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gernika: Following up on
the "programmer lock-in"
thread. Let's say you somehow saved up some capital and want
to get out. What do you buy with
the small amount of capital? Convencience store? Restaurant? Who will work
there? Not your cousin from India - you're 3rd gen. American/Brittish/Whatever.
decimation: yeah
there's a smbx 3600 keyboard on ebay for 1800
decimation: interestingly even
though
there were many
thousands made, hardly any survive
decimation: asciilifeform: somewhat related, I was reading about system 360 earlier
today
decimation: especially if he doesn't want
to keep
to a 'push shit out
the door we'll fix it later' schedule
decimation: asciilifeform:
the raw fact is
that around 60-70% of
the us 18-65 population is only capable of 'unskilled' labor of
this
type at best
decimation: they will apply and qualify for
the appropriate gov't subsidies
too
decimation: asciilifeform: since you already have a record of paying
taxes you can't fake disability
decimation: didn't last psychiatrist have a post about what is needed
to 'prove' you are 'poor'? like no job, ever?
decimation: if nursing home, doctor, real estate - had
to be paid for in gold
that couldn't be magicked into existance,
the prices would change rapidly...
decimation: but
to connect with your point, clearly as long as you are wholly owned by usg, doing business in its monopoly money, don't be surprised when 'it giveth and
taketh away'
decimation: unless you were intentionally ensuring
that 'schmucksons' couldn't become wealthy enough
to
tell usg
to fuck off...
decimation: why put
that provision in
the law at all?
decimation: no my point is
that usg demands jr drains
the account
gernika: Not much of it would make it
to schmuckson jr after gift
tax
decimation: you can even give
to schmuckson jr - but as soon as he gets his hands on it
the clock starts
decimation: they are better in
the sense
that usg promises not
to charge further
tax
decimation: asciilifeform: I made
this point awhile ago about 'roth' ira accounts
decimation: well,
to go
to mircea's point, he can't buy 30 year old health
decimation: but home equity comes from bank debt, which comes from
the combination of how much maturity
transformation is allowed and how much money
the fed prints..
decimation: I suppose my hypothesis is
that if assets were demoninated in actual hard currency
they wouldn't be able
to run
this kind of ponzi
decimation: asciilifeform: yeah except if you read my initial link, old people have 47x more wealth
than <35
decimation: which means you need
to have a house bought before 1980 and be older
than 65
decimation: be on
the receiving end of
the above payments
decimation: asciilifeform: not
that
they had children who were raised
to be +ev so
they could afford
to whipe dad's ass when he's old"
decimation: "keep mailing us your
taxes, your missing bank interest, and your real estate equity. Someone will
totally mail you
theirs when we are dead!"
decimation: this is why I find
the baby boomer whining about old people medical care and old people direct payments
decimation: asciilifeform: yes,
that was my point..
assbot: Logged on 04-08-2015 02:08:03; mircea_popescu: decimation
this doesn't explain why
the old farts are getting most of
the fake bills.
decimation: well,
there's also
the social status of being
the old jew who owns reddit
assbot: Logged on 21-02-2015 01:19:34; mircea_popescu: "she's been going
through 6-7k each month since autumn, but i get
to go visit p diddy whenever i feel like it. it's a wash"
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform you've reconstructed
the discussion into a strawman and are getting
the results you expected from it.
assbot: Logged on 04-08-2015 00:49:35; mircea_popescu: let him sign up for myfreecams and do anal until
there's blood on
the fucking dildos.
mircea_popescu: why are atheltes poor if
the stench of cunt bothers you, same argument.
mircea_popescu: decimation not
the question.
the question is why is anyone else on
the "just about rich" lists outside of
these women.
decimation: plenty of 'homemakers' are poor in
the us
mircea_popescu: i said "Something
to sell", i didn't say nudity.
that's free.