DylanSensFan
BEESHIP: NBH
The reason our economic models don't work is because we live in a socialist state rather than a capitalist one. Everyone hates on "rich" people but they fail to realize that it's the rich that invest their money and create jobs that the "poor" ultimately take. If you don't like it, become an entrepreneur. Trouble is, it's harder than it looks.
Either way, I think the demise of Detroit can be largely attributed to the Unions. Their demands made auto workers overpaid vs. the market and ultimately drove away all their manufacturing jobs.
At the end of the day, whenever **** hits the fan, you can be sure that Unions and the Gov't are not far behind.
You think it is socialism that is the problem? We saw "pure capitalism" at work with regards to the mortgage crisis in the US. We saw people trading into something that was non existent. The autoworkers were trying to earn a living while there was continuous inflation, and costs were continually going up and up. You see the problem is, the rich want to be richer... GREED is ultimately what drives them. If we want to talk hockey, we could use Alfredsson as an example... or Yashin or any of the other greedy buggers in sports or not. Bernie Madoff shows you how crooked investment is. If those who created the jobs truly cared about the people they were employing, then they would pay them what they need to earn to make a living.
This is like the Billionares in the NHL having a pissing match with the millionares that people go to watch play hockey.