<div dir="ltr"><div>Does this good or sustainable to you?<br><br><a href="http://www.usgovernmentdebt.us/spending_chart_1792_2020USb_17s2li011lcn_H0t">http://www.usgovernmentdebt.us/spending_chart_1792_2020USb_17s2li011lcn_H0t</a><br><br></div>-Dave<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 10:27 AM, William Flynn Wallace <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:foozler83@gmail.com" target="_blank">foozler83@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">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<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></span></div></span><div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">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.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">bill w</span></div></div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 9:23 AM, William Flynn Wallace <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:foozler83@gmail.com" target="_blank">foozler83@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">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<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></span></div></div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 6:07 AM, rex <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rex@nosyntax.net" target="_blank">rex@nosyntax.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">spike <<a href="mailto:spike66@att.net" target="_blank">spike66@att.net</a>> [2016-07-17 16:30]:<br>
<span>><br>
> >... On Behalf Of rex<br>
> Subject: Re: [ExI] I Miss The King of Extropia<br>
><br>
> spike <<a href="mailto:spike66@att.net" target="_blank">spike66@att.net</a>> [2016-07-17 10:20]:<br>
> ><br>
> >>... That argument only applies to about six states. If we want to go with the<br>
> > pragmatic argument, one can check the opinion polls in one’s state the<br>
> > week before the election, then if it isn’t within the margin of error, the<br>
> > outcome is certain and one gets to vote however they want without fear of<br>
> > contributing to the winner’s margin.<br>
><br>
> >...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<br>
> --<br>
><br>
><br>
> 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?<br>
<br>
</span>How many elections have been decided by a single vote?<br>
<br>
-rex<br>
--<br>
"The only freedom which counts is the freedom to do what some other people<br>
think to be wrong. There is no point in demanding freedom to do that which<br>
all will applaud. All the so-called liberties or rights are things which<br>
have to be asserted against others who claim that if such things are to be<br>
allowed their own rights are infringed or their own liberties threatened.<br>
This is always true, even when we speak of the freedom to worship, of the<br>
right of free speech or association, or of public assembly. If we are to<br>
allow freedoms at all there will constantly be complaints that either the<br>
liberty itself or the way in which it is exercised is being abused, and, if<br>
it is a genuine freedom, these complaints will often be justified. There is<br>
no way of having a free society in which there is not abuse. Abuse is the<br>
very hallmark of liberty."<br>
-- Quintin H. Hailsham, The Dilemma of Democracy<br>
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