Attack the source. Does not matter if the source is correct, in fact especially if it supports a contrary viewpoint, attack harder. Case in point. A columnist, nationally recognized, opines on the changing behavior of the besieged successful, an obvious point which I have personally seen in multiple instances involving successful friends and quite frankly makes sense. Rather than debate the point, heck, lets just call her a right winger.
Billy boy inherited the end of a mild economic downturn and was mostly benefited by the dot.com boom and a general recovery as well as the Conservative takeover of congress. This guy has a mess and his hostility towards the successful is and will further harm the economy.
I'm paying off my mortgage.
Or another Baxter method:
Ignore the facts, attack Bush. The Democrats, promoting their stated beliefs, attempt to promote home ownership without risk (same with health care, union membership, social security or medicare) when confronted with obvious facts and/or results of their beliefs, deny, ignore and blame Bush.
Hoping for better.
To follow: The Terry method.
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What's the Ganem Method? To never admit when you are wrong...
Not too many people "went Galt" during the Clinton Administration, as evidenced by his revenues. The whole suggestion that the Clinton era tax rates are too high and will harm revenues is laughable - again - based upon experience.
It took Bush FIVE YEARS to achieve the revenues that Clinton printed. Fiscally, Bush/GOP Congress were a complete and utter disaster. Don't try to rewrite it.
The Big Lie is still a lie no matter how often you repeat it.
Hypocrisy a Ganem Method?
You keep putting unions down yet you once tried to form a union. Hows that? Unions are bad unless they serve you?
Cynicism run amok! It is as self serving as your take on tax rates.
Rich, you keep comparing apples to oranges. During a booming economy can we get away with raising tax rates? obviously the answer is Yes. However during a major recession it has been shown that raising taxes helps to plunge us into a depression. Why don't you read about the things that Harding tried to do at the beginning of the Great Depression. Raising taxes during a recession is a stupid idea. Of course it will be just one of the many stupid ideas that is coming out of the soon to be known as the worst Presidency in American history.
Mark -
I agree about tax increases during growth and cuts during recession. I am not aware of any federal taxes going up until 2011. If we remain in recession at this time next year, I'd eliminate the pending tax hikes (except for estate/inheritance related measures, which should be enacted immediately).
It was Bushes high end (non stimulative, investment oriented)tax cuts during growth that was so damning. Further - he refused to raise rates in the face of two wars and yawning deficits.
I could have sworn it was Hoover (R) at the beginning of the Great Depression, not Harding. Of course, Harding was one of history's worst president and he was also a Republican!
No, I support collective bargaining. But as your referenced article states
What labor activists are unwilling to acknowledge is that membership might be falling because workers are less interested in joining unions. Some employees may view labor unions as corrupt or overly politicized, and not without justification. (See Teamsters, Justice Department control of.) Others may be scared off by the precarious condition of heavily unionized industries such as autos and airlines. And many workers might plausibly conclude that one-size-fits-all labor contracts hold back the best and brightest in our modern economy.
No contradiction here.
Aaah, I see. Jimmy's union good. Other unions bad...
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