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Because it is unearned buying power, they don't act with

Posted on: December 3, 2016 at 13:40:49 CT
ummmm MU
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their own capital on the line, they don't act in accordance with market signals like profits/losses, they act upon the whims of bureaucrats, and because their buying power is immense (it is so many times larger than any one private entity).

Their immense buying power causes all sorts of misallocations and undesired results.
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There are 400 McDonald's in Indiana with presumably - ummmm MU - 12/3 12:34:32
     Trump I hope would stand against the cause - Butcher of Bakersfield STL - 12/3 13:35:56
     False equivalence - Sal KC - 12/3 13:27:33
          It isn't (nm) - pickle MU - 12/3 15:28:28
          False use of false equivalence. - ummmm MU - 12/3 13:31:26
               You think it's an "unimportant detail" in an ECONOMIC - 90Tiger MU - 12/3 13:36:05
               No, it's a false equivalence - Sal KC - 12/3 13:32:48
                    I don't see the important difference in your version - ummmm MU - 12/3 18:38:35
                    No, the problem is the moving to a different economy (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 12/3 13:37:17
                         I'm saying in his comparison to McDonalds - Sal KC - 12/3 13:40:12
                              And you're wrong (nm) - pickle MU - 12/3 15:30:00
                                   Your opinion is duly noted. (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 12/3 16:07:15
                                        It's not opinion (nm) - pickle MU - 12/3 16:53:59
     That would be a dysfunctional and hopeless policy. - GA Tiger MU - 12/3 12:49:35
          Still the newfound socialists RCW RCW RCW RCW RCW - JG MU - 12/3 13:11:00
     Why the need to attempt to equate domestic automation - 90Tiger MU - 12/3 12:42:11
          Jobs - JG MU - 12/3 13:02:17
          Because it is the same concept. - ummmm MU - 12/3 12:44:13
               No it's not (nm) - Sal KC - 12/3 13:27:43
               It's not the same concept at all. The govt was already - 90Tiger MU - 12/3 13:12:55
                    It is the same (nm) - pickle MU - 12/3 15:31:39
                    The tax breaks are a great thing (and a sign that more are - ummmm MU - 12/3 13:14:25
                         I never argued it's "the whole story" anywhere, in any - 90Tiger MU - 12/3 13:15:12
                              Then what is the "leveraging its buying power" thing about? - ummmm MU - 12/3 13:15:56
                                   I explained it many times. I believe (and hope) Trump - 90Tiger MU - 12/3 13:17:48
                                        That is a terrible thing to support. - ummmm MU - 12/3 13:21:02
                                             Ummmm, I'm astonished by your sudden interest in State - 90Tiger MU - 12/3 13:25:38
                                                  I've been posting about this all day - ummmm MU - 12/3 13:27:30
                                                       So what's all the fuss about the unseen costs you keep - 90Tiger MU - 12/3 13:32:12
                                                            It's about the federal government leveraging its buying - ummmm MU - 12/3 13:36:09
                                                                 Why should the US govt not leverage buying power? Should - 90Tiger MU - 12/3 13:38:15
                                                                      Because it is unearned buying power, they don't act with - ummmm MU - 12/3 13:40:49
                                                                           your argument is against govt being a buyer - which is - 90Tiger MU - 12/3 13:44:00
                                                                                By eliminating itself (nm) - ummmm MU - 12/3 18:34:11
               It's not the same, but if McDonalds moved its restaurants - MUTGR MU - 12/3 12:45:45
                    The concepts are the same. - ummmm MU - 12/3 12:47:49
                         no, one is inside of the US economy, the other isn't - 90Tiger MU - 12/3 13:14:47
                              It's the same (nm) - pickle MU - 12/3 15:35:05
                                   govt is force (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 12/3 16:32:50
                              The concept is saving a domestic job - ummmm MU - 12/3 13:17:03
                                   No, the "unseen" factors of one are all inside one - 90Tiger MU - 12/3 13:18:41
                                        What if the jobs were moving to Alaska? (nm) - ummmm MU - 12/3 13:19:38
                                             If they were moving to Alaska, Pence and the Alaska - 90Tiger MU - 12/3 13:27:17
                                                  Indiana would be losing out on your "unseen" positive - ummmm MU - 12/3 13:29:22
                                                       Yes, and Alaska would be gaining, all inside the US - 90Tiger MU - 12/3 13:33:47
                                                            Well then maybe the solution is to have one world government - ummmm MU - 12/3 13:35:36
                                                                 You're the one talking about unseen factors in other - 90Tiger MU - 12/3 13:40:37
                                                                      That is crazy. - ummmm MU - 12/3 13:42:22
                                                                           Crazy? you changed the fact that PR is now part of the US - 90Tiger MU - 12/3 13:53:21
                                                                                No, I am an individualist - ummmm MU - 12/3 18:36:06
                                                                                Wow - pickle MU - 12/3 15:37:45
                                             or Guam? (nm) - ummmm MU - 12/3 13:20:02
     Machines have always been irrationally feared.(nm) - TigerMatt MU - 12/3 12:38:37
          The jokes write themselves here(nm) - JG MU - 12/3 13:03:05
          Same with Mexicans (nm) - ummmm MU - 12/3 12:44:29
               same with rural whites(nm) - Butcher of Bakersfield STL - 12/3 12:55:31
                    True (nm) - ummmm MU - 12/3 12:56:05
          Anti-robotism is on the rise .(nm) - MUTGR MU - 12/3 12:44:00
     RE: There are 400 McDonald's in Indiana with presumably - MUTGR MU - 12/3 12:36:43
          Do you support that or not? (nm) - ummmm MU - 12/3 12:42:16
               RE: Do you support that or not? (nm) - MUTGR MU - 12/3 12:43:22
                    The concepts are the same. You're saving jobs despite the - ummmm MU - 12/3 12:45:23
                         As to your "negative costs", it's been pointed out - 90Tiger MU - 12/3 13:16:36
                              This entire time, I've acknowledged that I don't know the - ummmm MU - 12/3 13:18:58
                                   So the US should move all of its factories to Mexico? - 90Tiger MU - 12/3 14:28:50
                                        No, each company should make this decision - ummmm MU - 12/3 18:37:03
                         Apples and oranges. nm. - MUTGR MU - 12/3 12:46:16
                              Yeah, I suppose it's like this - ummmm MU - 12/3 12:49:09
                                   It is simply amazing to me what fairy tales these folks - Evenflow MU - 12/3 12:53:25
                                        The Hitler reference. Talk about fairy tales...that's - MUTGR MU - 12/3 12:57:05
                                             In all seriousness, - Evenflow MU - 12/3 12:58:16
                                                  a state governor offers tax incentives for a company to - 90Tiger MU - 12/3 13:19:37
                                                       Oh, but you left out the DOD carrot/bribe/collusion/scam - Evenflow MU - 12/3 13:25:48
                                                            That, to me, is the best part of this. The DOD is a - 90Tiger MU - 12/3 14:20:38
                                                            RE: Oh, but you left out the DOD carrot/bribe/collusion/scam - MUTGR MU - 12/3 13:35:57
                                        Seriously. Do I have to remind these guys why we all hated - ummmm MU - 12/3 12:55:40
                                             RE: Seriously. Do I have to remind these guys why we all hated - MUTGR MU - 12/3 12:58:54
                                                  It hasn't been forgotten - pickle MU - 12/3 15:42:10
                                                  Look I am cautiously optimistic that Trump can, even if at - ummmm MU - 12/3 13:04:23
                                                       I voted for Trump. - Evenflow MU - 12/3 13:09:27
                                                            I didn't vote, but if Trump doesn't open any new - ummmm MU - 12/3 13:13:05
                                                  You just indicated a couple weeks ago that you were finally - Evenflow MU - 12/3 13:00:02
                                                       RE: You just indicated a couple weeks ago that you were finally - MUTGR MU - 12/3 13:07:15
                                                            Sounds like you're back in a fantasy world. (nm) - Evenflow MU - 12/3 13:10:13




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