[ExI] I Miss The King of Extropia

[Dave Sill]

Does this good or sustainable to you?

http://www.usgovernmentdebt.us/spending_chart_1792_2020USb_17s2li011lcn_H0t

-Dave

On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 10:27 AM, William Flynn Wallace <foozler83 at gmail.com
> wrote:

> I sure can explain it to you.  If an entity continues to spend more than
> it takes in, and does it long enough, that entity will eventually go bust.
>  spike
>
> Well, how about those who say that we have been in debt since 1835?  And
> what does GDP have to do with it?  And what about the article?  Debt is a
> good thing?  I understand what you say, but it seems that that is
> irrelevant somehow.  I am with you and it scares me.
>
> bill w
>
> On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 9:23 AM, William Flynn Wallace <
> foozler83 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I sure can explain it to you.  If an entity continues to spend more than
>> it takes in, and does it long enough, that entity will eventually go bust.
>>  spike
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 6:07 AM, rex <rex at nosyntax.net> wrote:
>>
>>> spike <spike66 at att.net> [2016-07-17 16:30]:
>>> >
>>> > >... On Behalf Of rex
>>> > Subject: Re: [ExI] I Miss The King of Extropia
>>> >
>>> > spike <spike66 at att.net> [2016-07-17 10:20]:
>>> > >
>>> > >>...    That argument only applies to about six states.  If we want
>>> to go with the
>>> > >    pragmatic argument, one can check the opinion polls in one’s
>>> state the
>>> > >    week before the election, then if it isn’t within the margin of
>>> error, the
>>> > >    outcome is certain and one gets to vote however they want without
>>> fear of
>>> > >    contributing to the winner’s margin.
>>> >
>>> > >...MoE is merely an arbitrary number, typically 0.95. All it means is
>>> that the outcome is expected to be within that confidence internal (95% or
>>> whatever) 95% of the time. This also means that it's expected to be outside
>>> the MoE 5% of the time. It does NOT mean the outcome is certain. -rex
>>> > --
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Hi Rex, ok sure.  Everyone is free to decide what is the appropriate
>>> margin and for which candidate.  The new question becomes: what is the
>>> requisite pre-election poll margin before one feels free to vote for the
>>> candidate he or she thinks is the best one?
>>>
>>> How many elections have been decided by a single vote?
>>>
>>> -rex
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>>> people
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>>> which
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>>> if
>>> it is a genuine freedom, these complaints will often be justified. There
>>> is
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