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Originally posted by srussell0018 If we give more money to the super rich people they'll make more jobs for poor people right?

I hear yacht-building is a growth industry.

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Originally posted by srussell0018 What if we just print a whole bunch of Chinese money? THEY'LL NEVER KNOW.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bernhard

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Originally posted by srussell0018 If we give more money to the super rich people they'll make more jobs for poor people right?

there's a difference between giving money to people vs. letting them keep more of what they earn.

a lot of companies right now are sitting on enough money to technically hire or expand, but they understandably won't because there is little consumer demand, and the uncertainty of what's coming down the pike next month, next year, 2 years from now, etc. is not enough to take the risk.

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Originally posted by The17sss there's a difference between giving money to people vs. letting them keep more of what they earn. a lot of companies right now are sitting on enough money to technically hire or expand, but they understandably won't because there is little consumer demand, and the uncertainty of what's coming down the pike next month, next year, 2 years from now, etc. is not enough to take the risk.

And lowering the taxes of the people who are in charge of those companies is supposed to give them incentive to create jobs or expand? I'd also contest the notion that CEOs of many Fortune 500 companies actually "earn" the amount of money that they're paid.

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Originally posted by Joss Weatherby Republicans, do nothing, say nothing. They just bitch and moan, and that isn't even coherent. You guys fucked us good Kevin, thanks for destroying America you piece of shit.

That's funny, considering the Democrats still haven't produced/passed a budget that was due 9 months ago, and just sit back and flamethrow republicans over everything they propose. Obama is too busy golfing and campaigning to show leadership... his answer was to put Joe Biden in charge of negotiations. and we all know what a joke that is. Last time I checked, we have had 30 months of Democrat control... time to stop blaming Republicans like a little bitch and admit your messiah is the architect of a failing economy.

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Originally posted by srussell0018 And lowering the taxes of the people who are in charge of those companies is supposed to give them incentive to create jobs or expand? I'd also contest the notion that CEOs of many Fortune 500 companies actually "earn" the amount of money that they're paid.

it's not that simple... businesses, especially large ones, make decisions now based on 3-5 year projections. if they don't know what to expect, it's in their best interest to hold off until they can realistically predict. A lot of the hesitation is that nobody knows what the hell is going to happen regarding taxes and regulation once Obamacare is fully implemented, which is supposed to happen in 2013/2014. To your other point, yeah I agree that it's questionable what CEO's make... but who are we to dictate that? If they take too much money and fuck their company up as a result, they'll have to deal with it. Shitty companies should be allowed to fail.

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Originally posted by The17sss If they take too much money and fuck their company up as a result, they'll have to deal with it. Shitty companies should be allowed to fail.

NO LETS HAND THEM ALL GOBS OF CASH ON A SILVER PLATTER PLEASE CAN WE DO THAT??

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we wouldn't be having troubles with our economy if we just changed our currency to skrillex, there's just no open minded and forward thinking individuals running this country right now

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Originally posted by The17sss Shitty companies should be allowed to fail.

I am not defending bail outs, but they tried that with Lehman Brothers and when it failed they realized that "oh shit, this sorta thing is going to take down the whole world economy if we keep letting it happen"

Bail outs are inexcusable, but we have put ourselves, the world has, in a position where very few entities hold up the rest of the global economy.

Isn't this thread supposed to be about thinking that homosexuality is a disease?

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Originally posted by jupiterone we wouldn't be having troubles with our economy if we just changed our currency to skrillex, there's just no open minded and forward thinking individuals running this country right now

I wonder what Nathan (Comrade Stalin) would say about this idea. Hopefully he'll give his 2 cents.