Bank of Canada Governor says US economy will never recover.

[piece-itpete]

Originally Posted by David Newman

Don't kill the dictator, he is a wise and compassionate god king with a giant head. Killing him could cause a gigantic earthquake that could destroy the world. And with the god king reference, I think I need to watch 300 again.

LOL! Excellent.

Pete

[noonereal]

Originally Posted by David Newman

Do I have dictator like control?

Job bank providing unlimited 8-9.00/hr jobs for anyone who wants to work.

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At $8 I think most folks would wisely choose to search for a better job.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by noonereal

At $8 I think most folks would wisely choose to search for a better job.

You couldn't afford to buy bird seed for a cuckoo clock at 8 bucks an hour even here in Bugtussell, I can only imagine how worthless it would by in NY.

Chas

[Oerets]

Originally Posted by Charles

You couldn't afford to buy bird seed for a cuckoo clock at 8 bucks an hour even here in Bugtussell, I can only imagine how worthless it would by in NY.

Chas

If you figure in Food stamps and Medicaid that they would surely qualify for at this pay-scale is not the Government subsidizing the employer?




Barney

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Oerets

If you figure in Food stamps and Medicaid that they would surely qualify for at this pay-scale is not the Government subsidizing the employer?




Barney

Dave

[Charles]

Originally Posted by Oerets

If you figure in Food stamps and Medicaid that they would surely qualify for at this pay-scale is not the Government subsidizing the employer?




Barney

Point well taken.

I'd be better off if my wife and myself went on relief, claimed SSDI, and worked part time. I've got a construction business which has survived for 20 years and she's a registered nurse.

Whenever it reaches the point that folks such as ourselves would be better of on relief, who should we blame? Ourselves???

We can't have the whole nation sitting on it's ass waiting for the end of the month. Some motherfucker has to grow the beans.

Forget the Austrian School, Keyenesiam, or any of those other economic theories...if you ain't got no beans to eat, you're gonna starve to death.

Some motherfucker has to go to work.

And we're paying people NOT to work.

Chas

[David Newman]

Originally Posted by Charles

You couldn't afford to buy bird seed for a cuckoo clock at 8 bucks an hour even here in Bugtussell, I can only imagine how worthless it would by in NY.

Chas

The number has to be low enough not to pull jobs away from the private sector while high enough to get people interested. It's been phenomenally successful in Argentina and India and there is no doubt there is a number that would make it successful, here.

[David Newman]

Originally Posted by Charles

Point well taken.

I'd be better off if my wife and myself went on relief, claimed SSDI, and worked part time. I've got a construction business which has survived for 20 years and she's a registered nurse.

Whenever it reaches the point that folks such as ourselves would be better of on relief, who should we blame? Ourselves???

We can't have the whole nation sitting on it's ass waiting for the end of the month. Some motherfucker has to grow the beans.

Forget the Austrian School, Keyenesiam, or any of those other economic theories...if you ain't got no beans to eat, you're gonna starve to death.

Some motherfucker has to go to work.

And we're paying people NOT to work.

Chas

The whole idea here is that with the job bank, you are making people more employable in the private sector, giving them some income, and best of all, they are contributing to making something or performing a service not just collecting a check for not working.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by David Newman

The whole idea here is that with the job bank, you are making people more employable in the private sector, giving them some income, and best of all, they are contributing to making something or performing a service not just collecting a check for not working.

Kind of sounds like the old Soviet Union, where people pretend to work and the government pretends to pay them.

I do agree with you on healthcare. If the government were to ACTUALLY reform it and create single payer, thus relieving the burden from private business, this would do more to create jobs than anything.

But that's not gonna happen because the only people who can change it have it made in the shade, and I'll guarantee you that those bastards aren't about to vote against THEIR best interests.

Chas

[David Newman]

The only thing that really creates jobs is enough demand in the market. If there is no demand to fill, businesses will not hire.