tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post7254298724233283304..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Socialist Presidential Candidate Sanders Proposes Raising Government Spending by $18 TrillionRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-81005501224023572002015-09-16T16:58:12.496-04:002015-09-16T16:58:12.496-04:00No matter how often socialism has failed, people s...No matter how often socialism has failed, people still think it will work. A few people learn from history that most people do not learn from history.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-79551665587776626922015-09-16T09:51:02.602-04:002015-09-16T09:51:02.602-04:00Acctually Sanders hasn't even announced how he...Acctually Sanders hasn't even announced how he intends to pay for it. Just unnamed tax plans that will be forthcoming.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-16195769973922715202015-09-16T06:08:45.782-04:002015-09-16T06:08:45.782-04:00This is not madness. This is realpolitik. Spending...This is not madness. This is realpolitik. Spending is a good way to win power. And Sanders wants much power.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-86965728380055664242015-09-16T02:29:59.796-04:002015-09-16T02:29:59.796-04:00Oh that's ok then. HE'S going to pay for i...Oh that's ok then. HE'S going to pay for it. Generous guy.Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13068752354115705603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-26685699701673624462015-09-15T20:33:19.412-04:002015-09-15T20:33:19.412-04:00Sanders is demonstrably evil and stupid. He is not...Sanders is demonstrably evil and stupid. He is not trying to hide it or or obfuscate. All of his white bloodless "progressive" supporters are along for ride. I assume that average people should be able to catch on (with our help). If we can't beat these guys............Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-86908476459881831552015-09-15T19:30:00.682-04:002015-09-15T19:30:00.682-04:00THis is complete bull shit the article from WSJ is...THis is complete bull shit the article from WSJ is intentionally misleading and that $18 Trillion is over the course of 10 Years, and it does not take into account the ways he has a plan to pay for it all.brendandavisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15481921254037581768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-52393325294939891952015-09-15T19:08:14.953-04:002015-09-15T19:08:14.953-04:00Marc, I missed that. Though, since the government...Marc, I missed that. Though, since the government is already spending $530 billion more than it takes in (over the last 11 months), then you wouldn't be forking over money for the GE pensions. All of the money will be borrowed from the next few generations. It's good to steal from the future. The trick is to just die of old age in the next few years, then you miss out on all the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-13957517299094158982015-09-15T19:05:06.145-04:002015-09-15T19:05:06.145-04:00Yeah, but the ending can be very ugly. I, for one...Yeah, but the ending can be very ugly. I, for one, don't want to fight with my neighbors over canned dog food to eat any sooner than I have to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-59661277613267737372015-09-15T16:47:08.715-04:002015-09-15T16:47:08.715-04:00Bernie's plan is actually very simple. Everyon...Bernie's plan is actually very simple. Everyone stop working and go on a government-provided "living wage". Then just have the Fed print all the money we need. Why is that so hard to understand?Robert What?https://www.blogger.com/profile/03863449539859132763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-33835757340725009372015-09-15T14:51:08.371-04:002015-09-15T14:51:08.371-04:00"Socialism is a dangerous irrational politica..."Socialism is a dangerous irrational political religion full of faithful political fanatics convinced utopia is a matter of legislation."<br /><br />It's why I always call it a religious cult. Because that's exactly what it is. They live in a total fantasy world the morons.Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-26878355504142183722015-09-15T13:50:35.976-04:002015-09-15T13:50:35.976-04:00No, I don't think so, but if you happen to stu...No, I don't think so, but if you happen to stumble across a sane place, please let me know.Brother Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-70940904921928615812015-09-15T13:46:52.284-04:002015-09-15T13:46:52.284-04:00Not something to fret over. The game is going to ...Not something to fret over. The game is going to continue until it can't. Sanders brings the end on a little sooner, that's all.<br /><br />bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-90926169062370180112015-09-15T13:22:01.276-04:002015-09-15T13:22:01.276-04:00When there is welfare people will be able to bid t...When there is welfare people will be able to bid their labor lower and come out ahead. <br /><br />It follows the same line as if the government was subsidizing my widgets at $1 each. I undercut my competitor by 30 cents. I am seventy cents richer per widget than I would be without the subsidy and I sell more widgets. <br /><br />Low prices through government subsidy be it things or labor. oooBooonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-24506428328589660952015-09-15T13:17:15.672-04:002015-09-15T13:17:15.672-04:00Don't forget that Sanders helped install Steph...Don't forget that Sanders helped install Stephanie Kelton, Queen of the MMTers, as "Chief Economist on the Senate Budget Committee". There's no need for taxes if the state can just spend money into existence. The purpose of taxes is merely to suck money away from the powerless to allegedly avoid CPI inflation.<br /><br />I find these people to be about as scary as they come. <Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-35934297901284078452015-09-15T13:14:23.626-04:002015-09-15T13:14:23.626-04:00We have to understand what health care has been an...We have to understand what health care has been and will be. Presently it's a way for a favored cartel to drain our wealth. What it will become as government gets control is a way to get rid of people who cost more their productivity. oooBooonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-50802397215471609392015-09-15T12:17:54.783-04:002015-09-15T12:17:54.783-04:00What's scary will be the number of morons (my ...What's scary will be the number of morons (my apologies to the truly mentally disadvantaged) that will eat this crap up!Miguel D'Anconiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15650695642051943261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-31595681975572749172015-09-15T11:58:37.044-04:002015-09-15T11:58:37.044-04:00"...rational economic calculation is impossib..."...rational economic calculation is impossible in a socialist system. Optimal economic coordination requires a free market in which prices transmit crucial information about the supply and demand of capital goods."<br /><br />Socialism is a dangerous irrational political religion full of faithful political fanatics convinced utopia is a matter of legislation.Brother Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-62796568601219570112015-09-15T11:46:25.164-04:002015-09-15T11:46:25.164-04:00Shouldn't this guy be in a mental institution?...Shouldn't this guy be in a mental institution? What a loon!Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-70664869038498698452015-09-15T11:44:44.218-04:002015-09-15T11:44:44.218-04:00This idiot is a complete nutcase. He belongs in a ...This idiot is a complete nutcase. He belongs in a straitjacket not in the Imperial Chair.Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-31826479792711127852015-09-15T11:36:30.741-04:002015-09-15T11:36:30.741-04:00This is worse than I thought. He proposes 29 billi...This is worse than I thought. He proposes 29 billion to prevent companies from cutting pensions. Correct me if Im wrong but wouldnt that mean he proposes raiding our incomes to pay for private pensions? So I, as a self employed businessman have to fork over money to pay for the private pensions of GE employees? Is there any sane place left on earth? Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08456422132789269949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-10758370458645527642015-09-15T11:14:24.300-04:002015-09-15T11:14:24.300-04:00put it this way. In the at last election in Illino...put it this way. In the at last election in Illinois the republican candidtate won and chased all the democrats in Springfeild back to Chicago where they found Rahm wasn't that keen on employing them sither so at the mayoral election all these democrats backed a nothing candidate against Rahm who after having to face a run off election then made a deal and then won easily. <br />The proggiesHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15417060063126394938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-46163264057473516802015-09-15T11:09:52.249-04:002015-09-15T11:09:52.249-04:00Just look at that pic. He is very serious and cra...Just look at that pic. He is very serious and crazy!scolvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04066268686204928366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-47570029146300571022015-09-15T11:06:51.146-04:002015-09-15T11:06:51.146-04:00I like how it costs $5.5 billion to employee 1 mil...I like how it costs $5.5 billion to employee 1 million people...but it doesn't cost millions of jobs to spend trillions!<br /><br />We've already seen government spending over 50% of GDP. What would this be in a recession, 80% of GDP?!? It appears that he really is a socialist.<br /><br />Sanders himself makes the argument that Walmart employees shouldn't be receiving so much Brandon Foremanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13535074844987678538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-32884707415871334072015-09-15T11:00:07.404-04:002015-09-15T11:00:07.404-04:00My favorite part is that he thinks that he can giv...My favorite part is that he thinks that he can give everybody medicare for only $15 trillion. Maybe if that was the figure per year. I, for one, look forward to the rationed healthcare. I will spend all of my effort becoming friends with the bureaucrats to ensure that I get on the list of those to receive premium healthcare (to heck with the proles).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-46854674901406201682015-09-15T10:28:13.528-04:002015-09-15T10:28:13.528-04:00This is madness. He cant be serious, can he? This is madness. He cant be serious, can he? Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08456422132789269949noreply@blogger.com