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Orange Tree or Federal Reserve?

Name: Livingston 2009-01-17 7:53

    I have a proposition for you.
    I would like to start a business with you.
    I have an orange tree. In fact, I have the only orange tree that exists. I would like to loan these oranges to the public. However, I am going to put interest on this loan so that for every ten oranges I loan, they must give me eleven back. These oranges are not able to produce their own orange tree, nor can they multiply in any way. I am going to keep loaning them out until I am owed so many oranges in debt, that it becomes physically impossible for the public to pay me back.
    Are you on board?

Name: Anonymous 2009-01-17 18:01

I will buy 1 orange seed.

Name: Anonymous 2009-01-17 19:10


>>2
Fuckwit

Name: Anonymous 2009-01-18 10:13

I see the parallels between the American people and the federal reserver

Name: Anonymous 2009-01-18 10:17

Oranges are a Chinese fruit of inferior quality. Real Americans eat apples.

Name: Anonymous 2009-01-18 13:45

So you're saying Monsanto should stop selling infertile crops to third world farmers.

Name: Anonymous 2009-01-18 15:09

>>6
He's saying third world farmers should stop being suckers.

Instead of following the in image of the American Revolution of Freedom they decide to have a dictatorship of the proletariat because apparently freedom is evil, then when their dictatorship sells them out to evil corporations all of a sudden it's America's fault.

Name: Anonymous 2009-01-18 21:23

>>7
No, he's saying the Federal Reserve system is unsustainable, and based upon fiat money with nothing to back it but promises from a government that never tells the truth when it can think of a lie that will fit.

Name: Anonymous 2009-01-19 11:19

So what is the solution to this?  Burn down the tree?

Name: Anonymous 2009-01-20 0:00

No solution is offered, merely an observation that the Emperor has no clothes.

Name: RedCream 2009-01-20 1:38

>>9
The solution is to grow more trees and let the orange-consumer decide which tree produces fruit that suits his needs.  Obviously the original producer of oranges has a shitty product.  Compete and improve.

Name: Anonymous 2009-01-20 6:52

>>8
Of course we should privatise every institution in the state, the reason however is not because it is unsustainable (poor choice of words since it will likely continue to exist even after economic reality sets in) or even that it is less efficient than private banks, rather it is an unjustified state monopoly over capital flow and currency which is essentially COMMUNISM and thus totally immoral and evil

>>8
>>11
The solution is not a return to unfettered bank note printing, regulations for the purpose of maintaining legitimate business agreements between the producer and consumer of said currency are fine, just as long as there is no state monopoly.

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