Liberal logic is a oxymoron.

On April 5, 2012, Solis delivered a speech at Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, where she stated that imposing higher taxes on the wealthy was justified: “It’s about fairness,” she said. “It’s about fairness in the workplace; it’s about fairness in education; and it’s about fairness in terms of what services are provided by government…. [T]hose that can afford it, the billionaires and millionaires … want to pay more because they know it’s their obligation!”

The MSM loves to gas on Commander w-O-nderful’s intelligence.
I suppose if we compare him to his chums from Sotomayor to Biden, Solis, Rice, as well as, members of the Media … then he’s a friggin genius!
So, why won’t the MSM report on his sealed college transcripts? Rhetorical I know.

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They’re not that hard to spot vs. other employees..

celt on January 4, 2013 at 6:02 PM

Are they the exception or the rule?

Pelosi: Unemployment at 7.8% Shows ‘Good Pace, Going in the Right Direction

(CNSNews.com) – House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said the unemployment rate remaining flat at 7.8 percent shows a “good pace” and that the country is “going in the right direction.”

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/pelosi-unemployment-78-shows-good-pace-going-right-direction?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

This is exactly right. The Secretary is correct that giving people money to spend stimulates the economy. The effect is the exact same as a tax cut. All you’re doing is giving people more money to spend. All the other arguments, that it encourages freeloading, that we shouldn’t be borrowing money to give it to others, that we shouldn’t be taxing workers to redistribute their income, etc., are all perfectly valid as well and I’m sure there is empirical data on whether unemployment benefits as a whole are beneficial. But don’t jump up and down and call her stupid because her economic views differ from yours.

Not true. To qualify for unemployment benefits one has to not work. Economic activity is reduced by the amount of value that the recipient would have produced had he/she been working. The mythical multiplier doesn’t take this into account.

Economic activity is further reduced by the employer having to pay the unemployment insurance instead of using that money for operations or paying dividends. As a result the employer has to pass on this cost to consumers (resulting in less disposable income for them) or lower dividend payments (resulting in less disposable income for investors as well). This negative multiplier isn’t taken into account either.

Forcibly transferring the fruits of Peter’s labor to pay Paul makes both Peter and Paul less productive.

For the umpteenth time: Republicans do not want to eliminate these benefits.

Maybe not, but conservatives do – at least at the national level.

“I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.”

“I will not attempt to prove that Congress has no power to appropriate this money as an act of charity. Every member upon this floor knows it. We have the right as individuals to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money.”

Many would end up in obamavilles or living in storm drains. You see Obama has done a terrific job at wrecking the economy. There are unemployed people who really want a job.

No doubt, but I’ve also noticed a number of “new” people in the services industry who seem to go out of their way to be the worst at customer service. It’s almost as if they wish to be laid off again for a few more years..but NOT fired since they technically doing the required job.

They’re not that hard to spot vs. other employees..

You’d be surprised how many might find a job if they were cut off at 6 months.

celt on January 4, 2013 at 5:16 PM

Many would end up in obamavilles or living in storm drains. You see Obama has done a terrific job at wrecking the economy. There are unemployed people who really want a job.

Also, someone from the left please tell me the exact number of unemployed that is to too many. I’ve heard 3-5% is kind of standard to allow for normal flow of workers through the jobs market. Since the excuse/spin/ridiculous lie is that at ~ 8% unemployment checks are a multiplier… Perhaps 5% is too low. At what % does (the left) admit harm occurs instead of multiplication of dollars?

If you think something is good, then it should be better if everyone did it. If everyone was unemployed, and everyone was getting unemployment checks then wow the economy would really take off!

You’d be surprised how many might find a job if they were cut off at 6 months.