Red Mapping

[Happy Monkey]

Most of those costs are unforced. Port-a-potties are much cheaper than mass arrests.

[DanaC]

There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs -

John Rogers

http://www.newappsblog.com/2011/04/g...-sullivan.html

[DanaC]

Atlas isn't shrugging, he's choking. One wafer thin mint too many.

[TheMercenary]

Well we will see when they start to close down businesses and people lose more jobs because of the actions of this government.

[DanaC]

And because of their actions. They also have agency.

[TheMercenary]

So be it. But in the end stop blaming the job makers and start looking at the regulators, that is where the problem hides.

[DanaC]

Who currently controls the regulators?

[tw]

Originally Posted by DanaC

Who currently controls the regulators?

Obama still cannot get a large number of his administrators into office. Republicans have put secret holds on these people - including a Nobel prize winner – even for three years because of ‘self admitted’ political reasons. To make sure Obama does not appoint these people anyway, wacko extremists have made sure Congress convenes at least every three days - even during Congressional recesses - so that Obama cannot appoint his people.

Griff had discussed this political game long ago. Wacko Republicans - not to be confused by patriotic moderate Republicans - want to harm America so that Obama will fail. Love it when deregulation created secret Wall Street shenanigans that created this recession, Bernie Madoff, K Street, unlimited campaign contributions so that the rich can buy government, welfare for the rich, ... and blame it all on Obama.

How do regulators do their job when Obama cannot even get his administrators into office? You do remember when they were openly saying, "We want Obama to fail". That means even stifling Obama's appointment so that government cannot do its job.

[classicman]

Kinda weird/funny/sad explanation here. VERY partisan IMO.

from wiki ...

In 1946, the U.S. Congress enacted the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), which formalized means of assuring the regularity of government administrative activity, and its conformance with authorizing legislation. The APA established uniform procedures for a federal agency's promulgation of regulations, and adjudication of claims. The APA also sets forth the process for judicial review of agency action.

[SamIam]

Originally Posted by classicman

Kinda weird/funny/sad explanation here. VERY partisan IMO.

from wiki ...

From your link:

What is broken is not the system, but the morality of the people who run it.

This sums up the current situation perfectly.

Originally Posted by The Mercenary

So be it. But in the end stop blaming the job makers and start looking at the regulators, that is where the problem hides.

What job makers? Are you talking about the ones who couldn't wait to make jobs in the third world and outsourced American jobs by the millions to Bangladesh and the like? Nice job, "job makers."

Or are you talking about the "job makers" who took advantage of the Bush era tax cuts by banking that extra money in the Cayman Islands and giving CEO's even more obscene renumerations than before?

Reinvesting in their own companies? Why would anyone do that? Such investments take time to come to fruition, but putting that money into the banks made for a great bottom line right away. During eight years under Bush, the economy gained a net 188,000 private sector jobs. So much for tax cuts encouraging job makers to actually create jobs.

And what few regulators we had in place more resembled the fox guarding the hen house than they did anything else.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by SamIam

During eight years under Bush, the economy gained a net 188,000 private sector jobs. So much for tax cuts encouraging job makers to actually create jobs.

False and misleading.


http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-me...-jobs-created/