How Do You Create Job Growth?

[NickD 203]

We will all be old someday, keep that in mind, that is, if we live that long.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

So far, no real free market answers for creating job growth. Where are the Libertarians?

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

So far, no real free market answers for creating job growth.

Because it's a trick question. You know enough about free market theory to know that.

[MMW 2]

just melt the polar ice caps then when Florida sinks problem solved no more old people.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

just melt the polar ice caps then when Florida sinks problem solved no more old people.

or release wolves into retirement communities

i read on another thread that wolves prey on the elderly

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

So far, no real free market answers for creating job growth. Where are the Libertarians?

I thought that was what A.J. and I were discussing: Ending The Welfare State

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Close all the County Kitchen Restaurants. Old people will starve. Didn't you learn anything from South Park?

They'll just show up at the IHOP. Gotta shut those down, too.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

So far, no real free market answers for creating job growth.

Because it's a trick question. You know enough about free market theory to know that.

AJ, all I'm trying to find out is if those who think the Stimulus Plan will not stimulate the economy, what do they think will beyond tax cuts? We have 7.6 percent unemployment - so job growth is a key issue.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

So far, no real free market answers for creating job growth. Where are the Libertarians?

I thought that was what A.J. and I were discussing: Ending The Welfare State

Yeah the solution is genocide!

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

So far, no real free market answers for creating job growth. Where are the Libertarians?

I thought that was what A.J. and I were discussing: Ending The Welfare State

Yeah the solution is patricide!

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

So far, no real free market answers for creating job growth.

Because it's a trick question. You know enough about free market theory to know that.

AJ, all I'm trying to find out is if those who think the Stimulus Plan will not stimulate the economy, what do they think will beyond tax cuts? We have 7.6 percent unemployment - so job growth is a key issue.

OK, theory is something like this: government regulates money supply, ensures the marketplace is free and fair and stands back. Excesses of the past will be organically purged, growth will resume when circumstances warrant. "Creating" growth before the economic downturn has been allowed to fully occur (i.e. before excesses of the past have been fully wiped out) is unsustainable and will create more instability.

IOW - you're worried about "people hurting". Free market theory is not worried about that. People hurting is part of the cycle. Trying to help them only makes things worse.

[MMW 2]

The stimulus is just a bandage if you don't correct the root cause things wont improve. You have to get rid of the ones that caused it to begin with wall street business as usual and the corrupt congressional leaders that allowed it to happen. there is enough blame to go around on both sides of the aisle. We need to clean house on the hill. I mean really how much is enough to spend when there is no sure direction to the spending. Bigger Government sure isn't the solution. Everyone is hoping for a quick fix I really don't believe it is possible. Not with the (clears throat) experts we have in congress

[one...two...tree 2,762]

So far, no real free market answers for creating job growth.

Because it's a trick question. You know enough about free market theory to know that.

AJ, all I'm trying to find out is if those who think the Stimulus Plan will not stimulate the economy, what do they think will beyond tax cuts? We have 7.6 percent unemployment - so job growth is a key issue.

OK, theory is something like this: government regulates money supply, ensures the marketplace is free and fair and stands back. Excesses of the past will be organically purged, growth will resume when circumstances warrant. "Creating" growth before the economic downturn has been allowed to fully occur (i.e. before excesses of the past have been fully wiped out) is unsustainable and will create more instability.

IOW - you're worried about "people hurting". Free market theory is not worried about that. People hurting is part of the cycle. Trying to help them only makes things worse.

...only that's not what John Boehner and other Republicans opposed to the Stimulus Bill as it stands are saying.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

So far, no real free market answers for creating job growth.

Because it's a trick question. You know enough about free market theory to know that.

AJ, all I'm trying to find out is if those who think the Stimulus Plan will not stimulate the economy, what do they think will beyond tax cuts? We have 7.6 percent unemployment - so job growth is a key issue.

OK, theory is something like this: government regulates money supply, ensures the marketplace is free and fair and stands back. Excesses of the past will be organically purged, growth will resume when circumstances warrant. "Creating" growth before the economic downturn has been allowed to fully occur (i.e. before excesses of the past have been fully wiped out) is unsustainable and will create more instability.

IOW - you're worried about "people hurting". Free market theory is not worried about that. People hurting is part of the cycle. Trying to help them only makes things worse.

...only that's not what John Boehner and other Republicans opposed to the Stimulus Bill as it stands are saying.

There are no more real Republicans left, just guys who like the t-shirts.

[alienlovechild 75]

The current immediate source of joblessness comes from a tight credit market and housing market mess. Obama and crew have hit upon an idea I threw out a while back at letting some banks fail but they call a "stress test". Blowing billions to save all banking institutions was wasteful and didn't make credit easier to get. The prices of homes need to fall further because they were artificially high to begin with.

The big problem is we save and invest little in industries where productivity can be increased leading to more jobs and higher wages. Cut off special tax breaks on home mortgages and increase gas taxes. Social Security is a huge waste of taking from the productive and giving it to the unproductive. Increase sales taxes and reduce taxes on capital gains. We need to save more and spend less to increase the pool of available capital to available to business. The military could take a hit on weapons programs where the U.S. far ahead of anyone else.

There are alternatives besides Obama's scary talk of my way or you'll all die in breadlines. I don't know if Washington can reform itself since it can't manage to cut anything out and constantly sucking up more taxes for new programs.