[quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=briansd1][quote=captcha]It’s not like we were not warned 🙂
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Yep, I agree with Eugene. Paul Krugman and Robert Reich were pretty correct on their predictions and what needed to be done.[/quote]
Brian: You crack me up. Krugman has become more and more hysterical as time has passed (largely because he’s been shown to be more and more wrong as time has passed) and he’s largely nothing more than a Keynesian hack at this point, parroting on ad nauseum about the same failed policies.
The policies brought forth in the New Deal and continued under the Great Society are now exposed for what they are: unsustainable and unaffordable.
Same goes for the socialized/socialist Eurostate that emerged post-WWII.
We are heading for the rocks at flank speed and unless and until we come to grips with the massive cuts and changes that need to take place, this mess will grow ever worse. We can’t afford what we have now, the answer is most definitely NOT to spend more.[/quote]
Allan,
How do you think things would look if we had kept our jobs here, as opposed to sending them overseas? And how would things look if we hadn’t passed the tax cuts that obviously have NOT panned out as promised (where are those jobs the supposed “job creators” promised us, if only we’d cut their taxes)? How would things look if we hadn’t engaged in wars in countries where we don’t belong? How would things look if we made our corporations actually PAY for the benefits that they receive as a result of our political and economic stability, our infrastructure, our military, and our legal protections?
Just wondering…because I don’t blame the New Deal nearly as much as I blame the funneling of money to a tiny group of people at the top of the economic/power pyramid. They now have all the power to funnel money to themselves at an accelerated pace. This has decimated the finances and power of the largest portion of our population; and it’s the economic participation of this largest group — the critical mass — that is required to maintain a stable and healthy economy.
That’s not to say that some changes don’t need to be made on some levels, but to blame our “socialist policies” is a bit wrong-headed, IMHO.
