Krugman Advocates for DEATH & TAXES

[8537]

The U.S. has been heavily impacted by Progressive Policies for over a century.

and what a terrible century it's been! The creation of the middle class, a quintupling of real incomes, an end to child labor, the advent of workforce safety standards, a dramatic rise in productivity with an equal decline in per-unit pollutants, the greatest revolution food production since the advent of agriculture allowing 2% of the population to produce enough food to feed the other 98%, an extension in life expectancy, the invention of a wide range of medicines that improved both the quality of life and it's length...


Other than that, what good has possibly come?

 

[boedicca]

Uh. Shouldn't it be Grandpa's and his family's decision regarding what level of care he should be able to purchase?

 

[boedicca]

The U.S. has been heavily impacted by Progressive Policies for over a century.

and what a terrible century it's been! The creation of the middle class, a quintupling of real incomes, an end to child labor, the advent of workforce safety standards, a dramatic rise in productivity with an equal decline in per-unit pollutants, the greatest revolution food production since the advent of agriculture allowing 2% of the population to produce enough food to feed the other 98%, an extension in life expectancy, the invention of a wide range of medicines that improved both the quality of life and it's length...


Other than that, what good has possibly come?

Benefits that arise due to individuals struggling against the yoke of Keynesian Totalitarianism should not be credited to it.

 

[8537]

The U.S. has been heavily impacted by Progressive Policies for over a century.

and what a terrible century it's been! The creation of the middle class, a quintupling of real incomes, an end to child labor, the advent of workforce safety standards, a dramatic rise in productivity with an equal decline in per-unit pollutants, the greatest revolution food production since the advent of agriculture allowing 2% of the population to produce enough food to feed the other 98%, an extension in life expectancy, the invention of a wide range of medicines that improved both the quality of life and it's length...


Other than that, what good has possibly come?

Benefits that arise due to individuals struggling against the yoke of Keynesian Totalitarianism should not be credited to it.

"the yoke of Keynesian Totalitarianism"? Sweet. The radio has taught you well, young lady.

Workplace safety standards = government "Keynesian Totalitarianism"
Medical breakthroughs = funded in large part by government "Keynesian Totalitarianism"
End of child labor = government "Keynesian Totalitarianism"
Reduction in pollutants = government "Keynesian Totalitarianism"

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

Uh. Shouldn't it be Grandpa's and his family's decision regarding what level of care he should be able to purchase?

sure, if they had the money, but they don't. they all use that socialist medicare, after they hide grandpapa's assets.

fucking hypocrites. we've all seen people hide the assets of elderly so they can rape medicare.

 

[boedicca]

Nonsensical Number,

I don't listen to talk radio.

But it's quite clear you get your talking points quite regularly, and that you have absolutely no knowledge regarding the philosophy you promote.

 

[Sallow]

The U.S. has been heavily impacted by Progressive Policies for over a century.

and what a terrible century it's been! The creation of the middle class, a quintupling of real incomes, an end to child labor, the advent of workforce safety standards, a dramatic rise in productivity with an equal decline in per-unit pollutants, the greatest revolution food production since the advent of agriculture allowing 2% of the population to produce enough food to feed the other 98%, an extension in life expectancy, the invention of a wide range of medicines that improved both the quality of life and it's length...


Other than that, what good has possibly come?

Benefits that arise due to individuals struggling against the yoke of Keynesian Totalitarianism should not be credited to it.

Well the GI Bill is probably the single most important element that created the Middle Class in this country..and it would be roundly rejected by "indivdualist" Ayn Rand types.

 

[boedicca]

Compensation for Soldiers who served the country and gave up years of education or career progress is earned - not to be confused with welfare entitlements.

 

[8537]

Compensation for Soldiers who served the country and gave up years of education or career progress is earned - not to be confused with welfare entitlements.

The GI bill went far, far beyond providing compensation. It created a wide range of social welfare programs for returning GI's. It was the largest example of social engineering this nation has ever created, and it was not done simply to "benefit" soldiers in exchange for their efforts.

 

[Trajan]

You're in for a penny, you're in for a pound.

Eugenics is merely the natural destination of the kind of central authoritarian control it takes to bring about the Keynesian Utopia...Which explains why like the Roosevelts, neocon truds William Cohen and PNAC are attracted to eugenics as well.

yup, the sickly sweet smell of irony with a dollop of hypr=crasy on top, as his polio diagnosis and later crippling due tio such , (I mean how gauche a president on crutches or in a wheelchair all the time), should have put him and his sperm on the railroad to a underwear full of Zyklon B , but well, when you are one of the acolytes, you naturally get a pass.

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

Compensation for Soldiers who served the country and gave up years of education or career progress...

do you know who many of these soldiers are? most are better off for having joined. in the real world many would most likely have done worse without the free education and opportunity they get for serving.

until recently (911) many who served had a great deal. no action, no long wars, lots of boredom...

I say bring back the draft so we stop having this hiding behind a warrior class bullcrap.

veteran's benefits should be on the table. not all who serve for varying amounts of time deserve the same benefits. we all know lots of vets who abuse the system.

war time service deserves to be treated differently. we acknowledge this by paying more for hazardous duty.

 

[boedicca]

Compensation for Soldiers who served the country and gave up years of education or career progress is earned - not to be confused with welfare entitlements.

The GI bill went far, far beyond providing compensation. It created a wide range of social welfare programs for returning GI's. It was the largest example of social engineering this nation has ever created, and it was not done simply to "benefit" soldiers in exchange for their efforts.

It was originally much more limited than the broad program (largely due to Johnson's Great Society Vision) mangled at the hands of progressives.

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

and what a terrible century it's been! The creation of the middle class, a quintupling of real incomes, an end to child labor, the advent of workforce safety standards, a dramatic rise in productivity with an equal decline in per-unit pollutants, the greatest revolution food production since the advent of agriculture allowing 2% of the population to produce enough food to feed the other 98%, an extension in life expectancy, the invention of a wide range of medicines that improved both the quality of life and it's length...


Other than that, what good has possibly come?

Benefits that arise due to individuals struggling against the yoke of Keynesian Totalitarianism should not be credited to it.

Well the GI Bill is probably the single most important element that created the Middle Class in this country..and it would be roundly rejected by "indivdualist" Ayn Rand types.

The G.I. Bill was always a good deal. With education and housing loans G.I.'s get to take care of themselves.

Now we have lots of bums abusing the veteran's admin system. the advocates go to parks and shelters signing up every drug addict and drunk they can get.

 

[8537]

Compensation for Soldiers who served the country and gave up years of education or career progress is earned - not to be confused with welfare entitlements.

The GI bill went far, far beyond providing compensation. It created a wide range of social welfare programs for returning GI's. It was the largest example of social engineering this nation has ever created, and it was not done simply to "benefit" soldiers in exchange for their efforts.

It was originally much more limited than the broad program (largely due to Johnson's Great Society Vision) mangled at the hands of progressives.

Well, huh...

Long before LBJ it gave: Free college education, down payment assistance, low-interest subsidized/insured loans, access to health care, incentives to populate suburbia, job assistance....

What exactly was missing before LBJ?

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

The bill that President Roosevelt initially proposed was not as far reaching. The G.I. Bill was created to prevent a repetition of the Bonus March of 1932 and a relapse into the Great Depression after World War II ended.

An important provision of the G.I. Bill was low interest, zero down payment home loans for servicemen. This enabled millions of American families to move out of urban apartments and into suburban homes. Prior to the war the suburbs tended to be the homes of the wealthy and upper class.

G.I. Bill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Sallow]

Compensation for Soldiers who served the country and gave up years of education or career progress is earned - not to be confused with welfare entitlements.

It's socialism.

Pure and unadulterated..Socialism.

 

[boedicca]

The GI bill went far, far beyond providing compensation. It created a wide range of social welfare programs for returning GI's. It was the largest example of social engineering this nation has ever created, and it was not done simply to "benefit" soldiers in exchange for their efforts.

It was originally much more limited than the broad program (largely due to Johnson's Great Society Vision) mangled at the hands of progressives.

Well, huh...

Long before LBJ it gave: Free college education, down payment assistance, low-interest subsidized/insured loans, access to health care, incentives to populate suburbia, job assistance....

What exactly was missing before LBJ?

Benefits for peace time service, for one.

 

[daveman]

The Government's Prayer

Our Government in D.C.,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy nanny state come.
Thy mandate be done
on flyover country as it is in the coasts.
Give us this month our monthly check,
and audit us our trespasses,
as we file suit against those who trespass against us,
and lead us not into liberty,
but deliver us from ourselves.
For thine is the oligarchy,
and the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever.
Amen.

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

Compensation for Soldiers who served the country and gave up years of education or career progress is earned - not to be confused with welfare entitlements.

It's socialism.

Pure and unadulterated..Socialism.

yes it is. volunteers used to be called mercenaries. pay for war.

bring back the draft with a national service system.

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

Benefits for peace time service, for one.

we all know 'vietnam era' peace time vets who scam the veteran's admin system. we all know others since 'nam who scam the system.