What happened to all of the doom and gloom economic threads?

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[LadyVer]

There is no argument. You've never seen a laissez-faire economy in your life, so it could not have led to a "crash" in 2007. Simple truth, yet you call me ignorant.

No, Vette, I didn't call you ignorant. I said I thought your view was ignorant. There's a difference. But if you want to take what I said as me calling you ignorant, I have no control over that.

 

[JohnnySavage]

Vette takes a poster (who I'm not generally a fan of) to task for having never seen a laissez-faire economy. Which based on his comment about government regulation beginning with Roosevelt; neither has he.

The cherry on the cake is that probably the most important government regulation of business was the Sherman Act in 1890. Further, corporations are creatures of statute - they don't exist without government regulation.

As I've said before - exchanges like the above are why I enjoy reading his posts. Always good for a chuckle.

 

[Sean Renaud]

Vette takes a poster (who I'm not generally a fan of) to task for having never seen a laissez-faire economy. Which based on his comment about government regulation beginning with Roosevelt; neither has he.

The cherry on the cake is that probably the most important government regulation of business was the Sherman Act in 1890. Further, corporations are creatures of statute - they don't exist without government regulation.

As I've said before - exchanges like the above are why I enjoy reading his posts. Always good for a chuckle.

I would argue that if laissez-faire is truly an economy without government intervention that the patent would have marked the end of the laissez-faire economy. It probably goes back farther than that but still.

 

[LadyVer]

There's plenty of opinions to go around on the gb. Thanks for letting me know what you think, JS, if that was me you were referring to. I really can't say whether I'm a fan of yours or not because I don't know much about you.

 

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[LadyVer]

So you were just picking on my thought, eh? So, a person who isn't ignorant can advance an ignorant thought?


Not that it bothers me, as I've been called much worse without effect.

I was curious about your thoughts on the issues. I wasn't looking to argue, especially over one another's perceptions of ignorance. I don't believe in the theory that because one has ignorant views or says something ignorant that must mean the person is ignorant. If that were the case no one would have a high IQ scores and every student would be taking remedial courses.

 

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[LadyVer]

Bullshit! If say say something ignorant, you're ignorant on that subject.

Could you rephrase that? I think you left a few words out. I got the bullshit part though.

 

[mercury14]

Bullshit! If say say something ignorant, you're ignorant on that subject.

What subject have you not said something completely ignorant on? Tell us again how you think stock is just a cash loan to a company.

 

[Busybody]

Safe from Sequester: $704,198 for Gardening at NATO Ambassador’s Home

 

[Busybody]

War on Poverty: $15 Trillion Wasted


How is it that the richest country in the history of the world will most likely go bankrupt within a decade? Three words explain it — War on Poverty:


Since President Lyndon Baines Johnson declared “war on poverty,” U.S. taxpayers have spent $15 trillion on so-called anti-poverty programs—a figure slightly less than the national debt. …

Despite the $15 trillion U.S. taxpayers have spent since the war on poverty’s inception, poverty in America is largely unchanged. [Last] week, figures from the U.S. Census Bureau revealed that nearly 50 million Americans live below the federal poverty line.

On the bright side, the corruption that inevitably accompanies coercive redistribution has made it possible for soda manufacturers to rake in $4 billion per year from food stamps. But then, if this were still a free country, and we didn’t have a quasi-socialist government flushing half our wealth down the drain, we could afford to spend twice as much on soda, which would increase profits even more.

The important thing is that the more spent to subsidize poverty, the more poverty we have, and the more poverty we have, the more Democrats’ Marxist rhetoric will resonate with voters.

 

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[RobDownSouth]

I see Obama's budget arrived two months late, and is DOA with all of his phony numbers phantom revenues, etc. The man is a joke.

Hey Mr. Strict Constructionist, show us the constitutionally-mandated deadline for the President to submit a budget.

For that matter, show us the constitutional mandate for the President to submit a budget at all.

 

[JohnnySavage]

Hey Mr. Strict Constructionist, show us the constitutionally-mandated deadline for the President to submit a budget.

For that matter, show us the constitutional mandate for the President to submit a budget at all.

He's searching the Pravda op-ed pages for a response and will get back to you.

 

[cjh]

Vette, we'll just agree to disagree as usual. I see your view as ignorant as well but I don't see the purpose in arguing over which one is ignorant or who is more ignorant. I don't like that kind of discussion as it's like beating a dead horse. Maybe someone else will argue with you over these issues.

Why do you tolerate Vette's arrogance and hypocrisy and abuse?

He preaches about being civil and he's remarkably uncivil to you.

He's a fucking asshole. A misinformed one, to boot.

Why let him treat you the way that he does?

 

[RobDownSouth]

Bullshit! If you say say something ignorant, you're ignorant on that subject.

Of course, if you cut-and-paste something, that gives you "plausible deniability" and allows you to avoid taking personal responsibility for your remarks.

"I never said that!"
"I never commented on that!"
"....I was merely passing it along!"

see also: Two Brazillian Dollars a day for President Obama's trip to India!!

 

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[koalabear]

Of course, if you cut-and-paste something, that gives you "plausible deniability" and allows you to avoid taking personal responsibility for your remarks.

"I never said that!"
"I never commented on that!"
"....I was merely passing it along!"

see also: Two Brazillian Dollars a day for President Obama's trip to India!!

Hey fatty! Lost any weight yet?

 

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[koalabear]

If he had any personal responsibility he wouldn't have had to flee the bill collectors in Georgia and head for Texas.

He should just pay his child-support payments.

 

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