tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post6592008780782697465..comments2023-11-03T06:36:27.305-04:00Comments on Phronesisaical: The Republican Economyhelmuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09069600766378586919noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post-34732487961958472612009-10-02T16:12:48.734-04:002009-10-02T16:12:48.734-04:00Andy, you're reading assumptions where there a...Andy, you're reading assumptions where there aren't any. The policy is bad. It has been pushed by Republicans. <br /><br />Sometimes each party puts forth good policy, sometimes bad. I think that many sorts of economic data suggest that the past thirty years of "free enterprise" and deregulation have proved the value of those policies. <br /><br />They are mostly Republican policies, although at times Democrats have indeed been complicit.Cheryl Roferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11082102629165547210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post-72066269882859152722009-10-02T13:18:21.016-04:002009-10-02T13:18:21.016-04:00Cheryl,
Well, if you start with the assumption th...Cheryl,<br /><br />Well, if you start with the assumption that R policies = bad and D policies = good, then it's only natural one would leap to certain conclusions. However, even though I was just a kid, I don't remember the economy in the late 1970's being all that spectacular and I seem to remember President Clinton fully supporting a bunch of policies (and Alan Greenspan, Mr. interest-rate killer)) that came around recently to bite us in the rear; that Congress under Reagan had Democratic majorities, etc.<br /><br />Maybe it's just me, but blaming our current economic ills on that other "R" party doesn't sound very "empirical." I think the case is pretty strong that both parties failed to implement good policy.Andynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post-58765579481564501332009-10-02T09:00:18.868-04:002009-10-02T09:00:18.868-04:00Andy, eight years of bad economic policy (or is it...Andy, eight years of bad economic policy (or is it thirty?) has to have an effect. And it's not just the president; we've got all those Republican free-enterprisers in Congress who have been passing all those bad laws.Cheryl Roferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11082102629165547210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post-70534944047174184672009-10-01T13:26:14.204-04:002009-10-01T13:26:14.204-04:00Policy matters.But "R" was also a cultur...Policy matters.But "R" was also a culture warrior who glorified self-interest.Wall Street took it to heart.troutskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16020298501632120830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post-19723051959903251952009-10-01T13:17:01.727-04:002009-10-01T13:17:01.727-04:00That all assumes the state of the economy at any p...That all assumes the state of the economy at any point in time has a direct relationship to who happens to be President, which I don't think is a safe assumption to make.Andynoreply@blogger.com