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How does he differ from any author? Especially since he is the author of several important books?
Was that argument offered? I don't think so. i have listened to him frequently. I look forward to hearing his viewpoint. His perspective is similar to my own. This government, by contract, is a constitutionally-limited government. It is breaking the contract. We need to put in politicians who will return to the contract.
Totally inaccurate. The effect on the market for jobs of lower taxes on corporations depends on the nature of the tax (i. e. lowering excise taxes vs. lowering income taxes).
Just lowering the income tax rates for businesses does not necessarily translate to more jobs. Businesses operating in their current state typically hire based on the point at which the marginal cost of an additional employee equals that employee's marginal revenue, and no more. The income tax rate doesn't change that point.
And any excess funds will be invested in areas that yield the greatest return, and that may not necessarily be in expansion in areas that hire more labor.
The notion of "trickle down" economics is just more propoganda for the dumbed down masses.
Goverment (Liberal) policy has more to do with the average worker not making more than corporations being greedy, Obama pissed away a Trillon dollar stimulous that created no jobs, the regulations his EPA & other goverment agencies are choking off & bankrupting business. I could go on & on but instead of addressing the issues you throw out an incoherant post accusing me of throwing out rhetoric, so whats the point of trying to explain it to you.
Where the hell have you been, living under a rock for the last few years? GE paid no taxes in 2010 and had a several billion dollar profit, King Obama has been handing out exemptions to Obamacare to his favorite constituents like candy at a parade, ect ect. this has all been in the news recently, apparently you havent been paying attention & I dont have all day here to post them all because there are so many.
As far as the regulations on small bussiness and such, I can give you one recent example. Go to Mark Levins website under audio & download his 6-13 program & listen to the callers that call in and explain some of the crap they are forcing painters to go thru. There is so much out there if you want to find it.
Environmental policy/protection is one of the few things the government should actually be involved with.
It was supposed to be the White House’s latest make-nice session with corporate America — a visit by Chief of Staff William M. Daley to a meeting with hundreds of manufacturing executives in town to press lawmakers for looser regulations.
But the outreach soon turned into a rare public dressing down of the president’s policies with his highest-ranking aide.
One by one, exasperated executives stood to air their grievances on environmental regulations and stalled free-trade deals. And Daley, the former banker tasked with building ties with industry, found himself looking for the right balance between empathy and defending his boss.
At one point, the room erupted in applause when Massachusetts manufacturing executive Doug Starrett, his voice shaking with emotion, accused the administration of blocking construction on one of his facilities to protect fish, saying government “throws sand into the gears of progress.”
Daley said he did not have many good answers, appearing to throw up his hands in frustration at what he called “bureaucratic stuff that’s hard to defend.”
“Sometimes you can’t defend the indefensible,” he said.
When a paper company executive said Environmental Protection Agency regulations might cost her $10 million to $15 million to upgrade a mill, Daley said the number of rules and regulations “that come out of agencies is overwhelming.”
Later, he added: “We’re trying to bring some rationality to it.”
Faux News has been notoriously distorting this
as well as Obama's "bump in the road" statement
Good, neither did I concerning "Iron Yanks" rants. That was my point to him. That's why I asked him to provide sources for his claims.
If you have a problem with his 'rants' then address that problem to him, not me.
I can't read his mind, and I'd bet you can't either. His argument was loaded full of raging opinions that he was posing to be as universal facts.
Again. express your concerns to him.
So your philosophy rules and has more value than all others?
Yes, unless I hear a convincing argument to the contrary.
B.S. Complete and total B.S. This country has never experienced totalitarianism under either political party. Corruption and Cronyism...oh hell yes. Both are totally guilty!
I didn't mention any country.
If you want to continue making that claim...then I invite you to prove it.
What claim would that be? Do you want to clarify that?
Once again...so-called pundit type broadcast personalities LOVE when people are either ignorant and can't discern the difference between opinion and fact. And they value fans who just won't care if their content is opinion or fact. But both types have one thing in common. They will believe opinions to be facts.
Perhaps you can be specific, distinguish between the two, and a debate can ensue. But as it is there is nothing to debate..
Do you believe everything you hear from Mark Levin...without question or reservation? And the same question applies to any other "political pundit" that you might adore.
Actually i'm not that familiar with him but I doubt I'd believe everything anyone says..
A fair days work for a fair days pay.
Capitalism demands people/society to have a moral backbone. The evil maximum is pursing profit at the cost of everything else. That has become the most esteemed value in our society, and its lead to many of its ills. Go re-read The Wealth of Nations.
What are you talking about? Reread the graph. When unemployment goes up, labor share goes up. Only in the last two years has that changed.
No, that is the way it actually works. Rich person gets more money sends/invest/gives workers higher wages, that spent/invested money increases demand, demand increase job, more jobs means more more demand of most goods, etc... This only works if the money flows down eventually, instead of circulating at the top. If the section with the most money don't do anything with it, trickle down ever happens. Right now, the section with most money is the top 10% and they aren't spending.
why aren't they spending? Because of the mixed signals they get from the current regime
Actually, its their own role in their own self fulfilling prophecy. We used to have patriotic Americans even on the right... people who did what was best for America. Now the far right thinks only of itself and is more than willing to partake in economic treason as part of their own agenda of greed and self interest. Very sad indeed.
Socialist left speak--if you oppose the soak the rich scheme filthy rich dems use to buy wealth and power you are "treasonous"
in other words-Oppose massive tax hikes that only cause more and more out of control government you are "against America"
Actually, its their own role in their own self fulfilling prophecy. We used to have patriotic Americans even on the right... people who did what was best for America. Now the far right thinks only of itself and is more than willing to partake in economic treason as part of their own agenda of greed and self interest. Very sad indeed.
I have no idea how anyone with even one foot in the real world can talk irrationally about "massive tax hikes" at a time when taxes on the rich are at a lower point than every in modern American history. Its like the real world is here and some folks seem to inhabit their own artificial reality which has no place in the real USA.
"fair" is determined by the market - the aggregate decision of every member of the involved industry, from producer to consumer.
Imbalance means someone likely gets the raw end of any deal.
I do not know why people still side with Capitalism
The federal government's financial condition deteriorated rapidly last year, far beyond the $1.5 trillion in new debt taken on to finance the budget deficit, a USA TODAY analysis shows.
The government added $5.3 trillion in new financial obligations in 2010, largely for retirement programs such as Medicare and Social Security. That brings to a record $61.6 trillion the total of financial promises not paid for.
Medicare alone took on $1.8 trillion in new liabilities, more than the record deficit prompting heated debate between Congress and the White House over lifting the debt ceiling.
Social Security added $1.4 trillion in obligations, partly reflecting longer life expectancies. Federal and military retirement programs added more to the financial hole, too.
The $61.6 trillion in unfunded obligations amounts to $528,000 per household. That's more than five times what Americans have borrowed for everything else — mortgages, car loans and other debt. It reflects the challenge as the number of retirees soars over the next 20 years and seniors try to collect on those spending promises.
That's a nice simple statement, and I understand that. But the market isn't a formula.
And it has nothing to do with fair. It often has to do with advantage.
If business management hold the advantage, they can lower wages and have higher profit without anything being fair.
This is why workers need a voice as much as business. Balance between the two is good for all. Imbalance means someone likely gets the raw end of any deal.
People are more frugal with their money, in the middle of a depression, to avoid bankruptcy, because of overregulation by the government and they're committing treason?
:lamo
I have no idea how anyone with even one foot in the real world can talk irrationally about "massive tax hikes" at a time when taxes on the rich are at a lower point than every in modern American history. Its like the real world is here and some folks seem to inhabit their own artificial reality which has no place in the real USA.
I maybe mistaken but it seemed the author of this thread was surprised with this information. I do not know why people still side with Capitalism after reading story after story of people getting screwed over by the people with more money. As I have stated in the past, Capitalism breeds people that are addicted to money and power, and they will stop at nothing to achieve their fix. Rules and regulations are a waste of money and time, because eventually the addict will go around the rules to get what they need.
I really think most people are clinically insane when it comes to this topic. They keep the same reasoning in their heads, expecting a different outcome each time. As long as there are financial incentives, people are going to continue to screw one another over, breeding the ideal that you have to look out for yourself.
What information do you have to see in order to change your mind? Or do you blindly pledge to an ideal that is responsible for the god awful state that we are in now?
Interesting Libertarian perspective again
"fair" is determined by the market - the aggregate decision of every member of the involved industry, from producer to consumer.
why aren't they spending? Because of the mixed signals they get from the current regime
I maybe mistaken but it seemed the author of this thread was surprised with this information. I do not know why people still side with Capitalism after reading story after story of people getting screwed over by the people with more money.
winners and those who plan on being winners like capitalism. Those who are losers or have no desire to win are those who support socialism. That or those who pander to people such as you.
winners and those who plan on being winners like capitalism. Those who are losers or have no desire to win are those who support socialism. That or those who pander to people such as you.
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