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SteamWake 07-01-10 03:21 PM

She said what ??!!
 
Nacy Pelosi states...

Quote:

Unemployment benefits are creating jobs faster than practically any other program, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...y-create-jobs/

Just wow... :nope:

Sailor Steve 07-01-10 03:41 PM

Ummm...yeah, that is an interesting concept. :hmmm:

tater 07-01-10 03:54 PM

LOL.

Once they pass it, then the people they represent can learn what's in it...

UnderseaLcpl 07-01-10 03:55 PM

I could believe her, as long as we're talking about programs. Unemployment compensation has to be creating some jobs, even if a bunch of them are involved in unemployment compensation, which is more than can be said for the "Green Jobs" initiative, which relies almost entirely on artificial demand....and supply, come to think of it.

Of course, bear in mind that creating jobs for the electorate is not exactly what most state unemployment insurance is for; it's more about preserving jobs for the elected. In that respect it has a pretty decent track record, minus one significant attempt at welfare reform.

Snestorm 07-01-10 04:30 PM

Her goals seem to have the stench of communism.

The working people who are the pillars of society, have already been weakened far to much.
If, and/or when they fall, so too will society as people now know it.

Socialism does not strengthen the weak.
It weakens the strong.

The weak are multiplying, at the expense of the strong.
This goes against the laws of nature, and can not be sustained.
The longer it contimues, the higher will be the end price tag.

UnderseaLcpl 07-01-10 04:32 PM

Waxing poetic today, Snestorm?;)

Snestorm 07-01-10 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl (Post 1432971)
Waxing poetic today, Snestorm?;)

Help.
Your taking lessons from your prof, and leaving me in bewilderment over the question.

At minimum, did I earn a plus or minus?

SteamWake 07-01-10 05:07 PM

I just would have had to raise my hand and say "Excuse me madam speaker but what about that stimulus package?"

krashkart 07-01-10 05:38 PM

It doesn't help our unemployment numbers any by having so many jobs outsourced to lower-wage countries, either. I don't mean to stray off topic. But we can manufacture tires here just as efficiently as the Chinese... of course the Catch-22 of that is that Americans demand higher wages. We're screwing ourselves for products on the cheap.

Anyway, sorry. I digress. :-?

UnderseaLcpl 07-01-10 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snestorm (Post 1432979)
Help.
Your taking lessons from your prof, and leaving me in bewilderment over the question.

At minimum, did I earn a plus or minus?

A plus, I suppose. I just meant that your post sounded poetic, and I wondered if that was intentional.

SteamWake 07-01-10 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by krashkart (Post 1433037)
It doesn't help our unemployment numbers any by having so many jobs outsourced to lower-wage countries, either. I don't mean to stray off topic. But we can manufacture tires here just as efficiently as the Chinese... of course the Catch-22 of that is that Americans demand higher wages. We're screwing ourselves for products on the cheap.

Anyway, sorry. I digress. :-?

I'm guessing that the enviromentalist have a great deal of impact there as well.

Snestorm 07-01-10 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl (Post 1433038)
A plus, I suppose. I just meant that your post sounded poetic, and I wondered if that was intentional.

Thanks for the clarification.

No intention toward poetics.
Just my, admittedly odd at times, organization structure.

conus00 07-01-10 07:50 PM

She's a stupid broad.

"You can't fix stupid"
---Ron White

Gerald 07-02-10 01:52 AM

Average....
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Snestorm (Post 1432979)
Help.
Your taking lessons from your prof, and leaving me in bewilderment over the question.

At minimum, did I earn a plus or minus?

:haha:

mookiemookie 07-02-10 08:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by krashkart (Post 1433037)
It doesn't help our unemployment numbers any by having so many jobs outsourced to lower-wage countries, either. I don't mean to stray off topic. But we can manufacture tires here just as efficiently as the Chinese... of course the Catch-22 of that is that Americans demand higher wages. We're screwing ourselves for products on the cheap.

Anyway, sorry. I digress. :-?

Well, from a purely economic theory standpoint, outsourcing your low-wage, low-skill jobs is not necessarily a bad thing, so long as you replace them with higher wage, higher skilled jobs. Think about it - an engineer for the ipod gets paid a lot more than the guy who assembles one. So, which one would you rather have your economy full of - engineers or assemblers?


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