These two paragraphs pose a bit of a conundrum for you. You admit that the responsibility of the individual in providing for their standard of living is realitvely minimal compared to the business. Unfortuntaely such a system depends on said society being composed of some really altruistic people. In a nut shell a person's level of responsibility in your make believe world is rather minimals, yet it depends on at least some individuals to be motivated enough to not only provide for himself but a lot of other people. that sound realistic to you?
I'm sure you could post many articles. that's generally what people who believe something do. they seek out only the material that supports their position and ignore the rest. You have to know that there is a tradeoff. If you become more protectionist you will have inflation, which means there is a trade of between jobs and people's buying power relative to the value of our currency.
Yes, so you don't do too much protectionism so as not to cause too much inflation so you maintain a good economy. We can deal with all the things you worry about. And it is amazing that you Republicans seem to know so much about economics but you can't even put it together in your minds that your own party is the party that brought down the economy with their huge tax breaks for themselves while doubling up on spending. Add to that the illegals they hired and jobs they sent overseas.
You don't have to preach to us what will hurt an economy. You showed us for 8 years. We're done listening to Idiotanomics 101.
So what we don't do is let things continue the way they are because the way things are now is affecting the middle class. And again, the middle class is the creation of Democracy or Democratic Government. In a free market without regulations, the middle class will disappear. It is disappearing now, thanks to the GOP.
Now lets see if the Dems will save it, or will they continue on serving corporations over us. I doubt it. If they do, they'll lose. Dems don't have the luxury of getting the benefit of the doubt like the GOP got the last 8 years. Because the GOP are better at terrorism/war? HA!
Did you see the guy on the Daily Show? He wrote the book about how Petraius, behind Bush's back, paid the Sunni's to stop killing us. It was a great interview. I need to get the book.
Until you accept the cupibablity of everyone in this mess, INCLUDING DEMOCRATS like Carter and Frank there is little point conversing with you. I agree whole heartedly that if Bush wanted to cut taxes he shoulda reigned in spending. The problem with your Bush bashing and basically saying the last 8 years got it wrong which somehow inherently means Obama will get it right, is Obama is doing exactly the same thing, just tilting the scales a little more, less in favor of tax cuts and shit load of spending which last time I checked has never turned an economy around.
Really? Because it seems like that's exactly what Reagan did to become a God in your eyes. He spent his way out of his recession.
He also bailed out the Big 3. Don't forget that.
Obama is doing EXACTLY what Reagan did. So you should love it.
And no, he is not doing exactly what Bush did. Did he give Paulson & the banks $350 billion and then close his eyes while they stole it?
And excuse me, but Obama just uncovered a UBS scandal where the rich were avoiding paying taxes. So since we both agree that Dems and GOP love to spend, at least Obama is going to tax the rich so the entire tax burden doesn't fall on us and the debt. That alone makes Democrats much smarter than the GOP.
Plus, we don't spend as much as you guys do. Sure Obama has to spend, but he has to in order to get out of the hole Bush put him in.
Clinton gave Bush a surplus and Bush doubled the debt.
I bet Obama's end numbers will be better than Bush's. Every aspect of the economy will be better. Wages, unemployment, dow jones, housing, etc.