tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post4796164441442169822..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Uh-Oh...Obama Is Meeting With Business LeadersRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-70134965514630900592012-11-15T00:35:50.095-05:002012-11-15T00:35:50.095-05:00Pass the plate, brotherPass the plate, brothercavalier973https://www.blogger.com/profile/16018249706585207161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-38516987436407356342012-11-14T19:57:20.933-05:002012-11-14T19:57:20.933-05:00Amen! Ha!Amen! Ha!Dave Ranallonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-17282482840993507582012-11-14T17:35:06.722-05:002012-11-14T17:35:06.722-05:00One of the best EPJ comments I've seen in a lo...One of the best EPJ comments I've seen in a long time, well done.Taylor Conanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18270678440957992085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-28230934697621829162012-11-14T17:34:47.742-05:002012-11-14T17:34:47.742-05:00Parasites. Isn't that what he thinks they are?...Parasites. Isn't that what he thinks they are? Just middlemen.<br /><br />Middle class middlemen?Taylor Conanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18270678440957992085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-28736029849615546552012-11-14T17:07:28.375-05:002012-11-14T17:07:28.375-05:00I'm pretty sure that Robert Reich just said th...I'm pretty sure that Robert Reich just said that employers don't employ people. What to call them now.....?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-29361537387392249972012-11-14T14:54:49.735-05:002012-11-14T14:54:49.735-05:00lol @ robert reich getting 40k a speechlol @ robert reich getting 40k a speechAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-74157806546138286422012-11-14T14:39:29.041-05:002012-11-14T14:39:29.041-05:00Its is utterly frightening to think that Reich is ...Its is utterly frightening to think that Reich is teaching our children and even more so that his peers can actually respect him after such an idiotic one dimensional statement.<br />When I see stuff like this from people who are in the education business, there is a part of me that almost does not want my child to go to college so that I can protect them from this kind of delusional thinking. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-31218341688096278842012-11-14T14:10:12.794-05:002012-11-14T14:10:12.794-05:00Economic history (according to Robert Reich):
In ...Economic history (according to Robert Reich):<br /><br />In the beginning, The State said, "let there be a middle class," and there was a middle class. And they wandered the earth spending money, creating jobs, and where ever they went, there was prosperity.<br />Freemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-42347109019086275232012-11-14T13:46:19.110-05:002012-11-14T13:46:19.110-05:00if he had said customers rather than 'the midd...if he had said customers rather than 'the middle class' he might be on to something. Heathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15417060063126394938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-31377131589938132952012-11-14T13:43:17.404-05:002012-11-14T13:43:17.404-05:00My thoughts exactly. That guy is beyond worthless...My thoughts exactly. That guy is beyond worthless.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16961837048717934626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-71181331649201654172012-11-14T13:34:21.303-05:002012-11-14T13:34:21.303-05:00It's truly remarkable how ignorant Robert Reic...It's truly remarkable how ignorant Robert Reich truly is about economics.<br /><br />No, "spending" does not create jobs. You don't pay a single nickel towards wages when you buy Big Macs and other goods. If <i>everyone</i> only spent their money on goods, then the nominal demand for labor would fall to zero, and zero jobs would exist.<br /><br />It takes saving and investmentGeoffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-66677240194614039252012-11-14T13:16:08.855-05:002012-11-14T13:16:08.855-05:00Maybe Reich can send me some money so I can create...Maybe Reich can send me some money so I can create some jobs.Capn Mikenoreply@blogger.com