tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post8503033672407053199..comments2024-03-29T01:07:30.224-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: The New American Dream: A JobStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-41400353225147117152012-08-13T07:54:44.465-07:002012-08-13T07:54:44.465-07:00"Over 20 percent of companies say that employ..."Over 20 percent of companies say that employment in their firms will never return to pre-recession levels."<br /><br />I wouldn't place too much credence on this sort of comment. It's one thing to say "we don't need all those people" in the middle of a recession; it's another world entirely when things are booming and your Division General Managers are speaking vehemently at you about all the opportunities that are going to be blown, and all the share they are going to lose to competitors, if they're not allowed to hire those additional 100 engineers or 300 salespeople. David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-77508533856669439572012-08-12T20:47:56.230-07:002012-08-12T20:47:56.230-07:00"I still think that he's going to win, if..."I still think that he's going to win, if only because the economy is in a vague recovery and he's currently president."<br /><br />JP, this is the third annual "Summer of Recovery Tour", subtitled "Take the Bus Home, Barry", or, "Where's The Audience??"Sam L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-12896082010977653112012-08-12T20:06:28.953-07:002012-08-12T20:06:28.953-07:00JP:
He promises everything to everyone. How can ...JP:<br /><br />He promises everything to everyone. How can he possibly lose? Instead of explicitly raising taxes, he runs multi-trillion dollar deficits. Instead of addressing causes, he treats symptoms, allowing the causes to metastasize. It's a profitable racket and he knows it. Others of like-mind, opportunists, and the vulnerable will vote for his policies. They will elect to exchange liberty for submission with benefits.n.nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252447117532342957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-53105385807615738502012-08-12T20:01:17.290-07:002012-08-12T20:01:17.290-07:00The New American Dream: Instant Gratification, pre...The New American Dream: Instant Gratification, preferably without perceived consequences. This is the selling point of Democrat policies. If Republicans want to counter the fantasy, then they need to focus on economic development in America. They need to recharacterize both contributory and non-contributory entitlements to be supplementary and temporary, respectively. They need to end government programs which discriminate against individuals based on their race, gender, etc. They need to replace "free" trade with equitable trade. They need to curtail legal immigration and end illegal immigration. Americans need to know that their dreams of instant gratification (i.e. physical, material, ego) have consequences. In short, they need to end the illusion of a viable society without an investment and mitigate progressive corruption. It is each person's right to live in the moment, but it insane to normalize that mentality.n.nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252447117532342957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-6038340002290554962012-08-12T16:43:08.738-07:002012-08-12T16:43:08.738-07:00Obama's problem is that he continued to bail o...Obama's problem is that he continued to bail out the people who originated the fraudulent debt *and* he attacked the productive people by telling them that "you didn't build that".<br /><br />I still think that he's going to win, if only because the economy is in a vague recovery and he's currently president. <br /><br />I think he will take the electoral college, but I think he loses seats in the house and senate.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126071014909954387noreply@blogger.com