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To: Alighieri who wrote (628781)9/20/2011 2:40:45 PM
From: i-node  Respond to of 1577056
 
>>>. Dude, that is clearly not true...as an example, if we agree that displaced workers need to be supported through extended unemployment periods and if we agree that there is work to be done in society, the two can meet to the benefit of both...

At the expense of future generations who have no say in the matter.

There is no greater moral injustice than intergenerational theft.



To: Alighieri who wrote (628781)9/20/2011 2:55:35 PM
From: Tenchusatsu2 Recommendations  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1577056
 
Al, > these stimuli are finite in dollars and timing and are meant to try to restore consumer confidence in an attempt to grease the demand engine...

Doesn't seem like it's working at its current levels.

Krugman and his followers want that increased by an order of magnitude, but the reckless fiscal policies that result from it will itself destroy consumer confidence. Witness the whole debt ceiling fiasco and the S&P downgrade which followed.

Liberal response: Blame it on the Tea Party.

My response: Get our fiscal house in order. That forms the foundation of consumer confidence.

Tenchusatsu