Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices Message Board

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (630440)	10/4/2011 10:22:18 PM
From: SilentZ	1 Recommendation Read Replies (5) of 1579459

>I'm not sure you understand what inelastic demand actually means. >It doesn't mean cost necessarily goes up. It just means what you already said it means, but it also means that small changes in supply will have big changes in price. I certainly do understand what it means. But if you have a heart attack, are you going to shop around for a heart surgeon? Providers can pretty much charge whatever they want, as long as they don't raise prices so quickly that the frog (us) notices that the water's boiling. Nearly 60% of bankruptcies in the United States today are at least partially due to medical conditions. Almost no other modernized nation has that issue. We're doing something wrong. >Doesn't mean he wants to destroy it. But it does mean people like you are very frightened of change. I'm very frightened of THAT change. Before Social Security, half of the elderly died in poverty. Today, that percentage is in the single digits. Why introduce significant risk into a system that has worked so well, and might, just might, need a few tweaks? What happens to the person who has to retire in a downturn of the stock market? -Z

Report TOU Violation

Share This Post

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next