Thinking Fool

Sometimes when I use T9Word for texting, the word "remember" comes up as "pendads."

Brilliant insight.

Poor people being hit by the economy is like dog bites man, not news, while rich people being hurt by the economy is like eating dog

I read that article, but somehow I'm not crying for the rich people.

I was hoping that it would elaborate more on the "trickle down" theory with examples, but I'm not convinced that if the riches have to take fewer charter flights and buy extra hybrid cars to supplement the two Mercedes, this translates into a larger impact on the U.S. economy. Well, except for charter flight crews who get fewer shifts and/or get laid off, or the boxed lunch company that loses revenues from fewer $50 lunches. Obviously very sad, but nationally impactful? I'm not sure.

I would argue that having a large healthy middle class is far better for the economy and job prospects of the poor than ensuring that the rich stay exorbidantly wealthy.

Agreed with over_educated. Rich men don't create jobs because they have it good. They create jobs to meet demand, and there's no demand unless middle and lower class people have jobs and money to create it.

The only reason there is a middle class is because the upper class pays them enough.

I heart voodoo economics, bueller? bueller?