The french cannot have their
The french cannot have their cake and eat it; they can't have Germany agreeing to going joint and several on financial fiscal integration and NOT agree to delegate more national sovereignty to Europe....
View ArticleI just wish Stratfor had the
I just wish Stratfor had the nerve to use one of their actual analysts and/or operators to do the newscast. So typical: throw a chick up there. I wanna see some twisted ex-Special Forces history and...
View ArticleProstrating before his Lord
Prostrating before his Lord and Master..the pimp with the whip.
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View ArticleYou don't get it. To most
You don't get it. To most Greeks (and Europeans) the "economy" consists of activity by the State - not the private sector. And in a sense they are right since in Europe the State is now the dominant...
View ArticleHas anyone tried cutting
Has anyone tried cutting spending and cutting (rather than increasing) taxes?
View ArticleThey got balls though. What
They got balls though. What they are essentially asking is that Germany underwrite the cost of lowering the retirement age from 62 to 60. All Germany has to do is come up with a few hundred billion...
View Article-> Budgetary oversight of a
-> Budgetary oversight of a smoking crater leaves a bit to be desired (and paid back too).-> Those meddling kids had it comin'!
View ArticleWith an overblown "Foghorn
With an overblown "Foghorn Leghorn" accent and a riding crop for indicating things on charts.
View Articlehttp://www.xtranormal.com/wat
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/13522529/kristen-cooper-talks-too-much I think its clearer, frankly.
View ArticleI don't want Keynesianism or
I don't want Keynesianism or austerity during this economic depression. Cutting spending in a state-dependent economy without a free market is just a recipe for disaster. More and bigger government is...
View ArticleGermany started their own
Germany started their own austerity program 10 years ago, when they cut social benefits, increased retirement age to 67, created a low wage sector and even have no minimum wage, while other...
View ArticleStratfor (and owner George
Stratfor (and owner George Friedman), as most economic observers know, does not do analysis…it does opinion. And the opinions are always favoring the banker establishment, coloring every map of the...
View ArticleThe world of Keyenes is
The world of Keyenes is inside out and upside down from economic reality. It is beyond being morally bankrupt and is simply evil for how his theory presumes that government should (and does) have a...
View ArticleHas anyone tried defaulting
Has anyone tried defaulting on and liquidating debt that cannot be repaid, and using real money instead of state issued debt based paper fiat money?
View ArticleAnything that is
Anything that is unsustainable eventually comes to an end, one way or another.
View ArticleKeynes may have died a long
Keynes may have died a long time ago, but I for one am here to bury him!
View Article"Perhaps the real lesson is
"Perhaps the real lesson is to be had from the Baltics where drastic ‘internal devaluation’ has accompanied genuine ‘austerity’ in the form of government cut backs stretching from 10% in Estonia, to...
View ArticleKeynes mainly stated that the
Keynes mainly stated that the government should save some dough in good times, and spend it wisely when everyone else is retrenching. What would be wrong with that?
View ArticleIn our case, (The U.S.) it
In our case, (The U.S.) it doesn't really reduce the size of government, but it damn changes it's scope, if not increasing it.When you shift what the government does to the private sector, but it's...
View Articleneeds an awkward facial tic
needs an awkward facial tic too. Something with... one eye? Or maybe an uncotrollable Joker smile that pops in and out?
View ArticleThanks for the reality, the
Thanks for the reality, the truth, Tirpitz. /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes;...
View ArticleYup. I'd be suprised if any
Yup. I'd be suprised if any of the guys touting the Baltic "success" had ever set foot there. Amazing growth on paper indeed... In Lithuania, austerity was induced by the government's sheer inability...
View ArticleTyler, when will ZH hire
Tyler, when will ZH hire Kristen to do some video clips? She has that 'speak doom to the zombies' delivery for what awaits in 2013
View Article"Keynes mainly
"Keynes mainly stated..."Keynes stated quite a lot more. Much which was self-contradictory. And some which seemed to have no meaning whatsoever.
View ArticleI'm not sure what austerity
I'm not sure what austerity these idiots are referring to? There hasn't been any austerity to date, unless of course you consider the private sector. There have been 0 Layoffs in the European public...
View ArticleThe logic(?) of cutting
The logic(?) of cutting spending and increasing taxes really speaks volumes to why we are here.
View ArticleYou, Sir, are 1000%
You, Sir, are 1000% correct... Libertarianism... brought to you by the "Party of Plenty;" you'd be a fool not to subscribe.
View ArticleHere is Krugman's response to
Here is Krugman's response to the finely parsed data presented by Brad Pitthttp://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/10/latvian-competitiveness/And I'll add that it is incorrect to say that Spain,...
View ArticleAs the 'Prussian'
As the 'Prussian' pseudo-intellectuals scramble to find the weakest scape-goats.Patriot Act - What's that?Glass Steigal - What's that?VOOOODOOOOOO Economics - What's that?Housing Bubble - What's...
View ArticleI second your thoughts, but
I second your thoughts, but have in mind that Iceland is not a member of the EU. The bitter truth here in Europe is that a supranational Leviathan has been gradually taking over all aspects of life...
View ArticleI didn't realize the US had
I didn't realize the US had practiced austerity (except for and eventual $37 billion out of a budget of $3,700 billion). BFD. The question has always been, "Who can best provide for human needs?"...
View Article@ falak pema, Members of
@ falak pema, Members of the EU Commission (the future overseers of all Euro-zone fiscal budgets) have made it no secret that they seek a political union.
View ArticleI personally don't know
I personally don't know anyone that thinks it's the states job to "take care of folks."
View Article- Austerians choose to starve
- Austerians choose to starve themselves to satisfy banks.- Keynesians choose to take more debt to satisfy banks.- The Austerian outcome: demographic breakdown, less revenue, a crap budget and...
View ArticleI don't know what most of you
I don't know what most of you are smoking. Austerity for people and Keynes for the banksis the rule now. There is a good balance between governmentand business, in an economy, and most countriesdon't...
View Articleby the way , you're all
by the way , you're all pissing into the wind. Austerity for us and Keynes for banks is thetraining wheels for one world government andelectronic money, no more protesting, nomore government unless you...
View ArticleGoogle "Alan Ford", the TNT
Google "Alan Ford", the TNT gang's leader - Nr. One is the man you're looking for. He has a talking parrot as well :)
View ArticleEU commission has no
EU commission has no political power per se, only what elected national governments decide to give them. Do you read what is printed in these threads? This is a repeat statement. Political Union will...
View ArticleThe strategist from Diapason
The strategist from Diapason is obviously not knowledgeable about Keynes. Non of the PIGS have adopted keynesian policy, they just went for pure austerity. The Baltic did an internal devaluation but I...
View ArticleI'm pretty sure that I said
I'm pretty sure that I said exactly this in a comment last week.
View ArticleSo I guess the money printing
So I guess the money printing from the ECB in the form of low interest loans and the purchase of worthless government bonds doesn't count as money printing to you?!? Pure austerity, would mean the...
View ArticleBut, by just telling Greeks
But, by just telling Greeks and other 'lazy' people to stop expecting social democratic norms like education and health, because bankers and globalising, offshoring businesses are "capitalism and thus...
View ArticleAhh...because austerity
Ahh...because austerity worked so well on the poor.The only people who need austerity are the pig war profiteers and the corporate welfare state being shoved down our throats by CONSERVATIVE traitors.
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