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Originally posted by Bongobob
it would be quite hard to get people to truely get rid of thier money.
Originally posted by TruthStrgnrThanFiction
why u quoting from an agnostic text as fact?
jesus didnt say any of those things..get the real gospels please, either mark,mat,john or luke thanks.
money is the root of all evil (the love of it)
Originally posted by Bongobob
it would be quite hard to get people to truely get rid of thier money.
Originally posted by quango
Originally posted by Bongobob
it would be quite hard to get people to truely get rid of thier money.
Not really.
It's just paper.
All it takes is for the farmer to say "I'm not giving you a loaf of bread for a piece of paper with some ink on it."
And after you offer him coins - "I don't want those either. I can't eat metal, can I? No, I'll stick with the bread, thanks."
Originally posted by Esoterica
Let's say you're a baker. If you want to buy a car, you need money. You get money by providing a product (baked bread).
But let's say there is no money. How do you buy a car? No dealer is going to accept several thousand loaves of bread as payment. He doesn't need them and doesn't want them. So you get no car.
Money is not useless. Money (as in, a medium to hold the value of every good or service imaginable) is necessary to maintain our society as we know. Money is not a conspiracy to control our minds, it's a natural and necessary factor in the economy. Without money, you wouldn't have a computer to make ignorant claims with.
Originally posted by dnero6911
I refer yourself to your signature.
Originally posted by Esoterica
Originally posted by dnero6911
I refer yourself to your signature.
Excellent rebuttal.
Ask yourself a question- why are you unable to even attempt to refute my points, if you are correct? The answer may open your eyes to what you don't know.
Originally posted by Esoterica
Let's say you're a baker. If you want to buy a car, you need money. You get money by providing a product (baked bread).
But let's say there is no money. How do you buy a car? No dealer is going to accept several thousand loaves of bread as payment. He doesn't need them and doesn't want them. So you get no car.
Money is not useless. Money (as in, a medium to hold the value of every good or service imaginable) is necessary to maintain our society as we know. Money is not a conspiracy to control our minds, it's a natural and necessary factor in the economy. Without money, you wouldn't have a computer to make ignorant claims with.
Originally posted by dnero6911
I will say this... your greed disables you from seeing the truth, who says a car is worth thousands of loaves of bread, you have used a dumb example.. we trade technologies for technologies and foods for foods, if we all lived in harmony we wouldn't need money... we need money because of greed.
But anyway, the bigger problem is interest. Interest is the real killer and its amazing how many get sucked into it. Since we have interest, everyone can charge more for items, because if someone is available to get a loan at interest, than they will be able to pay more for that product through the loan. Industry sets price and they can set those prices high because of demand and availability of loans.
Banks and companies wouldn't give loans out freely if it weren't for interest.
So now that these organizations can charge for the money they give you, they give it out like candy. More available money means higher prices in industry. It is a scam and will backfire one day.
Originally posted by Jamuhn
No, that's a misconception. Industry does set price. Government regulates as well with price ceilings and price floorings. How do these get set, by industry. As I said before, demand does play a part, as well as supply, but who knows the prices to set more than the industry itself. I know the laws of supply and demand, but I don't think you understand how that functions in the actual market.
It'd be different if we had a unregulated system, but the fact is, we don't. The government doesn't let for any of your scenarios to happen. Therefore, we are forced to pay higher prices because we can through interest.
[edit on 12-9-2004 by Jamuhn]