"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
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"Frogwatch" wrote in message
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On Nov 6, 4:06 pm, jps wrote:
On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:06:44 -0800, "nom=de=plume"

wrote:
Thus, things are moving in the right direction. Job numbers take time to
reverse.

NY Times did a good set of graphics on the state of unemployment. Even
the simps should be able to comprehend...

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...economy/unempl...

Only an Obama voter could think that punishing small business, (the
part of the economy that always starts to hire first at the end of a
recession) with an 8% tax for not offering health insurance to
employees will encourage them to hire. Morons, this will encourage
small business to lay people off AND encourage other small businesses
to get by without getting bigger. Why grow if the penalty for growth
is an 8% tax and endless health insurance paperwork. It will also
keep people from even wanting to start their own businesses.
The "stimulus" offered by Bush was supposed to be used to buy "toxic
mortgages" but was instead funelled to Obama cronies with nearly no
such mortgages bought, they are still on the books. Now, Barney Frank
wants to force the insurance industry to use similar low standards to
force them to sell insurance to bad risks, a guarantee the insurance
companies will collapse.


Reply: Nice rant, but has very little to do with reality.

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Nom=de=Plume


Actually has a lot to do with reality and history. When I was a kid, there
were ushers at the movie theater. Most of those went away when the minimum
wage was implemented. All those jobs the kids did starting out and learning
how to be a worker disappeared. Raise the cost of business too much, and
the business will disappear. Just like in California. Raise the sales tax
to 9.75%. Probably a boom in internet sales. People like me that were
planing a trip anyway, replaced the tires in another state. Saved 4.5% on
$800. Wife said too bad we were not planing a trip to Oregon. Want a nice
paint job on your car? Take it out of state. Body shops can only use water
based color paints now. But the home painter without a spray booth and
filters can use the good paint.