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On Fri, 5 Aug 2011 08:59:32 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:
"X - Man" wrote in message ... You right-wing circle jerkers wouldn't know "well-reasoned" from "well-seasoned." You and several of your fellow low IQ righties don't have the brain power to discern what is well-reasoned and what isn't. Most of you barely got out of high school. You, Ingersoll, Canuckles, your buddy the ID spoofer, et cetera, are the best argument against social promotions. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Insults aside, there aren't any Ivy League college grads running around with much of a clue about what to do either, including our wonderful "leaders" in Congress. Actually, there are. I agree that the leaders in Congress willfully don't know, however (both sides). Sometimes common sense serves better than college courses/degrees on economics, especially when all the traditional rules have changed. Actually, no. It's a combination. No solution can be either pure theory or pure common sense. Hate to say it, but there is no simple solution. The revised cry for "Jobs, Jobs, Jobs" in DC are meaningless. There aren't any. Any jobs created will be federally funded or subsidized "make work" programs but there's no money to pay for them. There are some very simple solutions to the jobs crisis, but they will take actual cooperation from both sides. Make work programs actually work, but they will not work forever. One very obvious and not common sense solution is to spend Federal money NOW. Yes, we have a long-term debt issue, and no, the current deal doesn't really address it. We need to forget about the debt and spend money to boost the economy. Then, when the situation actually does improve (not just start to improve), then ratchet back on the spending and address the debt. The real problem is not being addressed. The real solutions are not very popular to many. Some of the TeaBagger's views unfortunately have some merit. The USA cannot compete in a global economy like it did since the end of WWII. Our economic growth was based on internal competition among companies within the USA, giving rise to artificially high pay and benefit packages when compared to the rest of the industrialized world. The rise of countries like China as a major manufacturing country has changed all that. Not really. Their "solution" is to eviscerate all the programs that people rely on daily, to cut programs without much regard to merit, and do stupid **** like end the Fed. A weak dollar is both a blessing and a curse, and anyone with some econ understanding knows that. Additionally, they are opposed to any and all taxes. That's nonsense and doesn't reflect even very recent historical facts. Expecting USA based companies to invest in manufacturing facilities in the USA is a fairy tale. Isn't going to happen as long as they have to compete with the manufacturing costs overseas. Demands that "Big Corporations" pay their fair share of taxes sounds good and is justified but collection of those taxes is a pimple on an elephants ass compared to the revenues required to pay USA debt, let alone finance "make work" programs. Right now 60 percent of Americans receive more federal money and benefits than they pay in taxes. 50 percent of Americans don't pay taxes at all and both those percentage numbers are rising. It's not. It's called gov't incentives (carrot and stick) to make it happen. The canard about 50% not paying taxes is just that.. a canard. Everyone (or nearly so) pays tax in some form. If you're talking about income tax, the tax structure is such that those at the low end and/or those with deductions pay reduced taxes. The right-wing nonsense about this is staggering.. as those they people are somehow cheating, when those at the very high end also pay little or no taxes, mostly due to other tools/schemes. We may have no choice but to go back to basics. Entitlements will have to be scaled back as will defense spending, foreign aid and all other federal spending programs. Families will have to go back to taking care of each other and pooling resources. Many in Europe and Asia have been doing that for years. Entitlements are an issue, but they don't need to be scaled back in any kind of drastic way. Fraud needs to be addressed (Tom Coburn's pet issue at the last economic summit), and there is certainly some waste that can be addressed. Military spending needs to be reduced and rethought, much as Robert Gates tried to do. I'm not sure what you're talking about with "families taking care of each other." That's been going on and continues to go on, esp. in a weak economy. When the Chinese worker begins to realize that he/she is working for a fraction of the compensation paid elsewhere in the world and begins to revolt things may start to change. As it does, an American worker who used to receive the equivalent of $50 to $90 per hour in pay and benefits is going to have to adjust to living on half of that. The $300K house he/she lives in is going to be worth $150K . I don't think we can make our economy dependent upon what the Chinese worker thinks or does. Most American workers (I'm guessing you mean union/blue-collar) are no longer making $50-$90/hr. The $300K house has already lost much of the value already. Sorry to sound so dismal, but that's how I see it. Eisboch I don't think it's so "dismal". I think we've got our work cut out for us, but I see nothing that prevents us from acting rationally. |
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On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 08:27:15 -0400, X - Man
wrote: On 8/5/11 8:12 AM, BeachBum wrote: Why? To fit her brain, of course. These are her last 7 well *reasoned* posts. You right-wing circle jerkers wouldn't know "well-reasoned" from "well-seasoned." You and several of your fellow low IQ righties don't have the brain power to discern what is well-reasoned and what isn't. Most of you barely got out of high school. You, Ingersoll, Canuckles, your buddy the ID spoofer, et cetera, are the best argument against social promotions. Fortunately, I didn't see the others. Are you actually claiming he and his buddies have a discernable IQ? I didn't realize the test went so low. |
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On 8/5/2011 12:59 PM, X - Man wrote:
On 8/5/11 12:51 PM, wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 08:27:15 -0400, X - wrote: On 8/5/11 8:12 AM, BeachBum wrote: Why? To fit her brain, of course. These are her last 7 well *reasoned* posts. You right-wing circle jerkers wouldn't know "well-reasoned" from "well-seasoned." You and several of your fellow low IQ righties don't have the brain power to discern what is well-reasoned and what isn't. Most of you barely got out of high school. You, Ingersoll, Canuckles, your buddy the ID spoofer, et cetera, are the best argument against social promotions. Fortunately, I didn't see the others. Are you actually claiming he and his buddies have a discernable IQ? I didn't realize the test went so low. The scale was lowered by 20 points recently to accommodate the diminished mental abilities of teabaggers. I'm such a snob - I judge those whose native language is English by their ability to use English. If they write like morons, I assume they are. I'm very friendly with a local family of Mexicans who run a nice restaurant, several of them, actually. Though English is their second language, all of them speak it better than these bozos write it. Actually, we practice our Spanish with them, and they're always willing to help us with an unknown word or idiomatic phrase. Those 5 years of remedial reading classes post HS is what brought you up to speed, Mr. Magoo. Then you'll be happy to know that 1/2 of Orlando's Jazz format radio stations went to Hispanic music, just last week. Ole Ole. |
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On 8/5/2011 12:49 PM, X - Man wrote:
On 8/5/11 12:45 PM, wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 08:12:24 -0400, BeachBum"not a wrote: Why? To fit her brain, of course. These are her last 7 well *reasoned* posts. "You have no brain, along with your butt buddy LG. I didn't know you were talking about ancient history. If that was all bad, why didn't your Democrats change it when they had the chance? You want it to though. You've said as much. You're a no-nothing loser. They're not mutually exclusive What a load of crap. The "safe" route huh... the moronic route is more accurate. Good grief! You can't get much dumber than a little turd, but you've succeeded!" And her final gem------------- "Well, I'm sure your oracle-like traits are just kicking in. So, how are you going to cash in your $30K wealth? Perhaps illegally melt down the quarters? I'm still waiting for your reasoned response. How are you planning on separating the silver from the copper in that case? To whom do you expect to sell your quarters if not? Are you going to try and buy a car in quarters? No, I don't expect any reasoned response." *P-L-O-N-K* I stopped feeding the troll. BeachBum is a troll. Careful WAFA, or I'll use my powerful PLONK tool on you too. Funny. Nearly all the labels you put on people fit you to a T. But I do admit to trolling you now and again, with a 99.9% success rate. |
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In article om, "not a
says... On 8/5/2011 12:49 PM, X - Man wrote: On 8/5/11 12:45 PM, wrote: On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 08:12:24 -0400, BeachBum"not a wrote: Why? To fit her brain, of course. These are her last 7 well *reasoned* posts. "You have no brain, along with your butt buddy LG. I didn't know you were talking about ancient history. If that was all bad, why didn't your Democrats change it when they had the chance? You want it to though. You've said as much. You're a no-nothing loser. They're not mutually exclusive What a load of crap. The "safe" route huh... the moronic route is more accurate. Good grief! You can't get much dumber than a little turd, but you've succeeded!" And her final gem------------- "Well, I'm sure your oracle-like traits are just kicking in. So, how are you going to cash in your $30K wealth? Perhaps illegally melt down the quarters? I'm still waiting for your reasoned response. How are you planning on separating the silver from the copper in that case? To whom do you expect to sell your quarters if not? Are you going to try and buy a car in quarters? No, I don't expect any reasoned response." *P-L-O-N-K* I stopped feeding the troll. BeachBum is a troll. Careful WAFA, or I'll use my powerful PLONK tool on you too. Funny. Nearly all the labels you put on people fit you to a T. But I do admit to trolling you now and again, with a 99.9% success rate. Bull****. Do you think I still talk about loogy and Tosk just because I am trolling for them to see if they are still paying attention to me? NO. I talk about them because they are on my mind all of the time. They both scared me so bad I ****ed my pants. |
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On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:45:41 -0400, wrote:
I stopped feeding the troll. === Good plan. |
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