economy - Topic Profile
  Home FAQ Contact Sign in
 
Advanced search
POPULAR GROUPS

more...

Most active groups for topic
alt.philosophy 3733
uk.transport 1005
soc.culture.hongkong 980
aol.neighborhood.nj.jerseycity 741
alt.nuke.the.usa 503
soc.culture.hmong 356
nashville.general 348
mn.politics 334
aus.aviation 311
alt.current-events.wtc.bush-knew 288
Last week most active authors
No posts for a week
Last active threads
Bailouts = Decadent Oligarchy Using Inflation To Make Life Painless for the Rich
Started BretCahill · Date: Sep 20, 2008 11:14 · 18 post(s)
Re: GOP Tax Cut Stagflation Not Working Out for Wall Street
Started Fred Weiss · Date: Sep 16, 2008 07:53 · 7 post(s)
One-Third of Uninsured Are Chronically Ill
Started Hardpan · Date: Aug 20, 2008 00:52 · 44 post(s)
Why the Polls Drive Us Crazy (and Shouldn't)
Started Zaroc Stone · Date: Sep 20, 2008 09:32 · 2 post(s)
The Price of Wall Street's Rescue
Started Zaroc Stone · Date: Sep 20, 2008 09:30 · 2 post(s)
How Obama Can Demonstrate Real Leadership on the Economic Crisis
Started Zaroc Stone · Date: Sep 20, 2008 09:27 · 2 post(s)
Van Jones: We Can't Drill Our Way Out of Our Energy Problems
Started Zaroc Stone · Date: Sep 20, 2008 09:27 · 2 post(s)
Palin's Self-Reliant Image of Alaska Is Bogus
Started Zaroc Stone · Date: Sep 20, 2008 09:26 · 3 post(s)
If you've been on an emotional roller coaster, you might want to
Started Zaroc Stone · Date: Sep 20, 2008 09:24 · 2 post(s)
Bush Bankrupts America. Impeach Now!
Started al92653 · Date: Sep 20, 2008 08:13 · 1 post(s)
Last week hot threads
No posts for a week
Latest posts
Re: Bailouts = Decadent Oligarchy Using Inflation To Make Life Painless for the Rich
Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile · Search for economy in alt.philosophy
Author: Jerry Kraus
Date: Sep 20, 2008 11:56

... We have some very stupid, senile investors who think that the government can "absorb" 20+ trillion dollars in debt in a 1 trillion dollar budget. Doesn't quite add up. They are going to destroy the currency, as well as the overall economy. The dollar is collapsing, oil is skyrocketing again. Hyperinflation would be the result, if Congress does what the President wants. They won't. http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080919/oil_prices.html
Show full article (0.57Kb)
Re: GOP Tax Cut Stagflation Not Working Out for Wall Street
Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile · Search for economy in alt.philosophy
Author: BretCahill
Date: Sep 20, 2008 11:10

... this, exactly how *real* is any of this crap that goes on in any stock market in the world? Aren't you seeing how very, very real it is - in some cases painfully real - right now? We're seeing how the Fed is using taxpayer money via regressive stagflation to make it as painless as possible for the rich. They'll do _anything_ rather than admit that free speech is a precondition of a free market economy. Bret Cahill
Show full article (0.45Kb)
Re: One-Third of Uninsured Are Chronically Ill
Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile · Search for economy in alt.philosophy
Author: Day Brown
Date: Sep 20, 2008 10:13

... Denial dissolves, that between the hydro, gas, and oil, we will have enuf energy to run our own economy without foreign oil. And after serving so many tours in Iraq, the National Guard'll be very happy to ...lived polyamorously. No woman had a duty to produce heirs, so they only produced enuf kids to keep the economy going. Many plants in this ecosystem evolved a defense against herbivores from developing a taste for them. They caused ...
Show full article (6.03Kb)
Why the Polls Drive Us Crazy (and Shouldn't)
Group: mn.politics · Group Profile · Search for economy in mn.politics
Author: Zaroc Stone
Date: Sep 20, 2008 09:32

... turning back in Obama's favor: As the electorate has gotten enough of a look at Palin to distrust her, her once-high approval numbers have taken a nosedive. And McCain continues to say brilliant things like the economy is fundamentally sound and he won't meet with the dastardly prime minister of Spain. More to the point, the significance of those head-to-head polls -- the yardstick featured in so much political reporting -- is completely...
Show full article (8.83Kb)
The Price of Wall Street's Rescue
Group: mn.politics · Group Profile · Search for economy in mn.politics
Author: Zaroc Stone
Date: Sep 20, 2008 09:30

...crisis is the result of his view of the economy, which boils down to deregulate-and-bail. Superficially,...hundreds of billions of public money into the private economy; and the Resolution Trust Corporation of the 1980s, ...because that depends on the health of the broader economy and the confidence of investors. Paulson's idea ... and to prevent a cratering of the wider economy. Despite bipartisan deficit phobia, temporary large deficits are far...
Show full article (5.24Kb)
How Obama Can Demonstrate Real Leadership on the Economic Crisis
Group: mn.politics · Group Profile · Search for economy in mn.politics
Author: Zaroc Stone
Date: Sep 20, 2008 09:27

..., and he can do it in 2008 with the economy. Watching John McCain thundering against Wall Street greed is ... world. They are the backbone and foundation of our economy." -- with a robotic cadence dripping with inauthenticity. Wall Street ...Iraq. He can do it in 2008 with the economy. He needs to start by making sure that the ... the kind of credit default swaps that threaten our economy -- both signed into law by Bill Clinton. Speaking at...
Show full article (4.11Kb)
Van Jones: We Can't Drill Our Way Out of Our Energy Problems
Group: mn.politics · Group Profile · Search for economy in mn.politics
Author: Zaroc Stone
Date: Sep 20, 2008 09:27

... trade or with carbon taxes. You have to move the government from being on the side of the problem makers in the economy to the problem solvers. But we know the policies. There are reams and reams of policies. It's not a policy ... had their turn. It's our turn now. The people who say they could borrow and spend their way to a healthy economy, they had their turn. It's our turn now, and I'm so proud of Gavin Newsom. The people who said that...
Show full article (27.20Kb)
Palin's Self-Reliant Image of Alaska Is Bogus
Group: mn.politics · Group Profile · Search for economy in mn.politics
Author: Zaroc Stone
Date: Sep 20, 2008 09:26

...The exhaustion of its oil resources has not yet shown up in the economy or government coffers because of the fivefold increase in the price of ...in assets, has earned. Alaska has the most unbalanced and least diversified economy of all 50 states. Yet politicians like Palin do not appear to ...stock holding. The state legislature has appropriated little money to diversify the economy and prepare for a new age of renewable energy. This year ...
Show full article (4.69Kb)
If you've been on an emotional roller coaster, you might want to
Group: mn.politics · Group Profile · Search for economy in mn.politics
Author: Zaroc Stone
Date: Sep 20, 2008 09:24

... turning back in Obama's favor: As the electorate has gotten enough of a look at Palin to distrust her, her once-high approval numbers have taken a nosedive. And McCain continues to say brilliant things like the economy is fundamentally sound and he won't meet with the dastardly prime minister of Spain. More to the point, the significance of those head-to-head polls -- the yardstick featured in so much political reporting -- is completely...
Show full article (8.73Kb)
Bush Bankrupts America. Impeach Now!
Group: alt.war.terrorism · Group Profile · Search for economy in alt.war.terrorism
Author: al92653
Date: Sep 20, 2008 08:13

... war was just another day's treason for those occupants. Now, even WE do not expect action on impeachment this particular week. Congress is too preoccupied scrambling to try to salvage the disaster that has become our economy because of 8 years of corrupt Republicans hell bent on deregulation, and EQUALLY corrupt Democrats too cowardly to stop them, even when they had the actual power to do so. And unfortunately, the plan they are likely...
Show full article (4.95Kb)