If I want to sell you something, and you want to buy it, we should be able to do that. If you think X event will happen, and I think not, then we should be allowed to bet money on it. Why should the government have any power to dictate otherwise?
Also strong financial markets are essential for a strong economy (your job). Look at China. Nothing changed for years, and then all of a sudden they allowed foreign investment, and they became a world superpower in less than 30 years. And now their standard of living (in the areas that encouraged investment specifically) is almost on par with that of the west.
I know that it's tempting to just blame the traders. Especially when you're a skilled labourer; and that is all my family has been - I am an"engineer" which essentially the same thing. But you really should sit down and investigate what traders (not banks) actually do.
The problem isn't the traders, the problem is the government that sets up ridiculous barriers of entry to anyone wanting to get into the game. But then again, you're one of those people that thinks that any business needs to have a full on legal team just navigating the litany of bullshit that is constantly spewed forth by retards such as yourself that think government should be allowed to tell people what they can and can't do... at fucking gun point.
By overthrowing this capitalist greed for something better, the NSDAP created the best living standards
There is absolutely no reason to pay interest or be the slave to international financiers who print and gamble with fake money.
Research it again. The living standards increased, but they did it by BORROWING.
I can live in a nice house and drive a fancy card if I get a home-loan and a bunch of credit cards... but I have to pay it back eventually.
If you think it's fake (and you're right), there's no reason you (not just the international financiers) can't gamble with real commodities, or convert all your savings to physical gold.
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