tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post3171614070090161894..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: It Just Got Worse: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Thinks She Understands EconomicsRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-13468266046110289592018-07-01T07:57:09.448-04:002018-07-01T07:57:09.448-04:00You have to think hard about your rhetoric. How d...You have to think hard about your rhetoric. How do you make evil sound like good? How do you make greedy looting sound like saintly altruism? How do you make ruling sound like serving?<br /><br />It is an art.John Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826480541002960583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-24396497473515909502018-06-30T08:15:08.922-04:002018-06-30T08:15:08.922-04:00If the sole goal of your economic plan is redistri...If the sole goal of your economic plan is redistribution of wealth from the productive clases to the non productive classes, how much thought do you have to put into It? Robert What?https://www.blogger.com/profile/03863449539859132763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-78945872520166618382018-06-29T16:22:28.375-04:002018-06-29T16:22:28.375-04:00Even the words are related: demos (people togethe...Even the words are related: demos (people together) and society (people together). Communism refers to community (people together). Collectivism is all the same thing with various names. Fascism is from fascio - latin for a bundle of sticks and probably is related to fasten - people tied together. John Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826480541002960583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-67798830509691632752018-06-29T10:04:20.208-04:002018-06-29T10:04:20.208-04:00There’s very little difference between democracy a...There’s very little difference between democracy and socialism. Under socialism, private property is abolished. Under democracy, private property can be abolished any time 51% of the population wants to abolish it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11968441656658845395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-15668833545075668222018-06-29T08:16:22.345-04:002018-06-29T08:16:22.345-04:00Democracy, the God that failed... That's all w...Democracy, the God that failed... That's all we need to know about how and why socialism infected this country and has it on its death-bed. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08236071066075535008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-40628296775106980832018-06-29T06:15:26.576-04:002018-06-29T06:15:26.576-04:00Remember, race, IQ, and culture don't matter. ...Remember, race, IQ, and culture don't matter. If we import dirt world they are simply 'natural libertarians' and magic dirt will make then into limited government citizens and voters. I think that's the jist of his post. The Lab Managerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314871529571094106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-83509964248470265172018-06-28T16:34:37.574-04:002018-06-28T16:34:37.574-04:00What are you going on about?What are you going on about?Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07011856643664793898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-89864057586764033042018-06-28T15:55:42.820-04:002018-06-28T15:55:42.820-04:00There are four schools of economics.
Marxism: st...There are four schools of economics.<br /><br />Marxism: steal everything by declaring private property to be invalid.<br />Keynesianism: steal when needed by counterfeiting<br />Chicago school: steal at a steady, predictable rate by counterfeiting<br />Austrian School: don't steal<br /><br />All a moron needs to understand is that to get ahead in politics, you merely have to promise to John Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826480541002960583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-45347233146817485692018-06-28T14:12:14.441-04:002018-06-28T14:12:14.441-04:00This is America's future on third-world immigr...This is America's future on third-world immigrationTwerking Surgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08653356686366842660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-30609252491330242462018-06-28T12:54:05.479-04:002018-06-28T12:54:05.479-04:00She probably does understand economics as she was ...She probably does understand economics as she was taught it at BU. Her statements about Pay-Go and investments go along with what a typical education in economics teaches, “Deficits don’t matter.” I wonder if she has ever read anything Austrian? “Mises? Never heard of him.” AlexZouglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09903419350475485505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-40831402600896268832018-06-28T12:17:48.006-04:002018-06-28T12:17:48.006-04:00I can believe she has a degree in economics, given...I can believe she has a degree in economics, given how it's taught these days.Scott Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00270655527655803743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-77248956712491724382018-06-28T10:56:19.193-04:002018-06-28T10:56:19.193-04:00I’ve done some research. Here’s the ethnicity of N...I’ve done some research. Here’s the ethnicity of New York’s 14th Congressional District, home of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez :<br /><br />18.41% White<br />11.39% Black<br />16.24% Asian<br />49.80% Hispanic<br />0.45% Native American<br />3.71% other<br /><br />This is definitive proof we needed to demonstrate that the rise of Socialism in the USA can be squarely blamed upon Walter Block and his Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.com