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re: Best pair of men's underwear

Posted by Dalymaple on 3/9/14 at 3:46 am
Ex Officio or Duluth Trading boxer briefs ...

re: A Paul-Cruz ticket

Posted by Dalymaple on 3/9/14 at 3:16 am
The Republican's best chance is with Paul and someone like [link=(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqnhtrgGQPI)]Russ Roberts[/link]...
[quote]I live in Texas, but I wish somebody could tell me who the real conservatives are. [/quote] If you learn towards the tea party check out Dwayne Stovall...

re: Warming Predictions vs. Real World

Posted by Dalymaple on 2/20/14 at 1:41 pm
The problem with the current models is that they are not advanced enough to simulate the complex ocean/atmospheric dynamics and there is still a lot that we just don't know. Coming from an engineering background I personally have serious reservations about our ability to model the earth and atm...

re: Take the Quiz!

Posted by Dalymaple on 2/19/14 at 12:13 am
[img]http://www.isidewith.com/results-image/426897927.jpg[/img]...
I want to say James Buchanan but he passed away last year. Now it would have to be either Russ Roberts from econtalk or David Friedman. Edit: Michael Huemer is up there as well - [link=(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JYL5VUe5NQ)]Ted Talk[/link]...
[quote]No. I don't. For the last 40 years I've been reading 3 to 4 newspapers per day. For the last 20 years I've been reading 20 internet sites per day....plus the newspapers. I don't have an archive. If you don't believe me that's your right. I don't care.[/quote] Try to make your numbers more b...
[quote]I think that a lot of the economic problems we are facing are directly related to fiat currency and the federal resevere but I am wondering if anyone here thinks that fiat currency is a good thing [/quote] Nothing is wrong with a fiat currency it actually economizes the use of a commodity,...
[quote]if they really wanted to lower their incarceration costs, they could just legalize drugs. Arrests would approach zero. And then they could get rid of the sheriff all together. Saving big $$[/quote] And people wonder why the police/private jails are in favor of strict drugs laws. Got to k...
[quote]Fiscal issues matter way more than minute social issues(gay marriage etc) [/quote] You cannot have economic freedom without social freedom. With that said, the Christian right/neo-conservative movement is a joke and as long as the republicans keep pandering to them they will never will n...

re: .

Posted by Dalymaple on 2/5/14 at 1:05 am
[quote]What is to stop the owner of a competing private judicial system from winning a lawsuit in his own court if he is guilty of wrong doing[/quote] If I'm suing someone for violating my property rights and that said person owned an arbitration firm, why would I take my case to his court? ...

re: .

Posted by Dalymaple on 2/5/14 at 12:29 am
[quote]Also how would people with little wealth have a chance in the long run being that big wealth will eventually control the society?[/quote] The wealthy already control our society. They use the arm of the state to create laws and regulations that are beneficial to them and keep their compet...

re: .

Posted by Dalymaple on 2/5/14 at 12:02 am
[quote]Another AnCap? This board reinforces my views of the future. [/quote] :thup: ...

re: .

Posted by Dalymaple on 2/4/14 at 11:17 pm
Recommend text for an econ class, which led me to the Machinery of Freedom. I picked up a couple books by Rothbard and Hoppe along the way but never got on the Austrian bandwagon. [img]http://images.mises.org/HiddenOrderCover.jpg[/img] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4d/Boo...

re: Anyone here never voted?

Posted by Dalymaple on 2/1/14 at 2:26 pm
Nope but I told my dad I voted for Obama for the lulz ...

re: Would this immigration idea work?

Posted by Dalymaple on 1/31/14 at 3:02 pm
[quote]I am sick of hearing this arguement. How about you back this up with proof on the damage it would cause?[/quote] These immigrants grease the economy – they expand the productivity of the labor market, increase the US’s comparative advantage in the market, lower prices, while at the same t...

re: Would this immigration idea work?

Posted by Dalymaple on 1/30/14 at 8:26 pm
[quote]We should just send them all back to Mexico, secure the border and shoot any that try to cross illegally, and make them use the legal way of entering the country like everyone else [/quote] Good idea if you want to destroy the economy...
[quote]I just cannot think of an effective business model for a private fire department. [/quote] It’s impossible to predict these things, but I would assume the homeowner would pay a set amount per year to a private fire fighting company and if the need ever arose they would come out to extinguish...