We have a stupid number of farm subsidies now. Nowhere else in the world is corn so abundant they make it animal feed cheaper than grass.
The government bribes farmers to not grow food to keep prices inflated.
So yeah, not the brightest policies.
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I told you what to do for your situation. For the rest, thatās for the people in your country to sort out.
I have not. Itās you fellows who buy meaningless populist rhetoric that need to lump people like me into the other end of the right/left spectrum so you can make villians out of us and have a group to take the collective blame for all your problemsā¦ Boths ends, btw, arenāt that disimilar and end up in totalitarianism.
If you really believe in collective liability, then Iāll be expecting a check for the Opium Wars in my mail box.
Then you would have a very big problem on your hands.
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You donāt know that they work for MS. Nobody does.
From the National MS Society itself:
"There is exciting and innovative research and progress occurring related to the potential of many types of stem cells for slowing MS disease activity and for repairing damage to the nervous system. In light of the urgent need for more effective treatments for MS, particularly for those with more progressive forms of the disease, we believe that the potential of all types of cell therapies must be explored
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Many types of stem cells are being explored for their potential benefits for treating multiple sclerosis. Only when the results of these and subsequent clinical trials are available will it be possible to determine what the optimal cells, delivery methods, safety and actual effectiveness of these current experimental therapies might be for people with MS.
Although cell based therapy has generated a great deal of interest and holds promise, the field is in its infancy and much more research is needed before cell based therapies become a MS treatment option. "
https://www.nationalmssociety.org/Research/Research-News-Progress/Stem-Cells-in-MS
NOBODY KNOWS THAT THEY WORK.
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Yes and how many of them are fronts for pharma? The MS Society and The MS Foundation wouldnāt give me any help unless I was currently taken a DMD.
These are embriyonic not adult or umbilical cord. Major differences.
As if your jokes even deserve laughter.
More corporate welfare. That is okay. But when given to those who are in desperate need itās wrong!
The inevitable outcome of Capitalism.
You really are something else.
The left has all the energy right now.
And you have bought all the damaging rhetoric of the right-wing. You support policies that make the rich even richer to your own detriment.
Weāve had a big problem for decades as the vast majority of the wealth has gone to the top. A trickle up economics if you will.
Plenty more, just look.
At least 60% of our annual budget is for welfare / entitlements.
Not really, but I donāt expect you to understand.
Sure, thatās why Donald Trump is in the White House and Republicanās control the majority of Congress and state governorships. You should stop by reality some time.
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They may not - humor is subjective. Some people laugh some donāt - unlike you I donāt get butt hurt when people disagree with me and demand government intervention.
Which doesnt matter when youāre combating a public viewpoint and stereotype
Much more is spent on your type of welfare. By a mile
An accountant made $2,000/year. Thatās $50K today. Most accountants start at $55k straight out of college.
Average pay was .22/hour. Thatās $5.49/hour today (not even federal minimum wage).
Eggs $.14/dozen $3.49.
20% of adults couldnāt read. 10% today.
Life expectancy was 45. Today itās 78.
https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=0.14&year1=191501&year2=201806
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I donāt think Iāve ever ranted about the lack of ethnic cleansing. Thatās the right-wing equivalent of the stances at your end of the spectrum.
Iām pretty well-to-do myself.
Which part of natural law and human behavior states that wealth has to be evenly distributed?
I had the balls to leave my own country for a better life. How many people do that? How many people insisted I would fail?
I had the balls to start a business despite acquiring a lucrative professional degree. How many people choose to do that? How many people insisted I would fail?
After I take the risks and put in the effort to achieve something that 5 out of 10 people who tried fail to do, thatās the time when you fellows insist on sharing the profits because of some kind of ridiculous notion of āfairnessā as if the wealth in society is a limited, static figure that has to be redistributed and additional wealth isnāt created through doing the same thing as me.
All this screaming and yelling instead of asking, āHey, what the fuck do I do to create wealth and jobs like you, dude?ā.
You wonāt even help yourself even when I give you proper suggestions. You choose to rely on others to do it for you.
When people starting out in business just like I did ask Bernie about his proposed regulations preventing their development, all he does is deflect by jumping on his soapbox denouncing āThe Corporationsā.
If this is the general attitude of the people, then why is anyone surprised that income disparity exists?
The government does not create wealth. Go ahead and chase away the ones who do. See what happens.
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Is this your justification for corporate welfare?
The inevitable outcome of Capitalism.
Not really, but I donāt expect you to understand.
Yes, really. But decades of indoctrination have rendered you blind.
The left has all the energy right now.
Sure, thatās why Donald Trump is in the White House and Republicanās control the majority of Congress and state governorships. You should stop by reality some time.
You should tell this to Ms. Cortez after she defeated the number 4 Democrat on a social democratic platform. And being outspent 10 to 1. Not to mention that Sanders is the most popular politician in America. Along with the popularity of Corbyn in the U.K. and the newly elected leftist President in Mexico. Trump was seen as an outsider who campaigned on a populist message. He was lying. In addition, he was running against an establishment politician who cheated the Sanders campaign and if this wouldnāt have happened he would most likely be our President. The population has had enough of the status quo.
Unlike you I donāt get butt hurt when the government steps in and does the will of the vast majority of the population.
It matters. Who has a vested interest in keeping the public ignorant?
So? This makes corporate welfare okay? Welfare given to giant corporations.
What was the increase of life expectancy due to? Sanitation, medicine?
The one who thinks unemployment is low because everyone has two jobs? That one? I wouldnāt hitch your wagon to that looney tune but hey man, you do you.
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