tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post5619706673225900668..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: NOT GOOD: Trump Team Plans for Infrastructure ‘Task Force’Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-5491499859864719522016-12-21T12:26:40.875-05:002016-12-21T12:26:40.875-05:00He's a Keynesian. I'm sure soon he'll...He's a Keynesian. I'm sure soon he'll start bragging about all the "shovel-ready" Murican jebs this will create and all the ways it will "stimulate" the economy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11968441656658845395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-72860017798377165072016-12-21T10:48:58.472-05:002016-12-21T10:48:58.472-05:00The blog doesn't explain "investment tax ...The blog doesn't explain "investment tax credit." I read it as wealthy people buying bonds in exchange for tax breaks to complete these projects. <br /><br />I don't mind that so much as the status quo because 1) it reduces taxes directly for the wealthy investors and indirectly for the American public (assuming the government uses the money collected to directly fund the Stuffed Pimentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03631687618198640700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-74337911724713169422016-12-21T10:45:20.413-05:002016-12-21T10:45:20.413-05:00Trump fans are emotionally committed -- no amount ...Trump fans are emotionally committed -- no amount of statist actions will dissuade. Why? Because Trump has divided paleo and voluntarist sentiments in libertarianism (and left-libertarians loathe him).<br /><br />He skillfully plays our emotions, good cop / bad cop style, like abusing and petting a dog randomly, to generate compliance from a slim hope of future goodness. What a sick game for Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08340471191018052788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-12942088489352088222016-12-21T10:11:33.799-05:002016-12-21T10:11:33.799-05:00Would you like to put your money where your mouth ...Would you like to put your money where your mouth is and bet that these "internal improvements" will not be funded via the State and crony capitalists? Keep on dreaming Trumpster. Pope of Capitalismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01517472470003475056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-44970615655152451232016-12-21T08:32:24.995-05:002016-12-21T08:32:24.995-05:00No Bob, I am not thinking that.
Trump isn't R...No Bob, I am not thinking that.<br /><br />Trump isn't Ron Paul. I'm okay with that. So far, I like what I see, and understand that there is no ideal man to be president. Not even Ron Paul.<br /><br />In any case, this is Jeff Bezos' blog, and the article itself is less condemnatory than your breathless hysterics implies (let me get a fainting couch for you).<br /><br />"But thatShimshonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04158609487960587917noreply@blogger.com