By way of a postscript to yesterday’s post, President Obama, at a meeting of what the media call “lawmakers”, reportedly put the Republicans in their place with just two words. “I won.”
Munz also sent us an encouraging report from Entertainment Weekly that Obama not only carries an iPod but has it loaded with Dylan, Springsteen, the Grateful Dead and “A lot of Coltrane, a lot of Miles Davis, a lot of Charlie Parker.”
But less encouraging are reports are circulating that Obama may have bowed in some degree to Republican pressure, and that too much of the $800 billion stimulus package will be devoted to tax cuts – which do nothing for the growing army of unemployed – instead of the massive FDR-style public works programs that were promised.
The secret initials are BHO
It's time for the old chestnut about "throwing money at the problem won't work." You know, "Throwing money at the unemployment problem by creating government make work programs won't do anything to alleviate the economic crisis."
ReplyDeleteActually, I've found that many problems get better when I throw money at them. When I am hungry I go into a grocery store or restaurant and throw money at the problem. Works every time.
When hungry and without money, I've never felt an urge to call for a corporate tax cut.
A neocon would say that I am naive about the complexity of the problem.
Fuck 'em.
No really, the WV is redistu. Needs an r.
I haven't met too many problems that didn't repond to having money thrown at them.
ReplyDeleteDamn it! That should be "respond".
ReplyDeleteWV is oveletur.
Over letter?
If the problem is money, I can't see how throwing money at it will help. S'like "fighting fire with fire" - professionals use water
ReplyDeleteWV is: what's a WV?(I'm new to this)
The problem isn't money, per se, it's a lamentable lack of it. Thus, extending the firefightly analogy, it's like fighting drought with water.
ReplyDeleteWV is word verification. The anti-spam device you have to type in if you want to post a comment. Lately it's been forming crypto-words. (You maybe don't confront it if you're already signed in to Google or Blogger.)
Oh! Thanks. I thought maybe it was some kinda custom I didn't know about. I got one that said "Deribbl" first time I tried to comment...sounded ominous. This one's "Scepia" which I figure to be a brownish disbelief.
ReplyDeleteYou've got the hang of it, bro.
ReplyDeleteWV = impsycha (do I need to comment further?)