Moonbox
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28 minutes ago, CdnFox said:
Well there are two things when it comes to the money world, monetary policy and fiscal policy. When you work for a central bank you're worried about monetary policy. When you work as an economist you worry about fiscal policy.
This is another gem of a quote that I'm going to have to save, because you couldn't have done a better job proving how clueless and full of shit you are if you were trying.
1 hour ago, CdnFox said:And the Bank of Canada has commented on this about a trillion times in the last few years. Monetary policy is not fiscal policy.
Nobody said they were. Guess what though? They're deeply intertwined and have profound influence on each other, so arguing that an economist doesn't "worry" about both is categorically retarded, nevermind the exhaustive list of other things they'd "worry" about.
1 hour ago, CdnFox said:Basically he knows how to lower and raise interest rates.
Why am i always the one who has to educate you?
You can't even educate yourself. 🤣
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2 hours ago, CdnFox said:
It means you have a Doctorate. Which means you've been educated on the subject. But unless you've actually done it it's a bit of a stretch to say you're an economist.
Ah, I see.
Perhaps you could then explain what it means to have done what "economist" does, if leading multiple central banks doesn't qualify him? 🙄
2 hours ago, CdnFox said:A person can learn to fly a plane on simulators and take their test and pass it but you would hardly call them a commercial airline pilot until they've worked for a commercial airline
Wouldn't you just call them a pilot?
2 hours ago, CdnFox said:He has worked for central banks. So you can call him a banker.
What if a pilot worked for a bank, flying the top leadership around in their helicopters and planes? Would you call him a banker, because he works for a bank, or would he still be a pilot? 🙃
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On 3/19/2025 at 1:20 AM, CdnFox said:
Banker yes, economist no.
Maybe you could explain what an economist is, if an Oxford University economics doctorate doesn't qualify you as one. 🤣
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14 hours ago, Scott75 said:
First of all, the article was published by 2 diplomats. Secondly, I've already seen another article by both of these diplomats in Newsweek and I didn't even see any evidence that they belonged to a particular party, let alone that they were "Republican shills".
You can click the link to the authors’ other wonderful work on Newsweek, including his rave review of Trump’s clown cabinet and, in particular, Tulsi Gabbard. “I see no evidence…”. 😆
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7 minutes ago, CdnFox said:
Your lack of self-awareness is stunning.
If I didn't know better, I'd think this was some really clever self-parody on your part.
Then I remembered that actually requires self-awareness, and cringed for you.
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On 3/12/2025 at 9:38 PM, Scott75 said:
What draws you to that conclusion? For my part, I have no desire to live in Russia, but that doesn't mean I can't appreciate Russia's motivations for starting its military operation in Ukraine.
Putin's motivation for starting the war is revanchism. His justification for it is batshit and utter nonsense, and only uneducated rubes who know SFA all about history believe a word of it.
On 3/12/2025 at 7:59 PM, -TSS- said:Russophiles, unless they are Russians themselves, is about the lowest form of human life.
Right? Imagine admiring a servile, futile donkey-people that despite all material advantages can't drag their useless existences into even the 20th century, and still live like serfs from the 1700's.
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5 hours ago, Scott75 said:
I just said that Newsweek published it, I never said it was Newsweek's view. As to your assertion that these diplomats were 'Republican shills', you've presented no evidence of this.
I refer you to anything else he's written for Newsweek. 🙃
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7 hours ago, Scott75 said:
I literally said it was an opinion piece in the comment you're responding to.
Yes, that's why I asked you if you knew what an opinion piece even is. You were framing it as if it was Newsweek's view, rather than just the on-brand opinion of another Republican shill who wrote into Newsweek. 🙃
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On 3/13/2025 at 8:47 AM, Scott75 said:
It's not just my view. Even Newsweek published an opinion piece detailing how Ukraine no longer looked like a democracy, and this was back in 2023:
https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-sure-doesnt-look-like-democracy-anymore-opinion-1844799
You do know what an opinion piece is, right? This isn't even an editorial...
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23 hours ago, User said:
Perhaps your comment should have been that you think inflation will go up now with all the crazy stuff Trump is doing.
Okay sure.
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19 hours ago, Nationalist said:
Trump's fitness for office is debatable but only without preconceived biases on either side.
You can highlight the shameless and obvious nature of the near-endless lies he tells. We're not talking about the regular political spin or fibbing either. It's the bald-faced, retarded fabrications he conjures out of thin air that really highlight what's going with him. On that, you can be completely objective.
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19 hours ago, User said:
Except... inflation isn't going up since Trump took office. It is down .2% in February from January.
Right, before the Trump's useless, global trade-war kicked off, and before he started vandalizing the US economy. Let's look at this again in a couple of months. I'll trust the economists and you can trust your Kool-Aid on how inflation plays out, okay? 🙃
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2 minutes ago, CdnFox said:
Dude that was 3 months ago. Trump has been in since January 20th, that's it
True enough, but the markets spooking, manufacturing outlooks plummeting and inflation going up since Trump took office are all messes of his own making, and have little to do with Biden. It'll be interesting to see how many Kool-Aid drinkers continue to blame Biden for torpedoing US federal finances with tax cuts for the wealthy (that never pay off) and trade-war recessions that don't bring the jobs back they pretend they will.
Don't take my word for it though. Just wait and see. Short of an about-face and a reversal of policy on Trump's part, bad days are ahead for the USA.
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22 hours ago, User said:
"Trying to enter into an economic agreement with Ukraine makes them stronger, not weaker.
In a vacuum, and if it's actually beneficial for Ukraine. Trump's first offer on this deal was extortive and would have ensured their poverty. Regardless, none of it actually matters if they're getting rolled by the Russians and they're ceding large swathes of territory for it.
22 hours ago, User said:Trying to secure peace, ends the bloodshed, that makes Ukraine stronger, not weaker.
Not if it's a capitulation to Russia, or if like 2014, it's just a temporary cessation that leads to Russia regrouping and trying again in a few years. As we know, nothing Vladimir Putin signs is worth the paper it's signed on. Donald Trump is doing a good job convincing the world the same holds for the USA!
22 hours ago, User said:Working with allies to provide security makes Ukraine stronger not weaker. "
You mean passing the buck on allies, who will actually provide the security guarantees? 🙄
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On 3/8/2025 at 1:14 PM, I am Groot said:
Yes, I know some of you hate Peterson. But he was willing to read Carney's book and give us quotes, and I doubt any of the rest of you will.
He's not worth hating, or taking seriously. He's an edgelord bullshitter with opinions on everything, and mostly things he doesn't know anything about.
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2 hours ago, Nationalist said:
On Trump I'm not so sure. Why are reciprocal tariffs batshit?
Because they aren't? The first step in recognizing Trump's batshittery is that most of what comes out of his mouth is absolute balogna. Whether it's because he believes everything that comes into his muddled head, or he's just a compulsive liar is up to you, but he's full of shit 99% of the time.
Much has been made by the Orange Blob about Canadian dairy tariffs, but are you aware that there is a zero-tariff maximum that the US is allowed to export to Canada under the USMCA (the best trade deal ever written in history...the one Trump negotiated), and that the this maximum is never reached? Those tariffs aren't paid by anyone. Reciprocal? Nonsense.
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27 minutes ago, Nationalist said:
Of course. I guess the question becomes, 'can anyone prove Trump is unfit for office?'
About as well as anyone could "prove" Biden was. The evidence, I would argue, is pretty compelling for both. Biden looked lost and barely aware of his surroundings. Trump looks deranged and unaware of his reality.
One is senile. The other is batshit. That's the best that America could come up with over the last 12 years.
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2 hours ago, Nationalist said:
As long as "fit for office" is an issue.
Okay. Does a world exist where both are unfit?
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1 hour ago, Aristides said:
Amerca's biggest problem is its overvalued dollar. It can never be competitive in world manufacturing while that exists.
The funniest part about all of this is that the overvalued dollar isn't even a problem. Being the world reserve currency is one of best things going for the US, but you're right that it's a drag on their exports.
That Fat Orange slob is like a little baby throwing a tantrum. He wants to have his cake (world reserve status) and eat it too (sans the trade deficit that world reserve status causes almost by default).
50% aluminum tariffs now! No! Make it 400%! THAT will show us!
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10 minutes ago, User said:
This entire stupid discussion so far has been you refusing to admit you were wrong
Wrong about what!?!? 🤣
The fact that a mineral deal isn't a security guarantee?
22 minutes ago, User said:No, it is just a factual observation that I already pointed out. You ignored.
I'm not ignoring what you're saying. I'm laughing at it. This "factual observation" you're trotting out in front of us is anything but.
The final outcome of a peace deal could make Ukraine stronger, or it could be forcing Ukraine to roll over and let Putin get away with everything he's done. It could be something in between, but calling it "factual observation", or assuming it as a given, is as ridiculous as everything else that the MAGA donkeys try to rationalize.
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2 hours ago, Nationalist said:
As opposed to this...
How long is this old rag of an argument going to last? Why don't you blame Obama while you're at it?
The cause of the current market chaos is singular, and the odds of a Trumpcession increase daily.
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20 hours ago, User said:
Nope, you said:
"The idea that American "mineral rights" somehow substitute for actually meaningful security guarantees is a funny magic trick that Republicans are trying to convince the world of. "
Yes, I know what I said, so where's the obfuscation? That's your playbook!
We're still waiting for an actual argument against the above, beyond just repeating Trump's foolish claims.
20 hours ago, User said:No, just facts. The final outcome makes Ukraine stronger.
No, that's just MAGA clownworld logic. What you're trying to make people believe is that drastically weakening Ukraine's fighting position by freezing aid, and handing Putin a massive propaganda edge with his retarded comments about Zelensky being a dictator and starting the war, Trump is somehow paving the path for a stronger Ukraine. What you're saying is absolutely retarded. 🤡
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On 3/9/2025 at 1:10 PM, User said:
No, you still can't back up what you said, its just that you have drug your obfuscation out for so long now, you want to continue to do that this way. So... where was this what Republicans were trying to convince the world of?
That's the funny part. I haven't dug in at all. While you've been mewling about goalpost shifting, my point has been clear all along. Mineral Rights aren't security guarantees, and it's retarded to pretend they are.
Like the deluded muppet you are, however, as long as Trump is saying something, you'll try and warp reality around yourself to square it up in your brain.
On 3/9/2025 at 1:10 PM, User said:Zelensky should have thought of that before he announced to the world he had continued American support to keep fighting this war all year long when he knew that was not what Trump wanted.
What Trump wants is the problem - which is to help his buddy Putin. Everything he's said and done has been to help Putin, and make things harder for Ukraine. Those are facts.
On 3/9/2025 at 1:10 PM, User said:The eventual goal of peace makes Ukraine stronger.
Yeah, which Trump apparently accomplishes by making Ukraine weaker. GREAT LOGIC!
On 3/9/2025 at 1:10 PM, User said:Your issue isn't me, it is your bad arguments. Work on those more.
See above. 🤡🤡🤡
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If Canada votes for a majority Liberal government, could it lead to a fiscal collapse of our economy?
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If you had actual economic arguments to debate, perhaps we could, but dredging up Liz Truss quotes doesn't count. 🙃