How to screw up an economy

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Ever heard of FDR?

Different time.

Take a look on road building/paving. See how many people are employed.
Also at that time we made every shit... When we spent we put our industries
to work not China and the profits were reinvested in the US.

This is the time of the International Capitalists.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Different time.

Take a look on road building/paving. See how many people are employed.
Also at that time we made every shit... When we spent we put our industries
to work not China and the profits were reinvested in the US.

This is the time of the International Capitalists.

We should build guillotines.

[MrPots]

Originally Posted by bobabode

The question is where to reduce, the MIC would be my first choice and spend the 'peace dividend' on infrastructure. Call me old fashioned.

Originally Posted by dondilion

We should build guillotines.

I concur.

I'd like a bumper sticker with a guillotine and the words "The French solution"

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by MrPots

I concur.

I'd like a bumper sticker with a guillotine and the words "The French solution"

Subtitled, "Your money or your life!"

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

The Democrats extended Bush's tax cuts.

Pete

Yeah, The pussies did, and I hate every one of them that voted to do that.

[whell]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

If only that were true, but it's not.

What we need to get out of this mess is a massive dose of government spending, at all levels of government.

Um, in the event you missed the article, that IS what we've been doing since 2009, in spades. You not only want the car in the ditch covered with gas, you want a whole parking lot full of cars in the ditch.

[whell]

Originally Posted by bobabode

The question is where to reduce, the MIC would be my first choice and spend the 'peace dividend' on infrastructure. Call me old fashioned.

Chucky Hagel is on the case! (Now why doesn't that inspire even a bit of confidence?)

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Are you serious?

Originally Posted by JJIII

I'm serious as a heart attack.

It's obvious we need to government to step up and start creating jobs.

The Private sector is failing miserably at it.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by whell

Chucky Hagel is on the case! (Now why doesn't that inspire a bit of confidence?)

Sorry Mikey but the SecDef is one of yours pal.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by whell

Um, in the event you missed the article, that IS what we've been doing since 2009, in spades. You not only want the car in the ditch covered with gas, you want a whole parking lot full of cars in the ditch.

Funny how your timeline starts in '09 while ignoring the previous 8 years Whell .