Not a good day for economic news...

[whell]

Define "real" American.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by whell

Define "real" American.

As used in that inimitable fashion by Rush and his ilk. I must've forgot this Nope I didn't on further check.
You aren't that humorless are you?

[HatchetJack]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Hey Jack! Nice turn of a phrase! Bring Sandy back with you next time! Ya coot..

Have not Seen Sandy around much, not sure what thread he hangs out in?
I do recall seeing him bitching about facebook over there somewhere.
Facebook sux that's for sure.

[bobabode]

No argument here, I usually add a more descriptive expletive to the name. F**Kface Book sounds a lot better since that stock offering, if you can call it stock.

[noonereal]

Originally Posted by whell

LOL. You and I will never agree on much of anything

He does not hit it off with you as I do Whell?

[noonereal]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

Taxes should not go up yet for the middle class,

D-Ray

Why?

This is a fallacy. If you are working you can put in a little more weather you are rich or middle class.



Now, it does not hurt the economy to not raise taxes on the middle class as it does the upper class.

The middle class will at least pump it right back into the economy but if we redistributed it to putting the poor to work we would be solving some of the problems.

[painter]

Originally Posted by whell

This strikes me as a "living in the past" strategy. Who's going to do all of this infrastructure-building? The unemployed today are largely made up of everyone from home builders to retail middle managers to computer techies to office/clerical workers. 75 years ago when Roosevelt ordered up the likes of the WPA, there were a plethora of workers who were skilled, at least minimally and many were quite skilled, in labor, construction, carpentry, etc. Today, those skills are a bit harder to come by in today's workforce. Not to mention that many of today's workers are averse to getting their hands dirty. Also, the composition of today's workforce is majority female.

So, whose gonna do all this building? I suspect we'd have to import labor to do the type of massive labor infusion / government payroll spending to get the the WPA levels of the 1930's. It's not meant to be an antagonistic question, but rather a "real" assessment of today's labor force versus "yester-year."

http://www.alternet.org/economy/1522..._not_to_blame/

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by HatchetJack

Have not Seen Sandy around much, not sure what thread he hangs out in?
I do recall seeing him bitching about facebook over there somewhere.
Facebook sux that's for sure.

Back Alley Pub and, sometimes, the Tube Forum.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by whell

I love how some editorial writers post their own views by starting that their views are "what most Americans think"....

Or as the Fox crew puts it, "....some people say.....".

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by whell

I love how some editorial writers post their own views by starting that their views are "what most Americans think"....

Which only assumes that most Americans think, and I have seen little evidence of that.