Government plan to be announced this week

[DWCAP]

I read an article somewhere (cnn?) that said the whole problem right now is that Americans are saving too much. You heard that right, apparently the problem is that the world economy cant run when America has a 3% savings rate.

The idea was that we need to start spending more and more again, and then when “things get better, go back to saving more.” How things are gonna stay better when Americans start saving again they dont really go into, but it sure sounds good.

I think this is the kinda BS advice big government is getting.

[SD Realtor]

DW I read the same article. I think the article was stating something like the December stats were 2.9% and that was the highest savings rate in a long long time. Then the article went on to state that this is one of the problems with getting out of the recession or depression or whatever you want to call this mess. That the consumer has to spend! Yay let’s all spend!!

[SD Realtor]

DW I read the same article. I think the article was stating something like the December stats were 2.9% and that was the highest savings rate in a long long time. Then the article went on to state that this is one of the problems with getting out of the recession or depression or whatever you want to call this mess. That the consumer has to spend! Yay let’s all spend!!

[SD Realtor]

DW I read the same article. I think the article was stating something like the December stats were 2.9% and that was the highest savings rate in a long long time. Then the article went on to state that this is one of the problems with getting out of the recession or depression or whatever you want to call this mess. That the consumer has to spend! Yay let’s all spend!!

[SD Realtor]

DW I read the same article. I think the article was stating something like the December stats were 2.9% and that was the highest savings rate in a long long time. Then the article went on to state that this is one of the problems with getting out of the recession or depression or whatever you want to call this mess. That the consumer has to spend! Yay let’s all spend!!

[SD Realtor]

DW I read the same article. I think the article was stating something like the December stats were 2.9% and that was the highest savings rate in a long long time. Then the article went on to state that this is one of the problems with getting out of the recession or depression or whatever you want to call this mess. That the consumer has to spend! Yay let’s all spend!!

[EconProf]

We are witnessing patterns in the Obama Presidency thus far in which political expedience trumps all, hypocrisy runs rampant, and the share of government in our lives ratchets up on a permanent basis.
The campaign promises of ending politics as usual and reaching out to the other side consisted of having Pelosi and Reid write the 3/4 trillon dollar spending spree and ram it into law with little debate.
Having people take personal responsibility consists of bailing out FB’s, and, from the Treasury Secretary’s upcoming announcement, bailing out those who might be on the verge of missing payments. Personal responsibility also means appointing tax dodgers.
The bare-knuckle tactic of politicizing the Census Bureau, increasing funding for ACORN, and raising the % of the population who pay no income taxes (thus lessening resistance to tax hikes) are all aimed at solidifying big government in the long run.
Americans are just beginning to wake up to what hit them, but the damage is done.

[EconProf]

We are witnessing patterns in the Obama Presidency thus far in which political expedience trumps all, hypocrisy runs rampant, and the share of government in our lives ratchets up on a permanent basis.
The campaign promises of ending politics as usual and reaching out to the other side consisted of having Pelosi and Reid write the 3/4 trillon dollar spending spree and ram it into law with little debate.
Having people take personal responsibility consists of bailing out FB’s, and, from the Treasury Secretary’s upcoming announcement, bailing out those who might be on the verge of missing payments. Personal responsibility also means appointing tax dodgers.
The bare-knuckle tactic of politicizing the Census Bureau, increasing funding for ACORN, and raising the % of the population who pay no income taxes (thus lessening resistance to tax hikes) are all aimed at solidifying big government in the long run.
Americans are just beginning to wake up to what hit them, but the damage is done.

[EconProf]

We are witnessing patterns in the Obama Presidency thus far in which political expedience trumps all, hypocrisy runs rampant, and the share of government in our lives ratchets up on a permanent basis.
The campaign promises of ending politics as usual and reaching out to the other side consisted of having Pelosi and Reid write the 3/4 trillon dollar spending spree and ram it into law with little debate.
Having people take personal responsibility consists of bailing out FB’s, and, from the Treasury Secretary’s upcoming announcement, bailing out those who might be on the verge of missing payments. Personal responsibility also means appointing tax dodgers.
The bare-knuckle tactic of politicizing the Census Bureau, increasing funding for ACORN, and raising the % of the population who pay no income taxes (thus lessening resistance to tax hikes) are all aimed at solidifying big government in the long run.
Americans are just beginning to wake up to what hit them, but the damage is done.

[EconProf]

We are witnessing patterns in the Obama Presidency thus far in which political expedience trumps all, hypocrisy runs rampant, and the share of government in our lives ratchets up on a permanent basis.
The campaign promises of ending politics as usual and reaching out to the other side consisted of having Pelosi and Reid write the 3/4 trillon dollar spending spree and ram it into law with little debate.
Having people take personal responsibility consists of bailing out FB’s, and, from the Treasury Secretary’s upcoming announcement, bailing out those who might be on the verge of missing payments. Personal responsibility also means appointing tax dodgers.
The bare-knuckle tactic of politicizing the Census Bureau, increasing funding for ACORN, and raising the % of the population who pay no income taxes (thus lessening resistance to tax hikes) are all aimed at solidifying big government in the long run.
Americans are just beginning to wake up to what hit them, but the damage is done.

[EconProf]

We are witnessing patterns in the Obama Presidency thus far in which political expedience trumps all, hypocrisy runs rampant, and the share of government in our lives ratchets up on a permanent basis.
The campaign promises of ending politics as usual and reaching out to the other side consisted of having Pelosi and Reid write the 3/4 trillon dollar spending spree and ram it into law with little debate.
Having people take personal responsibility consists of bailing out FB’s, and, from the Treasury Secretary’s upcoming announcement, bailing out those who might be on the verge of missing payments. Personal responsibility also means appointing tax dodgers.
The bare-knuckle tactic of politicizing the Census Bureau, increasing funding for ACORN, and raising the % of the population who pay no income taxes (thus lessening resistance to tax hikes) are all aimed at solidifying big government in the long run.
Americans are just beginning to wake up to what hit them, but the damage is done.

[CA renter]

SDR wrote:

It seemed like Obama had a chance to empower someone like Paul Volker, and if Obama really wanted change, he could have formed a commission of guys like Roubini and others. I was thinking maybe he could have gone way out of the box, enlisted some real minds to try to identify this monster, get arms around it, and root out the disease. Instead Volker has pretty much been outed, and the staff that Obama has, is nothing more then some Clinton retreads. It is simply a left leaning mirror of the losers Bush had.
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Very well stated, SDR. This was my hope as well. There is a very accurate and accesible record of those who got this thing right from the beginning (note this very blog), yet nobody from the blogging community or the “bear camp” has been tapped to help advise the current administration, at least not that I’m aware of.

I’ve been very disappointed with Obama’s appointments, too. Even though I had no illusions about the two-party system (which desperately needs to be broken up), I was hoping for something that at least appeared to be less beholden to the special interests (especially the F.I.R.E. economy players).

[CA renter]

SDR wrote:

It seemed like Obama had a chance to empower someone like Paul Volker, and if Obama really wanted change, he could have formed a commission of guys like Roubini and others. I was thinking maybe he could have gone way out of the box, enlisted some real minds to try to identify this monster, get arms around it, and root out the disease. Instead Volker has pretty much been outed, and the staff that Obama has, is nothing more then some Clinton retreads. It is simply a left leaning mirror of the losers Bush had.
——————-

Very well stated, SDR. This was my hope as well. There is a very accurate and accesible record of those who got this thing right from the beginning (note this very blog), yet nobody from the blogging community or the “bear camp” has been tapped to help advise the current administration, at least not that I’m aware of.

I’ve been very disappointed with Obama’s appointments, too. Even though I had no illusions about the two-party system (which desperately needs to be broken up), I was hoping for something that at least appeared to be less beholden to the special interests (especially the F.I.R.E. economy players).

[CA renter]

SDR wrote:

It seemed like Obama had a chance to empower someone like Paul Volker, and if Obama really wanted change, he could have formed a commission of guys like Roubini and others. I was thinking maybe he could have gone way out of the box, enlisted some real minds to try to identify this monster, get arms around it, and root out the disease. Instead Volker has pretty much been outed, and the staff that Obama has, is nothing more then some Clinton retreads. It is simply a left leaning mirror of the losers Bush had.
——————-

Very well stated, SDR. This was my hope as well. There is a very accurate and accesible record of those who got this thing right from the beginning (note this very blog), yet nobody from the blogging community or the “bear camp” has been tapped to help advise the current administration, at least not that I’m aware of.

I’ve been very disappointed with Obama’s appointments, too. Even though I had no illusions about the two-party system (which desperately needs to be broken up), I was hoping for something that at least appeared to be less beholden to the special interests (especially the F.I.R.E. economy players).

[CA renter]

SDR wrote:

It seemed like Obama had a chance to empower someone like Paul Volker, and if Obama really wanted change, he could have formed a commission of guys like Roubini and others. I was thinking maybe he could have gone way out of the box, enlisted some real minds to try to identify this monster, get arms around it, and root out the disease. Instead Volker has pretty much been outed, and the staff that Obama has, is nothing more then some Clinton retreads. It is simply a left leaning mirror of the losers Bush had.
——————-

Very well stated, SDR. This was my hope as well. There is a very accurate and accesible record of those who got this thing right from the beginning (note this very blog), yet nobody from the blogging community or the “bear camp” has been tapped to help advise the current administration, at least not that I’m aware of.

I’ve been very disappointed with Obama’s appointments, too. Even though I had no illusions about the two-party system (which desperately needs to be broken up), I was hoping for something that at least appeared to be less beholden to the special interests (especially the F.I.R.E. economy players).

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