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If you say someone is not being objective, but they provided objective examples to go along with their subjective opinion then you need to do a better job defining how they are not being objective. I think we both have conceded that there is a middle ground with regulations, but you seem to be arguing that California has too many regulations and seem to be saying that less regulations in the US, in general, would be a good thing. I have argued in favor of more regulations and have argued that deregulations and a market with less limitations than what we currently have is inherently problematic, and I have given plenty of examples to show how the US is continuing to move towards greater oligopolies, and how those systems are ripe with abuse. I don't think there is anything left for me to say that hasn't been said. I haven't heard anything from you to suggest that deregulation or significantly less regulations in any given industry would lead to a better outcome. The only example I can recall is businesses moving out of California, which I countered with citing that it could be regulations or the many other factors such as cheaper labor, cheaper property costs, centralized distribution and production, access to materials, etc. The fact is that there isn't a mass exodus of all businesses from California, and California continues to be a hub for generating new businesses, so I will have to agree to disagree. I'll happily entertain some examples of industries that have gone through massive deregulation that have since prospered because of it, but I feel deregulation as a philosophy for how to run an economy is like trickle-down economics and massive tax cuts, in that, it is an idea that continues to perpetuate itself without much evidence to suggest it is effective, or to the contrary, the evidence shows the opposite. You're more than welcome to respond to my examples previously about why oligopolies and giant corporations can often be bad with your own examples.
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You then claimed that deregulation doesn’t work and I posted a scholarly study 2 pages back on the pros and cons. Either you aren’t listening or you just didn’t bother to read. Fun read on dereg: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-conten...rim-Report.pdf What I previously posted: https://corporatefinanceinstitute.co.../deregulation/ Another good one: https://www.forbes.com/sites/william...h=44fe9fa91c18 Then you claimed monopolies were something they aren’t and showed you another scholarly article and even quoted what it takes for regulators to call a merger a monopoly. Then you claimed the reasons of why companies were leaving were assumptions and I showed you yet another article citing the exact reasons companies were leaving. Then you listed perceived flaws in companies that all allude to the characteristics of monopolies. While monopolies are mostly bad they are absolutely needed in some industries, like utilities in general - where these companies have such a high start up cost that competition is inefficient but the demands are human necessities. What is the alternative?? The point is calling something a problem because of how you are perceiving it doesn’t make it evil and greedy. Being evil and greedy is what makes a company evil and greedy. There are pros and cons to many of the things you have argued. Which is what I have showed you but again you seem to not be listening. https://www.investopedia.com/ask/ans...always-bad.asp One thing you fail to mention ab your toaster example is how these companies are helping poor people. For the same reason people go to McDonalds over Five Guys. Poverty exists and not all people can afford the $90 toaster. https://www.google.com/amp/s/blog.ac...tions.html/amp
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That Forbes article can be picked apart. Start with their survey of greatest obstacles for small businesses. Is it surprising that a chef/owner of a small restaurant with a high school education is finding government laws and regulations, taxes or anything taking money from his business as being the most difficult? Then it goes into the doom and gloom of regulations while not mentioning why those regulations were ever enacted in the first place. Then it makes an assumption that businesses would have used this money on equipment, facilities, employee compensations. What we have learned is the only trickle down is to CEOs in bonuses. Without regulations companies pollute. Without oversight, companies overreach. Then it talks about all the jobs these regulations require a business to make. And why is that bad? Sounds like the regulations created an industry to me. Other digs at the ACA really doesn’t do much to swayed my opinion because more people had access to healthcare, and I’m for medicare for all and getting healthcare out of the hands of employers, so employees are more free to leave a job and employers aren’t dealing with the costs and bureaucracy. I guess I’m for deregulation as well then. Monopoly and oligarchies are often the same. At the national level a business can be an oligarchy, but in a local market, they can exist as a monopoly. Of course, it doesn’t take much to suggest a company is not a monopoly. Like maybe Comcast and Dish are the only two internet providers in an area. No monopoly, except many apartments don’t allow dishes to be installed and many areas have obstructed line of sight so a dish isn’t possible, so people there only have one internet provider option. Prices can reflect that, but there is no official monopoly. You sighted an article that knows why companies are leaving. Did they have access to their internal memos? Is Tesla moving fully out of California, permanently closing its Fremont factory and moving to Texas, or are they just moving their headquarters? Is it taxes? Is it COVID orders? Would a new factory be better built than the retrofitted Fremont factory? Was this planned for years? Do we believe everything Elon Musk is touting as reasons, or is it possible there is more to it? Quote:
That is one take on Walmart. I have heard Walmart repeat this “fact” in their TV ads, that regardless of where you shop, Walmart saves the average American $2k+/year. Great for the poor that they are helping to create. What they don’t tell you is how they did that. Walmart has forced bidding wars to get the lowest prices from manufacturers. Because of their huge customer base, they have huge influence to force manufacturers to lower their profit margins. Walmart has “forced” or encouraged manufacturers to move their operations to China or outside the US to keep prices down. Good for their customers. Bad for US jobs. Thanks Walmart. Walmart has consumed small businesses, so there is a double whammy on US jobs and small business owners, redistributing the wealth from many to the few: Quote:
While Walmart and the Waltons are billionaires, their employees are often on government programs like food stamps and medicaid. Seems a little ridiculous that Walmart is too poor to pay its employees a living wage, and they rely on government programs and US tax payers to subsidize their wealth. Quote:
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I'm sorry but I just don't understand the large number of persons in love with this car.
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hah I read a good bulk of it and it clearly explains the price drop of prescriptions and wireless internet pricing. So I’m not sure how you’re making your own interpretations on that. Of course I provided a WH link that is the largest source of regulation in our country after all. Quote:
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So that’s not wholly on the business though, your apartment complex is part of that problem, which seems odd because around my parts that’s not a common rule. They openly stated it in their press releases, social media and interviews. I think his new Armalite Rifle line might have been a some of it but here’s what he’s said in the matter: Quote:
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Walmart is beyond the federally recognized minimum wage. The states’ min wage rules are going to have horrible impacts on the labor workforce - and they are very close to this completely arbitrary $15/hr number with their average employee earning $13.05. If you want to go down the road of what a living wage is, ($12/hr) Walmart checks that box for their average starting employee, we can but again that’s getting into the weeds of our conversation.
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More like it's baby infant sister. Plus it's not even really a good EV by current standards.
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I guess if you want a "city car" it would be OK.
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You talking about the Type R designation on it, or something else?
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