Weaving the Strands: Business, Economics, and Tax Policy 2.0

[ScoobyDoo]

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So why don't sensible Dems talk to Gov. Drayton about taking on the Clinton machine?

Why? We need to bring Scott Walker to the White House. He'll protect me from ISIS, cause I'm afraid.

[St. Clown]

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So why don't sensible Dems talk to Gov. Drayton about taking on the Clinton machine?

The rest of the nation is unlikely to elect into office someone who's even worse than W at giving speches, or who's been caught clueless on so many different issues. (The Wilfs' pending lawsuits during the Vikings public stadium financing debates and later when the guilty verdict came down is a perfect example.)

[FlagDUDE08]

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To our Arizona friends: Don't claim pot as a medical expense. http://ktar.com/22/1814903/Medical-m...ble-in-Arizona

[joecct]

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Raise the interest rates!?!?!?
http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2...VHJ/story.html

[FlagDUDE08]

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Raise the interest rates!?!?!?
http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2...VHJ/story.html

There's actually a good point that it hurts lower incomes. The quickest way for someone to gain wealth is to not spend it. Federal reserve policy of low interest rates and 2% annual inflation has one goal in mind: the movement of money.

[Rover]

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Libertarian fantasyland opinion. From the writer's organization via wikipedia:

"The American Principles Project (APP) is a 501(c)(3) think tank founded in 2009 by Robert George and Jeff Bell.[2] APP promotes a combination of libertarian and social conservative policies.[3] It is chaired by Sean Fieler.[3]

While opposed to abortion and same-sex marriage, APP largely focuses on promoting immigration reform, opposing the Common Core curriculum, and defending religious liberty.[4][5][6] They have also advocated for monetary reform by suggesting a return to the gold standard.[7][8]

Following the Republican Party's post-2012 election review, in which the GOP suggested de-emphasizing social issues, a conservative advocacy group affiliated with the American Principles Project published a report detailing the importance of social issues to the Republican Party. The report pointed out that Republicans ran almost exclusively on economic issues during the 2012 election to lackluster effect.[9] CNN has described the American Principles Project as "a unique Republican group that bridges the ideas of social conservatives and libertarians."[10]"

When I was in grad school there's two things we were taught. 1) There's no inside info in the market (this was pre-Enron) and 2) Alan Greenspan is God. If it was sunny out, its thanks to Greenspan raising rates. If it rains, it would have been worse had Greenspan not raised rates.

Well, time has shown Greenspan and his policies to be a fraud. From sitting around with his thumb up his @ ss during the loose credit era (where the problem was the standards for getting loans, not the rates) to endorsing the ridiculous Bush tax cuts that blew a hole in the deficit reduction that had been achieved, the guy was a joke.

I mention this because if you owned a small business, which my family did for a time, increasing rates kills you. It halts expansion and hurts job growth. Someone tucked away in a think tank away from the real world might not get this, but anybody dealing with reality knows it all too well.

[FlagDUDE08]

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Libertarian fantasyland opinion. From the writer's organization via wikipedia:

"The American Principles Project (APP) is a 501(c)(3) think tank founded in 2009 by Robert George and Jeff Bell.[2] APP promotes a combination of libertarian and social conservative policies.[3] It is chaired by Sean Fieler.[3]

While opposed to abortion and same-sex marriage, APP largely focuses on promoting immigration reform, opposing the Common Core curriculum, and defending religious liberty.[4][5][6] They have also advocated for monetary reform by suggesting a return to the gold standard.[7][8]

Following the Republican Party's post-2012 election review, in which the GOP suggested de-emphasizing social issues, a conservative advocacy group affiliated with the American Principles Project published a report detailing the importance of social issues to the Republican Party. The report pointed out that Republicans ran almost exclusively on economic issues during the 2012 election to lackluster effect.[9] CNN has described the American Principles Project as "a unique Republican group that bridges the ideas of social conservatives and libertarians."[10]"

When I was in grad school there's two things we were taught. 1) There's no inside info in the market (this was pre-Enron) and 2) Alan Greenspan is God. If it was sunny out, its thanks to Greenspan raising rates. If it rains, it would have been worse had Greenspan not raised rates.

Well, time has shown Greenspan and his policies to be a fraud. From sitting around with his thumb up his @ ss during the loose credit era (where the problem was the standards for getting loans, not the rates) to endorsing the ridiculous Bush tax cuts that blew a hole in the deficit reduction that had been achieved, the guy was a joke.

I mention this because if you owned a small business, which my family did for a time, increasing rates kills you. It halts expansion and hurts job growth. Someone tucked away in a think tank away from the real world might not get this, but anybody dealing with reality knows it all too well.

Uhhh... libertarians are not against gay marriage.

[Rover]

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Uhhh... libertarians are not against gay marriage.

I believe Rand Paul is personally opposed, to name a prominent one.

"Asked whether he would support a constitutional amendment defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman, Sen. Rand Paul said Wednesday he supports the idea of traditional marriage but thinks Washington shouldn't be involved in the issue"

http://reason.com/blog/2014/08/07/is...e-it-both-ways

So he's okay with banning gay marriage, he just wants all the states to do it individually? Great. A real profile in courage there.

[FlagDUDE08]

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I believe Rand Paul is personally opposed, to name a prominent one.

"Asked whether he would support a constitutional amendment defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman, Sen. Rand Paul said Wednesday he supports the idea of traditional marriage but thinks Washington shouldn't be involved in the issue"

http://reason.com/blog/2014/08/07/is...e-it-both-ways

So he's okay with banning gay marriage, he just wants all the states to do it individually? Great. A real profile in courage there.

You missed the point. The point is that Washington shouldn't be involved. It's called decreasing federal power. You're so fixated on having things a certain way and whining when you don't get it that you can't take responsibility for your own actions. This is why we have the fascist dictatorship we have today.

[FlagDUDE08]

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Oh yeah, because $15/hour minimum wage is just TERRIFIC. http://www.westernjournalism.com/15-...H3lC8c3yJsw.97

[Rover]

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You missed the point. The point is that Washington shouldn't be involved. It's called decreasing federal power. You're so fixated on having things a certain way and whining when you don't get it that you can't take responsibility for your own actions. This is why we have the fascist dictatorship we have today.

Fascist dictatorships aside basic rights aren't up to states. That's why states can't bar blacks and whites from marrying for example. Now you might support Alabama banning interracial marriage for example if they chose to do so, but for the rest of us normal people that would be sorta Talibanesque.

Look on the bright side though. I'm sure the SCOTUS will side with you guys on this one, right?

[FlagDUDE08]

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Fascist dictatorships aside basic rights aren't up to states. That's why states can't bar blacks and whites from marrying for example. Now you might support Alabama banning interracial marriage for example if they chose to do so, but for the rest of us normal people that would be sorta Talibanesque.

Look on the bright side though. I'm sure the SCOTUS will side with you guys on this one, right?

Congratulations on proving my point, federalist. BTW, based upon the hierarchy of political parties in our history, that would make you a republican.

[Rover]

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Congratulations on proving my point, federalist. BTW, based upon the hierarchy of political parties in our history, that would make you a republican.

Not sure you have a point to prove Flaggy expect for the one I discussed earlier that got you so upset. I can live with being a Lincoln Republican. Its the modern day knuckledragging I can do without!

[FlagDUDE08]

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Not sure you have a point to prove Flaggy expect for the one I discussed earlier that got you so upset. I can live with being a Lincoln Republican. Its the modern day knuckledragging I can do without!

Actually, you did prove a point. You didn't like how a particular state did business, so instead of going to a state that you preferred, you whined to the feds about it until you got your way.

[Kepler]

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Uhhh... libertarians are not against gay marriage.

Not that simple. There has always been a strong Christian wingnut subset to the Lib movement. The long-beards running the Ur-Lib July 4 party conventions that used to be televised on PBS used to be split right down the middle between the "anti-abortion, prayer in schools, ACLU bad, home school your kids to keep them from ever meeting black people" yahoos and the "minarchist, abolish the FDA, ACLU good, Ayn Rand is the love of my life" venture cap azz-hats. The former hated the gayz because JESUS WEPT!!!11!. The latter believed the govt should leave the gays alone because the govt should leave everybody alone.

There is no single Libertarian voice on gay marriage the way there is on say guns (yay!) or taxes (boo!).