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Walter Geiger
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Tuesday, July 13. 2010
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Jeffrey B. Wenger/New York Times

One of the saddest lessons of this recession is that the United States has no adequate response for rising long-term unemployment. Contrast this with our policy for combating inflation: the Federal Reserve can always reduce the money supply, no Congressional approval required. There isn’t a comparable mechanism to create jobs or to protect the long unemployed, no contingency plan that kicks in whenever job losses continue to mount.

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#1 David Rawlins on 07/13/10 at 05:44 PM
I have a better solution.

1 - Cut the federal government back to the 2 or 3 things that they are constitutionally allowed to do.

2 - Cut congress, president and federal judges salary in half and stop allowing ANY campaign contributions.

3 - Take the TRILLIONS of dollars that will save and allow the taxpayers and businesses to get back to spending money and generating jobs.
#2 Anonymous on 07/14/10 at 06:21 AM
tell me..is ignorance really bliss?
#3 Tom Bombadil on 07/14/10 at 07:10 AM
Continue on ,Mr. Rawlins. You should have included federal term limits fo All Congressional officeholders. This would effectively force Congress to return to the peoples' agenda, speed up the process in Congress, REDUCE the the congressional backbitin. Congress must be removed from their private retirement plan,medical plan, etc., and forced to act and live within their means like every other LEGAL citizen of these United States. But, alas, I fear all this is too late. We the people have created a monster. It's called GOVERNMENT. Our Republic has turned away from the governing documents put to paper by the founding fathers, and revered ever since..... until the last 30 years. We the People have created this monster, now we must learn how to tame it..... without all the policital rhetoric and blame-placing.
#4 David Rawlins on 07/14/10 at 08:28 PM
You are the one with first hand knowledge of that subject.
#5 Shadowhawk on 07/15/10 at 06:26 AM
Sounds good in theory but it isn't going to change. Too many jobs at risk and the politicians don't want to get real jobs. I am of the opinion that government needs to crash like the economy in order for there to be change. Sounds harsh and scary but they are too well protected in all areas.

Fat-cats they are, sitting pretty on their almighty perch. Everything handed to them. Gosh, I really hate cats!
#6 David Rawlins on 07/15/10 at 07:52 AM
I agree, how do you tame the monster?

Term limits on all elected positions is a VERY good start.

Reduce the life-time appointment for supreme court judges to 10 years?

Implement the "Fair Tax" or federal sales tax (not VAT) and get rid of the IRS.

Pay a lump sum to all current retirees and anyone retiring in the next 10 years and get rid of SSI/SSDI, Medicare, Medicaid.

The list of specific items is more or less endless, but if we just put the Fed back into it's constitutionally defined bottle, maybe we can get control again.
#7 Tom Bombadil on 07/15/10 at 07:52 AM
You want to watch the phoenix rise from the ashes, eh? I don't think that would be a good idea. Aside from taking a long step toward anarchy the country would never recover and it would also favor your hated "fat cats". As for too many jobs at risk, the only "jobs" lost would be the career politicians and hangers-on. What you propose is moving toward a dictatorship or at the very least, a military style government, ala the Bush family/ Cheney move to conquer the country.
#8 fat bass tard on 07/15/10 at 08:27 AM
you tell us, you appear to be the most ignorant person on the planet.
#9 Shadowhawk on 07/15/10 at 09:48 AM
A dictatorship is a bit much, let’s not go that far. To be honest, I really liked the Bush/Cheney era. I did prosper a bit and have no qualms about it.

As far as the "monkey" business of today’s administration & sitting congress, one wants socialism and the other will never allow a Bill to bring term limits.

Fair Tax? I am skeptical because the pork is what they thrive on. And if the IRS is abolished unemployment goes up 20+% easily?

Now, we can vote the president out of office but, how do you get Congress to implement change? New members want the full ride and will say anything to get the front seat.
#10 Tom Bombadil on 07/16/10 at 06:18 AM
To my mind the first step to cleaning the mess is NO INCUMBENTS !!! And those newly elected to office be held to the "promises" they made while campaigning. Recall elections only require a certain number of signatures on petitions to force another election. Especially on a local level. We sit and carp about politicians' poor performance, lack of a sense of the reasl world, etc. and yet that's where it ends. Politicians must be made to understand they're to do the will of the people, not promote their own agendas. We the people can retake our government.
#11 District 2 Voter on 07/16/10 at 10:36 AM
Totally agree with you Mr. Tom. The local level is a pure joke. Parrish Swift and Roosevelt Willis got in office then it's what's in it for me. For the people it has been a show of pixx poor performance. The last 4 years these two have served cost the people dearly. They had their chance and now it is too late for promises.

Please this Tuesday toss the incumbent Parrish Swift out of office. We can no longer afford his jokester deeds, his Clown activities and his game of steal the gavel. FIRE HIM like we did Steve Fry. No wonder Swift can't find a job in the private sector after 7 years.

District 2 deserves a educated individual to work for the citizens, not themselves.
#12 Anonymous on 07/16/10 at 01:59 PM
God..is that you?
#13 Kellsie on 07/22/11 at 04:55 PM
Haha. I woke up down today. You've cehreed me up!
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