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Why does anyone believe that success in business qualified someone to make economic policy? […]
A businessman can slash his workforce in half, produce about the same as before, and be considered a big success; an economy that does the same plunges into depression, and ends up not being able to sell its goods. Nothing in business experience prepares one for the paradox of thrift, or even the inflationary impact of increases in the money supply (which is real when the economy isn’t in a liquidity trap.)
And I haven’t even mentioned the fact that presidents need to work with Congress, and face far more limits on their authority than CEOs.
The idea that what America needs now is an executive type is just foolish.
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Full Article: Businessmen and Economics
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occupy economics…
“Very few protest movements enjoy perfect clarity about tactics or command widespread support when they begin; they’re designed to spark conversation, raise awareness, attract others to the cause, and build those structural planks as they grow and develop. Dismissing these incipient protests because they lack fully developed, sophisticated professionalization is akin to pronouncing a three-year-old child worthless because he can’t read Schopenhauer: those who are actually interested in helping it develop will work toward improving those deficiencies, not harp on them in order to belittle its worth.” ~ Glenn Greenwald
perfectly stated…
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Yesterday we did a historic thing. We generated 87,834 phone calls to U.S. Representatives in a concerted effort to protect the Internet. Extraordinary. There’s no doubt that we’ve been heard.
So just to keep you updated: The well-intentioned, but immensely flawed “Stop Online Piracy Act” is still in the House Judiciary Committee. The hearing was yesterday and now members will debate and bring amendments to the bill. The Committee will reconvene in a few weeks — the date has yet to be scheduled. Nothing has been brought to a final vote. Everything is still very much in play. We’ll keep you posted on what’s going on and what you can do to help. But for now, we want to thank you.
One encouraging thing we heard yesterday:
I don’t believe this bill has any chance on the House floor. I think it’s way too extreme, it infringes on too many areas that our leadership will know is simply too dangerous to do in its current form.
— Representative Darrell Issa
We also want to express our tremendous gratitude to our friends at Mobile Commons who, on 30 minutes notice, hooked us up with their amazing platform (and provided their expertise) to automatically connect callers with their Representatives.
keep it up guys…
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In stark contrast to today’s zeal for issuing subpoenas to the White House, yesterday Republicans were singing a very different tune. Over in the Natural Resources Committee, Republicans voted unanimously against my motion to subpoena the CEOs of BP, Transocean, Halliburton and Cameron who refused – that’s right – refused – to appear at a hearing before the Committee.
We weren’t asking for hundreds of thousands of pages of emails or documents. We just wanted the opportunity to question them about the environmental catastrophe that actually was the result of illegal activity.
While insisting on full disclosure and complete transparency from the White House on Solyndra, Republicans have put the CEOs from the companies responsible for the worst offshore oil spill in our history into a witness protection program where they are apparently going to be immune from any Congressional or public scrutiny. - Rep. Ed Markey, D-MA.
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PRESENTING: Herman Cain in ”Imagine there’s no pizza…”
What’s better, this or the best picture ever of Mitt Romney?
UPDATE: BONUS LYRICS
Imagine there’s no pizza, I couldn’t if I tried
Eating only tacos, Or Kentucky Fried
Imagine only burgers, It’s frightening and sadYou’re lucky you have pizza, To feed your kids for you
Only frosting or cookies, And no dishes you must do
Imagine eating pizza, Each and every dayYou may say that it’s junk food, But to me it’s so much more
It gives my life its meaning, And it makes a lot of doughImagine mozzarella, Anchovies on the side
And maybe, pepperoni, Rounds out your pizza pie
Imagine getting pizza, Delivered to your doorYou don’t have to give up now, On my skateboard I will go
I’ll be back in 30 minutes, I just bought DominoesAll I am saying, Is give pizza a chance
All I am saying, Give pizza a chance!
All I am saying, Is give pizza a chance
All I am saying, You’ve got to, got to give pizza a chance!(H/T Daily Beast)
oh man this is gold, imagine eating pizza everyday-it’s only 9.99, herman cain lol…
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“I for one am increasingly concerned about the growing mobs occupying Wall Street and the other cities across the country… Believe it or not, some in this town have actually condoned the pitting of Americans against Americans.” — Eric Cantor, Teaparty House Leader, Oct. 7, 2011
Because the Teaparty has never, never — no, never evah pitted Americans against Americans! *clutching pearls*
Images from Buzzfeed: What teabaggers signs say vs. what they mean:
Message to Cantor and the Teaparty: There is nothing comparable to the Teaparty’s “pitting of Americans against Americans” in the #OccupyWallStreet movement. Not only do both sides NOT do it, but #99percent actually INCLUDES the dipshits with the signs above.
true story…
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