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lsbskins1 · Jan 9, 2008, 10:49 pm

For all you people who are always touting economics 101, take a look at this perspective, and please explain how the rising tide has not lifed all boats if your theories are sacrosanct?

Barbara Ehrenreich: Recession -- Who Cares? - Politics on The Huffington Post

lsbskins1 · Jan 11, 2008, 11:37 pm

No bites from the conservatives out there explaining how this long lasting "healthy" economy has managed to somehow by-pass the majority? No true believers willing to explain how the numbers are being "cooked" by liberals? Nobody out there to crunch some actual numbers to show me how I have miscrunched or fail to grasp simple economics?

Compugasm · Jan 12, 2008, 05:14 am

Prices never go down, taxes never decrease, and money doesn't fall out of the sky. Donald Trump and Warren Buffet seem to be the only ones who know what to do, so I listen to them.

Nono · Jan 12, 2008, 06:55 am

Ibs wasn't asking who you listen to. She was asking for worshippers of Saint Milton Friedman to come forward and explain how it is they still adore his holiness when his entire theoretical edifice is shown time and again (by the numbers) to be built on bullshit.

Athena · Jan 12, 2008, 10:21 am

That was a nice beginning in explaining reality as it is, but it was very weak.

When we came out of the 1970 recession, the most obvious thing to most of us, was sky rocketing housing cost. Homeless was greatly increased as low paid workers with families to support, could not keep up with the cost of housing. Tjhe cost housing is so out of sight, many, many people live with no hope of ever owing their homes, knowing they will forever be exploited by employers and property managers.

My community has made a gallent attempt to correct the housing problem. Expeically Saint Vincient de Paul, a Catholic organization, should get a gold metal for providing so much decent housing for the poor, but the need can not be met with charity. We need real economic studies that give us a real picture of reality. We had this before Reagan's administration replaced research on poverty with research on welfare fraud.

During the Reagan administration there was a huge shift of wealth and power, and we need an economically honest writer to tell us the truth.

grandpa · Jan 12, 2008, 04:07 pm

Quote:

Quote by: Athena

That was a nice beginning in explaining reality as it
is, but it was very weak.
When we came out of the 1970 recession, the most
obvious thing to most of us, was sky rocketing housing
cost.

That's sometimes called the "haves versus the have-nots."

Grandpa h.

Jan 9, 2008, 10:49 pm	#1 (permalink) (top)
lsbskins1 Redskins Rule Location: South-Western Virginia Posts: 2,456	It's The Economy Stupid For all you people who are always touting economics 101, take a look at this perspective, and please explain how the rising tide has not lifed all boats if your theories are sacrosanct? Barbara Ehrenreich: Recession -- Who Cares? - Politics on The Huffington Post All I see when I look down, something jumpin' on the ground, Scratchin' dirt, cluckin' in the barnyard - Tell me, could that be you? John Kay

Jan 11, 2008, 11:37 pm	#2 (permalink) (top)
lsbskins1 Redskins Rule Location: South-Western Virginia Posts: 2,456	No bites from the conservatives out there explaining how this long lasting "healthy" economy has managed to somehow by-pass the majority? No true believers willing to explain how the numbers are being "cooked" by liberals? Nobody out there to crunch some actual numbers to show me how I have miscrunched or fail to grasp simple economics? All I see when I look down, something jumpin' on the ground, Scratchin' dirt, cluckin' in the barnyard - Tell me, could that be you? John Kay

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Compugasm Son of X51 Location: San Diego Posts: 3,739	Prices never go down, taxes never decrease, and money doesn't fall out of the sky. Donald Trump and Warren Buffet seem to be the only ones who know what to do, so I listen to them. I'd like to thank Charlie Hodge, bringing me scarves and water. Last edited by Compugasm; Jan 12, 2008 at 05:35 am.

Jan 12, 2008, 06:55 am	#4 (permalink) (top)
Nono Throbbing Member Location: Old Europe Posts: 6,977	Ibs wasn't asking who you listen to. She was asking for worshippers of Saint Milton Friedman to come forward and explain how it is they still adore his holiness when his entire theoretical edifice is shown time and again (by the numbers) to be built on bullshit. "I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything." -- Viscount Melbourne

Jan 12, 2008, 10:21 am	#5 (permalink) (top)
Athena Volcanic Erupter Location: Oregon Posts: 5,172	That was a nice beginning in explaining reality as it is, but it was very weak. When we came out of the 1970 recession, the most obvious thing to most of us, was sky rocketing housing cost. Homeless was greatly increased as low paid workers with families to support, could not keep up with the cost of housing. Tjhe cost housing is so out of sight, many, many people live with no hope of ever owing their homes, knowing they will forever be exploited by employers and property managers. My community has made a gallent attempt to correct the housing problem. Expeically Saint Vincient de Paul, a Catholic organization, should get a gold metal for providing so much decent housing for the poor, but the need can not be met with charity. We need real economic studies that give us a real picture of reality. We had this before Reagan's administration replaced research on poverty with research on welfare fraud. During the Reagan administration there was a huge shift of wealth and power, and we need an economically honest writer to tell us the truth.