridgeman]

Originally Posted by iggy_oi

Are you trying to hit on me?

Finally a language you understand!

oioi oi oiooio oioi oioi!

[MelBridgeman]

Originally Posted by KelVarnsen

They are a troll. It's just that simple.

I wish people the best, not death, so if that is a troll, i am good with it.

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by MelBridgeman

Finally a language you understand!

oioi oi oiooio oioi oioi!

Sorry I’m flattered but not interested. I need a good communicator so it just wouldn’t work out. But don’t get down, I’m sure there’s lots of things about me that you’d also have boundaries about. Let’s just be friends and continue to individually work towards being the best versions of ourselves that we can be. And when you finally find that special someone, I’ll be very happy for you.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by BoLevi

Greed is not a variable, it is a constant. So it is not a useful framework with which to assess inflation. The obvious question then becomes: which factors have changed around the "greed" to increase prices. Also, "greed" is a pointlessly inflammatory and pejorative term. It is really static that all players in the market are incentivized to maximize their profitability. This isn't a bug, it's a feature and nobody should apologize for it.

So we're back to supply and demand being the useful things to discuss. (Shocking).

Unfortunately, policy (fiscal, monetary, and regulatory) has contributed to negatively impacting both the supply and the demand side with respect to most drivers of inflation. To the degree that greed has exposed inflation, it is a consequence of the drivers of inflation, not a cause of them.

If you're focused on corporate profits, then you're simply killing the messenger.

Explanations like this are why our world is so well and truly ####ed. What a collection of fetid tripe.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Explanations like this are why our world is so well and truly ####ed. What a collection of fetid tripe.

It’s been a couple years, but I believe that’s the brand of tripe BoLevi exclusively trades in.

[MelBridgeman]

Thank you corporate profits!

We beat inflation!

Sincerly,
My Investments.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by MelBridgeman

Thank you corporate profits!

We beat inflation!

Sincerly,
My Investments.

I propose we change Mel's user title to FYGM for accuracy.

[MelBridgeman]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

I propose we change Mel's user title to FYGM for accuracy.

Equality of opportunity >>>>>>>>>>> Equality of outcome

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by MelBridgeman

Equality of opportunity >>>>>>>>>>> Equality of outcome

Are you suggesting everyone should be given the same equal opportunities for success?

[MelBridgeman]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Are you suggesting everyone should be given the same equal opportunities for success?

as oppose too

A state in which all people have approximately the same material wealth and income, or in which the general economic conditions of everyone's lives are alike

Yesssssir

[GGG]

Originally Posted by MelBridgeman

Equality of opportunity >>>>>>>>>>> Equality of outcome

I don’t think you would get much disagreement there. I assume you are advocating then for much stronger child family funding and free post secondary education and massive inheritance taxes to equalize the opportunity.