Go figure, we disagree here also.
Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
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What a surprise.
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Heh.. My Gramma quoted similarly
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(in her case, "those big Men in Washington who know more than ordinary people could" cha. cha. cha.) Alas, I was an unarmed tyke and my dialup was ... about as long as the string. But when I looked at a couple of her pamphlets (once doggedly wading through a half-inch thick Monument of turgidity entitled, The Bricker Amendment [I can still recall the cheesy-paper institutional-pea-green cover of this thing printed by the USG Printing Office]) -- I kept reading slogans already heard from her via those other bastions of The bedtime story that just wouldn't Quit ... boring. And ditto, well-beyond tykehood: still devoid of anything lasting.. except colorful vitriolic phrases, mostly *ad-hominems. * Some do not accept ad hominens as the sense does not admit of the plural -- but clearly the enemy of the Reactionary ever was: all who were otherwise. So then, where you Stand isn't necessarily just where you Sit -- maybe it's where your mindset goes for the daily comfort of that doctrine thing, that Certainty-of-POV reinforced by beloved tautologies? Aum Mane Padme Hmmm (Of course too, in Econ, "every new Surprise!" neither predicted (nor prepared-for even as a what-if) happens in unique circumstances: it never quite happened before, exactly.) But who, I ask, does not cringe a little (or a lot) when those Norse folk bestow a prize -- every bloody year!? -- for "Economic Science" ?? I could almost see voting for Palin in 2012 on the grounds that this sorry ratfucking excuse for a republic, this savage, smirking, predatory empire deserves her. Bring on the Rapture, motherfuckers! -- via RC |
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Also not a surprise
that you don't even touch the premise that s&l govt growth should mirror population growth more than income. Guess its easier to try and shoot the messenger than to debate the message.
Not sure what my post and global warming have to do with each other. Just sayin. Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
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Green Peace is right
doesnt matter if they are wrong, they are right
doesnt matter if it doesnt make sense they are right if they stand at your door with a harpoon to kill your children they are right now shaddap and do your ohms like you were told Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 55 years. meep
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What's not a surprise is you trust teabagger sites.
Rather than address the fact that government employment has dropped dramatically since January 2009, you link to a site that is funded by the Koch brothers - billionaires who have a well-known bias against Social Security, taxes, environmental science, etc., etc. http://www.newyorker...0830fa_fact_mayer
The site isn't credible, and isn't a rebuttal to my point that government employment is being cut dramatically, decreasing aggregate demand. Reducing supposed "uncertainty" for businesses isn't going to address that problem. IOW, you're attempting to go off on yet another tangent. Have fun. Cheers, Scott. |
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what crap
Cock Bro's are no different from soros moore etc. ABC MSNBC CBS is a front for the democratic party and faux news is a front for the repos. Half or more of the sources you quote are front groups for various enterprises whose only concern is getting their paws on the public purse.
Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 55 years. meep
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Ah, George Mason University is now a teabagger site.
Greenpeace said so. Or Dan Stein, also a very impartial observer.
Why should I accept your article either..the New Yorker is a well known democratic rag. Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
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RCP?
Yeah, RCP.
The Mercatus Center is not GMU. http://www.sourcewat...e=Mercatus_Center Don't like SourceWatch? How about the Wall Street Journal? http://mercatus.org/...-stick-regulation Mercatus's rise owes much to the oil-and-gas company Koch Industries Inc., (pronounced "coke"), a privately owned company in Wichita, Kan., that contributes heavily to Republican causes and candidates. A Koch family foundation has given Mercatus and George Mason University a total of $14.4 million since 1998, according to public documents analyzed by the Public Education Center, a Washington group that tracks environmental issues. A Koch spokesman says about half of the money went to Mercatus. In addition, the company's chief executive, Charles Koch, donated interests in limited partnerships to Mercatus that the think tank sold last year for $6.1 million. Mr. Koch is a Mercatus director. They don't just have an opinion (all of us do), they have skin in the game. HTH. Cheers, Scott. |
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Hmm
Sourcewatch
"The Mercatus Center, part of George Mason University, " And I'm sure that the K brothers bought that poor grad student who did the work a nice big hummer...since its obvious they have a vested interest in state and local gov spending. You're not being very convincing here. Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
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Ha!
I guess that makes the US a banana republic since we're part of North America. :-/
You ever going to tell us how fear of taxes is more important than customers in determining business investment? http://iwt.mikevital....iwt?postid=36951 Cheers, Scott. |
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You ever going to read an entire post?
Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
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Move to strike as unresponsive.
Again, anecdotes aren't data.
From 2007 - http://www.calculate...cre-overview.html Here is an overview of non-residential investment and commercial real estate (CRE) from our most recent newsletter. Funny, fear of taxes and "uncertainty" about regulations doesn't show up there. I wonder why that is.... You got a better cite that supports your claim and applies to a significant fraction of the economy as a whole? Cheers, Scott. |
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a blog from someone who lives off of BOA bonuses, sure
Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 55 years. meep
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Heh.
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Slump in commercial real estate post bubble. News @ 11!
Want to expand on why you think this is even remotely related to the subject?
Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
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Here ya go.
http://www.bea.gov/n...PAhandbookch6.pdf (33 page .pdf)
Table 6.1ÂContent of Private Fixed Investment IOW, Private Non-residential Fixed Investment includes CRE. CRE is a large component of PNFI. I would have thought you would have known that. HTH. Cheers, Scott. |
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What are you babbling about now?
Did I not call out CRE? Same as your current favorite blogger?
Aside from that...not certain what you are on about here. Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
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Reread #37242
http://iwt.mikevital....iwt?postid=37242
The point is, nonresidential investment, including CRE fell. It fell due to lack of demand. Not "uncertainty" about regulation or taxes or "taking over 25% of the economy". Try to keep up, Ok? ;-) Cheers, Scott. |
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you are claiming it is lack of demand
they are not investing due to uncertainty
Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 55 years. meep
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Not me, businesses. Show me I'm wrong.
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One more thing - NFIB
http://www.calculate...imism-hiring.html
Hiring plans have turned negative again. According to NFIB: "Over the next three months, eight percent plan to increase employment (unchanged), and 16 percent plan to reduce their workforce (up three points), yielding a seasonally adjusted net negative three percent of owners planning to create new jobs, down four points from August." QED. Here's the NFIB linky if you don't trust CR's summary - http://www.nfib.com/...-item?cmsid=54938 HTH. Cheers, Scott. |
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Hardly
simply a chart representing anecdotal evidence, right? Survey?
Additionally, nothing about what the other questions were? Was there another spike related to "health care costs"? After all, the NFIB was rabidly opposed to health care reform. Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
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I keep finding guys on the K bros payroll
Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
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More words, please.
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sorry
mixing my references...this guy is an anecdote...not a k brother clone.
my bad Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
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