Comments by "wvu05" (@wvu05) on "Senator Bernie Sanders"
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@AcmePotatoPackingPocatello You said $4 for 300 miles and $97 from LA to Seattle and back for the electricity. Now, I initially miscalcluated in based it on 400 miles instead of 300 miles, but that would mean that one dollar of fuel is 75 miles. 75×97 is actually closer to 7300 miles, and I knew that there was no way that a round trip could be that far, because that is Boston to LA territory.
Also, I am well aware of the effects of CO2. My point was that you said that your car is "carbon neutral." It isn't. Never mind the question of where your electricity comes from, the actual production of the car causes a lot more pollution, including greenhouse gases, than conventional cars. Hence, the notion that you would have to own that car for a long time to break even compared to a conventional car. It's not that your intentions are bad (far from it), but thinking that any car is carbon neutral is incorrect. So, if you buy another one relatively quickly, you are actually causing more pollution than just keeping a conventional compact or sub-compact for a very long time.
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@timmarshall7292 I only saw the second response, so it makes more sense to answer the first. That's why I deleted it, because I came to realize that it was a response to something different entirely. As far as the Democratic Party solving all of society's ills, I don't think any individual or any party can do that. However, I think that, on the whole, the Democratic Party is the better of the two major parties in terms of its goals and what has happened when it has been the dominant party. I think it's interesting that you keep referring to "30-40 years," because that has been a time of dominance of the right.
Yes, it is good business to do right by employees, but there is a lot of evidence that some cheaters do prosper, especially when given a free rein as they have been for decades. Watch what happens to a company's stock when it announces layoffs or outsourcing: prices go up, because it is seen as cutting expenses. There are a lot of members of the Fortune 500 that rely on sweatshop labor.
As far as "make yourself more valuable," there is nothing in any job that makes its value inherent now and for always. At the turn of the 20th century, factories had some of the lowest pay rates and worst working conditions in the world. When it became unionized, those became the best jobs for blue-collar workers.
As far as worshipping the King of Kings, did He not say that you cannot worship both God and Money? And, just to clarify, I'm not a socialist. Probably, the closest to my economic beliefs would be an updated version of Populism, the real kind, not this fake right-wing version that tries to divide and belittle workers. That, and a healthy mix of Keynes, the only economic theorist I've ever seen to actually to try to look at the real world instead of his ivory tower when formulating his ideas, and when we were closer to them, the economy grew faster and more people reaped those benefits than when we went to laissez faire.
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