tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395564333682113597.post4982707065834199011..comments2024-03-12T11:27:58.144+13:00Comments on Black Poison Soul: The Real CollapseBlack Poison Soulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07378635809751908950noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395564333682113597.post-14431350952442286922016-01-15T23:04:09.346+13:002016-01-15T23:04:09.346+13:00@Robert What? - confirmed by someone on the ground...@Robert What? - confirmed by someone on the ground. Screwball isn't it.<br /><br />They'll keep kicking the can down the road, though.Black Poison Soulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07378635809751908950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395564333682113597.post-73672031519222303392016-01-15T12:31:17.649+13:002016-01-15T12:31:17.649+13:00I live in the People's Republic of Connecticut...I live in the People's Republic of Connecticut where the state is so desperate they are leaving no stone unturned. Is it to maintain government programs and services? Don't be silly. It's to pay off the massive, gold plated pensions of legions of useless state retirees (who were useless even before they retired). Every single business owner I know (me included) can't wait to get out.Robert What?https://www.blogger.com/profile/03863449539859132763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395564333682113597.post-19556653264719291822016-01-14T12:56:55.889+13:002016-01-14T12:56:55.889+13:00In 2008 there was still enough real wealth in the ...In 2008 there was still enough <i>real</i> wealth in the "middle" for the banksters and their cronies to steal to bail themselves out of their gambling debts. Now that wealth has been tapped out, they are panicking as to where their future bailouts will come from.Robert What?https://www.blogger.com/profile/03863449539859132763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395564333682113597.post-65592786772885385262016-01-09T09:26:19.628+13:002016-01-09T09:26:19.628+13:00I started to reply, then realized it deserves its ...I started to reply, then realized it deserves its own post. Stay tuned.Black Poison Soulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07378635809751908950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395564333682113597.post-23184354449014605962016-01-09T09:12:56.454+13:002016-01-09T09:12:56.454+13:00An excellent illustration. The interesting scam ab...An excellent illustration. The interesting scam about superannuation and all is: If people weren't told they were going to get superannuation, they'd demand higher wages. Sure they might spend it, but that's on them.<br /><br />Of course, many superannuation schemes have been gutted or nationalized for some government's "emergency" situation. Plus of <i>course</i> inflation eats away at it.<br /><br />In effect it's nothing more than another sign of cheapness. Promise something that you know damn well you'll never be paying off on. Saves business more, and it's another effective tax for the government coffers.Black Poison Soulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07378635809751908950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395564333682113597.post-30412982688017101342016-01-09T09:03:29.191+13:002016-01-09T09:03:29.191+13:00Bright-sparks, aren't they. The basic infrastr...Bright-sparks, aren't they. The basic infrastructure is still needed, and needs to be solid: you can't run squat without, for eg, 240-volts 3-phase coming into the business. And that's got bottlenecks and all, needs a thorough networking revamp and the control-technology needs its security tightened up considerably. There's an amazing amount of stuff that gets damaged, because some jackoff is *shooting* at it.<br /><br />What I didn't mention in this was the H-1B Visa's in the USA - a great way to siphon labor from other countries educational systems. While of course *our* educational systems are churning out liberal arts and fuck-knows-what studies majors. (Assuming that those coming in via an H-1B aren't from some internet diploma-mill university.)Black Poison Soulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07378635809751908950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395564333682113597.post-54879375094681786272016-01-05T18:36:00.274+13:002016-01-05T18:36:00.274+13:00I remember a professor on college (only a couple o...I remember a professor on college (only a couple of short years ago) lamenting about the Amerikan emphasis on this quarter's profits. Nothing else matters. Not 6 months, not two years, just this quarter. Maximize this quarter. At. All. Costs. Another problem is the Harvard MBA boys getting their business strategy from Michael Porter: Mr. If You're Not Growing You're Dying. Amerikan business is real fucked up, and it starts in B-school.Eduardo the Magnificentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395564333682113597.post-40013922976499390082016-01-05T17:44:48.361+13:002016-01-05T17:44:48.361+13:00The Right should join forces with the left on this...The Right should join forces with the left on this one point - that it's the money game by the bankers causing the problem. The debt held by banks is far higher than entitlements. Usury is a sin.Apexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395564333682113597.post-74848332095111303872016-01-05T14:43:23.193+13:002016-01-05T14:43:23.193+13:00Why do the owners do this?
Because if quarterly r...Why do the owners do this?<br /><br />Because if quarterly returns drop for one quarter, Gordon Gecko will swoop in and *everyone* loses their jobs. Oh, he's still around.<br /><br />How can Gordon Gecko do this?<br /><br />Free money off the banking and investment system.<br /><br />Where do the banks and investment system get their money?<br /><br />Mandatory retirement savings. 9% of every dollar that everyone makes gets fed into this monster of irresponsibility.<br /><br />How did this state of affairs come about?<br /><br />In a sane society, the young provide for the old, and rely on being provided for in turn. But the family unit has been destroyed. An alternative is a fair and livable government pension, but the well-off loathe the idea of getting the same money as everyone else, and the governments of the past 30 years hate doing their jobs and would rather outsource the business of running the country.<br /><br />Have a look at my blog post<br />https://paulmurray.wordpress.com/2010/08/12/the-cobblers-tale/<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395564333682113597.post-27112351990438463952016-01-05T11:30:28.996+13:002016-01-05T11:30:28.996+13:00cult of eternally progressing technology; much lik...cult of eternally progressing technology; much like those cargo cults in South America and Africa.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395564333682113597.post-7563020276524710412016-01-05T09:48:35.280+13:002016-01-05T09:48:35.280+13:00"They won't be getting anyone with skills... "They won't be getting anyone with skills because the apprenticeship system which trained people with skills was shitcanned by business about 30-40 years ago." This so much here, no joke man. Those trade businesses only hire out to friends and family. Even at the damn trade schools, they openly tell all the students there is no guarantee of job/apprenticeship placement. Then there is all these maniacal jackoffs in the cult of technology telling us everything is awesome and the future is brighter and better, all while the infrastructure is falling apart everywhere from neglect in always having to do more with less. Fuck this gay earth. I just wanna watch the world burn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com