I must have been mistaken in the inferences I drew from posts from, among others, you, B_S, BTE and d_w1. My fellow communicants have fallen...
It is absolutely correct that the evidence linking minimum wage increases to increases in general unemployment is not particularly persuasive; we...
Because I have apparently rubbed Az the wrong way, D_W will be honored with my response, which is this: The idea that Henry Ford "realized" that...
Jean-Baptiste Say would like a word ... and he'll probably need to talk to you about some remedial facts of life, too.
I have my thoughts on these matters, but I am curious as to what they have to do with Az's assertion that an increase in the minimum wage will...
Common sense is a poor substitute for evidence, especially in this instance.
The point being, I still dare him (or anyone) to prove that Medicaid and food stamp expenditures (over any reasonable degree of immediacy) for...
LOL ... well, if we save that $1 billion over a 50-year period, we certainly will have accomplished something, other consequences be damned!
How much did creating and maintaining these airwaves cost the US government?
I dare you to prove that Walmart employees receive more than $1 billion a year (remember, you said "billions") in Medicaid and food stamp subsidies.
Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD 401K, IRA et al. are taken into account re: the national savings rate.
Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD ? ? ? Social Security is not, and was never set up as, a savings program. It is a pay-as-you-go income transfer...
Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD Perhaps you should come up with a better example of the thrift of our forebears. Social Security is to saving as...
Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD So you're saying there might be someone for whom this Herculean task is, dare I suggest it, suited? Because, man,...
Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD You didn't. Just a prophylactic against those who might over-reach.
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