should we have billionaires?

[jasonc]

Tulipmania: About the Dutch Tulip Bulb Market Bubble

The Dutch tulip bulb market bubble is seen as the first financial bubble. It occurred in Holland in the early 1600s when speculation inflated tulip bulbs’ value.

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Oil or Wheat as Money???? | Monetary Metals

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I'm sure you will,use corn everday and wheat for powering things ,water etc.it has to be determined a commodity we don't use all gold for a commodity but as such base gold wirings,nearly on,that .

How much corn ,wheat would you,keep,and not eat during a famine ? That's how,

My,mistake on the turnip .

 

[jasonc]

Tobacco As Money | Encyclopedia.com

TOBACCO AS MONEYTOBACCO AS MONEY. Because of the scarcity of specie, Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina used tobacco as currency throughout most of the colonial period. In 1619 the Virginia legislature "rated" high-quality tobacco at three shillings and in 1642 made it legal tender. Nearly...

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Imagine carry bags of corn for a payment .

 

[jasonc]

Compressed tea - Wikipedia

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Tea as money

 

[jasonc]

10 Financial Facts About Salt: From Alexander The Great to Angelina Jolie - Financesonline.com

Have you ever wondered why one can buy enough salt to last for a year with just five dollars or even less? And even if the price of salt increased twice or thrice, people would still buy it? This was not the case in the old times. In fact, salt was highly valued alongside gold […]

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Salt as money .

Thanks that was intersting .

 

[Corn Pop]

The double standards are amazing how people expect the rich to pay more. That's called double standards.

 

[Michael74]

...they could build the military and police force.

I'm mystified by people who want to trim taxes on the rich, and still build lots of tanks, planes, and ships. What is the plan to pay for all of this military hardware, and the salaries of soldiers? How can they build prisons to lock up terrorists without resources?

They are currently borrowing the entire defense budget. How long can that work? What is the long run plan?

 

[Michael74]

Cowrie shells were widely used as currency in olden times. One nation used giant statues as currency. Gold, silver, and copper were frequently used in Bible times. Food, animals or anything that maintains its value. Doesn't matter what they use, as long as it maintains its value over time. Honest currency.

Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD. Proverbs 10:10 KJV

 

[jasonc]

Tobacco didn't ,nor did tea,salt nope .

 

[Shekinahglory]

Should We Have Billionaires?

The Democratic presidential campaign has taken a strange twist in recent days, with candidates being asked whether we should have billionaires. While

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I am not advocating one system over another just an observation. In the World to come what will the system be? Everything is provided to everyone through a central body, in this case Christ. This of course men have tried to live under its called communism and just as our system is polluted by men so is that economic philosophy . Done by men we see neither system is good. Whatever system men come up with will always have the same problem, men. Done by Christ it will be perfect and it won't be the economic philosophy we presently live under.

 

[Christ_empowered]

im -definitely- not advocating communism. I'm more into...New Deal-style Democrat policies, 21st century "progressivism," I suppose. I just really like this article, which is why I posted the link. and...

you make a valid point, of course. there will be winners, losers, and lots of in-betweeners under any and all systems, this side of eternity. I just think what we have should be tweaked....fewer mega-winners, a lot fewer losers, more in-betweeners. and that is all. LOL.

 

[jasonc]

im -definitely- not advocating communism. I'm more into...New Deal-style Democrat policies, 21st century "progressivism," I suppose. I just really like this article, which is why I posted the link. and...

you make a valid point, of course. there will be winners, losers, and lots of in-betweeners under any and all systems, this side of eternity. I just think what we have should be tweaked....fewer mega-winners, a lot fewer losers, more in-betweeners. and that is all. LOL.

i really need to post the why the new deal in the 30s didny work .I have places built by,the wpa one being the court house .the military saved ft.pierce ,the city forgo taxation and funded on utilities.ft.pierce idk but it had both water and sewer and power before my,town.

 

[Corn Pop]

The very high majority of people live in a house and eat food yet it's still not enough to some people.

The homeless population in USA is about 0.2%. I would say that is a great figure and the USA is great. 99.8% of all people live under shelter and eat food. That's great.

 

[Michael74]

im -definitely- not advocating communism.

They never actually had Communism. They only had what they called the dictatorship of the vanguard. Basically, just another despotic regime. Modern day tsar or emperor with a different name.

 

[Corn Pop]

Learn to say no, this world is full of bludgers who will take advantage of your generosity. They cry poor yet are rich. They ask for handouts yet are lazy.

 

[Michael74]

“There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day. But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate, desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried. And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. Luke 16:19-23 NKJV

 

[WIP]

Learn to say no, this world is full of bludgers who will take advantage of your generosity. They cry poor yet are rich. They ask for handouts yet are lazy.

There are also far more that are actually struggling for one reason or another. I try to use a little common sense but when in doubt I'll let God handle it if I'm wrong and accidentally feed someone's greed.

 

[jasonc]

I have observed here its best to,donate to charity who vet who needs what .

 

[Corn Pop]

I have observed here its best to,donate to charity who vet who needs what .

The only thing with many charities is it's just like any system, the cause only gets the crumbs. After the "charity" takes out all the expenses, some including fat salaries for there staff, only crumbs are left.

 

[daninthelionsden]

I can't see Christ advocating the accumulation of wealth upon His return. Too much power too much corruption. Corporate power rules Texas down to the local level including the copmafia. Politicians must be corporately vetted and funded or no-go. I believe Christ-centered communism will most likely be the economic model....if any as is most likely indicated by His followers views of economics concerning their little group's finances.......hard for money lovers to swallow....I know....I used to be a super conservative Republican with a right-to-carry and lifetime NRA membership.

 

[jasonc]

The only thing with many charities is it's just like any system, the cause only gets the crumbs. After the "charity" takes out all the expenses, some including fat salaries for there staff, only crumbs are left.

Not here.

Salvation army is the only one that feeds at the level they do,the food bank is local ,as is the the source these feed or give out food .

A homeless person hanging out. With signs musr be vetted.many simply doing that are feeding addictions .they have been caught openly .if they need food .clothing ,medical attention we have charities for that ,clothing ,and medical can be worked in with them,up gives out bikes,clothing and teaches them to function again