Shortages

[mapuc]

It has been on the news here in Denmark and in Sweden.

Watching these issues made me remember what my Grandma and grandpa once told me about food restriction during WWII where Danes got these coupon which allowed them to buy so much butter/milk/meat per week

Will we end in same situation ?

Markus

[3catcircus]

Originally Posted by mapuc

It has been on the news here in Denmark and in Sweden.

Watching these issues made me remember what my Grandma and grandpa once told me about food restriction during WWII where Danes got these coupon which allowed them to buy so much butter/milk/meat per week

Will we end in same situation ?

Markus

It ends with us eating bugs or each other... Soylent Green tastes dee-lish-usss!

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by mapuc

It has been on the news here in Denmark and in Sweden.

Watching these issues made me remember what my Grandma and grandpa once told me about food restriction during WWII where Danes got these coupon which allowed them to buy so much butter/milk/meat per week

Will we end in same situation ?

Markus

That was known as 'rationing' Markus

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

That was known as 'rationing' Markus

Thank you Jim. While writing my comment I just couldn't remember the word.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by mapuc

Thank you Jim. While writing my comment I just couldn't remember the word.

Markus

No problem matey, I know many countries used the same term but Denmark could quite easily have had a different name or term for it.

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

No problem matey, I know many countries used the same term but Denmark could quite easily have had a different name or term for it.

Now that I remember the word in Danish it's called Rationering.

Back to shortages.

We are also been told we can expect empty shelf during Christmas and New Years eve. People should order they Christmas gift a.s.a.p.

Markus

[Rockstar]

Originally Posted by 3catcircus

Socialists gonna be socialist...

The utter stupidity of lawmakers who think that corporations are just gonna eat a tax increase. They'll either pass it along to they're customers, or employ new tax avoidance measures.

I'm interested to see how many corporations move their home to Kenya or Sri Lanka - or anywhere with a lower tax rate.

Too many countries including the major powers are on the global tax band wagon. Last I saw the opposition to the tax included Barbados, Estonia, Hungary, Ireland, Kenya, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, St. Vincent, Peru and the Grenadines. The only possible good I can possibility see in this is the slim chance those companies that fled offshore to avoid taxes here may return. But still, raising corporate taxes isn’t the answer either because the consumer is still going to get shafted paying them one way or another. What really needs to be reigned government spending.

[3catcircus]

Originally Posted by Rockstar

Too many countries including the major powers are on the global tax band wagon. Last I saw the opposition to the tax included Barbados, Estonia, Hungary, Ireland, Kenya, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, St. Vincent, Peru and the Grenadines. The only possible good I can possibility see in this is the slim chance those companies that fled offshore to avoid taxes here may return. But still, raising corporate taxes isn’t the answer either because the consumer is still going to get shafted paying them one way or another. What really needs to be reigned government spending.

Well - it really needs to be less government in general. We have far too many government employees at all levels of government who, if they were ever necessary to begin with, are now nothing more than a symptom of largesse.

For example - the toll collectors were originally guessed to collect the tolls that were meant to pay for the road construction. Now, the roads have been paid for 10x over as the tolls now go to service there pensions, salaries, and benefits of the tool collectors - all with continuous cries for more funding for maintenance and upkeep.

Likewise - there are around 24,000 Congressional staffers. That's an average of 44 staff per senator/congressman. Most if not all of them shouldn't be employed. Perhaps if Congress had to write their own bills and read their own bills, we wouldn't be in the mess we're in.

Likewise, in many federal government jobs, the government employee is an incompetent figurehead while the work gets done by a contractor. Why pay for one employee when you can get two for 3x the price...

All of the waste of oxygen ex-govvies can go become longshoremen and truck drivers and help end our shortages...

[August]

One thing I would like to see is the end of these large omnibus bills. Far too large and usually presented with little or no time to reasonably read and absorb all the details. Bills passing through congress should be about one single thing or issue. You want to address five issues then draft five separate bills and while you're at it limit them to no more than a half dozen pages of verbiage.

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by August

One thing I would like to see is the end of these large omnibus bills. Far too large and usually presented with little or no time to reasonably read and absorb all the details. Bills passing through congress should be about one single thing or issue. You want to address five issues then draft five separate bills and while you're at it limit them to no more than a half dozen pages of verbiage.

Yeah, I feel the same way about these staggering trillion dollar spending bills. Politicians just keep piling more spending into them, it's out of control.

[3catcircus]

Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

Yeah, I feel the same way about these staggering trillion dollar spending bills. Politicians just keep piling more spending into them, it's out of control.

Your could have used less words and just said politicians are out of control...

[August]

Originally Posted by 3catcircus

Your could have used less words and just said politicians are out of control...

He could have used even less words and just said "politicians". Saying that they're out of control is redundant.

[Otto Harkaman]

[em2nought]

Originally Posted by Otto Harkaman

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by Otto Harkaman

Your picture reminded me of a scene in Naked Gun 2½
Where the Mayor says to Detective Frank Drebin
(Can't remember exact word phrase)

The Town is ruin by animals, what's your excuse ?
Frank Drebin - Don't blame me I didn't vote for/on them.


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Changed what Frank Drebin says to the Mayor
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