tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post6996016059056036489..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Henry Blodget's Odd View of How the Economy WorksRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-3525097868502430942011-12-12T11:58:20.214-05:002011-12-12T11:58:20.214-05:00You all think this guy is an infantile Keynesian i...You all think this guy is an infantile Keynesian idiot but really he is a state-sponsored terrorist. He will say anything the state wants him to say including advocating stealing (enslaving) 6 billion people's earned property using government guns and jail backed violence. I have no thoughts of stealing from other people because I am not a terrorist like Blodget..Krugman..Obama.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-70248193628690692462011-12-12T02:56:22.177-05:002011-12-12T02:56:22.177-05:00I think the Austrian case can only be understood b...I think the Austrian case can only be understood by the average Joe and Darcy if it is done visually, so that people can see both the entrepreneur side and the consumer side and put them in context to instantly understand the big picture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-85817251919341803282011-12-11T23:14:36.656-05:002011-12-11T23:14:36.656-05:00It's actually depressing to witness the effort...It's actually depressing to witness the effort these people indulge in to be spectacularly wrong. They would rather run ten miles in to the muddled quagmire of the Great Dismal Keynesian Swamp than to walk a few feet that gets you to the free market.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-70216180172975799662011-12-11T21:46:07.088-05:002011-12-11T21:46:07.088-05:00"An ordinary middle-class consumer is far mor..."An ordinary middle-class consumer is far more of a job creator than I ever have been or ever will be." ...and... "Rich businesspeople like me don’t create jobs. Middle-class consumers do."<br /><br />A job boils down to someone placing a signature on a paycheck. That's not the consumer. That's me, the entrepreneur, the employer that actually has an agreement with the Matt Millerhttp://www.ruggedtabletpc.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-14770226420810871192011-12-11T16:59:32.712-05:002011-12-11T16:59:32.712-05:00I really wish that the GOP would defend increased ...I really wish that the GOP would defend increased taxation of the high income earners on the grounds of protecting private property rights instead of the b/s argument that these people create jobs so they need to keep their money. Since when do people have to do something, whether its create a job or buy something, for the right to own the product of their labor? The middle class people that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-91035762397313672972011-12-11T16:59:05.716-05:002011-12-11T16:59:05.716-05:00I saw this article fed to me on LinkedIn - and I q...I saw this article fed to me on LinkedIn - and I quickly sent feedback to LinkedIn that BI is a political hack site with no economic or business reasoning behind it. I implored them to not link to any BI articles ever again. <br /><br />A good venture would be to contact BI's online advertisers - they may not agree with BI's premise that their entrepreneurship and business doesn't, inMatt Millerhttp://www.ruggedtabletpc.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-68067093193427233942011-12-11T15:05:04.430-05:002011-12-11T15:05:04.430-05:00The current violent parasite in the whitehouse tol...The current violent parasite in the whitehouse told this freak to write these things. Note how a lot of these so-called economists are writing the exact same thing these days. They are bought and paid for by the state. We are full-on Fascism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-25521069844173898632011-12-11T14:02:49.721-05:002011-12-11T14:02:49.721-05:00This highlights why the focus on jobs is always mi...This highlights why the focus on jobs is always misplaced. Jobs are but a means to gain wealth and otherwise achieve their wants and goals. Since the quantity of human needs, wants and goals is limitless, so is the amount of work - jobs - required to satisfy them. <br /><br />When instead people don't have jobs, it's either because they value their leisure time more or there are Tom Bernhardthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18274581933972838536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-45711265051971974652011-12-11T11:43:20.135-05:002011-12-11T11:43:20.135-05:00His articles have been increasingly supportive of ...His articles have been increasingly supportive of populist thought, and less focused on business reality. He has successfully politicized his content. I travel the internet in search of contrarian, intelligent, and, mostly, non-biased content related to our current business environment. I just deleted BusinessInsider from my list of favorites. Prediction: He will go the way of Politico(I use to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-31183868152728052042011-12-11T11:14:08.805-05:002011-12-11T11:14:08.805-05:00Thanks for covering this. My head nearly exploded ...Thanks for covering this. My head nearly exploded when I saw the primo tweet.Bob Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14790005723107501043noreply@blogger.com