How do you imagine the "social funds" work without perpetual growth?Americans need perpetual growth to fund their retirement accounts, whereas many European states have social funds that provide for old age.
How do you imagine the "social funds" work without perpetual growth?Americans need perpetual growth to fund their retirement accounts, whereas many European states have social funds that provide for old age.
Umm...Greece probably takes the podium position, but remember the PIIGS? Just because someone said they were fixed, it doesn't mean that anything actually was fixed. The borrowing is now stupendous, and can not be repaid. Not that it ever is repaid, because the fiat money system demands ever increasing debt, because debt is money. If you repay debt, you destroy money, which is bad.Most of Europe is heavily socialist compared to you. I don't see any failed states here.
The NICE guidance on treatment of depressive illnesses is entirely in agreement with that sentiment:Agree on the antidepressants. Their efficacy vs. passage of time is something like +15% (resolution of depression, etc). Most other approaches tried independently (exercise/talk) are more effective, but the latter are secondary approaches here and the former initial primary - presumably due to cost. It's cheaper to put someone on a generic antidepressant than it is for the care system to send someone to talk therapy.
Not glossing over folks who have "bad wiring" who can't get right no matter what, but rather the folks who can by addressing their issues head on.
Indeed, secret addiction of society.TBF , I've seen more lads ruined by alcohol. Sad.
Social funds are funded by real money, private ones by share prices and the timely buying and selling thereof. Public pensions come from tax revenues and/or borrowing, not from whatever the market feels like valuing a company at on a particular day. The government isn't reliant on market valuations to pay pensions.How do you imagine the "social funds" work without perpetual growth?
The chance of being seen by someone is slim at best, and even when it's available it's a long wait to go through a limited program (often 6 to 12 weeks) which is more of a tick box exercise than a genuine attempt to deal with the individual issue.The disparity between the quality of and access to mental health services (regardless of whether you're talking about "free at the point of need" or private) compared to physical health remains pretty dire.
. Public pensions come from tax revenues and/or borrowing...
Tangible growth that requires real money to be paid over in tax, not the folly of the stock market.and as the need for more money grows year on year that depends upon others making more money ............ growth.
We need real economic growth, that's all. my point with asset appreciation is that it only occurs at rates above underlying economic growth if efficiency is found. Most of the things that we enjoy (in terms of disposable income, etc) are not the result of allocating resources, they're the result of private enterprise.Most of Europe is heavily socialist compared to you. I don't see any failed states here. Your opening statement says a lot - Americans need perpetual growth to fund their retirement accounts, whereas many European states have social funds that provide for old age. I wonder what will happen in the US when big corporations run out of global expansion possibilities? Or the Chinese beat them to it? Economic liberalisation occurred because it was in the US national interest to push their domestic corporations outside their own market to facilitate the need for perpetual growth. What happens when you run out of countries to suck into the system? Pray for the return of Atlantis? Colonise Mars?
This message came about 15 years ago. "the economy is out of gas. there's no way to keep things up. The future looks bleak.".I wonder what will happen in the US when big corporations run out of global expansion possibilities? O
I'm pretty sure being on a permanent trip isn't going to help with everyday functioning.Sort of on topic: 'They broke my mental shackles': could magic mushrooms be the answer to depression?
Magic mushrooms are illegal, but may be a huge help with depression.
This is a dopey comment - where do you think stock appreciation goes? It's claimed as real income, quite often the high flyers are short term gains paid at a high tax rate, and the same market appreciation funds pension benefits and retirement which....Tangible growth that requires real money to be paid over in tax, not the folly of the stock market.
I remember as a young lad sharing a house with mates, partying the night before and getting up for work with a mouth like the bottom of a parrot cage. As I left there was a cold cup of black tea on the side and I just necked it down, 20 minutes later I felt like I was having a physcotic episode, very very scary at the time but just couldn't stop laughing. Good stuff those MM's if you know whats coming bloody terrifying if you dont.Sort of on topic: 'They broke my mental shackles': could magic mushrooms be the answer to depression?
Magic mushrooms are illegal, but may be a huge help with depression.
I remember reading about the effects of magic mushrooms a few years ago. Apparently it is possible to have flash backs up to three months after the initial ingestion. The danger being that the effects will then echo you current mood, not the high that you were intending when you originally took them.I remember as a young lad sharing a house with mates, partying the night before and getting up for work with a mouth like the bottom of a parrot cage. As I left there was a cold cup of black tea on the side and I just necked it down, 20 minutes later I felt like I was having a physcotic episode, very very scary at the time but just couldn't stop laughing. Good stuff those MM's if you know whats coming bloody terrifying if you dont.
CBT is more effective than medication in anything other than the immediate term....It's probably something every single person could stand to work through on a regular basis. It's (CBT based therapy) much more expensive here, too, than generic scripts."Anxiety? Sure, CBT will cure you....." Nah, it really won't. It's just a way of palming people off because of chronic underfunding.
One of the big issues with effectively treating depression is that some people don't respond at all to certain types of talking therapy, and some are wholly unresponsive to all talking therapies.CBT is more effective than medication in anything other than the immediate term....It's probably something every single person could stand to work through on a regular basis. It's (CBT based therapy) much more expensive here, too, than generic scripts.