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The Bankruptcy Of Modern Economics
Forbes Magazine | December 2, 2013 Issue | Steve Forbes

Posted on 12/07/2013 6:03:14 AM PST by IbJensen

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Steve Forbes would have made a great president. Perhaps his time to lead is now.
1 posted on 12/07/2013 6:03:15 AM PST by IbJensen
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...since it’s a given among pols and pundits that Hillary Clinton’s nomination for the Democrats is a foregone conclusion...

I would not be surprised to find Hillary supporting Elizabeth Warren for pres.

2 posted on 12/07/2013 6:09:56 AM PST by raybbr (I weep over my sons' future in this Godforsaken country.)
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To: IbJensen

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3 posted on 12/07/2013 6:14:52 AM PST by griswold3 (Post-Christian America is living on borrowed moral heritage)
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To: raybbr

Then Hillary gets to be in the Cabinet again, if not a VP. Or Bill is made an ambassador.


4 posted on 12/07/2013 6:54:51 AM PST by tbw2
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To: griswold3

When I was recovering from my recent surgery I refused any pain medicine because I needed to know that my pain told me that I was injured and the natural subsidence of that pain was proof of my body healing.. Putting off the pain wasn’t healthy, but it chemically slowed the healing process..

I believe we as a country need to experience the financial pain of misguidance in our economy, to teach us the lessons of failure..


5 posted on 12/07/2013 7:02:18 AM PST by carlo3b (RUFFLE FEATHERS, and destroy their FEATHER NEST!)
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I hope you had a full and complete recovery from your surgery along with long term success.
Your belief that we could learn much from the painful consequences from our actions is healthy. But you forget who we’re dealing with. The arrested development crowd will never ever accept responsibility for their actions. For example, Obama is blaming Republicans for the failure of healthcare.gov. WTH? These types need scapegoats to blame, if not punish. My only question is when do they resort to violence towards those from whom they want revenge??


6 posted on 12/07/2013 8:04:24 AM PST by griswold3 (Post-Christian America is living on borrowed moral heritage)
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I voted for Forbes in the primaries. It is a crime that he was too geeky and not photogenic enough.


7 posted on 12/07/2013 8:05:17 AM PST by Leto
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Bill would make a great AMb-ass-a-door.

Send him to Zimbabwe.


8 posted on 12/07/2013 8:10:10 AM PST by IbJensen (Liberals are like Slinkies, good for nothing, but you smile as you push them down the stairs.)
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To: IbJensen

He was my candidate in both primaries he competed in. I even sent him $$$$$. He would have been a great president in the Reagan tradition. Sadly that empty suit W beat him with a bunch of low info voters. Oh well.


9 posted on 12/07/2013 8:16:47 AM PST by jpsb (Believe nothing until it has been officially denied)
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I agree. We, as a nation, were stupid enough to not only elect Zero twice, but we have elected presidents, senators, and representatives that have continued to vote for deficit spending. America’s fiscal chickens will come home to roost and the pain will be great.


10 posted on 12/07/2013 8:22:04 AM PST by rcofdayton (.)
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Inflation is the way nations pay for war. Forbes overlooks war as an inflation driver.


11 posted on 12/07/2013 8:41:23 AM PST by ex-snook (God is Love)
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“If that were true, how did the U.S. become the mightiest economy in the history of the world while running trade deficits for 350 of the past 400 years?”
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What the who? The declaration of indepence was signed two hundred and thirty seven years ago. Four hundred years ago was the year 1613. The United States of America was not even a glimmer in the eye of the ancestors of yet unborn George Washington but according to Steve Forbes we have been running a deficit for 350 of the past 400 years? Is there not even a concept of truth any longer? Don’t answer me with, “You know what he means.” I certainly DO NOT know what he means, I wonder if HE knows what he means.

Other than that disastrous line I think he is probably dead right in his views on inflation.


12 posted on 12/07/2013 9:37:52 AM PST by RipSawyer (The TREE currently falling on you actually IS worse than a Bush.)
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I am by far no spring chicken, or a cold turkey, but a old goat with the memory of an elephant.. (zoo analgesia notwithstanding)

I have lived through many threats to our Republic, through and including; FDR, TRUMAN, LBJ, NIXON, CARTER, BUSH I, CLINTON, and BUSH II, and I have always believed we were strong enough to survive these despots..

However, my faith was always based on evidence that our underlining strength lay in our collective memory of our foundation principles of, BY, FOR, AND, OF THE PEOPLE, and enough inter-generational guidance to pull us back from the brink..

Until this boomer generation, we lived with the elders that personally experienced hardships, and recoveries, war and remembrances, that reinforced our resolve to preserver..

This crop of parents have no such struggle to retreat to, for guidance, thus they look for the exit strategy, or a bailout.. Nor do they accept any responsibility for the problems, and there are fewer folks left to tell them the truth that they aren’t as special as they were told..


13 posted on 12/07/2013 9:39:37 AM PST by carlo3b (RUFFLE FEATHERS, and destroy their FEATHER NEST!)
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To: raybbr
I would not be surprised to find Hillary supporting Elizabeth Warren for pres.

As of Wednesday, Warren said she wasn't running. Source.

That could change, though, if Hillary looks vulnerable.

14 posted on 12/07/2013 9:46:47 AM PST by x
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“But you forget who we’re dealing with. The arrested development crowd will never ever accept responsibility for their actions.”
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A hearty AMEN to that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYGEC9fn7-w


15 posted on 12/07/2013 9:46:58 AM PST by RipSawyer (The TREE currently falling on you actually IS worse than a Bush.)
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Warren would get crushed by any Republican candidate in the debates...she is not even close to being ready as a candidate. JMHO.


16 posted on 12/07/2013 9:51:31 AM PST by oust the louse (The Democratic Party might as well be called the Death Party. Abortion & ObamaCare/death panels.)
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christie is being pushed by the hedonism wing of politicians and unelected staffers.


17 posted on 12/07/2013 9:54:11 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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The GOP needs to strongly go to bat for America jobs.

AMERICAN.

This is a very strong issue, and needs to be addressed.

America needs to build up America once again.

Just saying. China is getting strong enough, we need to bring our jobs back here.


18 posted on 12/07/2013 9:56:39 AM PST by Cringing Negativism Network
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

As soon as we start bringing the jobs back LA dissolves into a pile of radioactive rubble.

(Oh, well.)


19 posted on 12/07/2013 10:28:19 AM PST by IbJensen (Liberals are like Slinkies, good for nothing, but you smile as you push them down the stairs.)
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To: longtermmemmory

Christie needs one of those Walmart handicapped electric carts. You know: the ones all the fatasses roll around the aisles in before they crawl into their cars and drive away.


20 posted on 12/07/2013 10:29:31 AM PST by IbJensen (Liberals are like Slinkies, good for nothing, but you smile as you push them down the stairs.)
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