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dkf

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8. That's not true...

Reply to AdHocSolver (Reply #7)

Sat Feb 2, 2013, 06:44 AM

Feb 2013

I see people who are much more conservative because they believe there are problems to come in the future that are behind their control. They could be using their funds in more productive ways but are leery of doing so. These are people with no debt and a decent amount of assets.

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The Urgency of Growth - E.J. Dionne - WaPo [View all] Bill USA Feb 2013 OP

Why do we equate growth with public spending? dkf Feb 2013 #1

when in an economic recession/depression businesses and people hang onto their money. Bill USA Feb 2013 #2

What scares the people with the money who could be spending is the idea of so much government debt. dkf Feb 2013 #3

The problem is that the very rich need to be taxed at much higher rates RainDog Feb 2013 #6

What keeps people from spending is NOT government debt, but PERSONAL debt. AdHocSolver Feb 2013 #7

That's not true... dkf Feb 2013 #8

these are also outlying nutters RainDog Feb 2013 #10

Racism? Seriously? Wth? dkf Feb 2013 #12

the only people I know who talk this talk are white republicans RainDog Feb 2013 #13

Businesses are afraid to hire more people because of the GOP's threats of causing a U.S. default, or Bill USA Feb 2013 #15

people "with the money" - who own the Republican Party should have shown concern for Gov spending Bill USA Feb 2013 #14

thanks for your posts here! n/t RainDog Feb 2013 #17

Yes. There is no other way RainDog Feb 2013 #4

Why is lowering taxes the only other non government stimulus? dkf Feb 2013 #9

Krugman noted the original stimulus was too little RainDog Feb 2013 #11

Everybody knew the stimulus was not large enough. But they had to go with what the GOP would allow. Bill USA Feb 2013 #16

We must have Infrastructure Spending or we will collapse into another recession. KoKo Feb 2013 #5