Comments on: A Challenge! http://opiningonline.com/2008/11/24/a-challenge/ Opinions, about almost anything Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:02:02 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Karen http://opiningonline.com/2008/11/24/a-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-1205 Karen Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:35:20 +0000 http://opiningonline.com/2008/11/24/a-challenge/#comment-1205 28/33 84% I am amazed I did that well. 28/33 84% I am amazed I did that well.

]]> By: Donna B. http://opiningonline.com/2008/11/24/a-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-1155 Donna B. Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:58:10 +0000 http://opiningonline.com/2008/11/24/a-challenge/#comment-1155 So you would agree that progress has happened since 1878 and stop applying today's standards to events and ideas of a different era? Or will you not have cranberry sauce tomorrow because it wasn't on the menu of the Harvest festival in 1621? So you would agree that progress has happened since 1878 and stop applying today’s standards to events and ideas of a different era? Or will you not have cranberry sauce tomorrow because it wasn’t on the menu of the Harvest festival in 1621?

]]> By: RDB http://opiningonline.com/2008/11/24/a-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-1154 RDB Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:47:31 +0000 http://opiningonline.com/2008/11/24/a-challenge/#comment-1154 I think it was 1878. Oliver Wendell Holmes (the first) wrote it. Oliver 2 wrote about how that one who is 10 has the right to contact to do about the same hours of work per day, unless he signed for 14 hours. Competition is great, wonderful. But one must factor in slave labor. Maquilladoras. Just about everything can be produced cheaper by cheap labor. But this is the ultimate question of the the universe that Henry Ford tried to answer. Who, after all, is gonna buy this crap when it is not edible? I think it was 1878. Oliver Wendell Holmes (the first) wrote it. Oliver 2 wrote about how that one who
is 10 has the right to contact to do about the same hours of work per day, unless he signed for 14 hours.
Competition is great, wonderful. But one must factor in slave labor. Maquilladoras. Just about everything
can be produced cheaper by cheap labor. But this is the ultimate question of the the universe that Henry Ford
tried to answer. Who, after all, is gonna buy this crap when it is not edible?

]]> By: Donna B. http://opiningonline.com/2008/11/24/a-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-1153 Donna B. Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:43:34 +0000 http://opiningonline.com/2008/11/24/a-challenge/#comment-1153 You are reading much more into answer D of #33 than is there. The average American will not consider corporations as person in considering this question, they will interpret it as individual. The average person will not conclude that because some individuals receive greater benefits from the government, the answer is wrong -- the average person will think "averages" not politics. You are reading much more into answer D of #33 than is there. The average American will not consider corporations as person in considering this question, they will interpret it as individual. The average person will not conclude that because some individuals receive greater benefits from the government, the answer is wrong — the average person will think “averages” not politics.

]]> By: RDB http://opiningonline.com/2008/11/24/a-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-1152 RDB Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:19:58 +0000 http://opiningonline.com/2008/11/24/a-challenge/#comment-1152 33. Answer D is chilling. Robert Gates gets much better health care than most GI's. So if answer D is true, then Christianity is dead. Progressive taxes are wrong. The only wisdom of Karl Marx is wrong. (From each, to each) Another problem with D is that "person" since 1898 or whatever includes a corporation in the U.S. Which was, even more than Dred Scott or Ferguson, the worst decision of the court ever. I would like to think that libertarions would like to strip personhood from corporations. 33. Answer D is chilling. Robert Gates gets much better health care than most GI’s. So if answer D is true, then
Christianity is dead. Progressive taxes are wrong. The only wisdom of Karl Marx is wrong. (From each, to each)
Another problem with D is that “person” since 1898 or whatever includes a corporation in the U.S. Which was, even more
than Dred Scott or Ferguson, the worst decision of the court ever. I would like to think that libertarions
would like to strip personhood from corporations.

]]> By: RDB http://opiningonline.com/2008/11/24/a-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-1151 RDB Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:54:38 +0000 http://opiningonline.com/2008/11/24/a-challenge/#comment-1151 33) If taxes equal government spending, then: A. government debt is zero B. printing money no longer causes inflation C. government is not helping anybody D. tax per person equals government spending per person E. tax loopholes and special-interest spending are absent 27) Free markets typically secure more economic prosperity than government’s centralized planning because: A. the price system utilizes more local knowledge of means and ends B. markets rely upon coercion, whereas government relies upon voluntary compliance with the law C. more tax revenue can be generated from free enterprise D. property rights and contracts are best enforced by the market system E. government planners are too cautious in spending taxpayers’ money T 33) If taxes equal government spending, then: A. government debt is zero B. printing money no longer causes inflation C. government is not helping anybody D. tax per person equals government spending per person E. tax loopholes and special-interest spending are absent
27) Free markets typically secure more economic prosperity than government’s centralized planning because: A. the price system utilizes more local knowledge of means and ends B. markets rely upon coercion, whereas government relies upon voluntary compliance with the law C. more tax revenue can be generated from free enterprise D. property rights and contracts are best enforced by the market system E. government planners are too cautious in spending taxpayers’ money
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]]> By: Donna B. http://opiningonline.com/2008/11/24/a-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-1148 Donna B. Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:57:12 +0000 http://opiningonline.com/2008/11/24/a-challenge/#comment-1148 I'm betting Sissy missed #30, which I answered correctly even if the answer wasn't "right". :-) RDB... I know you don't agree with the assertion in the question part of #27, but historical evidence proves you should consider changing your mind! But #33 only requires logical thinking and math, it's a straightforward question. I missed #7. I am ashamed i did not know the source was the Gettysburg Address. I’m betting Sissy missed #30, which I answered correctly even if the answer wasn’t “right”. :-)

RDB… I know you don’t agree with the assertion in the question part of #27, but historical evidence proves you should consider changing your mind! But #33 only requires logical thinking and math, it’s a straightforward question.

I missed #7. I am ashamed i did not know the source was the Gettysburg Address.

]]> By: RDB http://opiningonline.com/2008/11/24/a-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-1146 RDB Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:18:19 +0000 http://opiningonline.com/2008/11/24/a-challenge/#comment-1146 Questions 27 and 33 remind me of Lee Atwater and push-polling. Questions 27 and 33 remind me of Lee Atwater and push-polling.

]]> By: Sissy Willis http://opiningonline.com/2008/11/24/a-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-1144 Sissy Willis Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:58:53 +0000 http://opiningonline.com/2008/11/24/a-challenge/#comment-1144 32/33 I wonder whether you and I missed the same one? As Tuck said, I disagreed with their answer. :-) 32/33 I wonder whether you and I missed the same one? As Tuck said, I disagreed with their answer. :-)

]]> By: Donna B. http://opiningonline.com/2008/11/24/a-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-1143 Donna B. Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:50:15 +0000 http://opiningonline.com/2008/11/24/a-challenge/#comment-1143 In fact, I think your brains disqualify you from running for office. In fact, I think your brains disqualify you from running for office.

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