Reduce Spending and Raise Taxes?

[trigg3r]

Those videos lost a lot of people money when they decided that Schiff was the sole Oracle of truth. He was becoming famous for sage financial advice at the same time that he was killing all his clients in the market.

For example, if you have a wsj account you can read: https://online.wsj.com/article/SB123327685671031439.html

His advice on gold was pretty solid. I will say that he is getting the last laugh when it comes to some of those guys calling him Dr Doom on those programs. At least Ben Stein came out and apologized to him and said he was right.

 

[sirkickyass]

At least Ben Stein came out and apologized to him and said he was right.

Well if a serious analytical mind like Ben Stein agrees with Peter Schiff ...

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

Well if a serious analytical mind like Ben Stein agrees with Peter Schiff ...

Stein graduated with honors in economics from Columbia.

 

[sirkickyass]

Stein graduated with honors in economics from Columbia.

And has also gotten progressively crazier in the years since, becoming an evolution denier and one of the last people to trumpet subprime mortgages as a growth proposition as late as early 2008.

Put gently, Stein's political and economic philosophy could be called incoherent at best and absurdly cynical and calculating at worst.

And yes, I liked his game show.

 

[trigg3r]

Stein graduated with honors in economics from Columbia.

Yeah, I think his credentials speak for themselves. Went on to Yale Law School and graduated valedictorian. Also studied economics in Yale's graduate program. Was a speechwriter and lawyer for Nixon. Worked at The Department of Commerce as an economist. etc

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

Yeah, I think his credentials speak for themselves. Went on to Yale Law School and graduated valedictorian. Also studied economics in Yale's graduate program. Was a speechwriter and lawyer for Nixon. Worked at The Department of Commerce as an economist. etc

Well, he said his grades were not that strong at Yale and that he was handed the title of valedictorian.

Also, Ben did not work under Nixon. His dad who was an economist did.

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

And has also gotten progressively crazier in the years since, becoming an evolution denier and one of the last people to trumpet subprime mortgages as a growth proposition as late as early 2008.

Put gently, Stein's political and economic philosophy could be called incoherent at best and absurdly cynical and calculating at worst.

And yes, I liked his game show.

So you're saying we came from monkeys?

 

[trigg3r]

Well, he said his grades were not that strong at Yale and that he was handed the title of valedictorian.

Also, Ben did not work under Nixon. His dad who was an economist did.

https://www.benstein.com/bio.html

He worked for him according to his biography. You are right about the valedictorian honor.

 

[sirkickyass]

So you're saying we came from monkeys?

I'm saying we weren't placed here fully formed 6,000 years ago by an invisible higher power who faked tremendous amounts of physical evidence to the contrary.

Also, good luck finding any list of Yale Valedictorians. I frankly doubt even that part of Ben Stein's story that says he was elected for a number of reasons:

1. I actually know several people who went to Yale law school and have said there is no such thing as a Valedictorian election.
2. Yale law has not had a traditional grading system by which he could even have reasoanbly judged his grades vs. his classmates since the 1960s. He graduated in 1970.
3. I have actually investigated this claim previously by calling Yale law school and asking about a historical list of valedictorians. They had no idea what I was talking about.
4. To date, I have come across no evidence of anyone else claiming to be a Yale law school valedictorian.

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

I'm saying we weren't placed here fully formed 6,000 years ago by an invisible higher power who faked tremendous amounts of physical evidence to the contrary.

Also, good luck finding any list of Yale Valedictorians. I frankly doubt even that part of Ben Stein's story that says he was elected for a number of reasons:

1. I actually know several people who went to Yale law school and have said there is no such thing as a Valedictorian election.
2. Yale law has not had a traditional grading system by which he could even have reasoanbly judged his grades vs. his classmates since the 1960s. He graduated in 1970.
3. I have actually investigated this claim previously by calling Yale law school and asking about a historical list of valedictorians. They had no idea what I was talking about.
4. To date, I have come across no evidence of anyone else claiming to be a Yale law school valedictorian.

Maybe it was just a one thing.

 

[GVC]

Both sides want to slow deficit growth without causing an economic contraction. Conventional wisdom is that decreasing spending is contractionary. So is raising taxes. (Note: Painting it in the broadest terms possible, obviously not all spending cuts would be contractionary nor would all tax increases, but the bastardization of real economic theory leads to those points of conventional wisdom depending on your viewpoint).

Your position is unpopular because it's a contractionary double-whammy to the audience.

Whereas, unnecessarily re-paving every road in America and locking up more and more non-violent people is popular.

America!

 

[sirkickyass]

Whereas, unnecessarily re-paving every road in America

Apparently you don't live in California.

 

[GVC]

Apparently you don't live in California.

I hear the frost heaves are brutal down in San Diego.

 

[Agoxlea]

I hear the frost heaves are brutal down in San Diego.

After moving to California from SLC I can't even describe how horrendous the roads here are in comparison.

 

[One Brow]

Apparently you don't live in California.

Nor in East St. Louis.

 

[PearlWatson]

Whereas,locking up more and more non-violent people is popular.

America!

Apparently you don't live in California.

 

[PearlWatson]

I'm saying we weren't placed here fully formed 6,000 years ago by an invisible higher power who faked tremendous amounts of physical evidence to the contrary.

This post shows your ignorance on what Intelligent Design theory really is, and it is obvious you do believe in the "ape-like ancestor" theory despite the lack of evidence to support that conclusion.

 

[sirkickyass]

Honest question to test your knowledge in this period of US economic history vs. just parroting what someone told you. Without looking it up, do you know a) who Paul Volcker is, b) what he did during early 1980s, c) who appointed him, and d) who fired him?

Extra credit if you can figure out how Paul Volcker relates to revenue levels.

So I'm guessing the answer to this question was generally "no" given your total non-response. I continue to give your thoughts on economic policy the weight they deserve.

This post shows your ignorance on what Intelligent Design theory really is, and it is obvious you do believe in the "ape-like ancestor" theory despite the lack of evidence to support that conclusion.

Intelligent Design is religion dressed up in drag. In terms of the "lack of evidence" supporting evolutionary theories, I'm guessing you're not speaking with any reference to anything remotely resembling scientific thought or consensus.

Ben Stein's documentary is infamously dishonest and misleading.

 

[PearlWatson]

Intelligent Design is religion dressed up in drag. In terms of the "lack of evidence" supporting evolutionary theories, I'm guessing you're not speaking with any reference to anything remotely resembling scientific thought or consensus.

You still refuse to either learn what ID is or honestly represent it. ID is no more religious than Darwinism.

Consensus isn't science. The consensus in America is that there is a God. The consensus among Darwiniacs is that there isn't a God so we must have come from ape-like ancestor despite lack of proof.

ID could just as easily be the "origin of all life on earth" consensus among scientists that it used to be without Darwiniacs infesting the public school systems and insisting on their religious dogma be promoted at the exclusion of all others.

Nothing prevents a [scientist] from being a first-class nutjob advocating for some cause they are emotionally invested in.

 

[Agoxlea]

You still refuse to either learn what ID is or honestly represent it. ID is no more religious than Darwinism.

Consensus isn't science. The consensus in America is that there is a God. The consensus among Darwiniacs is that there isn't a God so we must have come from ape-like ancestor despite lack of proof.

ID could just as easily be the "origin of all life on earth" consensus among scientists that it used to be without Darwiniacs infesting the public school systems and insisting on their religious dogma be promoted at the exclusion of all others.

This argument of consensus being bad again? Really? You have to realize there is a huge difference between scientific consensus and popular opinion (unfortunately) in that scientific consensus requires evidence and such whereas popular opinion can just be just about anything. For example the huge chunk of people, you included, questioning the POTUS' birthplace.