2016 Postmortem

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts) Sun Feb 7, 2016, 08:32 PM Feb 2016

If you commit to fiscal conservatism AND no new taxes AND free market economics...

...you basically don't have any tools you can use to do anything progressive WITH...

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If you commit to fiscal conservatism AND no new taxes AND free market economics... (Original Post) Ken Burch Feb 2016 OP

Free market economics? Plappergeist Feb 2016 #1

Neoliberal economics, safeinOhio Feb 2016 #2

The only one in government who held a conference on the subject ? Bingo!!!!!!!! orpupilofnature57 Feb 2016 #6

Observing the Taft act in over a hundred years might take the smug out of the 1% . orpupilofnature57 Feb 2016 #3

...then you are part of the problem! nt thereismore Feb 2016 #4

That, too. n/t. Ken Burch Feb 2016 #5

And you have created a handy excuse that your hands are tied and you can't do anything progressive. GoneFishin Feb 2016 #7

No, the Candidate . orpupilofnature57 Feb 2016 #8

Plappergeist

(27 posts)

1. Free market economics?

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 08:36 PM

Feb 2016

No politician in today's world really supports free market economics.
They just help their friends and call it that.

Not that going back to the 1890's would solve anything of course.

safeinOhio

(32,685 posts)

2. Neoliberal economics,

Reply to Plappergeist (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 08:58 PM

Feb 2016

and it has no more to do with liberals than socialism has to do with Democratic socialism.

orpupilofnature57

(15,472 posts)

6. The only one in government who held a conference on the subject ? Bingo!!!!!!!!

Reply to safeinOhio (Reply #2)

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 09:13 PM

Feb 2016

And identified the Liberalism of Tim Geithner and his ilk of Quick change artists.

orpupilofnature57

(15,472 posts)

3. Observing the Taft act in over a hundred years might take the smug out of the 1% .

Reply to Plappergeist (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 09:06 PM

Feb 2016

thereismore

(13,326 posts)

4. ...then you are part of the problem! nt

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 09:08 PM

Feb 2016

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)

5. That, too. n/t.

Reply to thereismore (Reply #4)

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 09:10 PM

Feb 2016

GoneFishin

(5,217 posts)

7. And you have created a handy excuse that your hands are tied and you can't do anything progressive.

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 09:32 PM

Feb 2016

orpupilofnature57

(15,472 posts)

8. No, the Candidate .

Reply to GoneFishin (Reply #7)

Mon Feb 8, 2016, 07:47 AM

Feb 2016

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