Comments on: Tax cuts for toasters! http://donklephant.com/2008/09/16/tax-cuts-for-toasters/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:46:37 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Evan http://donklephant.com/2008/09/16/tax-cuts-for-toasters/comment-page-1/#comment-416524 Evan Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:16:19 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=7998#comment-416524 By saying "Some economists" she can get by with a quick snark instead of actually listing those economists and checking on the credentials of said economists (i.e. who they're endorsing and why). You can't just say "Some X think that X is bad" and not be able to back it up. Otherwise the other person (Biden, McCain, whomever) will just say "I don't know any who say that." No details, no substance :( By saying “Some economists” she can get by with a quick snark instead of actually listing those economists and checking on the credentials of said economists (i.e. who they’re endorsing and why).

You can’t just say “Some X think that X is bad” and not be able to back it up. Otherwise the other person (Biden, McCain, whomever) will just say “I don’t know any who say that.”

No details, no substance :(

]]> By: Jimmy the Dhimmi http://donklephant.com/2008/09/16/tax-cuts-for-toasters/comment-page-1/#comment-416520 Jimmy the Dhimmi Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:34:03 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=7998#comment-416520 Barack Obama will increase taxes on the Toaster manufacturers, so that they will be forced to move their factories overseas, upon which they will be taxed even more, so in the end the corporate headquarters hill move to Dubai. Barack Obama will increase taxes on the Toaster manufacturers, so that they will be forced to move their factories overseas, upon which they will be taxed even more, so in the end the corporate headquarters hill move to Dubai.

]]> By: Ryan http://donklephant.com/2008/09/16/tax-cuts-for-toasters/comment-page-1/#comment-416505 Ryan Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:24:27 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=7998#comment-416505 I can always tell Nick Ragone's post without checking for an author's name. He is the only partisan trivial poster on an otherwise good site. I can always tell Nick Ragone’s post without checking for an author’s name. He is the only partisan trivial poster on an otherwise good site.

]]> By: Erik Sickinger http://donklephant.com/2008/09/16/tax-cuts-for-toasters/comment-page-1/#comment-416504 Erik Sickinger Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:21:56 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=7998#comment-416504 Greenspan is a pretty good economist, no? Who's tax plan did he just denounce? Listen, I'm much more of a (real) conservative than my support for obama would imply, but isn't the fallout of the 80's GOP economic theory (AIG, MLynch, countrywide, etc) a leading indicator of another 4 years of tax cuts on the wealthy? Greenspan is a pretty good economist, no?
Who’s tax plan did he just denounce?

Listen, I’m much more of a (real) conservative than my support for obama would imply, but isn’t the fallout of the 80’s GOP economic theory (AIG, MLynch, countrywide, etc) a leading indicator of another 4 years of tax cuts on the wealthy?

]]> By: L http://donklephant.com/2008/09/16/tax-cuts-for-toasters/comment-page-1/#comment-416501 L Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:03:00 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=7998#comment-416501 Err, that is the blog, this is the actual list.... http://econ4obama.blogspot.com/2008/06/obama-economic-advisors-and-economic.html Err, that is the blog, this is the actual list….

http://econ4obama.blogspot.com/2008/06/obama-economic-advisors-and-economic.html

]]> By: L http://donklephant.com/2008/09/16/tax-cuts-for-toasters/comment-page-1/#comment-416498 L Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:59:16 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=7998#comment-416498 http://econ4obama.blogspot.com/ Please see the number of _reputable_ economists listed here. Not to say there aren't any of these economists for McCain, but there are quite a few "economists" (please see all supply-side economists) who hold no credibility (or whose ideas hold no credibility) in academia but get lots of face time because they have plenty of time to show up on talk shows etc. while real economists are plugging away. The only one of McCain's economic advisers who held genuine academic credibility is Holtz-Eakin, and even his credibility is eroding with the continual pushing of blatantly false facts about McCain's economic plans. http://econ4obama.blogspot.com/

Please see the number of _reputable_ economists listed here. Not to say there aren’t any of these economists for McCain, but there are quite a few “economists” (please see all supply-side economists) who hold no credibility (or whose ideas hold no credibility) in academia but get lots of face time because they have plenty of time to show up on talk shows etc. while real economists are plugging away. The only one of McCain’s economic advisers who held genuine academic credibility is Holtz-Eakin, and even his credibility is eroding with the continual pushing of blatantly false facts about McCain’s economic plans.

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