thinkprogress.org — This week, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is traveling through Colombia, making a push for a free-trade agreement. In an interview with ABC this morning from Cartagena, McCain was asked about his now infamous statement that he doesn?t understand economics well. McCain quickly interrupted the interviewer, denying he ever said this.
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voxlisa999Jul 2, 2008
Whew! I'm kind of getting tired of posting the same comment over and over but McCain makes me do it. The guy doesn't seem to realize that when you say things on camera, they are recorded and can be played back. One of his cronies needs to clue him in.
charlotte_webJul 3, 2008
Wow...just wow. You're going to solve a recession by taking even MORE money away from people and businesses? I don't think so.
dpizzilloJul 3, 2008
What the hell does McCain's senility have to do with Ron Paul?
tkstockJul 3, 2008
ramiro, that quote made my list: <a class="user" href="http://tomstock.wordpress.com/digg-posts/">http://tomstock.wordpress.com/digg-posts/</a>
spinningheadJul 3, 2008
yes, bushenomics has served the economy so well. You've described supply-side economics. It didn't work for Hoover and it didn't work for Bush. People invest because of company revenues which come from people at the bottom spending money.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2008
okay, i'm all anti-McCain,. however, he's going to be the one to get in office because:a: america is stupid.b: see a.Now that being said, and I'm an obama-lover. (Jus' love me some black men!) - this was taken outta context. He never said that he doesn't know much about econom nom nom nom. He said he didn't know as much as he should. wtf people.
chaosblade77Jul 5, 2008
Sadly there are probably enough of those people to get McCain into office.
chaosblade77Jul 5, 2008
@tkstockI can't say I know too terribly much about economics, but it sounds like that argument works against itself. Yes, the money is being pulled from our economy to pay off our country's debts, which in turn should increase the value of the dollar again right? That would benefit people just as much as having more money in the end, since the price of things like gas would fall, causing other products that are going up in price due to increased transportation charges to also decrease.Besides, isn't it better to take from the people with more money than the people with less money? Would you rather the people who make under $250k (AKA the vast majority) get those tax increases, and have even less money going into those companies that the wealthy have money invested in?That's how I see it at least.
mannyquiJul 7, 2008
That's Bus**t!