Posted on 02/01/2010 6:59:27 PM PST by jazusamo
There was a recent flap because three different members of the Obama administration, on three different Sunday television talk shows, gave three widely differing estimates of how many jobs the president has created.
That should not have been surprising, except as a sign of political sloppiness in not getting their stories together beforehand. They were simply doing what Barack Obama himself does — namely, just pulling numbers out of thin air. However, being more skilled at creating illusions, the president does it with more of an air of certainty, as if he has gone around and counted the new jobs himself.
The big question that seldom— if ever— gets asked in the mainstream media is whether these are a net increase in jobs. Since the only resources that the government has are the resources it takes from the private sector, using those resources to create jobs means reducing the resources available to create jobs in the private sector.
So long as most people do not look beyond superficial appearances, politicians can get away with playing Santa Claus on all sorts of issues, while leaving havoc in their wake— such as growing unemployment, despite all the jobs being "created."
Whatever position people take on health care reform, there seems to be a bipartisan consensus— usually a sign of mushy thinking— that it is a good idea for the government to force insurance companies to insure people whom politicians want them to insure, and to insure them for things that politicians think should be insured.
Contrary to what politicians expect us to do, let's stop and think.
Why aren't insurance companies already insuring the people and the conditions that they are now going to be forced to cover? Because that means additional costs— and because the insurance companies...
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BUMP for Morning Coffee.
I’m not even going to peek! I’m going to bed now, to dream of Dr. Sowell and wake up happy. :)
Oh how I wish Mr. Sowell had a place in the next administration, with Walter Williams they would
make a heck of a team.
G’Night, Diana. :-)
Couldn’t agree more, both of them would be huge addition.
Things like sex change operations.
You know that one is coming even if it is not in the original law it will eventually get put in by some liberal judge.
I'd bet money you're right and should the Dems get this passed, ten or fifteen years down the road so much will have been added by those judges the original bill won't be recognizable.
Thanks for the ping jaz.
Damn straight!
LOL!
Superficial is all Zer0’s got going for him and that’s an especially good depiction of it.
Once again, Dr. Sowell explains basic economics so that any moron can understand it. Unless, of course, the moron is a committed liberal. For such, it seems, there is no hope.
60+ years and they still can't read the second word in NAZI, also they go blind halfway into the 2nd amendment.
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More common sense, from the common sense king of the United States.
Our greatest living thinker. (Sorry, Dr. Friedman - you’re dead.)
If only everyone listened to Thomas Sowell! Since everything one needs to know for freedom and prosperity is in his books, there’s not excuse for our government.
I’m awake! I’m awake, LOL! :)
“It costs politicians nothing to mandate more insurance coverage for more people. But that doesn’t mean that the costs vanish into thin air.”
It costs them NOTHING to mandate ANYTHING. WE pay the price.
PLEASE! Let 2010 bring at least GRIDLOCK and a slowdown to Congress spending our money! Hey! I’m a realist; it’ll never stop completely...
Amen! The committed liberal won't even read Dr. Sowell, they're afraid they may agree. :-)
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