Two questions about conservative economic views.

thesilentrepublican · 2012-05-27T16:17:53.579358+00:00

"What should the tax rate for the rich be"

thesilentrepublican · 2012-05-27T16:14:07.897137+00:00

Government spending=taxes being spent to stimulate the economy

Not if you deficit spend.

thesilentrepublican · 2012-05-27T16:13:05.855372+00:00

I firmly believe they are the best kind of government spending in terms of stimulating the economy

But there's no evidence for this claim. Look at the CBO's estimate of the multipliers for the various government projects undertook through the ARRA. The tax cuts (which were the largest portion of the bill) that the least multiplier, while infrastructure spending the highest.

XItitan · 2012-05-27T16:09:55.055879+00:00

Not only that, it's a women's news radio station!

semimetaphorical · 2012-05-27T16:07:29.897116+00:00

So what was the prize? Was GM just kidding?

wang-banger · 2012-05-27T16:00:34.228373+00:00

...are you brain dead or something? That data does not indicate "total sales" Go to bea.gov and look under "Personal Consumption Expenditures" for the REAL number. You don't care whether what you believe is true or not; that much is obvious.

XItitan · 2012-05-27T15:05:15.258395+00:00

They def do payola. There was a great Planet Money ep about it.

XItitan · 2012-05-27T15:04:57.009936+00:00

RIP K-Rock :( and of course 101.9 more recently

CrunchySlut · 2012-05-27T14:40:19.069958+00:00

Know the circle of fifths. Here's a great mnemonic. You have to remember C and F. After that its BEAD (on a) G (string) {<-- All flats} BEAD (on a) G (string) {<-- All naturals}. I got this method from here.

Then figure out the relative minors: take the letter 3 places to the right of the slot in question.

Then to figure out the specific sharps and flats: Sharps: Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle and Flats: BEAD Greatest Common Factor.

Bripocalypse · 2012-05-27T14:35:57.901840+00:00

I'm not going to bother because you've clearly already made up your mind. And yes, peer review journals are crucial. Since I'm not an expert, one has to give a panel of experts deference in deciding truth. If the experts agreed with your position, you'd be screaming to the high heavens that anything not in your journals are necessarily false.

As far as peer reviewed journals, here you [1] go.

This journal is not respected by the economic community. See: http://www.journal-ranking.com/ranking/listCommonRanking.html?citingStartYear=1901&externalCitationWeight=1&journalListId=294&selfCitationWeight=1

Find something not from creation science journals and find me something that supports your insane claim. Or else, GTFO.

Bripocalypse · 2012-05-27T11:33:27.274012+00:00

Do you have anything from a peer reviewed journal? Of course you don't. Stop linking me to creationscience.org and try to find a respected journal or economist that believe this rediculous claim.

aschesklave · 2012-05-27T11:24:04.360514+00:00

If it were impossible or really hard to sell a share (or anything) quickly, how much is that share really worth? If the company goes down, there's a 100% unmitigated downside. That's the key thing the stock market provides: liquidity.

aschesklave · 2012-05-27T11:17:20.698512+00:00

First of all, the stock market is a positive sum game (because trading is involved) and second of all, historically, the stock market is the greatest creator of real wealth thus far. It's average ROI is ~10%.

goingwildxxx · 2012-05-27T02:21:12.281553+00:00

Be my girlfriend, please

contrarianism · 2012-05-26T23:02:02.079551+00:00

I would imagine a sitting president has to be careful about his charitable contributions. I'll research what past presidents have given.

contrarianism · 2012-05-26T23:00:15.411443+00:00

I don't consider tithing charity.

MonsieurLeBeef · 2012-05-26T22:20:13.574157+00:00

If you're eating stakes you're gonna have a bad time

sprremix · 2012-05-26T22:01:59.522000+00:00

It's funny because it's untrue!

MonsieurLeBeef · 2012-05-26T14:50:42.016578-07:00

You don't get high quality steaks well done. It's a waste

Bripocalypse · 2012-05-26T21:10:49.434953+00:00

Greece was a particularly bad actor - an outlier. Also they don't control their own currency. It's unlike the US; you cannot compare the two.

Bripocalypse · 2012-05-26T20:01:44.117726+00:00

...what do you disagree with?

Bripocalypse · 2012-05-26T20:01:14.262308+00:00

The only people who believe that are Austrian Economists, who don't care about data. They just make blind assertions. There's no evidence for this claim. If there is, please provide it.

Bripocalypse · 2012-05-26T20:00:05.025457+00:00

Spend more and tax less now, then spend less and tax more later.

I'll go with option 4

Bripocalypse · 2012-05-26T19:47:46.114212+00:00

Look at the average effective tax rate. It's not even close how little taxes corporations pay in the country - especially the biggest ones.

wang-banger · 2012-05-26T19:43:29.296806+00:00

P.S. your claim about "total sales in nominal terms" is a lie, too. http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2012/txt/gdp1q12_adv.txt

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