Contest: Guess how many billionaires in the World in 2006??

[GizmoDuck]

Originally Posted by Gilby

The backrub guys.

Who?

[BillyTheMountain]

Originally Posted by Gilby

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Originally Posted by JJuggle
And the winner is...

Originally Posted by Gilby

The SEC will be investigating the winner of this contest due to insider information that may have been known by Mr. Billy (hmmm... is that the respectful way to address him).

This is a reference to a PM wherein I instructed Gilby on the respectful way to address the US President....

Originally Posted by Gilby

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Originally Posted by BillyTheMountain
I'll say 800!

This is Gilby altering my quote. I'm shocked at you Gilby!!

Gilby: Do you have any thoughts on the fact that $$ can whirl arounbd the globe and be invested in nearly any nations factory in seconds, but LABOR is often locked within a nation, cannot get into the USA easily, etc.

To lock up labor kind of interferes with your free-wheeling global economy, no?

[BillyTheMountain]

Originally Posted by monkeyman

James gets it!

Congratulations!!!

"Making a billion just isn't what it used to be. In our inaugural ranking of the world’s richest people 20 years ago, we uncovered some 140 billionaires. Just three years ago we found 476. This year the list is a record 793. They’re worth a combined $2.6 trillion, up 18% since last March. Their average net worth: $3.3 billion. More... "

[Gilby]

Originally Posted by BillyTheMountain

Gilby: Do you have any thoughts on the fact that $$ can whirl arounbd the globe and be invested in nearly any nations factory in seconds, but LABOR is often locked within a nation, cannot get into the USA easily, etc.

To lock up labor kind of interferes with your free-wheeling global economy, no?

Yup, open up the borders. That's freedom. To be able to roam freely to anywhere and choose where you want to live. Why should we discriminate based on where someone was born or who they were born from? Equal opportunity extends past any national borders.

[unijesse]

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[BillyTheMountain]

Originally Posted by Gilby

Yup, open up the borders. That's freedom. To be able to roam freely to anywhere and choose where you want to live. Why should we discriminate based on where someone was born or who they were born from? Equal opportunity extends past any national borders.

Gilby,

You are wild. I like this idea! It's not one shared by the conservatives in the USA, though.

Do you really think we could handle all those Brits on-the-dole over here, taking our unemployment checks?

Billy

[Gilby]

Why does anyone need unemployment checks? Get a job or use the government's resources to get yourself on track and be a productive member of society.

[JJuggle]

Originally Posted by Gilby

Why does anyone need unemployment checks? Get a job or use the government's resources to get yourself on track and be a productive member of society.

Gilby, ignoring the economic realities that make your comment somewhat surreal, do you really believe that being unemployed and being a productive member of society are mutually exclusive?

[Gilby]

Originally Posted by JJuggle

Gilby, ignoring the economic realities that make your comment somewhat surreal, do you really believe that being unemployed and being a productive member of society are mutually exclusive?

Please explain those economic realities you speak of.

Unemployment can happen because of being delinquent (just not doing anything -- sometimes the result of mental issues), being laid off, or not having the skills for the available jobs.

For the delinguent, the government should aid them in improving their mental condition, if possible, and help them get the skills to take on a job.

For those laid off, the government needs to provides the means to get these people the skills that are needed today. Somewhere there is a need.

For those that don't have the skills, teach them the skills to fill the needed jobs.

Now, if the borders were suddenly opened, there will be a whole lot of needed labor to build more homes and all the other infrastructure for all these new immigrants. It'd probably create a labor shortage, which means more jobs and a small unemployment rate. Why Billy limited immigration to the Brits, I have no idea, but he will be Billy -- the nontypical Walmart employee or CIA agent. Oops.

[JJuggle]

Originally Posted by Gilby

For the delinguent, the government should aid them in improving their mental condition, if possible, and help them get the skills to take on a job.

For those laid off, the government needs to provides the means to get these people the skills that are needed today. Somewhere there is a need.

For those that don't have the skills, teach them the skills to fill the needed jobs.

All of these things happen so immediately that, in your opinion, there is no need to provide unemployment checks?

[monkeyman]

Originally Posted by JJuggle

All of these things happen so immediately that, in your opinion, there is no need to provide unemployment checks?

I'm in the middle ground here...I think unemployment checks should be provided for a short time limit (less than three months at the most), but the government should focus more on getting jobs for jobless, as opposed to just giving them a temporary solution

[Gilby]

Shouldn't just hand out money, but insetad give specific assistence...

[monkeyman]

Originally Posted by Gilby

Shouldn't just hand out money, but insetad give specific assistence...

That's what I'm saying...give out money for a short amount of time, but make it a short amount of time so people don't come to rely on it, and also help them find a reliable job

[BillyTheMountain]

Originally Posted by Gilby

Why does anyone need unemployment checks? Get a job or use the government's resources to get yourself on track and be a productive member of society.

That was JOKE!!! Did I forget the smilie?

By the way, the USA has a much lower crime rate due to it's relatively open borders. Imigrant communities have the lowest crime rate in the USA, and the more immigrants, the safer the USA has become.

[Gilby]

Originally Posted by BillyTheMountain

By the way, the USA has a much lower crime rate due to it's relatively open borders. Imigrant communities have the lowest crime rate in the USA, and the more immigrants, the safer the USA has become.

I did not know that... though it does make sense. Immigrants come here and they have motivation to succeed. They work harder than the natural born Americans because they know how hard it could have been for them if they didn't take action to improve their lives.