tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post7610372857573574891..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Why Bridget Should Work for the Federal ReserveRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-27154118066975296852011-09-30T23:09:07.833-04:002011-09-30T23:09:07.833-04:00Good question Wallace.
I've no doubt some soc...Good question Wallace.<br /><br />I've no doubt some socialist/communist/Keynesians have TRIED, but I doubt any of them have produced any coherent refutation of the regression theorem. <br /><br />Like libertarianism, with its simple, easily understood and unassailable "first premise"- your rights end where mine begin- it is difficult to refute something that is so prima facie Richard Dale Fitzgeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05223505358122633852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-91534950610482024522011-09-30T21:21:48.347-04:002011-09-30T21:21:48.347-04:00I think she might be smarter/shrewder than Miss Te...I think she might be smarter/shrewder than Miss Teen South Carolina. I think she uses the term "backed" in the same way that Krugman and Mao Tse Tung use it--as in backed up by the barrel of a gun and at the point of the soldier's bayonet. After all everybody knows that we wouldn't have anything we need (water, electricity, a medium of exchange, etc.) if the gunverment didn&#Wallace J Hilliardhttp://madcowprod.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-67634347998947581182011-09-29T15:01:33.181-04:002011-09-29T15:01:33.181-04:00Miss Teen South Carolina you have been trumped!Miss Teen South Carolina you have been trumped!gcdugashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05891496227400676880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-21376678209088078262011-09-29T14:00:47.638-04:002011-09-29T14:00:47.638-04:00Obviously she knows she's a media prostitute p...Obviously she knows she's a media prostitute paid to lie...therefore she lacks dignity and self-respect. I want to date her!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-89391671899647447862011-09-29T12:36:54.896-04:002011-09-29T12:36:54.896-04:00Is anyone else creeped out by the way she says &qu...Is anyone else creeped out by the way she says "US Dollar" ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-15292017510561375332011-09-29T10:06:17.880-04:002011-09-29T10:06:17.880-04:00WOW! What a jumbled mess of confusion, how embarra...WOW! What a jumbled mess of confusion, how embarrassing.<br /><br />~Matthew MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-81156815223204316462011-09-29T01:26:02.719-04:002011-09-29T01:26:02.719-04:00@ E.G.Palmer
I would take it a step further and s...@ E.G.Palmer<br /><br />I would take it a step further and say Gold is money backed by Physics.<br /><br />How is gold created? From Supernovas. This happens rarely. Most stars are too small, eg the Sun. Some are too big and become black holes instead. Gold is just one of the many heavy elements created from such stars collapsing on themselves, then exploding. <br /><br />How are dollars Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-66852916231453377622011-09-28T23:16:11.468-04:002011-09-28T23:16:11.468-04:00Gold is dishonesty backed by Krugman.
I don't...Gold is dishonesty backed by Krugman.<br /><br />I don't think she is that stupid. She is paid to lie to us by Our Owners. I don't mind a woman lying to me as long as she's pretty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-34543788960371070022011-09-28T21:21:14.448-04:002011-09-28T21:21:14.448-04:00Gold is money backed by Nature.Gold is money backed by Nature.E.G.Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10229893317543621720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-77555386615783615652011-09-28T19:35:00.777-04:002011-09-28T19:35:00.777-04:00The underpinning of the dollar is government debt ...The underpinning of the dollar is government debt – a promise to pay dollars – and then it is multiplied on top of this base through the banking system. This definition is fully circular, not just recursive. The dollar is essentially a highly-leveraged derivative of government debt, which is ultimately payable in, uh, dollars.<br /><br />With that said, the dollar is money not just because of Tom Bernhardthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18274581933972838536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-71878496841068724752011-09-28T18:38:51.406-04:002011-09-28T18:38:51.406-04:00Next she could talk about the intrinsic beauty of ...Next she could talk about the intrinsic beauty of paper or government edicts... or whatever (sigh).<br /><br />By the very nature of these reports delivered by the FED/government messenger boys and girls, one gets a sense of a cabal that is on the ropes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-56440787418321976292011-09-28T17:45:38.977-04:002011-09-28T17:45:38.977-04:00This is a basic misunderstanding of the markets by...This is a basic misunderstanding of the markets by the media. There is a reason she is a reporter and not an economist. It is not gold that is not backed by anything, it is the dollar. And to say the dollar is backed by the government is hilarious.<br />It is devalued by the government, it is printed by the government, but backed by them? Try forced by them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-34937933192106306722011-09-28T17:38:16.883-04:002011-09-28T17:38:16.883-04:00WHAT IS GOLD BACKED BY ??!!?!?!?!?!?
Really?
Hmm...WHAT IS GOLD BACKED BY ??!!?!?!?!?!?<br /><br />Really?<br /><br />Hmmm, maybe it is backed by..... wait for it.........wait for it....<br /><br />GOLD!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-263024856365669722011-09-28T16:42:11.097-04:002011-09-28T16:42:11.097-04:00"It's a much more comfortable investment ..."It's a much more comfortable investment for Tham."<br /><br />Who is "Tham"? Is that a bank or something?English Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-22589024111657833172011-09-28T16:36:15.771-04:002011-09-28T16:36:15.771-04:00"Some investors aren't confident in what ..."Some investors aren't confident in what gold is backed by, or if it's backed by anything at all."<br /><br />Which investors?<br /><br />People invest in gold specifically because it's not backed by some entity that can inflate its value to nothingness.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16014392702556826275noreply@blogger.com