Trickle-down is a scam, extending the Bush tax cut is wrong:

[EnderJE]

Found it!

Budget Puzzle: You Fix the Budget - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com

 

[EnderJE]

Here's one proposal...

Budget Puzzle: You Fix the Budget - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com

 

[Mr. dB]

THIS^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

There are fucking jobs out there
go to Lowes or Home Depot and STFU

I don't speak Spanish...

 

[mrplunkey]

As far as the private sector fixing it, lemme guess, you're an advocate of the Milton Friedman school of economy.

That's because Milton Friedman was correct.

Frankly, I believe if left to its own devices, the private sector will just be an absolutely greedy pig. A perfect epitome of "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." It needs SOME neutral oversight. You need an impartial third party otherwise, I'm sorry, greed overcomes all.

So let me get this straight. We can't trust the private sector because their greed and lust for power corrupts them. So instead we'll entrust that power to 435 representatives + 100 senators + a president and VP = 537 people. Does that really make sense to you? That's about $27 billion of annual GDP per politician. I think I'll take my chances with the private sector.

If money is your motivating factor, what motivation do you have for making sure other people have it? And really, if you are rich, you ARE motivated by money.

Kinda like if you're a witch, you worship the devil and eat little children. Both comments are equally uninformed. Guess what? Some people love what they do and happen to make a lot of money doing it.

You know who are the worst tippers (i.e., you go to a restaurant, get a meal, tip the server)? Rich people, seriously. I never worked restaurant, but I've heard the same from numerous people who have. The best tippers are Joe Everyman. The rich are stingy bastards.

Really? Because I'll bet if you correlate the quality of service to the tip amount, or even the attractiveness of the server to the tip amount, you'll find a much stronger correlation.

Really, how the hell do you think they got that way?

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say: "Hard work, talent, access to capital and luck." But it's also been said: "The harder I work, the luckier I become."

They only grease a wheel if it will eventually line their pocket. In other words, the motto of the rich is: "Fuck the other guy, I got mine, let him figure out how to get his." Trust me, that philosophy applies to EVERY aspect of their lives. They treat an employee worse than a rental car.

What a horrible outlook on life and capitalism. If you really believe this, why wouldn't you live in an egalitarian place where you wouldn't suffer under such as system?

 

[mrplunkey]

Choose your response:

A) That would depend on why that particular group is angry.
B) Stop posting up pictures of my parties. I promise that I'll invite you next time.

I choose (C): Socialism is great until you run out of other people's money.

 

[javaguru]

I don't speak Spanish...

Not my fault you didn't develop job skills over your lifetime.

 

[javaguru]

OBAMA DID NOT CREATE THE CURRENT MESS THE ECONOMY IS IN and it took the previous administration eight years to create it, so why does everyone expect the new guy to fix it in less time than that?

As far as the private sector fixing it, lemme guess, you're an advocate of the Milton Friedman school of economy. Frankly, I believe if left to its own devices, the private sector will just be an absolutely greedy pig. A perfect epitome of "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." It needs SOME neutral oversight. You need an impartial third party otherwise, I'm sorry, greed overcomes all. If money is your motivating factor, what motivation do you have for making sure other people have it? And really, if you are rich, you ARE motivated by money.

It's like asking a heroine addict to become a good pharmacist, let's be realistic here.

You know who are the worst tippers (i.e., you go to a restaurant, get a meal, tip the server)? Rich people, seriously. I never worked restaurant, but I've heard the same from numerous people who have. The best tippers are Joe Everyman. The rich are stingy bastards. Really, how the hell do you think they got that way? They only grease a wheel if it will eventually line their pocket. In other words, the motto of the rich is: "Fuck the other guy, I got mine, let him figure out how to get his." Trust me, that philosophy applies to EVERY aspect of their lives. They treat an employee worse than a rental car.

There are people in this world who do believe that the greatest way to achieve greatness is by helping another achieve their own greatness, first.

Anyway, 80 years or so ago I would have been a New Dealer, and I think Milton Freidman should have kept his opinions to himself.

Henry Morgenthau..FDR's Treasury Secretary and brilliant economist...
"We have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work. And I have just one interest, and if I am wrong … somebody else can have my job. I want to see this country prosperous. I want to see people get a job. I want to see people get enough to eat. We have never made good on our promises. … I say after eight years of this Administration we have just as much unemployment as when we started. … And an enormous debt to boot."

Keynes has been weighed, measured and fallen short...
Buying $500.00 hammers and paying someone to dig a hole and fill it in doesn't create "real" economic growth.

At the beginning of our "Great Depression" England took the opposite approach of Roosevelt. The liberals were thrown out and the conservatives implemented austerity measures...unemployment returned to normal levels within two years.

On a side note....People call Bush stupid...FDR was a solid C student in college.

 

[javaguru]

I'll share the brilliance of Friedman for the uninitiated...

 

[javaguru]

 

[javaguru]