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- miraimatt, on 03/03/2009, -19/+61Wow, looking at the comments here... who told all of the conservatives about digg? Did Rush Limbaugh mention it on his show or something?
- Shiftgood, on 03/03/2009, -4/+36There are 2 things about this situation that I find crazy.
1. The scope and complexity of the worlds economy of which this problem is a part of.
2. How so many people are so sure of themselves in this thread. - EdgarCayce, on 03/03/2009, -5/+34Article dated March 9, 2009. It's news from the future.
- PoizonFrog, on 03/02/2009, -18/+45The only thing I'm sure of, is Obama gave a killer speach. The effectiveness of his policies will be harder to gauge...one camp says we could see signs of recovery this year, another says we're in a downward spiral. If the economy turns worse, is it a result of policy or a set of circumstances already in motion? What should be the time frame to assess effectiveness, and what represents success?
- Ghoztt, on 03/03/2009, -4/+29This planet has a problem, which is this: most of the people living on it are unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.
And so the problem remained; lots of people were mean, and most of them were miserable, even the ones with digital watches...
....And then, one Thursday, nearly two thousand years after one man had been nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to people for a change.... - phrenzy, on 03/03/2009, -1/+20Can we please create a "wingnut" filter on digg? I would have no problem reading actual discourse on some of these articles, instead of the same freeper / Rush talking points recited ad nauseum. "OMG Hussein iz teh commie socialist!1!! Taxes r for morans! He's worst than Bush by 10million times!!1"
- darladoon, on 03/03/2009, -2/+20so krugman is from the "far left"? that's interesting.
- lordmike, on 03/03/2009, -16/+34Oh, goody the wingnut commenters have arrived! I was worried that they had been diverted looking for Obama's birth certificate...
- jpinheidelberg, on 03/03/2009, -5/+21Wow! Nobel Laureate Krugman is far-left? That just shows how far to the right the country has swung in the last 8 years.
- rollerboogie, on 03/03/2009, -7/+23Yeah... california is destroyed?? Aren't we the most valuable state?? I'm in a high income bracket and there are no crippling taxes. Quit talking out of your ass.
I like how you accuse the democrats of being in denial... Who spent all our money again?? Who ran us into a huge deficit in the first place?? - rollerboogie, on 03/03/2009, -2/+17I like how opinionated everyone becomes one they read one article... I don't think you can say anything about obama's effectiveness yet no matter how biased you are. We just have to watch it play out and hope for the best.
- sathias, on 03/03/2009, -3/+18I propose a new rule.
People don't comment on economic matters unless they have heard of this guy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maynard_Keynes - Nickolassc, on 03/03/2009, -7/+22Over 9,000 ?!?!?
Sometimes you just can't help yourself, ya know? - inactive, on 03/03/2009, -1/+15I love how anyone who doesn't follow the Friedman/Thatcher/Pinochet school of capitalist totalitarianism is labeled "far left". In any sane country (e.g. every other industrialized nation) Krugman would be slightly right of center.
- lordmike, on 03/03/2009, -8/+22Well, it's easy for the South to crow. For every dollar of federal taxes they pay, they get $1.30 in return. They are being subsidized by the very "failed" states you mentioned... It's pretty easy to have run a state government for free when some other state is subsidizing you. Maybe if New York and California got those Red State leaches off their backs, they'd be doing better themselves... and Texas may have to actually institute taxes of their own, instead of stealing the money from others...
- RondaWithoutaH, on 03/02/2009, -29/+43I can't at this time reply. I must take a moment to get my blood pressure back down. I still have 30 min. to go until 5pm.
I will be back. - darladoon, on 03/03/2009, -6/+18oh, obama led us into bankruptcy? and not the guy who got us into two unnecessary wars, and who proposed 1.4 trillion in tax cuts?
- phrenzy, on 03/03/2009, -4/+16I love how, according to digg's resident wingnuts - Obama has far surpassed Bush's all-time *****-ups in a matter of 30 days. Good luck selling that one to the rest of the US come election time. Maybe Rush can help you sell that message.
- darladoon, on 03/03/2009, -4/+16california's budget was filibusted by republicans who will accept zero tax hikes. period.
- inactive, on 03/03/2009, -7/+18Sure is butthurt wingnut in here.
- daniellesmyname, on 03/02/2009, -23/+33I am still confused by Jindel. His state needs the stimulus money just as much as everyone else. His state has taken advantage of the benefits of our national government just as much, if not more, than any other. Was it the best help that could have been offered? Probably not. But it was something, and, having just returned from a trip down to Louisiana, something that the state still needs. As much as he might dislike Obama’s politics, or his plan, the man is President. And the bill passed. I applaud Obama for stepping into the role and taking control so seamlessly.
- inactive, on 03/03/2009, -3/+12Jindal is a GOP liar, vote no- take money, shoot mouth off (even though he sounds likr Mr. Rogers).
- klco, on 03/03/2009, -0/+9How many times do you have to repeat lies about global warming before they comes true?
- PostPunk, on 03/03/2009, -22/+31F-ing A! Awesome article. EAT IT LIMBAUGH!
- SoulGrub, on 03/03/2009, -2/+10mah2cent, have you ever met the paragraph?
- Christ0s, on 03/03/2009, -3/+11"Far left"??? its a meaningless statement it makes krugman sound like he is hugo chavez or Lenin the truth is that krugman is a free market capitalist which is not far left at all.
- aadyss, on 03/02/2009, -14/+21The federal tax cuts are soon to be eaten up by my state's sales tax and/or property tax hikes. It's a wash or worse. So much for more money into the economy. It's money from the federal government through the people to the state government. The people are just a conduit for the money while Obama says 95% of the people received a tax cut. Oh well, not to worry for worry will not extend a single hour to one's life.
- lordmike, on 03/03/2009, -7/+14Here's what's going on... Obama's not going to "pre-concede" anything... He's going to make the Republicans fight for any concessions, and they will have to return the favor with actual votes. The budget will look dramatically different at the end of this process.... it will be smaller and less proactive, but he's starting the negotiations at the top instead of in the middle like he did with the stimulus (and republicans still tried to whack it)... Since Republicans refuse to cooperate for the good of the nation, this new approach will have to be tried. In the end, it will be bipartisan, but it won't be a total giveaway to the right like the stimulus bill became...
- darladoon, on 03/03/2009, -1/+8dude, krugman is not far left. never has been, never will be.
- Bhima, on 03/03/2009, -2/+9"Ummm...Krugman is far from a free market capitalist." *WRONG*
"He is not as far left as Lenin for sure" CORRECT
"but he's probably the farthest left out of American non-politician figures." WRONG
"This guy has been itching for single-payer healthcare," CORRECT
"Homeowner bailouts" WRONG
" and a New New Deal" CORECT - nihilville, on 03/03/2009, -0/+7They're just talking to make themselves feel better at this point. They have absolutely no clue how delusional this makes them look to the American people.
- setrajonas, on 03/03/2009, -8/+14Generally speaking tkiziah gives good advice if one takes his comments and ignores them.
- Nickolassc, on 03/03/2009, -4/+10That's a good piece of advice, the only thing one should really worry about is what is under one's control.
All else else is futile. - babar77, on 03/03/2009, -0/+6Ok, I support Obama.. but it's ***** like this fuels the koolaid fire. I'm cautiously optimistic, and still plan to hold him accountable. You wait until Obama's actually accomplished something and have that accomplishment weighted by history before you go anointing him.
- chrisinsocalif, on 03/03/2009, -0/+6The future Conan?
....in the year two thousand.... - Alheithinn, on 03/03/2009, -0/+6The country is center-left. These people are not representative of American thinking. They're the ones history has passed by, the irrelephants
- Nickolassc, on 03/03/2009, -3/+9Don't make it into a false dichotomy. We need investors and the middle class in order to bring us out of this recession. If the market keeps tanking, we are all *****.
- ryrocker, on 03/03/2009, -0/+6if he is,
then i do believe that would qualify as far right
=] - nihilville, on 03/03/2009, -2/+8Franklin Delano Roosevelt tried out Keynes ideas too.
Worked out pretty good then.
That Austrian stuff has never worked. - inactive, on 03/03/2009, -2/+7Bush ***** things up remember, didn't thinks so. We remember!
- cliffzdude, on 03/03/2009, -3/+8Whaddya expect - dozens of people asking over and over again and again if this will ever get better?
This isn't exactly the ladies coffee klatch. - therealist, on 03/02/2009, -54/+59Over 9,000 earmarks. This budget is a travesty. Who will stand up and put an end to this?
- Heel04, on 03/03/2009, -2/+7Umm the author needs to reread the chapter on classical liberalism. Growing the government by unprecedented amounts is quite the opposite of classical liberalism. This is buried for being incorrect and misleading.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_liberalism - novenator, on 03/03/2009, -1/+5Jackson, blinker is a partisan, and apparently so are you.
- deanjarvis, on 03/03/2009, -1/+5Yeah, that stupid Roosevelt, pulling us out of a depression and a world war. I love this new meme of the incoming guy is the same as the outgoing bad guy. Say it long enough, maybe a few wingnuts will believe you.
- Nickolassc, on 03/03/2009, -3/+7If the question is, "What do we need less of?" Then government is the answer.
:D - phrenzy, on 03/03/2009, -2/+6@Zachron, if California is such a failure as a state, then why do you still live here? The view?
If we're so "unfriendly" to business then why are we the most successful state in the country and the 10th largest economy in the world? Guess those Liberal policies are really hurting, right? - cliffzdude, on 03/03/2009, -10/+14"Some" kept saying we'd be fine, then it'd be short lived, and now they see we've reached bottom basically weekly. I don't see anything *fundamental* that has changed to make me think we're near the bottom. It'll take a few quarters of at least some welcome stagnation (vs. the current droppage) to convince me we're near bottom.
I'm a conservative - but I've left the Republican party because they left conservative principals. I was hoping that maybe Obama would think outside the box enough to not only shake financial conservatism back into the spotlight, but give us some - eh, well - real change. I hoped, but didn't expect it. I'm absolutely stunned how QUICKLY Obama has shown his stripes. He's a party centric politician and a huge *****, not a "game changer". - bshock, on 03/03/2009, -4/+8Wait a minute -- "Paul Krugman, the far-left economist?"
Since U.S. conservatives probably still consider the Anti-Slavery movement a liberal cause, I guess that could be true. - darladoon, on 03/03/2009, -3/+7hmmmm.....should i go with nobel prize-winning krugman, or some guy on the internet?
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