What strikes me about dmacon3's response (besides the sheer, BSing) is the idiosycratic capitalization of Economist and Market Economy.
Charles Brown forwarded the following exchange: > Set up for some people to be out of work > > Exchange: > > westont In a class I'm taking, we discussed the issue of employement verses > unemployement. Well, my professor stated that the government has it set up > for > some people to be out of work. Everyone can't have a job. So my concern is, > who > picks who works and who doesn't. Is it by luck that I have my job,or was I > selected by some unknown power in Washington. It is the balance of power. > The > economy has to balance out, even though we are in a recession. However, what > do > we tell the homeless man, who has been searching for a job for several > months, > or the mother who has to receive TANF, because her company closed down? It > makes you wonder about this so called "Land of the Free". Weston > > > dmacon3 Weston, is your professor an Economist? From your statement > regarding > his/her statement it wouldn't seem likely. Although there are some > structural > and de facto safeguards in place that seem to favor the dominant society, I > am > aware of any full blown conspiracy to keep some people employed and others > unemployed. I do know that in a Market Economy, full employment is > considered > to be 94%. The remaining 6% is termed cyclical, i.e. people between jobs, > disabled or choosing not to work. I don't know if this answers your > question, > but this is one mans opinion. And I don't believe it is inferior to that of > your professor. > > Tom Walker > 604 255 4812 >
