Political Rant Thread

[sneakerd]

Don't worry about ColoradoLuckyDog, he's like Dirty Harry- he hates everybody!!

[CrufflerSteve]

One problem could be that certain economic policies are in favor right now, extremely so for Republicans, largely the same for mainstream Democraps. They are regarded as true but suppose they are snake oil?

I started reading widely in some of these areas after 2008. I'd watched my 401K diminish over the years. I hadn't paid much attention so I had it all in tech stocks in 2000 and all in mutual funds in 2008. i put in a lot to have a little.

Here's one interesting book: http://www.amazon.com/ECONned-Unenli...3949691&sr=8-1

A big part of the book is devoted to showing that all theories of economics are not a science, at best a soft science. The move to mathematical models made economists feel more professions but the models were crap. They had to omit too much or make too many ultimately false assumptions.

The author, Yves Smith, has a site Naked Capitalism: http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/ She might be seen as a bit lefty but a lot of her beliefs are that both parties are rotten and the connected businessmen who own them are worse.

When it comes debating here we tend to cite beliefs as facts which makes for lousy arguments.

Steve

[sneakerd]

Step#1 Reduce the corporate tax rates in order to entice corporations to bring the jobs BACK. The reason corporations take their jobs out of the United States is the fact that we have 2nd highest corporate tax rate in the world. If I was the owner of a corporation I would try to find the best deal for the furtherance of company growth, i.e reduction in the cost of doing business while putting out a quality widget. I will take my corporation where-ever the lowest tax rates can be had. It's just good business.

[sneakerd]

Step#2 Defund ALL gov't subsidized lobbying organizations- starting with La Raza, and including PBS. Let them live or die in the free market.

[flan7211]

Step#1 Reduce the corporate tax rates in order to entice corporations to bring the jobs BACK. The reason corporations take their jobs out of the United States is the fact that we have 2nd highest corporate tax rate in the world. If I was the owner of a corporation I would try to find the best deal for the furtherance of company growth, i.e reduction in the cost of doing business while putting out a quality widget. I will take my corporation where-ever the lowest tax rates can be had. It's just good business.

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
Thomas Jefferson

I agree that we should lower tax rates but let's think something through. Congress is established to deal with common goods not particular ones. If we allow business to ship jobs overseas, pay little in local, state and federal taxes when they do leave and then turn around and sell their crap in the US I call bull. Business is a particular interest and should be dealt with as such. Our economy, defense, and general welfare shouldn't be held hostage because some jackass at any company can make a bigger buck in another nation. Yes government needs to get off the backs of business but it's about time business stood firm for their own country not the global market place.

[sneakerd]

Corporations and/or any privately owned business should and does stand only for ITSELF. It's the only way to grow the business. If it "stands" for the country OR the global market place it will be sucked dry and tossed aside like an apple core.

[sneakerd]

Step#3 Re-open the Gulf of Mexico and resume drilling full power NOW. Open Anwar and other oil-rich coastal areas and drill baby drill! At the same time institute tough new safety regs and independent inspections.
Instant jobs and instant steady reduction in the price of all types of oil-based energy.

[Mtn.man]

Davy Crockett.

[nynco]

I agree with Flan.

[sneakerd]

George S. Patton