Comments on: A Good Argument Against “Stimulus” http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/12/30/a-good-argument-against-stimulus/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Wed, 22 May 2013 18:26:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Who’s Blogging about Cato | Think Tank West http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/12/30/a-good-argument-against-stimulus/#comment-62680 Who’s Blogging about Cato | Think Tank West Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:58:52 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=3463#comment-62680 [...] Warbiany, a writer for The Liberty Papers, cites Tad DeHaven’s recent post arguing against increased government [...]

]]> By: Persnickety Curmudgeon http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/12/30/a-good-argument-against-stimulus/#comment-62540 Persnickety Curmudgeon Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:19:23 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=3463#comment-62540 Careful there SC. Considet that that alot of what we sell is bought by those overseas who can only afford to do so becasue we give them the money.

Is this not the very essence of “Stimulous”? Creating artificial demand with artificial money then caving in to a lobby to prevent the loss of jobs which wouldn’t have even existed in a free market in the first place.

]]> By: SC http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/12/30/a-good-argument-against-stimulus/#comment-62539 SC Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:50:49 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=3463#comment-62539 Anyone have an idea of how much of that went to other countries? Just curious how much of that funding went to Iraq, for example, rather than spent at home.

]]> By: Persnickety Curmudgeon http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/12/30/a-good-argument-against-stimulus/#comment-62534 Persnickety Curmudgeon Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:22:22 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=3463#comment-62534 EXAMPLES for a case against stimulous:

GMAC gets money – uses it to loan money to riskier people to buy over priced and depreciating assets – cars

Chrysler gets money – spends it on full page ads in newspapers to thank taxpayers for giving them the money

UAW gets money – uses it to pay lawyers to appeal the taxes on their multimillion dollar golf course

Bad banks get money – they use it to subsidize more bad loans which put good banks and credit unions out of business

States get money – they use it by spending $50,000 for each $30,000 job they create.

Anyone gets money – those who don’t sue over violation of constitutioanl guarantees of equal protection – siphoning still more money from prodcutive pursuits.

I’m not onu of examples just out of time to post more…

]]> By: Miraj Patel http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/12/30/a-good-argument-against-stimulus/#comment-62531 Miraj Patel Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:54:09 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=3463#comment-62531 That is a great point and it is exactly this kind of thing that needs to be spread. Some of the opposition will claim that the spending wasn’t done in the right way, but a statement like this is bound to turn some heads.

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