Santorum: "I don't care" about unemployment rate - Yahoo! News
unemployment isn't an issue for Rantorum?
fascinating.
Santorum: "I don't care" about unemployment rate - Yahoo! News
unemployment isn't an issue for Rantorum?
fascinating.
My candidacy is about something that transcends that; it's about freedom
To me, that is not even his most laughable quote:
Freedom.... Unless you have a uterus... Or are a homosexual... Or watch porn... Or use condoms... Or..............
This is why Santorum is a joke. The concerns of most of America are the economy and jobs. It's clear Santorum is focused mainly on his social conservatism and not what the majority of America needs help with.
If you read past the headline you will see that his position is actually consistent with conservative beliefs. He and many conservative and libertarian types believe that the government does not create jobs and that the economy should take care of itself. That is actually a stance taken by a large portion of the board here(usually the same ones who complain about the unemployment rate under Obama, but that is a separate issue).
Santorum: "I don't care" about unemployment rate - Yahoo! News
unemployment isn't an issue for Rantorum?
fascinating.
He's talking about the unemployment rate not being what it seems. So he doesn't care what the government reports as "unemployment".
You are seriously having some comprehension problems, Rick is arguing that the govt should not be concerned about unemployment because employment is the concern of business.He's talking about the unemployment rate not being what it seems. So he doesn't care what the government reports as "unemployment".
It seems he's suggesting that there's a larger over arching issue that, if you focus on, would take care of the unemployment problem.
Essentially, focus on issues to help get the economy rolling again...which in his mind is business friendly type of policies...and by doing so you'll fix the various issues connected to our economic issues in this country such as the unemployment rate. More specifically, he's suggesting that to truly fix unemployment you need the private sector to be highering again. That government can't micromanage the economy and that government, ultimatley, isn't the entity that's going to hiring people to the extent that it fixes the unemployment numbers. So its not that he doesn't "Care" about unemployment, but that he doesn't care about the rate in regards to focusing specifically on fixing that number. He'd rather take a top down approach, seeking to fix the issues he believes are hindering the economy which would then help unemployment, rather than focusing singularly on the individual issue.
Not once has he mentioned banneing contraception pal! Bug off!
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, whose strong base of evangelical Christian supporters has thrust him into contention in Iowa, said on Monday that he believes states should have the right to outlaw birth control and sodomy without the interference of the Supreme Court.
One of the things I will talk about that no President has talked about before is I think the dangers of contraception in this country, the whole sexual libertine idea. Many in the Christian faith have said, “Well, that’s okay. Contraception’s okay.”
It’s not okay because it’s a license to do things in the sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be. They’re supposed to be within marriage, they are supposed to be for purposes that are, yes, conjugal, but also [inaudible], but also procreative. That’s the perfect way that a sexual union should happen. We take any part of that out, we diminish the act. And if you can take one part out that’s not for purposes of procreation, that’s not one of the reasons, then you diminish this very special bond between men and women, so why can’t you take other parts of that out? And all of a sudden, it becomes deconstructed to the point where it’s simply pleasure. And that’s certainly a part of it—and it’s an important part of it, don’t get me wrong—but there’s a lot of things we do for pleasure, and this is special, and it needs to be seen as special.
Again, I know most Presidents don’t talk about those things, and maybe people don’t want us to talk about those things, but I think it’s important that you are who you are. I’m not running for preacher. I’m not running for pastor, but these are important public policy issues. These how profound impact on the health of our society.
I agree, that is his (and most "free-marketeers") misunderstanding of macroeconomics. They can't comprehend that we got here due to unregulated markets, that we have high unemployment due to low DEMAND, that successful recoveries happen when govt spending takes up the slack of lowered private demand.It seems he's suggesting that there's a larger over arching issue that, if you focus on, would take care of the unemployment problem.
Essentially, focus on issues to help get the economy rolling again...which in his mind is business friendly type of policies...and by doing so you'll fix the various issues connected to our economic issues in this country such as the unemployment rate. More specifically, he's suggesting that to truly fix unemployment you need the private sector to be highering again. That government can't micromanage the economy and that government, ultimatley, isn't the entity that's going to hiring people to the extent that it fixes the unemployment numbers.
So its not that he doesn't "Care" about unemployment, but that he doesn't care about the rate in regards to focusing specifically on fixing that number. He'd rather take a top down approach, seeking to fix the issues he believes are hindering the economy which would then help unemployment, rather than focusing singularly on the individual issue.
So, if government can't micromanage the economy, how come him and his ilk are blaming everything from the bad economy, unemployment, gas prices, to the warts on Santorum's ass on Obama?
I take it you've never worked for a Micro-Manager in a position that really doesn't need micro-management?
Suggesting that the economy functions best when the government isn't micro-managing it and that ultimately the government can't actually micro-manage the economy into being a success is not the same as suggesting the government can have no affect on the economy. It's more suggesting that the more the government can't substantially affect the economy in a positive way with regards to exerting control over economic factors.
Rick is arguing against both micro and MACRO management of the economy by the govt.I take it you've never worked for a Micro-Manager in a position that really doesn't need micro-management?
Suggesting that the economy functions best when the government isn't micro-managing it and that ultimately the government can't actually micro-manage the economy into being a success is not the same as suggesting the government can have no affect on the economy. It's more suggesting that the more the government can't substantially affect the economy in a positive way with regards to exerting control over economic factors.
I hear ya.
But that reads to many as:
It is a fantasy position, but then Rick loves fantasy and fairy tales.
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