#270: Socialism, Bitcoin, And the Covid Economy

Cellar Door Skeptics Podcast

During the pandemic, there was a lot of money that was fueled into the economy by both Trump and Biden. The team takes a look at what money was used for and who it benefited. They also take a look at a CEO who took a salary cut down to $70,000 to raise the pay of all his employees to $70,000 as the minimum wage for all positions. This segment they dive into the company origins and why the CEO thinks everyone should have a higher minimum wage. The last segment the team examines Crypto Currency and if it is more of a socialist concept or a capitalist concept. The show also includes the Answering Conservative Questions and Quick Save segments. Subscribe: http://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CellarDoorSkeptics/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CellarDoorSkeptics RSS Feed: https://www.spreaker.com/user/8326690/episodes/feed iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cellar-door-skeptics/id10 Website: http://cellardoorskeptics.com Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/cellar-door-skeptics Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cellardoorskeptics PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/CellarDoorSkeptics Intro Music: https://aloststateofmind.bandcamp.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYKbTG3MdQI Links ---------- https://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-federal-reserve-is-increasing-wealth-inequality https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/12/fed-to-pump-more-than-500-billion-into-short-term-bank-funding-expand-types-of-security-purchases.html https://www.propublica.org/article/the-fed-saved-the-economy-but-is-threatening-trillions-of-dollars-worth-of-middle-class-retirement ---------- https://gravitypayments.com/dan-price/ https://www.inc.com/magazine/201511/paul-keegan/does-more-pay-mean-more-growth.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/checking-70k-ceo-dan-price-220057920.html ---------- https://fee.org/articles/how-bitcoin-could-smash-socialism-in-venezuela/ https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2020/07/yanis-varoufakis-why-bitcoin-is-not-a-socialists-ally-reply-to-ben-arc.html https://www.wired.com/story/harry-pottery-cryptocurrency-privacy-zcash-monero/ https://medium.com/human-rights-foundation-hrf/privacy-and-cryptocurrency-part-iii-should-you-use-a-privacy-coin-22dc71732a2f https://news.bitcoin.com/most-privacy-coins-arent-that-private/ ---------- Quick Saves Tanner: Alabama Says NO to Yoga https://www.thatviralfeed.com/alabama-to-uphold-ban-on-school-yoga-over-fear-of-hinduism/97110 Hanna: Sometime you just have to let it go https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/n2tx0b/aaaaaaaah/ Buddy:DragonBallZ Abridged https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6EC7B047181AD013