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The Economic ‘Stimulus’ (Thomas Sowell)
Jewish World Review ^
| January 6, 2009
| Thomas Sowell
Posted on 01/05/2009 6:05:01 PM PST by jazusamo
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posted on
01/05/2009 6:05:03 PM PST
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jazusamo
To: abigail2; Alia; Amalie; American Quilter; arthurus; awelliott; Bahbah; bamahead; Battle Axe; ...
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posted on
01/05/2009 6:06:39 PM PST
by
jazusamo
(But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
To: jazusamo
"Stimulus".. is what happens when you touch electrodes to a dead frog's leg.....
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posted on
01/05/2009 6:07:11 PM PST
by
xcamel
(The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
To: xcamel
Dead frog? Yup. It’s been boiled.
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posted on
01/05/2009 6:08:53 PM PST
by
sionnsar
(Iran Azadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY)|http://trad-anglican.faithweb.com/|RCongressIn2Years)
To: xcamel
And it looks like the 700 Bil will do about as much good.
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posted on
01/05/2009 6:15:24 PM PST
by
jazusamo
(But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
To: jazusamo
Just putting together an environmental impact report for something new to be built I imagine a large portion of the stimulus plan money will go into expert opinions and lawsuits regarding repairing the potholes.
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posted on
01/05/2009 6:16:32 PM PST
by
oldbrowser
(Break up the federal government.)
Comment #7 Removed by Moderator
To: jazusamo
Regardless of what President Bush or Secretary of the Treasury Paulson may have had in mind when they promoted this huge bailout package, with all due respect to these gentlemen what they had in mind will not matter in the slightest after January 20th. Sigh. Wish I could disagree. And in what should be a caricature of themselves (but sadly is not), they're already talking about $1.3 trillion-with-a-T grab. This has to be the greatest transfer of wealth in history.
To: The Bat Man
Yeah, and Batman would be his Justice Dept. Secretary!
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posted on
01/05/2009 6:19:10 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
(Don't rush to be savage!.)
Comment #10 Removed by Moderator
To: jazusamo
"Regardless of what President Bush or Secretary of the Treasury Paulson may have had in mind when they promoted this huge bailout package, with all due respect to these gentlemen what they had in mind will not matter in the slightest after January 20th"What they had in mind? They clearly had nothing in mind. Clearly Paulson and Bush were lying. They didn't buy out even one "troubled asset" with this TARP money, unless you consider a "troubled asset" to be a bank or labor union. They are just making this up as they go along, and were willing to say whatever they could to get a pile of money at the start of all of this to make it happen.
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posted on
01/05/2009 6:32:12 PM PST
by
KoRn
To: jazusamo
The inevitable effect will be Jeemy redux. We try for you Argentina!
To: jazusamo
Thanks for the ping of truth jaz.
Too much to say to bother. Dr. Sowell is correct as usual.
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posted on
01/05/2009 6:52:08 PM PST
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists, Call 'em what you will, they ALL have Fairies livin' in their Trees.)
To: the invisib1e hand
It DOES look like a bailout intended for the upcoming Administration to take credit for. Or is it a rope-a-dope? FDR and Ike enabled infrastructure programs that actually did help the country. This bind-less “gift” is more like handing the Democrats a Trojan Horse they can’t help but squander.
This would work if the Republicans had someone as canny as Attwater still minding strategy. Now there’s no one but wussies and outright betrayers. If this weren’t true the Republicans would have accomplished something (anything!) when they had total control for two years.
What’s that? A few good Supreme Court appointments? Zero may have three to choose. The Pubs dropped the ball by playing footsie. We need a third party to disrupt a status quo that’s contaminated our government.
To: The Bat Man
If America was a sane Republic, Thomas Sowell would be where Barry Whats-His-Name is. And I get sick all over again every time I remember that he's NOT.
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posted on
01/05/2009 8:01:29 PM PST
by
nina0113
(Hugh Akston is my hero.)
To: jazusamo
Excellent and refreshing contrast to that no talent @$$ clown Paul Krugman’s column.
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posted on
01/05/2009 10:11:38 PM PST
by
LifeComesFirst
(Until the unborn are free, nobody is free)
To: NewRomeTacitus
I have done some reading about the Depression and FDR (for example, John T. Flynn’s The Roosevelt Myth) and my understanding is that FDR’s government spending retarded the recovery, exacerbated unemployment and economic malaise, and crowded out private initiatives that would have been more productive. Certain individuals may have benefited from the government spending, but the lost opportunities were unseen, and certainly there was no improvement in the economic picture until the postwar boom.
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posted on
01/06/2009 3:27:22 AM PST
by
Old_Grouch
(61 and AARP-free)
To: jazusamo
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posted on
01/06/2009 5:32:58 AM PST
by
Travis McGee
(www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: jazusamo
Where are all the protestors?
The sodomites were able to take time off from sticking their penises into other men's recta to protest the passage of Proposition 8. Why is no one protesting this additional government spending?
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posted on
01/06/2009 7:34:40 AM PST
by
dbz77
To: nina0113
This is like watching an alcoholic destroy himself.
Every stupid decision you see him make is one step closer to him hitting bottom and get on the road to recovery... or one step closer to his death.
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posted on
01/06/2009 7:44:11 AM PST
by
MrB
(The 0bamanation: Marxism, Infanticide, Appeasement, Depression, Thuggery, and Censorship)
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