@ comptonproduction are you mad because he is a successful independent black man who does not sound like he is from compton, or are you mad because he would shame Obama in any debate.
@comptonproduction If anyone is an Uncle Tom here it is YOU and people who think as you do. You've not only allowed, but actually voted for a governement that would enslave you and make you dependent on them to support you. Yes, you are a modern day, willing and depedent slave and that makes YOU an Uncle Tom. Thank you.
@LedWhisky69 I don't have a degree in political science. The majority of the people in the USA don't know what's the hell going on in this country. The Republicans and Democratics are a bunch of jerks.
@comptonproduction Do you know that Christianity is correct? The world around us reveals that G-d DOES exist, and the historical evidence reveals that Jesus Christ really did come to this earth and there is overwhelming evidence that Jesus Christ really did physically rise from the dead. Jesus is coming again and the signs of the end times that were foretold in the Bible are coming to pass.
Read the Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution, the Federalist Papers, Bastiat's The Law. Know the history of USA or you can't support & defend it. Restore America 2012 Ron Paul RonPaul2012dotcom 1835 “Minute” on India written by Thomas Babington Macaulay; A government cannot be wrong in punishing fraud or force, but it is almost certain to be wrong if, abandoning its legitimate function, it tells private individuals that it knows their business better than they know it themselves.
the statists need to get their story straight, you hear them say that it was WW2 that got the US out of the depression, and they also say the new deal is what ended it.*
*imo it was neither, in fact both prolonged it, it was only when the economy re-privitised that the recovery and correction occurred.
Which nation pulled itself out of the great depression? The answer is Germany and this is due to high amounts of government intervention by the Nazi party. I do not support Nazism but it does show how government intervention can help during a crisis. Also while this guy points out all the ways government intervention harmed the economy during the 30's he fails to notice the fact that saving made it even worse. While Toms arguments seem rational they are simply wrong.
Which nation pulled itself out of the great depression? The answer is Germany and this is due to high amounts of government intervention by the Nazi party. I do not support Nazism but it does show how government intervention can help during a crisis. Also while this guy points out all the ways government intervention harmed the economy during the 30's he fails to notice the fact that saving made it even worse. While Toms arguments seem rational they are simply wrong.
@TheMa11lman Germany's economic boom during the depression was due to borrowing money from foreign investors and confiscating wealth from the Jews which were being sent to the slaughter. The money spent by the Nazis on militarization gave the boom, but without having an imperial foreign policy, it would not have been a lasting prosperity. It was just deficit spending and theft.
@Rochefaton Much of the things that you mentioned, including the confiscation of money occurred years after the German economic recovery.I would argue that the most significant factor that contributed to the boom was the organisation of a national workers union which decreased unemployment in a short amount of time built up the working class and in turn increased demand for products.Let me say that I am not pro-Obama and do not support the bail out but tom does ignore some important points
How can the policies of FDR even remotely resemble the policies of Obama??? Did the average Joe in the 1930's have the same debt as average Joe of today??? That is an important comparison because the length of the current economic stagnation is due to excessive borrowing during the last 10 years that now must be paid off before those consumers can purchase big ticket items again. You can give all the tax breaks you want and they will either go into savings or to pay off debt.
This guy is absolute fail from start. What matters are not fact but what people believe.. wow serious? Of course new deal was what that took U.S.A out of the great depression. And this person is bracingly lying about 1000 economics said don't pass the bill.. GIVE ME THE NAMES OR SIGNATURE OF THESE SO CALLED ECONOMISTS.
@butte1 # Roger B. Myerson - Economist # Leonid Hurwicz - Economist # Eric S Maskin - Economist # Famous Economists and Economic Thinkers # William F. Sharp # William Vickrey # Sir Richard Stone # Trygve Haavelmo # Simon Kuznets # Sir Arthur Lewis # Robert A Mundel # Robert C. Merton # Robert M. Solow # Robert E. Lucas, Jr # Reinhard Selten # Robert F. Engle # Ronald Coase # Robert W. Fogel # Ragnar Frisch # Robert Auman # Paul A. Samuelson # Nassily Leontief # Merton H. Miller # Maurice Allais
@butte1 # Myron S. Scholes # Michael Spence # Milton Friedman # Lawrence R. Klein # Kenneth J. Arrow # James F. Buchanan # James A. Mirrlees # James J Heckman # John F. Nash # James Tobin # John R. Hicks # Joseph E Stiglitz # Jan Tinbergen # Harry M. Markowitz # Herbert A. Simon # George A. Akerlof # Gary S. Becker # Gerard Debreu # George J. Stigler # Gunnar Myrdal # Friedrich Von Hayek # Finn. E. Kydland # Franco Modigliani # Edmund S. Phelps # Edward C. Prescott # Douglass C. North
@PhantasyGod You say "This Guy" like he is just some schumk off the street then you cite Milton Friedman as someone I should read who was the professor that caused Thomas Sowell to go from a Marxist to Capitalist thinker.... Now as far as calling me a "FAIL OF A HUMAN BEING" grow up son!
@PhantasyGod Sowell has taught economics at Howard University, Cornell University, Brandeis University, and UCLA. Since 1980 he has been a Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, where he holds a fellowship named after Rose and Milton Friedman.
@butte1 * Instructor in Economics, Douglass College, Rutgers University, September 1962–June 1963 * Labor Economist, U.S. Department of Labor, June 1961–August 1962
[edit] Writings HERE ARE HIS CREDENTIALS .
And he only tought at one place for longes and that was Professor of Economics, UCLA, July 1974–June 1980.
Rest he did for one year and he was more of a fellow doing a speech. GET UR FACTS RIGHT frekin redneck.
@PhantasyGod a 23 year old child from Modesto calling me a redneck lol that's rich!! Hey how's that job over at in&out burger going? hey I have an idea youngin' go play more World of Warcraft....
@PhantasyGod I love that you are a 23 year old who uploads "World of Warcraft Burning Crusade" to Youtube.. lol dweeb!" move out your parents house.. of course 23 year old children like you think you something about something... well I'm sure you know quite a bit about World of Warcraft and I think you should stick to what you know best..
@butte1 And what is the relevance of World of Warcraft has to do with this subject? This whole comment about World of warcraft you just gave was BIG EPIC FAIL on ur part. And yes I know a lot about world of warcraft cos i played it for 2 years. And do you know when i posted that burning crusade video? have u even bothered to check the date? FREKIN LAZY BUMM. And you calling me a dweeb? YOU INTELLECTUAL RETARD.
@PhantasyGod I guess you're arguing that you went from a 19 year old World of Warcraft pro to a 23 expert on economics... yeah right tell me another one like you have cleared up that nasty case of acne...
Love your November 18, 2010 post on watch anime now on koe-de-oshigoto-episode-1 where you said "WTF is this shit…. Why are japanese making retarded shows like these.. What happen to good old days like Inuyasha DBZ Cowboy Bebop Hellsing man todays mangakans are really pissing me offf. they cant write for shit."
lol please argue that you are not a serious nerd!!
@PhantasyGod Or maybe your post about MAG (Massive Action Game) FMV Trailer PS3 on Blog.SolidSnke from December 10th, 2010 at 6:27 pm where you opined "First of all This game didnt suck.. Either u dont have interest in fps or u are too ignorant to believe this game was good. And another thought MW2 online sucked soo dam bad that its not even worth mentioning. and battlefield bad company 2 is frekin awesome." yessiree you are a serious dweeb....
@butte1 Lol DESPERATION FAIL. Hahahah. So what if my interest is in games.. Do you know i also have 100's of comments on The young turk videos.. go check em up if you can.. And also i do have quiet a few comments on space/planetary studies. Go check em up too.. FAG. What I said was true if you cannot prove me wrong them don't bother mentioning that particular subject with me. YOU ARE NOT MAKING A GOOD CASE FOR YOURSELF INBRED.
@PhantasyGod Did you just call me a fag?? So not only are you a 23 year old living at home in Modesto snot eater but you're a homophobe too? are all Sikhs homophobes? or just the fat ones like you? Hows Doctor Ozz weight loss challenge going? lol 23 years old and a fat video game player who fancies himself an experienced economist spare me! you have no real word experience, I was 27 years old and working overseas on the day you were born so do yourself a favor and go eat some more junk food...
@butte1 Lol yes i live at home I am indian its in our culture not to abandon our parents after 18. I love my parents and i will take care of them till the end. And no i am not homophobic where did u get that assumption. Homosexuals are everywhere. its not just sikhs its christans too its muslim too and all other religion. Do you know why am i fat? Or you just presumed that i play games all day and becauese of that i am fat? FUCKIN IGNORANT.
@PhantasyGod Oh yeah? name a culture where the tradition is to abandon their parents after 18? where did I get the idea that you were homophobic? look at your post where you said "Go check em up too.. FAG" maybe that's where.. you say I fail at writing legitimate sentences but then in bold type you write "YOU ARE NOT MAKING A GOOD CASE FOR YOURSELF INBRED" or "YOU FAIL OF A HUMAN BEING" as if that means you win the debate..I'm sorry that you lost at the genetic lotto sonny boy, you started this.
@butte1 Lol In U.S.A since i have been here in high school from freshmen year. I only heard one thing from almost every freshmen to senior in my school and that was i cannot wait to get the hell out of my house when i am 18 or my parents will kick me out at 18. Its American tradition. MORE OR LESS. Lol me calling you FAG does not mean the literal term FAG (gay) same thing with inbred and FAILED OF BEING A HUMAN BEING. i was talking hypothetically. I dont expect you to understand that.
@PhantasyGod You started this with a post that implied you knew Thomas Sowell was an "absolute fail from start" and that he was "lying about 1000 economics said don't pass the bill" I showed you were wrong so you broke out the name calling... You should go back to debating the merits of video games and stay out of discussions on adult subjects as you seem totally ill equipped in experience or intellect for the task.. now go let mommy change your diapers as it seems you have pooped them again...
@butte1 I never said he was absolute fail. I said he was not credible source. And you didn't show me a single shred of evidence of me being wrong on majority of economists saying this tax bill will make us go in debt more. Lol debating videogames and debating politics is the same thing. You have to know know your fact that apparently you are FAILING MISERABLY ON. Lol you are questioning my intellect. Have you seen ur response? they look like a high school drop out wrote them.
@PhantasyGod do you not read your own posts? you said and I quote "absolute fail from start" not your revised "he was not credible source" and he never said the "majority" he said a "thousand" economists sent a petition to Hoover to veto the legislation, go google Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act and educate yourself.. and anyone who writes in all caps thinking he is somehow making a point should never try to insult anybody by saying the 'write like a high school drop out' it proves your stupidity
@butte1 I just read my post and yes i said he fails from start but i didn't mentioned his credentials i was referring to his idiolog. And yes he is not credible source. When i said about thousands i do not mean 10000 you failure of a human being. I was talking figuratively. I am sorry if i have to dumb down my comments for you to understand. And why the fuck are you giving me shit from 1930's. I am talking about current generation. WTF DUDE.
@PhantasyGod You are a complete moron. you can't spell ideolog and it isn't the word you needed to use in any case, the word your little brain full of mush was searching for but failed at finding was ideology. You were the one who brought up the 30's by saying Sowell "is bracingly lying about 1000 economics said don't pass the bill.. GIVE ME THE NAMES OR SIGNATURE OF THESE SO CALLED ECONOMISTS" so I told you to go google Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act because this is what he was talking about here
@PhantasyGod Seems to me you didn't have the intellectual capacity to follow the video you were watching, Thomas Sowell was talking about what happened to prolong the great depression, he said the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act made it worse and that In May 1930, a petition was signed by 1028 economists in the U.S. asking President Hoover to veto the legislation.
@PhantasyGod Look I understand..you are a 23 year old fat child living at home and think you have learned something up there in Modesto, well you didn't and I advise you to stay out of adult conversations and stick to chatting up the newest x-box game with other shut-in children....
@PhantasyGod P.S. what is it that makes you think calling a person who graduated university before you were born, been married 25 years, has two grow children (who by the way do have a job and live in their own homes) a "failure of a human being" has any weight coming from a live at home fat video game playing 1/2 wit like you?
@butte1 Lol there is no way in hell you graduated from a university because the way you make your case are very retarded. Do i give a shit about your kids and what they do? NO. Lol how do you know i am fat? Do you have any proof? YEAH. Yes i live at home. As i explained before i am indian and its in our culture. i think you are getting Alzheimer.
@PhantasyGod I graduated from USC in 1984 you ignorant tub of goo, where'd you go to school? Modesto Jr. College? Yeah I bet that's your alma mater, you are to stupid to get in to CSU Stanislaus. Anybody that wants to find out what a moron looks like check out Sarbjit Singh on his myspace or google his handle PhantasyGod and check out his infantile posts on such wide ranging subjects as what's better X-box or Playstation 360... your a real intellectual...
@butte1 Hahah stalker much.. Yes I go to Modesto jr college not because i am not smart it is because financially i do not have money to go to uc fuckin prick. Yeah facebook me if you want. Do i give a shit? NO. And Google me if you want Lol.. it will show how much of a fail specimen of humanity you are. And why do you care about my opinion of xbox or ps3? It is not relevant on the subject in hand. Stop off tracking the debate when you do not have any material.. dumb@ss..
@PhantasyGod You're a little slow in the head aren't you Sarbjit? The point is you are a 23 year old little mush head who didn't know that what Professor Sowell said about the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act was the absolute truth. The relevance of your video game life, your age, and the school you attend are that they prove you have not one clue of how life really works, I have gone off track? you son have not, in even one post said anything on Professor Sowell's video except he was a "FAIL" you loser
@butte1 go back to my first comment and read .. I asked the question.. give me the proof of your substance that you are trying to present.. And no one has done that not even you. Go back and give me what information i have asked for and then we talk..
@PhantasyGod You are a lost cause, you say in your first post "Of course new deal was what that took U.S.A out of the great depression." as if you stating that makes it true, then you say "And this person is bracingly lying about 1000 economics said don't pass the bill.. GIVE ME THE NAMES OR SIGNATURE OF THESE SO CALLED ECONOMISTS." so I told you to go look up the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act to find out that Prof. Sowell was correct... you are a dimwit and should just STFU.
@butte1 I had arthritis at the age of 7 and i have lived with it till now and my bones in certain part of my body are very weak and degenerate. I had to have bilatral hip replacements at age of 23 had them done 6 months ago and before that i was confined to bed for 3 years. Thats how i got fat you PRICK. And i never said i was experienced economist. You are putting words in my mouth. Lol you are 50 years old and you still fail at writing legitimate sentences.. YOU SIR FAIL AT LIFE.
@PhantasyGod In May 1930, a petition was signed by 1028 economists in the U.S. asking President Hoover to veto the legislation, organized by Paul Douglas, Irving Fisher, James TFG Wood, Frank Graham, Ernest Patterson, Henry Seager, Frank Taussig, and Clair Wilcox. Henry Ford spent an evening at the White House trying to convince Hoover to veto the bill, calling it "an economic stupidity". go look it up yourself sonny....
@PhantasyGod you asked "And this person is bracingly lying about 1000 economics said don't pass the bill.. GIVE ME THE NAMES OR SIGNATURE OF THESE SO CALLED ECONOMISTS." and if you weren't such a lazy World of War playing, Modesto living, 23 year old no experience having, snot eating child, you would have gone and looked up the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act yourself...
At least Hoover introduced Smoot-Hawley ostensibly to boost employment (really because the legislators were under the thumb of special Mercantilist interests who wanted protection from foreign competition) and not to boost exports, as some egregious 'economists' think tariffs can. If a nation's productive capacity is put to work in producing things which, without the tariffs, would have been brought from different geographical areas, then production for that area ie export production, MUST FALL!
Actually the economic dawnfall in the USA maight be a sociopolitic issue. ..Its called "decreasing of popular soveregnty as a procedure" which has as central axis the "induced dawnfall of economy" to change, modify or manipulate the popular codes of political and economic directions in DEMOCRACY or in any other environment...........
Thomas Sowell Is awesome but he won't talk about the bilderberg group, the trilateral commission, the cfr & the federal reserve. They r all intertwined & they r the crux of all the problems we have here in the US.
I see what you are saying but I've never heard anyone deny the existence of the trilateral commission the cfr or the federal reserve. Telling the truth is not paranoia anymore so than when a person goes to the doctor and the doctor gives them the worse case scenario. There's nothing wrong with preparing for the worst yet hoping for the best. U mentioned Ron Paul & to me it looks like he's been right about the federal reserve for the last 20 years & now they r finally going to audit them.
You're speaking of this "truth" , but then you don't demonstrate what it is, or how you came to discover it.
Ron Paul is an isolationist crank, who, at his worst, tends to attract a paranoid and anti-semitic crowd who pretend they've a deep understanding of the Constitution.
Sowell hasn't discussed the bilderberg group because they don't merit discussion.
I could say the same thing about what ur saying about Rob Paul. U're throwing out horrible accusations yet u r not backing them up & the reason for that is that u don't have enough room on this format. The bilderberg group or the CFR was started by nazis. Ron Paul can't destroy the republic & I don't know who wouldn't think that auditing the fed isn't a good idea. I also want to know y we illegally pay our income taxes to them. So Ron Paul bugs u but the CFR & trilateral commission r cool.
"I could say the same thing about what ur saying about Rob Paul. U're throwing out horrible accusations yet u r not backing them up & the reason for that is that u don't have enough room on this format. "
You were asked to provide a reasoned and evidence backed account of why it would be important for Sowell to comment on the Bilderberg group and you failed.
Ron Paul's policy positions are well know public record and even Sowell has pointed out the folly of several of them.
Thomas Sowell is very distinguished & highly respected & rightly so; I read his columns all the time. He should mention bildergerg, trilateral, CFR, the federal reserve, goldman sachs & the UN in order to help sound the alarm because they r a danger to the republic & they r the very ones trying to usher in a one world dictatorship alias: the new world order through the vehicles of cap & trade & health care reform. Ron Paul is not dangerous; the new world order is.
If you don't think Ron Paul's foreign policy view is profoundly confused, then you must have not read enough of Sowell. All of this would be well know to you had you done so.
Again, to repeat my statement for the final time...
Sowell wouldn't waste time talking about THE BILDERBERG GROUP because they don't merit discussion.
I disagree with that premise! I don't think Dr Sowell mentions them because it could possibly be very dangerous if u're a lone wolf sounding the alarm. I find it interesting that no one will flat out deny their existence; they simply cast dispersions. The trilateral commission carries out the mandates of the bilderberg group & no one can say that the trilateral commission doesn't exist. That's probably why no one will flat out deny the existence of bilderberg.
Your premise is logical only if you're in the grip of extreme paranoia.
Thomas Sowell has made plenty of enemies during his long career. If you'd read and retained what you've read of him, you'd have know this.
Ron Paul has been publicly criticized by Sowell with regards to the gold standard idea, his foreign policy naivete and by others for his fifteen minutes of national attention resembling that of Ross Perot.
It's all about freedom of choice! These organizations exist & need to be exposed. I heard 2 of DR Sowell's friends (Rush Limbaugh & Glenn Beck) admit that they r pushing for a 1 world dictatorship. There's just no echo chamber. I notice u won't flat out denounce the the existence of these organizations either. That's cool! Most people who acknowledge them r simply trying to help; it's no more being paranoid than admitting that Iran shouldn't be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons.
LOL! I'm all about freedom of choice! If u want to frame everything from a democrat vs republican paradigm then so be it. I choose to acknowledge the dangers of bilderberg, the federal reserve, trilateral, CFR & the UN and then take appropriate precautionary measures. Dr Sowell may very well start reporting on these entities.
In some ways, you are right. I sometimes still see all this "stuff" around me in America (not only material stuff but political and economic stuff) as an illusion that reflects an America no longer here. Peak Oil has already happened and the falling away from this resource is going to be severely dislocating to everyone. Another Dark Ages,
Here's FACTS (unless, like Joe Wison, you let your "emotions get the better of you" ON EVERY MAJOR POINT, the US totally LOST IT during GWB's 2 terms. Household income plummeted, poverty went up, child poverty increased even more & citizens without health insurance increased. By contrast the EXACT OPPOSITE happened during Clinton. Substantially. --Census Bureau report 9/10/09
GWB was a big government guy, while Clinton was restrained by a Republican congress. The Clinton era was more to the right when it came to public policy than the GWB era.
I hear you. You and I have a difference of opinion as to what the figures of this year's US Census Report mean. I'd love to see the liberal public policy of GWB. The doughnut hole for prescriptions? Private accounts for Social Security? Right before the Bush economy tanked?
Environmental policy? Well, he DID call it the "Clean Air Act." LOL Fighting the minimum wage reforms?
These are all small potatoes compared to all the spending and regulation of the finance industry GWD did.
And remember that Clinton followed Reagan and HW, who were both free market guys. I think they were the ones who were mostly responsible for the late 90's boom.
Let's be realistic. Ever since Reagan cut the top marginal tax on millionaires & billionaires (from 75% to 25%) America has been sliding deeper and deeper into debt. David Stockman, Reagan's Budget Director,admited the GOP goal was to rack up such a huge federal dept that the Dems would never be able to push forward the "socialist" programs Americans want--like stable Social Security, Medicare and single-payer national health care.
Well Social Security is already in place and Americans don't want single payer health care. They want lower prices on health care products and services.
As to your first post. I am happy billionaires kept their money.. they don't just count it.. they invest it and it creates jobs.
The problem comes when you can not control spending. Or you try and get money from rich people in ways other then taxes..like say forcing banks to give loans to bad credit risks..
(1) If I remember correctly the US debt dropped very slightly in the later Clinton years.
(2) Reagan's tax cuts didn't start the deficit rolling. They actually raised tax revenues due to the Laffer Curve. The problem was that Reagan was a big-government conservative who spent a LOT on arms, fighting the drugs trade and funding the drugs trade.
It was not only a Republican Congress. That's a cop-out. Clinton made some smart decisions in his Presidency, in retrospect, and I think he will be remembered much higher than GWB... Clinton made the speech that the era of big government was over. He was a total free maket advocate. He had a surplus. He really tried to kill OBL. Bush was so fucking sub-par
We do learn, but sadly, the lessons are a regarded as inconveniences by power-hungry politicians. That which empowers individuals is naturally and organically bad for those who crave power. The masses must be made unable to care for themselves and dependent on the state in order to be willing slaves the ruling class has designed. Obamanomics 101.
Learning from history depends on who writes the history, who writes the school curriculum, who gets tenure at our higher learning institutions, ... ultimately who controls/educates the minds of our youth.
The youth are the people that go on to elect our politicians. We are suffering now from the ground work laid in the 60's through to current day. There is 50 years of damage to the minds of the population to contend with. You virtually hear the echo off the brick walls when Sowell speaks.
I think he is a student of Friedman, and while I have great respect for both of them, I stick with the Austrians rather than the Neoclasssicals. I think their explanation for the great depression is the best one.
@z4nizzle Is that so? I didn't know that. But don't you think Ron Paul's political views are closer to Sowell's than any other presidential candidate's? Or who would you vote for?
And I am against you because you are an obvious uninformed idiot. Every time a conservative black man speaks he is labled a tom or a racist by the ignorant and week minded. Get real!
@pretorious700 No one should or can be forced to think a certain way. Ignorance abounds in all races, colors, religions, and nationality. Racism is just another name for blind, unreasoning ignorance; an ignorance that seeks to absolve itself of all guilt by targeting and demonizing another group they make the take the blame for everything.
I know the PC crowd think only white males can be racists. Well if you believe THAT self-serving nonsense, let me make you a deal on a condo on the moon :=)
By PC crowd I refer to the Politically Correct thought police who conveniently define racism and racist to exclude themselves and include ONLY white males. They, according to them, are the "power group." Now I have often asked them in college how a poor white slob such as myself who grew up on welfare could POSSIBLY be part of the so-called Power Group of white male racists. Their answers were NEVER very convincing. It seems just being white and male is enough to qualify. Hmmmmm
@Blogrich55 Interesting point. I'd have to look into it. But, I don't think you should think that what they say in college reflects the population's belief in general. The only purpose of university is to get at thinking critically about ideas as you encounter them in the future. Most of the concrete and direct abstract notions can be forgotten. What's important in the long run is that you learn how to research, develop an argument and persuade others.
@Blogrich55 No, people don't think only white people are racist; people think that for the most part, whites are in a position of power and cases of negative racism seem to come mostly from the white position in the west anyway. Other races are guilty of the same thing in countries where they are in a position of power too. To say that the affects of racism are equal in the US between races displays lack of experience of being a visible minority.
@EarlRegent "No, people don't think only white people are racist..."
I am not talking about people in general. I am giving you the Politically Correct interpretation of the word racist. I agree with what you are saying myself. Racism comes in all colors in all countries where one group is able to exploit and tyrannize another. Believe me when I say I have actually argued the points you made. They seem to think they win by defining the term their way.
@pretorious700 Absolutely right! Thankfully, people as strong and enlightened as Sowell don't give a rat's behind what these small minded people think.
We need more experts within congress, and less lawyers.
UtopiaMinor666 1 week ago
UNCLE TOM SOWELL WAS PROBABLY AROUND DURNING THE FDR TIME. I DON'T BELIEVE A WORD THIS LOWLIFE HUSTLER SAYS.
comptonproduction 1 week ago
"Brilliant rationalizations for failure."
LOL! Sowell is my hero.
LedWhisky69 1 month ago
@ comptonproduction are you mad because he is a successful independent black man who does not sound like he is from compton, or are you mad because he would shame Obama in any debate.
SofaKingWhiteFU 2 months ago
Uncle Thom Sowell is so stupid. He don't shi** about Economics. I wouldn't let this guy teach my dog. He probably could learn something from the dog.
comptonproduction 2 months ago
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@comptonproduction: " He don't shi** about Economics" wow brilliant and such a compelling argument, good luck with your GED retard.
espada9 1 month ago
@comptonproduction LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL EPIC FAIL for you idiot.
svvmichael1 1 month ago
@comptonproduction If anyone is an Uncle Tom here it is YOU and people who think as you do. You've not only allowed, but actually voted for a governement that would enslave you and make you dependent on them to support you. Yes, you are a modern day, willing and depedent slave and that makes YOU an Uncle Tom. Thank you.
LedWhisky69 1 month ago
@LedWhisky69 I don't have a degree in political science. The majority of the people in the USA don't know what's the hell going on in this country. The Republicans and Democratics are a bunch of jerks.
comptonproduction 1 month ago
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@comptonproduction Do you know that Christianity is correct? The world around us reveals that G-d DOES exist, and the historical evidence reveals that Jesus Christ really did come to this earth and there is overwhelming evidence that Jesus Christ really did physically rise from the dead. Jesus is coming again and the signs of the end times that were foretold in the Bible are coming to pass.
marionetemanJ 4 weeks ago
It's like deja vu all over again.
ASeventhSign 2 months ago
@ASeventhSign : Much to our detriment. Current generations are not learning from history because it is no longer being taught in our public schools.
rippinsteo 2 months ago
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Read the Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution, the Federalist Papers, Bastiat's The Law. Know the history of USA or you can't support & defend it. Restore America 2012 Ron Paul RonPaul2012dotcom 1835 “Minute” on India written by Thomas Babington Macaulay; A government cannot be wrong in punishing fraud or force, but it is almost certain to be wrong if, abandoning its legitimate function, it tells private individuals that it knows their business better than they know it themselves.
possumpistol 4 months ago
the statists need to get their story straight, you hear them say that it was WW2 that got the US out of the depression, and they also say the new deal is what ended it.*
*imo it was neither, in fact both prolonged it, it was only when the economy re-privitised that the recovery and correction occurred.
HuxleyWasRight 5 months ago
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Which nation pulled itself out of the great depression? The answer is Germany and this is due to high amounts of government intervention by the Nazi party. I do not support Nazism but it does show how government intervention can help during a crisis. Also while this guy points out all the ways government intervention harmed the economy during the 30's he fails to notice the fact that saving made it even worse. While Toms arguments seem rational they are simply wrong.
TheMa11lman 6 months ago
Which nation pulled itself out of the great depression? The answer is Germany and this is due to high amounts of government intervention by the Nazi party. I do not support Nazism but it does show how government intervention can help during a crisis. Also while this guy points out all the ways government intervention harmed the economy during the 30's he fails to notice the fact that saving made it even worse. While Toms arguments seem rational they are simply wrong.
TheMa11lman 6 months ago
@TheMa11lman Germany's economic boom during the depression was due to borrowing money from foreign investors and confiscating wealth from the Jews which were being sent to the slaughter. The money spent by the Nazis on militarization gave the boom, but without having an imperial foreign policy, it would not have been a lasting prosperity. It was just deficit spending and theft.
Rochefaton 5 months ago
@Rochefaton Much of the things that you mentioned, including the confiscation of money occurred years after the German economic recovery.I would argue that the most significant factor that contributed to the boom was the organisation of a national workers union which decreased unemployment in a short amount of time built up the working class and in turn increased demand for products.Let me say that I am not pro-Obama and do not support the bail out but tom does ignore some important points
TheMa11lman 5 months ago
@TheMa11lman Fair enough. ;)
Rochefaton 5 months ago
What parallels can you draw from FDR's New Deal to Obama's economic plan?
faithpunkiwld 8 months ago
Real talk. check out his book Cosmic Justice.
natearnett 11 months ago
How can the policies of FDR even remotely resemble the policies of Obama??? Did the average Joe in the 1930's have the same debt as average Joe of today??? That is an important comparison because the length of the current economic stagnation is due to excessive borrowing during the last 10 years that now must be paid off before those consumers can purchase big ticket items again. You can give all the tax breaks you want and they will either go into savings or to pay off debt.
john777316 1 year ago
GENUIS
xHippieHunter 1 year ago
This guy is absolute fail from start. What matters are not fact but what people believe.. wow serious? Of course new deal was what that took U.S.A out of the great depression. And this person is bracingly lying about 1000 economics said don't pass the bill.. GIVE ME THE NAMES OR SIGNATURE OF THESE SO CALLED ECONOMISTS.
PhantasyGod 1 year ago
@PhantasyGod Move to France idiot.
kdogg132 1 year ago
@kdogg132 LOL FAIL RESPONSE MAN.. You have to do better then that man.
PhantasyGod 1 year ago
@PhantasyGod This guy? do you know about anybody other than other liberals like you?
butte1 1 year ago
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PhantasyGod 1 year ago
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@PhantasyGod You say "This Guy" like he is just some schumk off the street then you cite Milton Friedman as someone I should read who was the professor that caused Thomas Sowell to go from a Marxist to Capitalist thinker.... Now as far as calling me a "FAIL OF A HUMAN BEING" grow up son!
butte1 1 year ago
@PhantasyGod Sowell has taught economics at Howard University, Cornell University, Brandeis University, and UCLA. Since 1980 he has been a Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, where he holds a fellowship named after Rose and Milton Friedman.
And you credentials are??
butte1 1 year ago
@butte1 # Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, September 1980–present
# Professor of Economics, UCLA, July 1974–June 1980
# Visiting Professor of Economics, Amherst College, September–December 1977
# Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, April–August 1977
# Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, July 1976–March 1977
# Project Director, The Urban Institute, August 1972–July 1974
PhantasyGod 1 year ago
@butte1 # Associate Professor of Economics, UCLA, September 1970–June 1972
# Associate Professor of Economics, Brandeis University, September 1969–June 1970
# Assistant Professor of Economics, Cornell University, September 1965–June 1969
# Economic Analyst, American Telephone & Telegraph Co., June 1964–August 1965
# Lecturer in Economics, Howard University, September 1963–June 1964
PhantasyGod 1 year ago
@butte1 * Instructor in Economics, Douglass College, Rutgers University, September 1962–June 1963 * Labor Economist, U.S. Department of Labor, June 1961–August 1962
[edit] Writings HERE ARE HIS CREDENTIALS .
And he only tought at one place for longes and that was Professor of Economics, UCLA, July 1974–June 1980.
Rest he did for one year and he was more of a fellow doing a speech. GET UR FACTS RIGHT frekin redneck.
PhantasyGod 1 year ago
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@PhantasyGod a 23 year old child from Modesto calling me a redneck lol that's rich!! Hey how's that job over at in&out burger going? hey I have an idea youngin' go play more World of Warcraft....
butte1 1 year ago
@butte1 # Daniel Kahneman
# Daniel L. McFadden
# Clive W.J.Granger
# Bertil Ohlin
# Amartya Sen
# John C. Harsanyi
GO DO SOME RESEARCH ON THEM.. if you have brains for it.. YOU FAIL OF A HUMAN BEING.
PhantasyGod 1 year ago
@PhantasyGod I love that you are a 23 year old who uploads "World of Warcraft Burning Crusade" to Youtube.. lol dweeb!" move out your parents house.. of course 23 year old children like you think you something about something... well I'm sure you know quite a bit about World of Warcraft and I think you should stick to what you know best..
butte1 1 year ago
@butte1 And what is the relevance of World of Warcraft has to do with this subject? This whole comment about World of warcraft you just gave was BIG EPIC FAIL on ur part. And yes I know a lot about world of warcraft cos i played it for 2 years. And do you know when i posted that burning crusade video? have u even bothered to check the date? FREKIN LAZY BUMM. And you calling me a dweeb? YOU INTELLECTUAL RETARD.
PhantasyGod 1 year ago
@PhantasyGod I guess you're arguing that you went from a 19 year old World of Warcraft pro to a 23 expert on economics... yeah right tell me another one like you have cleared up that nasty case of acne...
butte1 1 year ago
Love your November 18, 2010 post on watch anime now on koe-de-oshigoto-episode-1 where you said "WTF is this shit…. Why are japanese making retarded shows like these.. What happen to good old days like Inuyasha DBZ Cowboy Bebop Hellsing man todays mangakans are really pissing me offf. they cant write for shit."
lol please argue that you are not a serious nerd!!
butte1 1 year ago
@PhantasyGod Or maybe your post about MAG (Massive Action Game) FMV Trailer PS3 on Blog.SolidSnke from December 10th, 2010 at 6:27 pm where you opined "First of all This game didnt suck.. Either u dont have interest in fps or u are too ignorant to believe this game was good. And another thought MW2 online sucked soo dam bad that its not even worth mentioning. and battlefield bad company 2 is frekin awesome." yessiree you are a serious dweeb....
butte1 1 year ago
@butte1 Lol DESPERATION FAIL. Hahahah. So what if my interest is in games.. Do you know i also have 100's of comments on The young turk videos.. go check em up if you can.. And also i do have quiet a few comments on space/planetary studies. Go check em up too.. FAG. What I said was true if you cannot prove me wrong them don't bother mentioning that particular subject with me. YOU ARE NOT MAKING A GOOD CASE FOR YOURSELF INBRED.
PhantasyGod 1 year ago
@PhantasyGod Did you just call me a fag?? So not only are you a 23 year old living at home in Modesto snot eater but you're a homophobe too? are all Sikhs homophobes? or just the fat ones like you? Hows Doctor Ozz weight loss challenge going? lol 23 years old and a fat video game player who fancies himself an experienced economist spare me! you have no real word experience, I was 27 years old and working overseas on the day you were born so do yourself a favor and go eat some more junk food...
butte1 1 year ago
@butte1 Lol yes i live at home I am indian its in our culture not to abandon our parents after 18. I love my parents and i will take care of them till the end. And no i am not homophobic where did u get that assumption. Homosexuals are everywhere. its not just sikhs its christans too its muslim too and all other religion. Do you know why am i fat? Or you just presumed that i play games all day and becauese of that i am fat? FUCKIN IGNORANT.
PhantasyGod 1 year ago
@PhantasyGod Oh yeah? name a culture where the tradition is to abandon their parents after 18? where did I get the idea that you were homophobic? look at your post where you said "Go check em up too.. FAG" maybe that's where.. you say I fail at writing legitimate sentences but then in bold type you write "YOU ARE NOT MAKING A GOOD CASE FOR YOURSELF INBRED" or "YOU FAIL OF A HUMAN BEING" as if that means you win the debate..I'm sorry that you lost at the genetic lotto sonny boy, you started this.
butte1 1 year ago
@butte1 Lol In U.S.A since i have been here in high school from freshmen year. I only heard one thing from almost every freshmen to senior in my school and that was i cannot wait to get the hell out of my house when i am 18 or my parents will kick me out at 18. Its American tradition. MORE OR LESS. Lol me calling you FAG does not mean the literal term FAG (gay) same thing with inbred and FAILED OF BEING A HUMAN BEING. i was talking hypothetically. I dont expect you to understand that.
PhantasyGod 1 year ago
@PhantasyGod You started this with a post that implied you knew Thomas Sowell was an "absolute fail from start" and that he was "lying about 1000 economics said don't pass the bill" I showed you were wrong so you broke out the name calling... You should go back to debating the merits of video games and stay out of discussions on adult subjects as you seem totally ill equipped in experience or intellect for the task.. now go let mommy change your diapers as it seems you have pooped them again...
butte1 1 year ago
@butte1 I never said he was absolute fail. I said he was not credible source. And you didn't show me a single shred of evidence of me being wrong on majority of economists saying this tax bill will make us go in debt more. Lol debating videogames and debating politics is the same thing. You have to know know your fact that apparently you are FAILING MISERABLY ON. Lol you are questioning my intellect. Have you seen ur response? they look like a high school drop out wrote them.
PhantasyGod 1 year ago
@PhantasyGod do you not read your own posts? you said and I quote "absolute fail from start" not your revised "he was not credible source" and he never said the "majority" he said a "thousand" economists sent a petition to Hoover to veto the legislation, go google Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act and educate yourself.. and anyone who writes in all caps thinking he is somehow making a point should never try to insult anybody by saying the 'write like a high school drop out' it proves your stupidity
butte1 1 year ago
@butte1 I just read my post and yes i said he fails from start but i didn't mentioned his credentials i was referring to his idiolog. And yes he is not credible source. When i said about thousands i do not mean 10000 you failure of a human being. I was talking figuratively. I am sorry if i have to dumb down my comments for you to understand. And why the fuck are you giving me shit from 1930's. I am talking about current generation. WTF DUDE.
PhantasyGod 1 year ago
@PhantasyGod You are a complete moron. you can't spell ideolog and it isn't the word you needed to use in any case, the word your little brain full of mush was searching for but failed at finding was ideology. You were the one who brought up the 30's by saying Sowell "is bracingly lying about 1000 economics said don't pass the bill.. GIVE ME THE NAMES OR SIGNATURE OF THESE SO CALLED ECONOMISTS" so I told you to go google Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act because this is what he was talking about here
butte1 1 year ago
@PhantasyGod Seems to me you didn't have the intellectual capacity to follow the video you were watching, Thomas Sowell was talking about what happened to prolong the great depression, he said the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act made it worse and that In May 1930, a petition was signed by 1028 economists in the U.S. asking President Hoover to veto the legislation.
butte1 1 year ago
@PhantasyGod Look I understand..you are a 23 year old fat child living at home and think you have learned something up there in Modesto, well you didn't and I advise you to stay out of adult conversations and stick to chatting up the newest x-box game with other shut-in children....
butte1 1 year ago
@PhantasyGod P.S. what is it that makes you think calling a person who graduated university before you were born, been married 25 years, has two grow children (who by the way do have a job and live in their own homes) a "failure of a human being" has any weight coming from a live at home fat video game playing 1/2 wit like you?
butte1 1 year ago
@butte1 Lol there is no way in hell you graduated from a university because the way you make your case are very retarded. Do i give a shit about your kids and what they do? NO. Lol how do you know i am fat? Do you have any proof? YEAH. Yes i live at home. As i explained before i am indian and its in our culture. i think you are getting Alzheimer.
PhantasyGod 1 year ago
@PhantasyGod I graduated from USC in 1984 you ignorant tub of goo, where'd you go to school? Modesto Jr. College? Yeah I bet that's your alma mater, you are to stupid to get in to CSU Stanislaus. Anybody that wants to find out what a moron looks like check out Sarbjit Singh on his myspace or google his handle PhantasyGod and check out his infantile posts on such wide ranging subjects as what's better X-box or Playstation 360... your a real intellectual...
butte1 1 year ago
@butte1 Hahah stalker much.. Yes I go to Modesto jr college not because i am not smart it is because financially i do not have money to go to uc fuckin prick. Yeah facebook me if you want. Do i give a shit? NO. And Google me if you want Lol.. it will show how much of a fail specimen of humanity you are. And why do you care about my opinion of xbox or ps3? It is not relevant on the subject in hand. Stop off tracking the debate when you do not have any material.. dumb@ss..
PhantasyGod 1 year ago
@PhantasyGod You're a little slow in the head aren't you Sarbjit? The point is you are a 23 year old little mush head who didn't know that what Professor Sowell said about the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act was the absolute truth. The relevance of your video game life, your age, and the school you attend are that they prove you have not one clue of how life really works, I have gone off track? you son have not, in even one post said anything on Professor Sowell's video except he was a "FAIL" you loser
butte1 1 year ago
@butte1 go back to my first comment and read .. I asked the question.. give me the proof of your substance that you are trying to present.. And no one has done that not even you. Go back and give me what information i have asked for and then we talk..
PhantasyGod 1 year ago
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@PhantasyGod You are a lost cause, you say in your first post "Of course new deal was what that took U.S.A out of the great depression." as if you stating that makes it true, then you say "And this person is bracingly lying about 1000 economics said don't pass the bill.. GIVE ME THE NAMES OR SIGNATURE OF THESE SO CALLED ECONOMISTS." so I told you to go look up the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act to find out that Prof. Sowell was correct... you are a dimwit and should just STFU.
butte1 1 year ago
@butte1 I had arthritis at the age of 7 and i have lived with it till now and my bones in certain part of my body are very weak and degenerate. I had to have bilatral hip replacements at age of 23 had them done 6 months ago and before that i was confined to bed for 3 years. Thats how i got fat you PRICK. And i never said i was experienced economist. You are putting words in my mouth. Lol you are 50 years old and you still fail at writing legitimate sentences.. YOU SIR FAIL AT LIFE.
PhantasyGod 1 year ago
@PhantasyGod In May 1930, a petition was signed by 1028 economists in the U.S. asking President Hoover to veto the legislation, organized by Paul Douglas, Irving Fisher, James TFG Wood, Frank Graham, Ernest Patterson, Henry Seager, Frank Taussig, and Clair Wilcox. Henry Ford spent an evening at the White House trying to convince Hoover to veto the bill, calling it "an economic stupidity". go look it up yourself sonny....
butte1 1 year ago
@butte1 What the hell does this have to do with anything? Put it in context or are you home schooled and cannot form a correct sentences.
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@PhantasyGod you asked "And this person is bracingly lying about 1000 economics said don't pass the bill.. GIVE ME THE NAMES OR SIGNATURE OF THESE SO CALLED ECONOMISTS." and if you weren't such a lazy World of War playing, Modesto living, 23 year old no experience having, snot eating child, you would have gone and looked up the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act yourself...
butte1 1 year ago
sowell's absolutely awesome.
triviumecj 1 year ago
Fucking asshats! You democrats cant think your way out of a wet paper sack.
guitarplayer4real 1 year ago
How can the stimulus bill fix things over night? It take time man
BASEketBALL103 1 year ago
"Brilliant rationalizations for failure."
That has to be one of my all-time favorite lines!
steve0281 1 year ago
Dr Sowell rocks! Enough of the moral hazard that is obamanomics.
plutonnumber9 1 year ago
At least Hoover introduced Smoot-Hawley ostensibly to boost employment (really because the legislators were under the thumb of special Mercantilist interests who wanted protection from foreign competition) and not to boost exports, as some egregious 'economists' think tariffs can. If a nation's productive capacity is put to work in producing things which, without the tariffs, would have been brought from different geographical areas, then production for that area ie export production, MUST FALL!
Nintendomanwill 1 year ago
It breaks the "environmental illusion" of stability !!!!
AlphaProject11 1 year ago
Actually the economic dawnfall in the USA maight be a sociopolitic issue. ..Its called "decreasing of popular soveregnty as a procedure" which has as central axis the "induced dawnfall of economy" to change, modify or manipulate the popular codes of political and economic directions in DEMOCRACY or in any other environment...........
AlphaProject11 1 year ago
Thomas Sowell Is awesome but he won't talk about the bilderberg group, the trilateral commission, the cfr & the federal reserve. They r all intertwined & they r the crux of all the problems we have here in the US.
ericjaynelson 2 years ago
Because Sowell prefers to use evidence and reason rather than to succumb to Ron Paul/Jesse Ventura style paranoia.
larkydozer 2 years ago
I see what you are saying but I've never heard anyone deny the existence of the trilateral commission the cfr or the federal reserve. Telling the truth is not paranoia anymore so than when a person goes to the doctor and the doctor gives them the worse case scenario. There's nothing wrong with preparing for the worst yet hoping for the best. U mentioned Ron Paul & to me it looks like he's been right about the federal reserve for the last 20 years & now they r finally going to audit them.
ericjaynelson 2 years ago
You're speaking of this "truth" , but then you don't demonstrate what it is, or how you came to discover it.
Ron Paul is an isolationist crank, who, at his worst, tends to attract a paranoid and anti-semitic crowd who pretend they've a deep understanding of the Constitution.
Sowell hasn't discussed the bilderberg group because they don't merit discussion.
larkydozer 2 years ago
I could say the same thing about what ur saying about Rob Paul. U're throwing out horrible accusations yet u r not backing them up & the reason for that is that u don't have enough room on this format. The bilderberg group or the CFR was started by nazis. Ron Paul can't destroy the republic & I don't know who wouldn't think that auditing the fed isn't a good idea. I also want to know y we illegally pay our income taxes to them. So Ron Paul bugs u but the CFR & trilateral commission r cool.
ericjaynelson 2 years ago
"I could say the same thing about what ur saying about Rob Paul. U're throwing out horrible accusations yet u r not backing them up & the reason for that is that u don't have enough room on this format. "
You were asked to provide a reasoned and evidence backed account of why it would be important for Sowell to comment on the Bilderberg group and you failed.
Ron Paul's policy positions are well know public record and even Sowell has pointed out the folly of several of them.
larkydozer 2 years ago
Thomas Sowell is very distinguished & highly respected & rightly so; I read his columns all the time. He should mention bildergerg, trilateral, CFR, the federal reserve, goldman sachs & the UN in order to help sound the alarm because they r a danger to the republic & they r the very ones trying to usher in a one world dictatorship alias: the new world order through the vehicles of cap & trade & health care reform. Ron Paul is not dangerous; the new world order is.
ericjaynelson 2 years ago
If you don't think Ron Paul's foreign policy view is profoundly confused, then you must have not read enough of Sowell. All of this would be well know to you had you done so.
Again, to repeat my statement for the final time...
Sowell wouldn't waste time talking about THE BILDERBERG GROUP because they don't merit discussion.
larkydozer 2 years ago
I disagree with that premise! I don't think Dr Sowell mentions them because it could possibly be very dangerous if u're a lone wolf sounding the alarm. I find it interesting that no one will flat out deny their existence; they simply cast dispersions. The trilateral commission carries out the mandates of the bilderberg group & no one can say that the trilateral commission doesn't exist. That's probably why no one will flat out deny the existence of bilderberg.
ericjaynelson 2 years ago
Your premise is logical only if you're in the grip of extreme paranoia.
Thomas Sowell has made plenty of enemies during his long career. If you'd read and retained what you've read of him, you'd have know this.
Ron Paul has been publicly criticized by Sowell with regards to the gold standard idea, his foreign policy naivete and by others for his fifteen minutes of national attention resembling that of Ross Perot.
larkydozer 2 years ago
It's all about freedom of choice! These organizations exist & need to be exposed. I heard 2 of DR Sowell's friends (Rush Limbaugh & Glenn Beck) admit that they r pushing for a 1 world dictatorship. There's just no echo chamber. I notice u won't flat out denounce the the existence of these organizations either. That's cool! Most people who acknowledge them r simply trying to help; it's no more being paranoid than admitting that Iran shouldn't be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons.
ericjaynelson 2 years ago
Your comment about choice makes absolutely no sense within the context of this conversation.
Walt Disney may also be "pushing for a 1 world dictatorship" , though Sowell wouldn't bother with writing about Disney either.
Your paranoia about Bilderberg is commensurate with your lack of a compelling argument for why they're so dangerous.
larkydozer 2 years ago
LOL! I'm all about freedom of choice! If u want to frame everything from a democrat vs republican paradigm then so be it. I choose to acknowledge the dangers of bilderberg, the federal reserve, trilateral, CFR & the UN and then take appropriate precautionary measures. Dr Sowell may very well start reporting on these entities.
ericjaynelson 2 years ago
You obviously cannot sustain a reasoned argument.
Good luck with your studies.
larkydozer 2 years ago
Auditing the fed is a great place to start as far as fighting these shadowy organizations that u obviously don't believe exist.
ericjaynelson 2 years ago
And putting words into your debate opponents mouth is a sure sign of dishonesty in the process of open inquiry.
larkydozer 2 years ago
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aikido7 2 years ago
what the world is way easier today than ever before.
DickeyRogers 2 years ago
In some ways, you are right. I sometimes still see all this "stuff" around me in America (not only material stuff but political and economic stuff) as an illusion that reflects an America no longer here. Peak Oil has already happened and the falling away from this resource is going to be severely dislocating to everyone. Another Dark Ages,
aikido7 2 years ago
Here's FACTS (unless, like Joe Wison, you let your "emotions get the better of you" ON EVERY MAJOR POINT, the US totally LOST IT during GWB's 2 terms. Household income plummeted, poverty went up, child poverty increased even more & citizens without health insurance increased. By contrast the EXACT OPPOSITE happened during Clinton. Substantially. --Census Bureau report 9/10/09
aikido7 2 years ago
GWB was a big government guy, while Clinton was restrained by a Republican congress. The Clinton era was more to the right when it came to public policy than the GWB era.
Vodka2389 2 years ago 30
I hear you. You and I have a difference of opinion as to what the figures of this year's US Census Report mean. I'd love to see the liberal public policy of GWB. The doughnut hole for prescriptions? Private accounts for Social Security? Right before the Bush economy tanked?
Environmental policy? Well, he DID call it the "Clean Air Act." LOL Fighting the minimum wage reforms?
Who did you vote for twice in 2000 and 2004?
aikido7 2 years ago
These are all small potatoes compared to all the spending and regulation of the finance industry GWD did.
And remember that Clinton followed Reagan and HW, who were both free market guys. I think they were the ones who were mostly responsible for the late 90's boom.
Vodka2389 2 years ago 3
Let's be realistic. Ever since Reagan cut the top marginal tax on millionaires & billionaires (from 75% to 25%) America has been sliding deeper and deeper into debt. David Stockman, Reagan's Budget Director,admited the GOP goal was to rack up such a huge federal dept that the Dems would never be able to push forward the "socialist" programs Americans want--like stable Social Security, Medicare and single-payer national health care.
aikido7 2 years ago
Well Social Security is already in place and Americans don't want single payer health care. They want lower prices on health care products and services.
As to your first post. I am happy billionaires kept their money.. they don't just count it.. they invest it and it creates jobs.
The problem comes when you can not control spending. Or you try and get money from rich people in ways other then taxes..like say forcing banks to give loans to bad credit risks..
EasyEs 2 years ago 6
Tax revenue only increased - stop spreading lies
libertyplayground 2 years ago
(1) If I remember correctly the US debt dropped very slightly in the later Clinton years.
(2) Reagan's tax cuts didn't start the deficit rolling. They actually raised tax revenues due to the Laffer Curve. The problem was that Reagan was a big-government conservative who spent a LOT on arms, fighting the drugs trade and funding the drugs trade.
Myndir 2 years ago
@Vodka2389 Can't wait for Nov 2010 then.
OmegaRage 1 year ago
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@Vodka2389 they are all puppets of the nwo. vote ron paul 2012
chrisjbarton 1 year ago
@Vodka2389
It was not only a Republican Congress. That's a cop-out. Clinton made some smart decisions in his Presidency, in retrospect, and I think he will be remembered much higher than GWB... Clinton made the speech that the era of big government was over. He was a total free maket advocate. He had a surplus. He really tried to kill OBL. Bush was so fucking sub-par
tubub 6 months ago
im going to get a tattoo of his face.
jfk1976 2 years ago 3
Can we not learn from the mistakes and experience of others?
pieter0kirsten 2 years ago 3
We do learn, but sadly, the lessons are a regarded as inconveniences by power-hungry politicians. That which empowers individuals is naturally and organically bad for those who crave power. The masses must be made unable to care for themselves and dependent on the state in order to be willing slaves the ruling class has designed. Obamanomics 101.
fzqlcs 2 years ago 3
Learning from history depends on who writes the history, who writes the school curriculum, who gets tenure at our higher learning institutions, ... ultimately who controls/educates the minds of our youth.
The youth are the people that go on to elect our politicians. We are suffering now from the ground work laid in the 60's through to current day. There is 50 years of damage to the minds of the population to contend with. You virtually hear the echo off the brick walls when Sowell speaks.
stratvic 2 years ago
"Education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed." - Joseph Stalin
espada9 2 years ago
Dr. Thomas Sowell is the man I personally wanted to be president. Yes, I am a Sowell man.
Blogrich55 2 years ago 49
I think he is a student of Friedman, and while I have great respect for both of them, I stick with the Austrians rather than the Neoclasssicals. I think their explanation for the great depression is the best one.
But yes, Sowell would have been great.
Elasaltaculos 2 years ago 4
RON PAUL for president?
also dont forget PETER SCHIFF????
hyylo 2 years ago 6
@Blogrich55 He isn't that stupid!
walt7500 8 months ago
@Blogrich55 Ron Paul 2012
Dariuszdavi 7 months ago
@Blogrich55 vote for Ron Paul 2012. His views are almost identical.
Cornampoo 5 months ago
@Cornampoo
They actually disagree on foreign policy, notably Iran.
z4nizzle 5 months ago
@z4nizzle Is that so? I didn't know that. But don't you think Ron Paul's political views are closer to Sowell's than any other presidential candidate's? Or who would you vote for?
Cornampoo 5 months ago
This guy is just against Obama because he is a racist. :)
When the facts and logic are against you attack the person.
... Alinsky's rule #13.
stratvic 2 years ago 6
WTF are you talking about?
megaminxmaster 2 years ago
The black man is racist against another black man??? Either you are tongue in cheek, or a major racist yourself. Thomas Sowell is 100% correct.
ka7krz 2 years ago 3
it's called sarcasm
chainzdown2dadik 2 years ago 5
And I am against you because you are an obvious uninformed idiot. Every time a conservative black man speaks he is labled a tom or a racist by the ignorant and week minded. Get real!
Blogrich55 2 years ago 14
@Blogrich55 Actually, dismissing any black man who doesn't think as he's "supposed to" is racist in itself.
pretorious700 5 months ago 19
@pretorious700 No one should or can be forced to think a certain way. Ignorance abounds in all races, colors, religions, and nationality. Racism is just another name for blind, unreasoning ignorance; an ignorance that seeks to absolve itself of all guilt by targeting and demonizing another group they make the take the blame for everything.
I know the PC crowd think only white males can be racists. Well if you believe THAT self-serving nonsense, let me make you a deal on a condo on the moon :=)
Blogrich55 5 months ago 6
@Blogrich55 I've never met these people. I must be living in a bubble
testmark1 3 months ago
@testmark1
By PC crowd I refer to the Politically Correct thought police who conveniently define racism and racist to exclude themselves and include ONLY white males. They, according to them, are the "power group." Now I have often asked them in college how a poor white slob such as myself who grew up on welfare could POSSIBLY be part of the so-called Power Group of white male racists. Their answers were NEVER very convincing. It seems just being white and male is enough to qualify. Hmmmmm
Blogrich55 3 months ago
@Blogrich55 Interesting point. I'd have to look into it. But, I don't think you should think that what they say in college reflects the population's belief in general. The only purpose of university is to get at thinking critically about ideas as you encounter them in the future. Most of the concrete and direct abstract notions can be forgotten. What's important in the long run is that you learn how to research, develop an argument and persuade others.
testmark1 3 months ago
@Blogrich55 No, people don't think only white people are racist; people think that for the most part, whites are in a position of power and cases of negative racism seem to come mostly from the white position in the west anyway. Other races are guilty of the same thing in countries where they are in a position of power too. To say that the affects of racism are equal in the US between races displays lack of experience of being a visible minority.
EarlRegent 1 month ago
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@EarlRegent "No, people don't think only white people are racist..."
I am not talking about people in general. I am giving you the Politically Correct interpretation of the word racist. I agree with what you are saying myself. Racism comes in all colors in all countries where one group is able to exploit and tyrannize another. Believe me when I say I have actually argued the points you made. They seem to think they win by defining the term their way.
Blogrich55 1 month ago
@pretorious700 haha what if it's a family member?
testmark1 3 months ago
@pretorious700 Absolutely right! Thankfully, people as strong and enlightened as Sowell don't give a rat's behind what these small minded people think.
EarlRegent 1 month ago
"FDR surrounded himself with highly intelligent people. That is no guarantee of anything... except brilliant rationalization for failures..." nice
enotdetcelfer 2 years ago 8
"In politics what matters is not what the facts are, what matters is what people believe"
It's all a con.
DolphinFilms 2 years ago 7
New Deal=fail. No more Mr Obama, no more Mr Brown.
Scoforever 2 years ago 8