Governor Rick Perry (R-TX) recently said “Printing more money to play politics at this particular time in American history is almost treacherous — or treasonous — in my opinion.” After this statement Perry began to receive very critical remarks from several organizations. I believe Perry may have been a bit too aggressive in this remark, however I also believe Perry is attacking the correct institution. Bernanke is not a traitor, but he is making our economic situation a lot worse.
Bernanke and the federal reserve are actively devaluing our dollar. Anyone who has gone over seas lately will see how little our dollar can buy now when compared to the past. Monetizing our debt and printing as much money as possible will not lead to economic recovery, it will lead to inflation and less faith by other nations in our currency. Rick Perry realizes this.
Lastly, to all of those already discrediting Perry as a GOP candidate, I urge you to give the man some time to talk. I have my problems with Perry also, but I believe we must evaluate the field of candidates to find the most conservative one. We cannot write one of because the Democrats or the Liberals call them “crazy.” We must remember they called Ronald Reagan “crazy” and he created one of the best economic times our nation had ever seen. We cannot end up with another McCain otherwise we will lose. We need a Conservative.
I think I love you. Your logic is music to my ears (or artistic masterpiece to my eyes?).
The greatest economic fallacy of all is the fallacy of neo-liberalism. The school of economic thought which tells us to monitor GDP as a means of measuring growth. GDP tells you how much capital is situated in a geographical area, it shows which countries are getting a better deal out of others (the West - China, India etc) and can indicate how much division in society there is.
Friedman’s economic fallacy is the assumption that one party can only gain at the expense of another. This is market libertarianism.
May i ask which of Friedman’s books you have read? Friedman (another brialliant economist, i hope he does not look too creepy for you) advocated looking at the GDP in order to determine how much money needed to be printed.
Also, in the USA a Conservative believes in the free market. We are economic libertarians.
Haha yes I’ve studied Friedman quite a bit for my economics A-level and government and politics which I’m reading at university. I know conservatives (and liberals) are market libertarians you don’t need to tell me that.
You carefully avoided the question. I asked “what books have you read that were written by Friedman?” You responded I’ve studied him at the University. It seems to me that you have not read one of Friedman’s books. You seem to believe that Friedman was an Anarchist, nothing is further from the truth. If you read any of Friedman’s books or listen to him speak on YouTube, you will find he believed in nations having governments. Government has a Constitutionally viable spot in our economy.They need to be an unbiased third party that helps to solve market disputes. These disputes can be simple problems such as false advertising. Friedman believed in Federalism and the Constitution, as do Conservatives.
Furthermore it was not the Free market that led to the decline in the economy, it was government involvement in the free market. I will agree with you that it was not the budget deficit, although that certainly did not help. It was government mandates that forced banks to disperse loans to those who could not pay them back. This coupled with government repackaging these toxic loans and selling them back to the banks led to our economic decline.
It was good debating you again my friend. Keep following me
Most economic fallacies derive from the tendency to assume that there is a fixed pie, that one party can gain only at the expense of another
The greatest economic fallacy of all is the fallacy of neo-liberalism. The school of economic thought which tells us to monitor GDP as a means of measuring growth. GDP tells you how much capital is situated in a geographical area, it shows which countries are getting a better deal out of others (the West - China, India etc) and can indicate how much division in society there is.
Friedman’s economic fallacy is the assumption that one party can only gain at the expense of another. This is market libertarianism.
May i ask which of Friedman’s books you have read? Friedman (another brialliant economist, i hope he does not look too creepy for you) advocated looking at the GDP in order to determine how much money needed to be printed.
Also, in the USA a Conservative believes in the free market. We are economic libertarians.
Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.
Thomas Sowell is a brilliant economist. He is correct, if the Republicans would have gone along with Obama’s idea of a clean spending bill, the credit score still would have been downgraded (or possibly downgraded to a lower rating). So does someone wish to remind me how this was a “Tea Party” or “Conservative” Downgrade?
Having read some of his ‘brilliant’ economics I feel sick and see that he is a moron. Comparing Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler is juvenile, if in any way the two are comparable it is in Obama’s continuation of American market fundamentalism - the political and economic will of the rich, instead - Hitler’s political and economic will of himself and the Nazi Party was his fundamentalism.
Tom rambles on like a mad man. Asking if democracy is viable? I felt as if I never came out with a real answer from that one. Bit of a headache. Not a good read.
Plus just look at him he’s pretty creepy!
You must love my posts. I, on the other hand, find your posts a bit fallacious in nature. You start out with a Straw Man. Sowell never compares Obama to Hitler, you must be reading media matters a bit to closely. That is a mischaracterization of Sowell’s arguments.
Then you end with a ad hominem attack. Did you ever learn of basic reasoning? Or, do you use fallacies without realizing it? Anyway, it was good to read your post! It is nice insight into someone else’s reasoning.
It seems to be a common thing with us lefties that as soon as we see something which goes against our values and what we stand for, especially something such as conservatism, we are filled with peerless antagonism. I guess it scares you.
“Scares me?” On the contrary it excites me. Do you truly expect to have as much backlash when almost every blogger ignorantly agree with most of what you are saying? Keep enjoying my posts and keep reblogging, I understand your opinion and I am interested in hearing it! But do not expect me to let it slide when you use fallacious reasoning and non-logical argumentation because I will correct you. Oh, and also I told you exactly what fallacies you uttered.
Those with delicate closed-minds often jump to the ad hominem fallacy as soon as possible. Doing this, you ascend to argument heaven. Uttering the clever little latin word is actually a fallacy when it is accused in order to disengage the accuser from the argument.
How did you not commit the Ad hominem? You put a picture of Sowell up on your page and said he looks weird so he cant be right. I am not detracting from your argument I am addressing it. No matter what someone looks like it has no bearing on their logic
Milton Friedman expresses discontent with the minimum wage, due to the fact that it harms unskilled workers and the poor.
Of course Obama has not talked about entitlement reform! Obama does not know what he is doing! He did not even propose a plan regarding the debt ceiling. Obama is not a good leader. We need a new president.
Thomas Sowell is a brilliant economist. He is correct, if the Republicans would have gone along with Obama’s idea of a clean spending bill, the credit score still would have been downgraded (or possibly downgraded to a lower rating). So does someone wish to remind me how this was a “Tea Party” or “Conservative” Downgrade?
Having read some of his ‘brilliant’ economics I feel sick and see that he is a moron. Comparing Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler is juvenile, if in any way the two are comparable it is in Obama’s continuation of American market fundamentalism - the political and economic will of the rich, instead - Hitler’s political and economic will of himself and the Nazi Party was his fundamentalism.
Tom rambles on like a mad man. Asking if democracy is viable? I felt as if I never came out with a real answer from that one. Bit of a headache. Not a good read.
Plus just look at him he’s pretty creepy!
You must love my posts. I, on the other hand, find your posts a bit fallacious in nature. You start out with a Straw Man. Sowell never compares Obama to Hitler, you must be reading media matters a bit to closely. That is a mischaracterization of Sowell’s arguments.
Then you end with a ad hominem attack. Did you ever learn of basic reasoning? Or, do you use fallacies without realizing it? Anyway, it was good to read your post! It is nice insight into someone else’s reasoning.
What fallacies have I uttered? The petty insults to character are not to be taken seriously. It’s hard not to add insult to an argument when you feel as vindictive as I do when questioning the fallacies of conservatives, capitalists and neo-liberals. Of which there are many namely your deluded inconsistencies surrounding democracy and human rights.
I’m sure the centrist media has picked away at Sowell’s credibility for his refined psychotic opinions. But that is the failure of a ‘free’ press owned privately, supporting radicals on either side is negative for a free-market press because a market economy works best for the richest not when it is democratically regulated, or when it is completely unregulated (laissez-faire).
I don’t love your posts. Not in the slightest. I do on the other hand love to scrutinise aggressively, apparently something the right-wing never takes very well. It’s funny you should mention that because it seems almost all rightist bloggers take so much criticism from the left, yet the favour is never paid back.
It seems to be a common thing with us lefties that as soon as we see something which goes against our values and what we stand for, especially something such as conservatism, we are filled with peerless antagonism. I guess it scares you.
“Scares me?” On the contrary it excites me. Do you truly expect to have as much backlash when almost every blogger ignorantly agree with most of what you are saying? Keep enjoying my posts and keep reblogging, I understand your opinion and I am interested in hearing it! But do not expect me to let it slide when you use fallacious reasoning and non-logical argumentation because I will correct you. Oh, and also I told you exactly what fallacies you uttered.
Conservatives on Tumblr
Since i have joined Tumblr (which was not long ago), I have found that Conservatives are challenged here. There are not many serious Conservative bloggers, but those who are here are constantly ridiculed. This does not bother or “scare” me, quite to the contrary it excites me! Finally, the Liberals and Statists on Tumblr will have a voice going against them and consequentially their egalitarian beliefs .
What the Liberal fails to realize is the individual does matter. We all have rights and just because one wishes for things to be more “fair” does not mean that we must forfeit these rights. Equality within our society is not guaranteed, but equality under the law is. Think about this for just a minute. Is life equal? Is it fair that one child is born with athletic talent while another is not? Is it fair that one may be born blind? It is not, life is not fair at all and as much as we may want it to be we cannot make it so.
What we can do however is give everyone equality under our laws. This is what the Conservative stands for instilling true equality that acknowledges how we are all different. Everyone in America has the opportunity to make something of themselves. This is proven by recent statistics which found that a majority of millionaires are first generation millionaires.
So, i will stand and continue to fight for Conservatism. I urge others of my kin to continue to stand and fight the good fight. You cannot take our rights, and you cannot intimidate us.
