agamemnonymous

That's ridiculous. Who has a torch lying around? Just set it on the stove

RDJ really has some big ~~boots~~ toots to fill.

Ftfy

The "as they like to call them" implies that it isn't an accurate term

"entitlement" programs, as they like to call them

That is what they're called.

I'm trying to get into project management...

Source? Communism has never been implemented, and the systems designed to transition to communism, e.g. the USSR, we're actually pretty successful in decreasing hunger. People starve under capitalism.

This is not the platform for a chain of conversational micro transactions. Your method is fine for a verbal conversation, but that method is not appropriate here.

I understand economics well enough for you to skip to your actual point. I've been reading proofs long enough to identify logical missteps in a long chain of reasoning. If you don't have the ability to condense your point into a single comment with your reasoning laid out, I doubt your claim that you understand it.

Is that the pink stuff in the shot glass?

I have things to do today and you're wasting my time. If you can't lay out your argument succinctly, then you don't understand it. Take your time, make your argument, and then I'll pick it apart. Otherwise, I'm not interested.

I'm not going back and forth for 20 comments while you derive the principles of an economy one sentence at a time. Make your point.

The businesses that sell them. Cut to the chase.

I'm not sure where you're going with this. Do you not know what living expenses are? Food, clothing, utilities, housing, etc.