Comments on: What a surprise

By: William Teach

William Teach — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:06:22 +0000

But, see, Steve, it’s not your money. Think of government like your parents. You go out and mow some yards. Dad will then take most of that money for the college fund, and leave you with a bit for lunch. Mom will give you some of it for clothes. The rest, well, Mom and Dad got liquored up and decided to spend it in Vegas.

By: Steve Skubinna

Steve Skubinna — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:36:51 +0000

Typical Democrat tactic, promise free stuff to people who don’t even pay into the system in the first place, and hope the others aren’t paying enough attention to spot the shell game.

Those of us stupid enough to support ourselves? We’re going to pay more. Bank on it. Not enough people realize that nothing coming from the government is free, or that the government doesn’t actually have any money – it’s ours to begin with.

By: William Teach

William Teach — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:25:44 +0000

It’s no wonder people buy into That One’s crazy tax policy, since the majority of people, including very smart people, have no clue how taxes work.

Fun thing to do: ask this question. If the tax rate on someone making $50k is taxed at the 25% rate, ignoring all deductions, how much does a person pay in taxes? And, if lowered to 24%, how much does the person save?

Most people get it wrong.

Ask them if McDonald’s stores are small businesses. Same with Subway. Ask them if they enjoy the cost of a burger going up.

Now, the $1K that Obama says he will give people every year (good luck getting Queen Nancy to take that on to the House floor!) is more then most people would get if you lowered the marginal tax rates by 1 to 2 percent. But, it is welfare. It is not money earned. Dems do not care. They do not want to have to do the job.

By: Sister Toldjah

Sister Toldjah — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:31:45 +0000

Uncommon – I wasn’t “confused”

By: Uncommon Sense

Uncommon Sense — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:00:39 +0000

Don’t confuse the Economics Nobel with the Peace Prize – the two are awarded by completely different organizations. The Peace Prize (decided by Norwegian committee) is intentionally and overtly political, the other prizes (via the Swedish Acadmey of Science), are not (or at least, much less overtly).

It should also be noted that while Krugman has made a disgrace of himself as a partisan hack in the popular media these last few years, the Nobel prize is not awarded for an entire body of work, but for a specific contribution. And whether you like Krugman or not, some of his earlier scholarly works were certainly influential.

That’s not to say he deserves the prize (such determination is far beyond my ability to judge), only that his recent activities as a shill for the Democratic party shouldn’t disqualify him.