tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post1823507366332633247..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Matt Damon: Central PlannerRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-8699811698103109552011-08-08T17:10:03.512-04:002011-08-08T17:10:03.512-04:00What do free market theories say about bailing out...What do free market theories say about bailing out insolvent gigantic banks? There hasn't been a free market for some time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-77002035082945902092011-08-02T17:12:53.092-04:002011-08-02T17:12:53.092-04:00I say let's put MATT DAMON's comparative v...I say let's put MATT DAMON's comparative value/compensation to a vote. MD is worth absolutely no more than $0.25/year according to ME.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-34334903302429037322011-08-02T16:29:51.980-04:002011-08-02T16:29:51.980-04:00Why would anyone even put a camera and mic in fron...Why would anyone even put a camera and mic in front of this bratty little statist twit? This infantile runt thinks of government as his mommy and daddy so nobody should be surprised.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-11926912947563287982011-08-02T15:19:37.793-04:002011-08-02T15:19:37.793-04:00Democracies typically end in tyranny. That's w...Democracies typically end in tyranny. That's why were designed as a republic with a representative form of government instead of majority rules. Under democracy you have no real rights or property- only what the State with the authority and blessing of the majority allows you to keep. Ever really listen to a progressive speak about wealth or property? It's not yours- you stole it from Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-91477190085770423312011-08-02T14:31:25.036-04:002011-08-02T14:31:25.036-04:00I like the acting work of Matt Damon.
I don't...I like the acting work of Matt Damon.<br /><br />I don't like him as a preacher so much here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-51706830161077120382011-08-02T13:58:24.753-04:002011-08-02T13:58:24.753-04:00@ Rad
No, actually.
For some reason, every time M...@ Rad<br />No, actually.<br /><br />For some reason, every time Matt Damon's name is mentioned i *must* think of the puppet saying its name in that brainless way.Tonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-53491632714138768022011-08-02T13:44:52.214-04:002011-08-02T13:44:52.214-04:00The really sad thing is that Matt Damon will proba...The really sad thing is that Matt Damon will probably influence the debate among the masses more than all the Keynesian and Austrian economists combined.<br /><br />That's why the U.S. was never supposed to be a democracy. It's too easy to influence people who don't think and have no skin in the game. They are all too happy to spend other people's money on anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-65496059029267759582011-08-02T13:33:36.220-04:002011-08-02T13:33:36.220-04:00Since I am forced to pay the salaries of teachers ...Since I am forced to pay the salaries of teachers via the tax code at the point of a gun, my "modest proposal" is that we treat the teachers in kind. Anything short of a 100% literacy rate, proficiency in calculus, and in molecular biology, history, and economics, all by the tenth grade, or they suffer the jail we would receive for not paying taxes. Moreover, since a single teacher&#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-83884436343305521912011-08-02T11:48:40.109-04:002011-08-02T11:48:40.109-04:00Am I the only one who's reminded of this whene...Am I the only one who's reminded of this whenever Matt Damon's name is mentioned? (Eh, probably)<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWTzyU5MFgMRadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-74588561254725958132011-08-02T11:40:18.033-04:002011-08-02T11:40:18.033-04:00However, entrenched education bureaucracies are on...However, entrenched education bureaucracies are only one factor, as Damon points out.<br /><br />Causes of the decline in educational achievement can aso be sought in the general decline in public culture, the politicization of the syllabus, the intrusion of state regulations making discipline and evaluation difficult and enabling litigation, changes in the demographics of the student body, Lila Rajivahttp://www.mindbodypolitic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-29417023121203354732011-08-02T11:25:41.103-04:002011-08-02T11:25:41.103-04:00"The pay is too low because there's only ..."The pay is too low because there's only so much you can steal from people that are productive."<br /><br />If only you were right Tony. Taking everything (and I mean EVERYTHING) you own if you are successful under the guise of helping the "less fortunate" is perfectly acceptable from where these animals sit. Listen to their words carefully and don't dismiss their Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-65155685082535770942011-08-02T11:14:40.368-04:002011-08-02T11:14:40.368-04:00Perhaps all teachers should be federalized rather ...Perhaps all teachers should be federalized rather than be paid by the local municipalities. That way, to satisfy Damon, Bernanke can purchase trillions in Treasury securities, then the government can give all teachers a raise.Richiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08214872228234094199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-80055083157193342522011-08-02T10:41:06.514-04:002011-08-02T10:41:06.514-04:00The pay is too low because there's only so muc...The pay is too low because there's only so much you can steal from people that are productive.Tonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-41065095699343103782011-08-02T10:23:17.502-04:002011-08-02T10:23:17.502-04:00Public school teachers are relatively well-paid an...Public school teachers are relatively well-paid and secure compared to their private sector equivalents. And don't even begin with administrators.<br /><br />I am now waiting for, "Stop the war on our kids..."Lila Rajivahttp://www.mindbodypolitic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-27834567449156306722011-08-02T10:02:46.382-04:002011-08-02T10:02:46.382-04:00made my day! :)made my day! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-67043634722344915962011-08-02T09:52:35.672-04:002011-08-02T09:52:35.672-04:00Matt Damon to world markets: Gold is too expensive...Matt Damon to world markets: Gold is too expensive. Stop being so greedy! Why do you hate America and American teachers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-24211500040451029302011-08-02T09:36:49.463-04:002011-08-02T09:36:49.463-04:00He's a total tool for the fascist state.
e.g....He's a total tool for the fascist state.<br /><br />e.g.<br />http://karendecoster.com/the-cdc-has-gone-hollywood.htmlRPNhttp://ronpaulnews.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-11673476654012872692011-08-02T09:34:41.443-04:002011-08-02T09:34:41.443-04:00I love the pay is too low argument. What people t...I love the pay is too low argument. What people that make this argument don't realize is that if pay is the real issue to quality education then that means we have a ton of firing to do to get rid of the crap that was willing to work for the presently low wages. Maybe he's really on to something after all!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com