Re: Microsoft just fined US$ 1.35 billion by European antitrust regulator

On Feb 28, 10:43 am, David Segall <da...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
You said that the Euro was the currency of "socialist leaning ones
like many found in Europe" and you agree that it is gaining value
against the U.S. dollar. Are you now arguing that the Republican
administration is more socialist than most Europeans?

You are taking quite a leap from what I am saying. PC is the new
socialism and pitting those that have not against those that have. I
am pointing out that if you leave free enterprise alone it will
succeed. Proof of this is the American economy from 1776 until 1913
when the income tax made law. This growth spurt of a nation has never
been duplicated in all of history. The reason is the free market. If
I worked hard, I can be rich. With free market this door is open for
me. It is my option to open the door or leave it closed.

Slowly from that point (early 1900s) our politicians realized that
they could get voted in if they gave away a piece of the pie to the
have nots. Since Reagan both liberals and conservatives let this get
completely out of hand. To the point that the uneducated masses can't
even tell you the difference between a profit and a profit margin.
And now they all rally around taking the tax break away from
corporations like Mobil. The masses that are all chanting "yea! teach
those big corporations a lesson!!!!" (EU, fine those Microsoft
bastards!) But little do they realize that THEY are the ones that will
actually pay for those tax breaks going away. Do you think Microsoft
is going to pay that fine? Hardly you and I will be paying it.
Corporations don't pay any taxes or fines. We do. The people that
buy the products pay the taxes and fines as they are embedded into the
price of the product.

Mobil loses a tax break, the price of oil goes up, the politicians
blame the increase in price on the "evil oil company" and they tax
them even more, which causes the lazy ignorant people to cheer for joy
as their politicians "stuck it to big oil". Then the price goes up,
and the politicians blame big oil, which... You get the picture.

Keeping the masses ignorant, giving away pieces of the pie, and
maintaining things like class envy will keep the socialists in power.
But it will also destroy the ability for me, as an individual, to
create a Microsoft. Eventually end up destroying everyone's economy.
Socialism takes away the incentive for me to become rich. If I have no
incentive to create a Microsoft, I won't. This is seen in virtually
every communist or socialist nation.

Socialism, makes everyone the same. I don't want a world where
everyone is the same. And you may not realize it yet, but neither do
you.

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