Bring on the pork ...

[MikeWaters]

wait, let me get this straight---two of the ways to best help the economy and make America more compeitive are to disincentivize working?

Awesome.

[Tex]

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.

[Cali Coug]

Originally Posted by Tex

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.

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.

[Cali Coug]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

wait, let me get this straight---two of the ways to best help the economy and make America more compeitive are to disincentivize working?

Awesome.

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.

[Tex]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

Least stimulating activity of those listed. And yes, they are.

Heh, ok.

[Cali Coug]

Originally Posted by Tex

Heh, ok.

I give you supporting data, you give me "heh, ok."

Head in the sand, Tex. Typical of you. Go seek out a rebuttal on Powerline.

[Cali Coug]

Originally Posted by Tex

Heh, ok.

This guy is concerned too.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/200...-have-wrought/

What does he know. He only has one Nobel Prize.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

This guy is concerned too.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/200...-have-wrought/

What does he know. He only has one Nobel Prize.

One wonders if he spent 20 seconds or 2 minutes on his analysis of job loss over the Senate bill cuts.

It's fascinating to listen to voodoo and have people talk with such assurance. The more sure a person is, in all this bullcrap, the more I know to ignore him/her.

[Tex]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

This guy is concerned too.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/200...-have-wrought/

What does he know. He only has one Nobel Prize.

Paul Krugman, heh. I was probably reading his columns before you knew how to spell his name. Once a decent economist, he took a hard left turn years ago, and that's how he landed his prized Nobel.

Thanks for citing him. Further underscores my opinion of your understanding of the economy.

[Cali Coug]

Originally Posted by Tex

Paul Krugman, heh. I was probably reading his columns before you knew how to spell his name. Once a decent economist, he took a hard left turn years ago, and that's how he landed his prized Nobel.

Thanks for citing him. Further underscores my opinion of your understanding of the economy.

More noise from Tex. Get back to me when you have something substantive in rebuttal. I gave you data from Moodys and from Krugman. You have given nothing in return. Surrender accepted. Move along, folks. Nothing to see here but Waters noting he only pays attention to people who are clueless on this topic and Tex demonstrating he is clueless on this topic. Act 2 almost has to involve Mike singing Tex's praise for knowing nothing.