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.... callchet .... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 04:50 PM Original message |
Poll question: How can the economy be saved. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. There are one too many words in the question. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. Jobs and wages are the only things that will work |
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.... callchet .... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Totally agree |
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Citizen Number 9 (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 10:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Jobs, yes. |
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Cary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-02-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. What is "more than they are worth"? |
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Citizen Number 9 (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-02-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I think that amount differs by the individual. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. Totally agree! Start with Michigan! |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. A large but not porportionately equal mix of most of the above |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-01-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. Wall Street and their shortsighted anything for buck mentality is the cause of our problems |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 01:07 AM Response to Reply #5 |
36. Your notion of a tiered tax on capital gains has som merit |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-02-09 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
8. It can't. |
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mikita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-02-09 08:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. agree totally n/t |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-02-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. 16 votes out of 234 views tells me almost nobody thinks the options presented will work |
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Citizen Number 9 (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-02-09 11:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Count me as one who declined to vote in the poll |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-03-09 04:19 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. It means about what it says |
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.... callchet .... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
60. "doomers" |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 09:11 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. "Doomers" are not about policy |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-02-09 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
11. Heavy Tariffs on all Imported Manufactured Goods |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
61. Hoover's Smoot-Hawley tariff |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-03-09 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
15. I'm not so sure it can be saved anymore. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-03-09 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
16. combination |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 03:33 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Tariffs are a great idea but try telling that to free traders. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. that's part of the problem with Obama and his economic posse |
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Citizen Number 9 (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Very little of what you post is about jobs. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. solving the health care problem will create more jobs than |
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Citizen Number 9 (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. That's an interesting theory. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. according to surveys from sources as diverse as labor unions and chambers of commerce, |
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Citizen Number 9 (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. A survey? Isn't that some sort of opinion poll? |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. exactly the way I said. |
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Citizen Number 9 (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I have to ask questions. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 01:16 AM Response to Reply #26 |
37. In other words, you don't have an answer |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 09:26 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. nothing that has been proposed is an instant job-creation engine |
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Citizen Number 9 (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 10:23 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. You're still making the same mistake. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. it's not a mistake. do some basic research. |
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Citizen Number 9 (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. I have news for you. |
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Citizen Number 9 (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 10:17 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Oh, I have answers |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 10:55 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. You gotta wonder how Canada's doing it, then. |
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Citizen Number 9 (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Really. I am surprised at you. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Once numbers leave the picture, opinion enters. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. He has a point though |
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Citizen Number 9 (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Ha ha, point taken |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. US clinics see Canadian patients, and vice versa |
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Citizen Number 9 (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 08:36 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Michael Moore takes liberties |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 09:07 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Americans are coming across to get treatment they have been denied by their insurance companies. |
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Citizen Number 9 (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 12:07 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Well, there's going to have to be a whole lot more denial |
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.... callchet .... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Denying health care |
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.... callchet .... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Fast pass |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
23. Create jobs, bring back the inheritance taxes. |
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Citizen Number 9 (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. It's too easy to look around and see money other people have earned. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. People who inherit money do not "earn" it. |
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Citizen Number 9 (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Well, that's hard to argue with. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Money should be taxed as often as it is used, just like now... |
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Citizen Number 9 (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Well then, |
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.... callchet .... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
53. Well |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. "Earn it yourself." |
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Citizen Number 9 (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 07:48 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Yeah, I used to be on the fence about inheritance taxes |
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.... callchet .... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #35 |
58. If you are going to do well |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
31. The economy cannot be saved in its current form. However, |
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.... callchet .... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #31 |
59. I have a problem with the gasoline tax. |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. The law of unintended consequences |
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.... callchet .... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Obama and Pelosi don't get it. |
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4dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
44. What exactly are we going to save concerning this economy?? |
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.... callchet .... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #44 |
56. Substitute |
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.... callchet .... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
57. Should have used USA instead of economy |
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