Comments on: Stimulating … The Printing Press https://barelyablog.com/stimulating-the-printing-press/ by ilana mercer Wed, 02 Apr 2025 19:29:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: M. B. Moon https://barelyablog.com/stimulating-the-printing-press/comment-page-1/#comment-7867 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:48:27 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=16314#comment-7867 Oh yes, I forgot to say, I will be good from now on. I’ll give em hell but it will “holy” hell.

]]> By: Myron Pauli https://barelyablog.com/stimulating-the-printing-press/comment-page-1/#comment-7859 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:33:23 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=16314#comment-7859 Well, the good news is that we are creating lots of jobs – in Afghanistan.

The GDP is estimated as 11 – 21 Billion
(Wikipedia) but US spending is around 100 Billion over there. If 5% of 10% of it gets siphoned off to the insurgents, it basically can fund the entire country. Isn’t that peachy.

]]> By: M. B. Moon https://barelyablog.com/stimulating-the-printing-press/comment-page-1/#comment-7858 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:24:46 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=16314#comment-7858 “[Re cuts: Letter with threats are not published. No “should be executed” threats on this blog! Please read Posting Policy.]” Ilana Mercer

Well since Keynes is safely dead, I don’t see how any but the most humorless could take me seriously. Still, economists are way up there when it comes to body counts.

[Dig taken, but ya know what I mean, “Moon.” You’ve made comments like, “I’ll take out a few of them before they get me.” It’s not that I condemn your thoughts, but the policy is not to post anything that can be construed as a threat. It’s for the good of all.]

]]> By: M. B. Moon https://barelyablog.com/stimulating-the-printing-press/comment-page-1/#comment-7853 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:40:13 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=16314#comment-7853 Rothbard said (boldly) all government spending is consumption but I would assume that accidental investment happens sometimes. Yea, let’s have accidental progress (assuming the accidental investment outweighs the consumption).

Keynes ideas just won’t stay dead (zombie economics). Someone get a wooden stake! [Re cuts: Letters with threats are not published. No “should be executed” threats on this blog! Please read Posting Policy.]

]]> By: Bob Harrison https://barelyablog.com/stimulating-the-printing-press/comment-page-1/#comment-7849 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:11:33 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=16314#comment-7849 Haven’t you heard? The recession in the US is officially over as the GDP grew at an annualized 3.5% in the third quarter! This is all legitimate growth and has nothing to do with government scams that bribe people to buy new cars. “Clunkers,” or as they used to be known “used cars” are to be traded in and DESTROYED for new ones, at the mere cost to the tax payers of $24,000 per car. Of course this is just taking tomorrow’s car sales and counting them as today’s. What is really sad is that cash-for-clunkers is probably the most benign of Obama’s “stimulus” programs. Just wait until we hear about all the “green jobs” that will be created by cap and trade.
http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/28/autos/clunkers_analysis/index.htm

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