tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9118409153657833547.post3389378262681117541..comments2024-02-10T02:53:47.545-06:00Comments on Do You Ever Think About Things You Do Think About?: Isn't It Ironic?Vinnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08955726889682177434noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9118409153657833547.post-14363880233245146772009-02-25T23:12:00.000-06:002009-02-25T23:12:00.000-06:00Government spending built the interstate highway s...Government spending built the interstate highway system, rebuilt Europe, put GI's through college giving America the best-educated work force in the world, and gave GI's the wherewithal to buy houses. The strength of unions created a middle class where families could live well off of a single income. What do you think that post-war boom was if it wasn't a middle class having the ability to buy the things that American manufacturers produced?Vinnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08955726889682177434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9118409153657833547.post-51470479671158047312009-02-25T16:47:00.000-06:002009-02-25T16:47:00.000-06:00Look at the figures for poverty and unemployment b...Look at the figures for poverty and unemployment before and after the enactment of Medicare and Medicaid, for example. It's stark. Of course, you could argue that it's coincidental, but then I'd suggest you should put forward an alternate proposition as to what <I>really</I> drove the downward trend in poverty and unemployment.TGirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05296761462380289467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9118409153657833547.post-44081477747073445092009-02-25T16:02:00.000-06:002009-02-25T16:02:00.000-06:00Evidence that "there would not have been a post-wa...Evidence that "there would not have been a post-war boom without liberal policies."ChrisBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04611311820554248004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9118409153657833547.post-80269902588542108752009-02-24T20:17:00.000-06:002009-02-24T20:17:00.000-06:00Are you looking for evidence of the economic prosp...Are you looking for evidence of the economic prosperity or the liberal policies?Vinnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08955726889682177434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9118409153657833547.post-89967456817075137802009-02-24T19:52:00.000-06:002009-02-24T19:52:00.000-06:00I've heard the assertion before. Never seen any ev...I've heard the assertion before. Never seen any evidence.ChrisBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04611311820554248004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9118409153657833547.post-60563905971688885982009-02-24T12:13:00.000-06:002009-02-24T12:13:00.000-06:00There would not have been a post-war boom without ...There would not have been a post-war boom without liberal policies that allowed broad participation in the economic prosperity.Vinnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08955726889682177434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9118409153657833547.post-33382016165514476162009-02-24T11:36:00.000-06:002009-02-24T11:36:00.000-06:00The key question is always "why.""a time of unprec...The key question is always "why."<BR/><BR/>"a time of unprecedented prosperity in the 1950's"<BR/><BR/>Because of the post-war boom or because of liberal policies? The former, I think.<BR/><BR/>"American manufacturing has declined precipitously"<BR/><BR/>Because of the favorite sons of the liberals -- unions and environmetal lobbies<BR/><BR/>"the biggest creditor in the world to its biggest debtor"<BR/><BR/>Largely because of spending on liberal programs. No, I'm not going to deny that the military buildup of the 80s was involved, but that was necessary while, as the late 90s showed us, the spending on the welfare, etc, was not.ChrisBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04611311820554248004noreply@blogger.com