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ChinoCoug · 01-21-2010, 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Archaea

Which profession is de jour is just a phase. For a while, it was lawyers, then engineers, now it's economists. We'll learn and move on, as we see how often economists fail in their predictions. As far as I can tell, economists like lawyers to make or build anything.

Not all sociology is about class struggle. You must have read Marx and nobody else. It's about a lot of stuff which is very difficult to predict.

Are you asking me if I trust the Fed to do the right thing? Or to try? Maybe but what happens if they miscalculate? I don't believe it's as easy as stepping into a car and pushing the accelerator or hitting the breaks.

weren't you a philosophy major?

Archaea · 01-21-2010, 04:25 AM

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Originally Posted by ChinoCoug

weren't you a philosophy major?

I had several majors, almost reached dual major status and then upon becoming engaged jettisoned one. The philosophy major was relegated to my minor. But for marriage I would have been an eternal student. I never intended to graduate.

Tex · 01-25-2010, 06:42 PM

The stimulus plan is working out well:

Just saw a graphic on CNN while grabbing lunch saying 56% of Americans are opposed to Obama's proposed Stimulus Part II. You think it will matter to him? Me neither.

Cali Coug · 02-17-2010, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Tex

The stimulus plan is working out well:

Just saw a graphic on CNN while grabbing lunch saying 56% of Americans are opposed to Obama's proposed Stimulus Part II. You think it will matter to him? Me neither.

It sure is.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/17/bu...leonhardt.html

And here is how it has affected jobs:

MikeWaters · 02-17-2010, 04:41 PM

Jobs lost from the private sector to the public sector--that's a triumph for democrats, but it is not a triumph for this country.

Archaea · 02-17-2010, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Jobs lost from the private sector to the public sector--that's a triumph for democrats, but it is not a triumph for this country.

Government employees, especially those outside of the military, vote Democratic.

Strip the Republicans of their base by denuding the private sector of jobs.

ChinoCoug · 02-17-2010, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Tex

The stimulus plan is working out well:

Just saw a graphic on CNN while grabbing lunch saying 56% of Americans are opposed to Obama's proposed Stimulus Part II. You think it will matter to him? Me neither.

Uh...do you know what "exiting the labor force" means? It doesn't means they lost their jobs involuntarily. "Not in labor force" means they're not looking for work.

Cali Coug · 02-17-2010, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Jobs lost from the private sector to the public sector--that's a triumph for democrats, but it is not a triumph for this country.

Where do you get that these are now newly-created government jobs? Link?

MikeWaters · 02-17-2010, 08:13 PM

To me, any job that is paid for through government taxation and borrowing is a government job. Versus a private sector job that exists because there is an actual demand for it in the real world.

Adding jobs on the backs of our children. Nice work Obama.

01-25-2010, 06:42 PM	#113
Tex Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,596	The stimulus plan is working out well: Just saw a graphic on CNN while grabbing lunch saying 56% of Americans are opposed to Obama's proposed Stimulus Part II. You think it will matter to him? Me neither. __________________ "Have we been commanded not to call a prophet an insular racist? Link?" "And yes, [2010] is a very good year to be a Democrat. Perhaps the best year in decades ..." - Cali Coug "Oh dear, granny, what a long tail our puss has got." - Brigham Young

02-17-2010, 04:41 PM	#115
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Jobs lost from the private sector to the public sector--that's a triumph for democrats, but it is not a triumph for this country.

02-17-2010, 08:13 PM	#119
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	To me, any job that is paid for through government taxation and borrowing is a government job. Versus a private sector job that exists because there is an actual demand for it in the real world. Adding jobs on the backs of our children. Nice work Obama.