tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post1771749680475666954..comments2024-03-28T18:57:15.124-06:00Comments on Wash Park Prophet: Famous Economist Makes Fool Of Self On CNNAndrew Oh-Willekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-51260029456214317162009-09-14T08:38:27.846-06:002009-09-14T08:38:27.846-06:00I would like to see these videos reviewed.
http:/...I would like to see these videos reviewed.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIqyCpCPrvU&feature=related<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsB_rnzBA08&feature=channel<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw7LtVwDCbs&feature=channel_pageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-67023262036546660142009-08-08T11:34:18.359-06:002009-08-08T11:34:18.359-06:00That's really been the most appaling thing to ...That's really been the most appaling thing to me about the healthcare debate. At every turn it gets dumber and less informed. I felt there was some initial push to be reasonable, nonpartisan and really change health <em>care</em> - listening in on the HELP committee, I was not appalled.<br /><br />Then republicans responded by being inept, confused and generally impotent. The democrats responded by trashing (in the House) any real health care reform and turning the whole thing into an entitlement grab. Now the "conservatives" are responding by being outright, brutally stupid - for instance that quote. A lot of the town hall disruptions are on equal intellectual standing.<br /><br />I wish dumb was a wall, so a whole mass of people would get their faces smashed next time they run straight into it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-264478488858711752009-08-05T14:16:23.469-06:002009-08-05T14:16:23.469-06:00The capital gains tax transition issue and the Laf...The capital gains tax transition issue and the Laffer curve issue are analytically distinct. And, Laffer has been immoralized for his observation in any case.<br /><br />Still, this is no execuse for the Medicare/Medicaid lapse.Andrew Oh-Willekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-33976876616482787792009-08-05T10:07:27.952-06:002009-08-05T10:07:27.952-06:00Actually, lowering the capital gains tax did incre...Actually, lowering the capital gains tax did increase revenue -- just not in a sustainable way. When the capital gains tax was lowered, the rich cashed in their stock under the assumption that the lowered capital gains tax was a short-term thing and that it would be soon raised again.<br /><br />Also problematic during the Reagan years was that he never kept his promises to shrink government. Reagan was the great seducer of conservatives, all the while Bush St. was running the show behind the scenes.Michael Malakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10007582156392845677noreply@blogger.com