tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post542426784998870034..comments2023-09-29T06:58:20.125-07:00Comments on Badtux the Snarky Penguin: Ten billion reasons why Obamacare sucksBadTuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-26533943825872153062010-09-09T20:26:07.605-07:002010-09-09T20:26:07.605-07:00As I've pointed out before, it's all in th...As I've pointed out before, it's all in the details. If the freshly printed money is going to pay Social Security checks, unemployment compensation, food stamps, and other targeted areas where the recipients have a high propensity to spend, the money gets spent, and people get hired to meet the new demand. So it ends up passing through at least two people's pockets before the high and mighty can disappear it under a mattress. If, on the other hand, it's printed and given to the rich (as, say, a tax cut), you're absolutely correct -- it becomes mattress money, employing nobody.<br /><br />- Badtux the Propensity-to-spend PenguinBadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-37302960235433771872010-09-09T20:13:26.179-07:002010-09-09T20:13:26.179-07:00So how does pumping billions "into circulatio...So how does pumping billions "into circulation" end up in my bank account for me to spend?<br /><br />It doesn't. It all goes to the pig-men. Currency injections do fuck-all for the common man.42https://www.blogger.com/profile/13859128086869479774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-9756289657027327182010-09-09T08:14:16.921-07:002010-09-09T08:14:16.921-07:00Well, Vilstef, you do have a point -- the Mafia is...Well, Vilstef, you do have a point -- the Mafia is far more honest than the health insurance industry. The Mafia says, "your money, or your life." The health insurance industry says the same thing, but lies -- they take your money *AND* your life (if it's more profitable for them that way). <br /><br />- Badtux the Snarky PenguinBadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-32005176794877749402010-09-09T00:01:35.331-07:002010-09-09T00:01:35.331-07:00Badtux, don't badmouth the Mafia like that. O...Badtux, don't badmouth the Mafia like that. Overall, I give them more credit for honesty than I do most Republicans or 'Baggers. People have some idea where Mafia money is coming from. They're likely a better healthcare provider than most corporations as well.vilstefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14183356136648221026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-26991586975270884512010-09-08T22:59:04.136-07:002010-09-08T22:59:04.136-07:00Hey...you sound like one o' them modern moneta...Hey...you sound like one o' them modern monetary theory communists. If you don't like it, go to Russia.<br /><br />They aren't not printing money (?) because they honestly don't think it's the solution. They know perfectly well what the solutions are. But the project -- getting us accustomed to permanently high unemployment so as to drive down the costs of production to third world levels -- takes precedent. <br /><br />Little things like ensuring full employment or health care for all are commie bullshit. Just ask the tea people. Better dead than red!dah_sabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02600893678085625549noreply@blogger.com