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By 'Keynesian school' do you mean anyone still alive that has or recently had any actual responsibility in the financial industry? Do you know of any economists who disagree? (note: Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, et al. are not actually economists) Everyone does have the right to...

Just the free ones, and typically only in northern states. Admittedly, there weren't that many.

I liked that book when I first read it, then over the weeks realized how much nonsense it all was. Especially the part about engineering. She got it all wrong!

Of course, wouldn't it suck to be one of those people who devoted their life to passing prop 8 and then when it passes despite all odds, the court overturns it and acts as though the vote never happened. Personally, I think the state should just change the name of the marriage license to "civil...

Well, they were both Illinois congressmen without a whole lot of experience when they were elected. They both took office right after two of our worst presidents. They were both really good public speakers. And they both received practically all of the black vote. I'd venture to say Obama is...

Ah, right wing pundits are back to their old formula! Take an Obama quote out of context, misinterpret its meaning, then rant for a couple pages about how this quote guarantees that Obama plans to destroy America! Good times! :D

You don't have to be a liberal to know Ann Coulter is full of shit. :roll: For the record, Bush's biggest problem wasn't excessive partisanship, it was incompetence. Plus, all those examples of "reaching out to Democrats" that Ann Coulter mentions are entirely superficial.

See, this is a good example of pure ideology. The problem with purely free markets is that you get some people who collaborate (whether intentionally or not) to bid up the price of a stock or commodity, and then when other people get on board, they sell what they have, the commodity price...

Practically every serious economist I've heard from has said that the only thing that could have prevented the housing bubble is increased regulation in the financial sector, concerning mortgage-backed securities. However, the Democrats didn't push for regulation because they were happy that so...

Ok, the US imports most of its weed in border states that aren't California. :p The post was only half-serious anyway, I was kind of stoned and reading an article about "green jobs". But it's true, buying homegrown weed is good for the economy. :D Fight international terrorism! Grow your own...

Trust me, I'm an engineer, and this so-called technology is bogus. The explanations use 'common-sense' arguments that are understandable by the average person, but they omit plenty of important details. For instance, everyone knows that you can hook an alternator up to your engine, and if it...

The United States currently imports most of its marijuana from Canada and Mexico (at least in border states). We need to put an end to this outsourcing! Thousands of American jobs are being taken by Canadians and Mexicans, who have less resistance from the law in their countries. We need to...

Who's that, John Milton? I think he might be talking about Milton Friedman. Still, I have to say that making government decisions based purely on ideology is generally a bad idea. You need to look at both the short and long term effects on the country that will result from those decisions.

ANC - Hey, you Brits aren't innocent either. Sure, we drive more in the US because our country is more spread out and our gas is cheaper, but Britain gets 80% of their electricity from fossil fuels; we Americans only get, errr, 70% from fossil fuels. :p Economists generally have children or...

Let's see... this guy won the Nobel prize for economics: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/14/opinion/14krugman.html Then there's this one from THE Economist: The threat of deflation | Depressing times | The Economist And another couple: Serious stimulus may wait - Nov. 18, 2008 Michael...

Most leading economists seem to think Barack's got the right idea. Oh right, but you know way more about economics than those guys. Of course. :roll:

I'm sure the world is a scary place when you see socialists lurking behind every corner. But Barack is no socialist. Socialism/communism is an outdated ideology. It can work for a while, but eventually it drives the intelligent class away. Obama is well aware of this, and he's no dummy. At...

College degrees may not be worth as much as they used to, but you still need one to get hired for most jobs. And while it's true that some degrees aren't worth much, others really will teach you a lot. You can BS your way through a sociology major, but don't try and do that with electrical...

It's better than the way they currently do it, where the government pays for part of your college even if you don't do anything for it. I knew a guy who got a couple thousand dollars as part of a government program to pay for college, but he was just really lazy and dropped out after one...

So why do you care if Obama is calling on people to do community service? The community service proposed by Obama is 100% voluntary. If you don't want to do it you don't have to, but if you do, you get money for college.