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Current Events => Economics => Topic started by: bijou on July 16, 2009, 04:40:39 PM

Title: Joe Biden: ‘We Have to Go Spend Money to Keep From Going Bankrupt’
Post by: bijou on July 16, 2009, 04:40:39 PM
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From the opening paragraph of a CNSNews.com article:

Vice President Joe Biden told people attending an AARP town hall meeting that unless the Democrat-supported health care plan becomes law the nation will go bankrupt and that the only way to avoid that fate is for the government to spend more money.

OK, so that's not a direct quote from our esteemed Vice President. That's just what the "journalist" decided to cast the story as. So, what did Joe say, in his own words?  Read on:

“Well, people when I say that look at me and say, ‘What are you talking about? You’re telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?’” Biden said. “The answer is yes, I’m telling you.” ...
http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/ViewPost.aspx?bpid=229553&t=01000218353128929071

Liberals are so smart. :whatever:
Title: Re: Joe Biden: ‘We Have to Go Spend Money to Keep From Going Bankrupt’
Post by: USA4ME on July 16, 2009, 07:20:49 PM
Liberals are so smart. :whatever:

It's the Keynesian in them.  Of course, primitives would never acknowledge that Keynes economic writings largely contradicted each other.  Guy was all over the map.

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Title: Re: Joe Biden: ‘We Have to Go Spend Money to Keep From Going Bankrupt’
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on July 21, 2009, 11:41:14 AM
Right up there with "We had to destroy it in order to save it."

 :whatever:
Title: Re: Joe Biden: ‘We Have to Go Spend Money to Keep From Going Bankrupt’
Post by: thundley4 on July 21, 2009, 11:48:22 AM
Right up there with "We had to destroy it in order to save it."

 :whatever:

We cured the disease, but the patient died.
Title: Re: Joe Biden: ‘We Have to Go Spend Money to Keep From Going Bankrupt’
Post by: Happy Fun Ball on July 21, 2009, 11:59:26 AM
We cured the disease, but the patient died.
If we run fast enough, we should be able to jump over the Grand Canyon. What could possibly go wrong?
Title: Re: Joe Biden: ‘We Have to Go Spend Money to Keep From Going Bankrupt’
Post by: Peter3_1 on July 23, 2009, 02:31:07 PM
Biden has no clue as to the making of money with business. All his life, all he had to do was vote "YES" on the leaders direction, and he was paid more.
Title: Re: Joe Biden: ‘We Have to Go Spend Money to Keep From Going Bankrupt’
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on July 23, 2009, 04:20:05 PM
Biden has no clue as to the making of money with business. All his life, all he had to do was vote "YES" on the leaders direction, and he was paid more.

So basically, it was a lot like being a top executive at GM, then?

 :-)
Title: Re: Joe Biden: ‘We Have to Go Spend Money to Keep From Going Bankrupt’
Post by: Peter3_1 on July 24, 2009, 03:47:21 PM
No, it was like being on the board. The corperate execs , tho, were gainfully , but is sure seems they were "Peter Principled" at least 3  grades past where they should have vegetated for 10-20 years!