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    Where do you sit on the Political Compass?

    http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-6.50&soc=-4.51 seems about right
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    Julia Gillard new Prime Minister

    Why the fuck would you choose between Greens and Liberal? Labor is the middle-man.
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    What are your favourite guitar solo's?

    Ministry of lost souls? Dark eternal night? <3
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    Liberal or Labor?

    Think outside of an economic model. The thinking in this thread is too narrow
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    Liberal or Labor?

    People often are, but don't have the means to finance a huge action. Look at something like Exxon Valdez, proving that even if an action is initiated, success isn't guaranteed
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    Liberal or Labor?

    I like the way you ridicule a situation when you can't rebut an argument
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    Liberal or Labor?

    What people value is not determined by what they will pay for something, and therefore people's incomes do not give a decent idea of the value of their contributions to a state. That is my argument, I'm not going to bother rebutting or going off on tangents any more.
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    Liberal or Labor?

    And what if there's no-one that can bring an action against the musicians?
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    Liberal or Labor?

    One would be a fool to think the reality ends in an economic model without assessing the externalities though. Economic models are inexact and imperfect. I might pay $5 million to see a concert; the concert might through noise pollution make $1 million in damage, but this isn't factored into the...
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    Liberal or Labor?

    You're so keen to criticise me that you make an unfounded presumption based on the incorrect implication of what someone else said. Wow, you really got me there.
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    Liberal or Labor?

    ...I don't recall claiming such a thing. I don't even know where this 'musicians contributing to medical research' thing came from
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    Liberal or Labor?

    Depends on the understanding of the hypothetical each of us is presenting. I assert this if rock music died today, for example. Anyhow, this wasn't what I originally argued. I didn't say rock music took away from medical research, I was saying that musicians didn't contribute as much for what...
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    Resources Super Profit Tax Thread

    Do you think this only because your 'wide reading' hasn't covered the basic economic logic of my argument?
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    Liberal or Labor?

    But one could debate that if it didn't exist people would have more funds to put into research instead.
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    Liberal or Labor?

    Then get the fuck out of Australia
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    Resources Super Profit Tax Thread

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    Resources Super Profit Tax Thread

    be this as it may, our agriculture is subsidised less than competing countries.
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    Liberal or Labor?

    I'm not sure I follow. I was being sarcastic.
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    Liberal or Labor?

    I think this just about sums up what's wrong with you in one sentence, Rothbard, despite the fact that I've lost count of your flaws.
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    Liberal or Labor?

    The smartest people are modest
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