02-07-2009, 04:10 PM | #51 |
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wait, let me get this straight---two of the ways to best help the economy and make America more compeitive are to disincentivize working?
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02-07-2009, 04:25 PM | #52 |
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The idea that tax cuts are the least stimulating economic action is such a non starter it's not even worth discussing. It's like Cali just stepped right out of 1979.
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Least stimulating activity of those listed. And yes, they are. It isn't worth discussing for you, I will agree with that, as the discussion will only embarrass you further.
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You guys are having a really hard time focusing on the topic, aren't you? Whether or not an activity makes America "more competitive" or whether or not it "incentivizes working" aren't particularly relevant to whether or not they stimulate the economy. If you want pure economic stimulus (Tex indicated he did on page 1 of this thread), then there are plenty of options available that have nothing to do with tax cuts and which are far more efficient than tax cuts. If you have concerns with the types of spending listed in my previous post for reasons unrelated to their efficiency in stimulating the economy, that is a different debate altogether.
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02-07-2009, 11:10 PM | #55 |
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Heh, ok.
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02-08-2009, 03:18 AM | #57 |
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This guy is concerned too.
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/200...-have-wrought/ What does he know. He only has one Nobel Prize. |
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Thanks for citing him. Further underscores my opinion of your understanding of the economy.
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