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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction
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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (40540)9/19/2005 12:37:28 PM
From: Solon  Read Replies (1) of 90947
 
"Got your Communist Party membership card yet?"

I've always been a bitter foe of communism.

"I got a dollar. You want it. Why should give it to you for no interest and take the risk you will not repay?"

You should not.

I was talking about how the casino scam works. No matter how many noises or lights they put on a machine, the principle remains unchanged: Pay back less than the proper odds. And I'm NOT saying they shouldn't do that. But by not giving value for value they guarantee themselves millions in profits. They damn well ought to do that if they want to get ahead.

So, in a casino there are "games" where they give you back .99 when you give them a dollar--and games where they give you back .80 when you give them a dollar. In popular parlance, we call this the probability or odds of a game. Most people have no clue as to what is going on. They are just "gambling". My point was that behind all the fanfare and noise and lights and creatures running across the screen...NOTHING is going on. Somebody is just making change for a dollar and leaving out a few cents.

I'm not saying they should be sent to Siberia for this so you can hold on to the Communist card! I am saying that if you are going to willingly take short change on a dollar, then lose a penny--not a dime.

It also speaks to why we hire laborers in China to make sneakers...but I have explained enough I think for now.
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