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The weapons of a state might be analogized with the antlers of a deer: they defend the deer, they aid the deer in promulgating his genes through deer-dom -- but they exact a cost to the deer's metabolism, growth, energy. Such expenditure might have been laid out in some other part of the deer, right? And yet, the deer would not do so well without them, in the end. Necessary, but not wealth-generating overall; wealth-consuming instead.
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Said anonymous jinglenuts seemed out to discredit libertarianism, perhaps by Alinskyite methods. Meh, who knows?
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Not advocating in particular; just observing. In perhaps missing my point -- I'm not sure whether you have or not -- you've set up a different scenario. Might be fruitful; should we discuss more?
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I think we understand each other. I see that our deer is dying. Among other things, we've over invested in horns losing ground to the animals who've put more energy into their bodies. Metaphors aside, we've made a lot of bad investments as a country to the detriment of a couple things only the smallest minority oppose, infrastructure and education. Sensible investment in those two things make us more competitive. We should not lose sight of that during our quadrennial rut.
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Hopey Changey, fail.
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I think that was the point, though, merc, whether you agree with it or not. The idea is, if the government boosts things in the short term, that will be enough to set the ball rolling, and by the time the stimulus starts costing productivity the snowball effect of what it STIMULATED in the -private- sector will more than make up for the eventual lessening of the direct effects. Basically, the idea is, if we can get the economy on track NOW, it will be strong enough to survive the eventual side effects of the drug we used to save it. You can disagree with the effectiveness of that concept, but attacking it as if this wasn't a foreseeable consequence of the stimulus on the part of its proponents is disingenuous.
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I think you need to determine how much of the stimulus was for job creation and then recalculate those numbers.
IMO, it will be much more representative of reality. Then look at the amounts spent on "other" things and assess how well that was spent.
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
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advocating the elimination of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I thought it might be worthwhile to try to have a discussion of these two entities, and the implications of keeping or eliminating them. Here is Freddie Mac's website description of what they do: Quote:
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Instead, a mortgage is developed by a bank, credit union, etc. wherein the terms of the loan are defined, and the purchase funds are distributed to the new home owner. Before the existence of F&F, the bank provided it's own funds and held the mortgage and processed the loan payments. But with F&F, the bank can now sell such mortgages to F&F, and thereby replenish the bank's funds to continue creating additional mortgages. But, F&F do not buy these mortgages one-at-a-time. Instead, the bank "bundles" several mortgages and establishes the "quality" of the bundle, and then proceeds to negotiate the value with F&F. Once F&F own these bundles of mortgages, they sell them to investors, with assurances of value and quality... and may earn a profit during these transactions. ------------ OK, I hope other Dwellars will add or correct my description as needed, and contribute to a political discussion of these institutions. . |
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Gingrich on the proper role of the Judiciary Branch
Elsewhere, I posted my concern over Gingrich's intentions for his presidency.
Here are excerpts from the articles I cited. NY Times Editorial Dec 10, 2011 Mr. Gingrich’s Attack on the Courts Quote:
Here is Gingrich's presentation: - it downloads a pdf file. 21st Century Contract with America Bringing the Courts Back Under the Constitution Quote:
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I wonder how Supreme Court Judge Samuel Alito is feeling about Newt now.
Has he uttered the phrase: "Dear God, what have I wrought" It was Alito, while working in the Reagan administration, that expanded the concept of "Signing Statements" which in effect allowed US Presidents to ignore parts of new legislation the President (by himself) deemed as unconstitutional. |
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