[clue-talk] The stimulus bill

[Dave Maddox]

I ran into someone whose business was tanking and he saw the road ahead, 
so since he's one of the more experienced generation, he's looking into 
signing up for Social Security. I'm not sure if I want to say 
rearranging the deck chairs in the Titanic, rats leaving a sinking ship, 
or all the passengers rushing to one side and tipping it over. Something 
nautical, apparently.

I hear there are a bunch of people who know about economics in Davos 
noshing and chatting. They might know something, or have some ideas. And 
word on the street (European press) says they are talking about us - a 
lot. I know we sent someone, and apparently Obama knows her which I 
guess is good. I hope she wears a name tag when she's there, though, 
meeting the heads of Germany, China, Russia...

Is this going to be like when we went it alone with Iraq, only in 
economics? Do we really know it all? Or are we just waiting for the UN 
Global Economic Council to take over (Chancellor Merkel's suggestion)?

Dave

Jed S. Baer a écrit :
> On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:41:34 -0700
> David Rudder wrote:
>
>   
>>> If you believe this porkapalooza will help our economy, hit the big X
>>> button now.
>>>       
>> If you have to warn people that they won't like your email, you should
>> probably reconsider sending it.
>>     
>
> PPPhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhttthhhhhhhhppppppphhttttttttt! :-)
>
> This bloated, putrescent excretion of a bill is the last thing this
> country needs from the ass-end of the Leviathan on the hill.
>
> Just how long do the lefties think the government can continue to just
> tax/borrow and spend, without driving business either overseas (as we
> have already seen happening) or out of business altogether? Just how much
> more debt do the lefties think future generations of Americans can handle?
>
> A real stimulus plan would be very easy to come up with. And it wouldn't
> have additional funding for stop-smoking campaigns (for example, and by
> the way, how does that stimulate the economy, exactly) and contraceptive
> education. Oh, BTW, please cite the section of the U.S. Constitution
> providing the federal govt. with power to legislate in these areas. But I
> digress. Simple plan: cut corporate and personal income taxes, cut
> capital gains taxes. Phase out agricultural subsidies. Phase out tarrifs.
> Enact a 10-year moratorium on new regulations and and any changes which
> would make existing regulations more strict. And then start taking the axe
> to all the damn federal programs for which there is no Constitutional
> authority.
>
> But above all, quit rewarding failure by subsidizing it.
>
> jed
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