Comments on: Tim Geithner to Laid Off Americans: Your getting laid off is “healthy”

By: daezy

daezy — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:55:33 +0000

we just HAD to have, and forgive all his trespasses!

By: daezy

daezy — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:55:33 +0000

we just HAD to have, and forgive all his trespasses!

By: johnt

johnt — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:35:49 +0000

and who decides that, tax dodging Democrats?
And when does government live within it’s means, constrained by the discipline of reduced deficits and closely targeted growth rates.

Increasingly ugly, liberal pigs telling free Americans what their place is. We have come to the point where these swine regard themselves as a kind of royalty, the filth of the earth and they think they are royalty.

By: penguin2

penguin2 — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:13:34 +0000

I should have added that! I think raising children today is far more difficult than our parents generation. Not much was open for discussion if a parent said no… The easy availability of “stuff” surrounding kids today makes it that much harder. And then one could get into all the issues of society/government undermining families and parental authority. But that is a another discussion for another day.

As you say, they’ll have to learn the hard way.

By: janis

janis — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:00:09 +0000

help them learn the difference, penguin2. Trying to tell my 24 year old son that much of what he is doing with his paycheck is wasteful and then trying to show him what would save him a lot of money is an exercise in futility. The only way I see him learning the hard lessons of economy is by just not having the money to burn.

In the name of full disclosure, I will be the first to say that I learned my lesson the hard way, too. Got into all kinds of stupid debt in my 20′s and vowed never to go there again if I ever got out of it. The upshot is that in my 50′s, I own no credit cards and no debt. Other than utility bills, we have no monthly payments. If we can’t pay cash for it, we don’t buy it. Yes, it does limit what we own, but it also limits what we have to maintain. And taking care of “stuff” is not how I want to spend my time anyway.

By: penguin2

penguin2 — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:48:51 +0000

to not surpass economically it’s parents generation. Part of that is due to the lost economic opportunity in this country, a global economy that has shifted jobs overseas, and I would add one major variable: the desire to strive, achieve and work hard to improve one’s lot and get ahead. Our generation and our preceding generations all seem to have this drive inbred in them. It has been much harder to instill that same value system in our children. I’ll qualify that by not implying all.

IMHO, many young people of this next generation do not have a strong understanding of the difference between want and need. The smallest denial to them elicits frustration and annoyance. The sense of entitlement that has been promoted by society at large, keeps them from delaying gratification. To them, not having the latest gizmo or gadget is deprivation. Not having name brand clothes, or turning up their noses at generics in the grocery store, or rushing out to see the latest movie or get the newest DVD release. These seem like the big deal to them.

As you said Mom2, many don’t understand the difference between need and want. I would also add, when we teach and help them to learn the difference, they will be stronger for it. IMO.

By: wordsarepower

wordsarepower — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:35:54 +0000

I have known a lot of people who look down on those of us who have known great need, accusing us of being losers, lazy, good-for-nothings…some in my very own family. It is really easy for them to say “It’ll be okay,” “Just hang in there…,” or, more often, they say nothing to your face, but…

I suppose those of us who have known/do know need can look at it this way: When really tough times do come, and they are coming, we who have been tried by fire will be better off than those who will fall from their ivory towers. The farther the fall, the greater the hurt.

By: itrytobenice

itrytobenice — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:28:07 +0000

I didn’t know you’d already been gacked.

By: itrytobenice

itrytobenice — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:26:52 +0000

if you think I’d vote against Tom Coburn because of some crazy libertarian rant on RS. Get a clue or get out.

By: Neil Stevens

Neil Stevens — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:32:47 +0000

By: izoneguy

izoneguy — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:00:50 +0000

I sold real estate for a few years 2004-2007
I had the opposite problem. I had plenty of buyers but most of them had horrible credit. In Texas the mortgage companies I dealt with did not do sub-prime. Our real estate company was very above board and did not deal with the shady characters. They were out there but I stayed away from them. It just dried up and I quit.

By: djemi

djemi — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:00:41 +0000

The Past teaches US that capital will always flow to where it is easiest for it to grow. Thus the need for the lowest TAXES poss, period.

By: Mike gamecock DeVine

Mike gamecock DeVine — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:52:55 +0000

By: djemi

djemi — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:48:59 +0000

I don't think the fact that he makes somewhere in the region of $400,000 a year makes a difference, everything is paid for by US anyway. I would say that given the Past (you my need to scroll down a ways) and the evidence to date Our first couple doesn't give a flying P.H.U.Q about what it cost they're minted by the title now, and I fear they will use it as an attension getter for many years after they leave.

By: izoneguy

izoneguy — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:45:57 +0000

The Role of Government Affordable Housing Policy in
Creating the Global Financial Crisis of 2008

STAFF REPORT
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
111TH CONGRESS
COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM
JULY 7, 2009

http://republicans.oversight.house.gov/media/pdfs/20090707HousingCrisisReport.pdf

By: gatorbait

gatorbait — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:47:12 +0000

Ha! The infamous “black widow dress”, it suits her personality perfectly!

By: Mike gamecock DeVine

Mike gamecock DeVine — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:42:34 +0000

the US was in recession approx 32% of the time

By: Mike gamecock DeVine

Mike gamecock DeVine — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:37:52 +0000

lenders to be enablers for un-credit worthy borrowers and loan officers and realtors that only got paid when another sale took place.

By: gatorbait

gatorbait — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:36:40 +0000

I know , I know, it’s a dumb question and we all know the answer, but still wanted to ask anyway.*sigh*

By: izoneguy

izoneguy — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:14:06 +0000

I would rather they get the Carter treatment. I hope they live long enough to know what failures and shams they are. Once America comes back they will looked down as the great destroyers who almost killed America…..