Recent content by KnotaFrayed

Happy Thanksgiving Gramps! Seems there is still so much to be grateful for in spite of some of those that seem to be working so hard to divide hate and kill one another. Grateful for those that do not let anger, fear and hatred to take their soul. Hope all goes super well with the hearing...

What happens when you apply your own logic with regard to all the pluses under Mr. Obama? The stock market, even with its losses is what compared to what it was when Mr. Obama took office? Unemployment? GDP?

How exactly does one take out a government loan guarantee? As you pointed out, they are not loans, but guarantees on loans by others. Nothing is lent by the government unless there is a bankruptcy and default on the loan from others by the borrowers. In the case of Solyndra, the risk was...

To some, ignorance is bliss and it is demonstrated here. Does anyone care where the truth really lies when "information" directly contradicts "information" . Can both sides of an issue be correct? No doubt at times they can be, but is that the rule or the exception? By what divine...

I'm not sure what you are trying to suggest. That this nation would be better off without people pitching in to make it the nation it was when at the peak of its influence in many fields of endeavor based on things like the following as well as such things as "Seward's Folly" and the Louisiana...

Which part of FDR's almost 4 terms? Recovery was not good at first, but was massive once WWII began and massive government spending (and debt) occurred. I would also still like to give immense credit to the GI Bill and its transformative results in higher education and other benefits for those...

You might also read more a about and by this guy Lukey....He was all about balance....neither too much equality or too little. "Montesquieu was also highly regarded in the British colonies in North America as a champion of liberty (though not of American independence). Political scientist...

Do you ever listen to yourself Lukey? You might do better than to study the Joseph McCarthy bible on anti-communism and study American and world history, as well as real facts and figures, not sound bytes handed to you by those that want you to support their agenda, even if you can't figure out...

Lukey, what you are saying does not make any sense. “Economy”, as in the “economy” of a nation or a global economy is defined by transactions (trade), not who’s doing it. The Great Depression was not being recovered from very quickly until WWII came along and employed a lot of people for the...

The problem is, they aren't. How many vehicles can you purchase that don't run on a very narrow variety of fuels? The problem is not competition amongst individual businesses, but monopolies on entire industries and then protectionism put into play. $4/gallon gasoline is "good" for those...

So what you're saying is that huge government expenditures and debt CAN stimulate the economy? Is that news? Perhaps to some neo-republicans who wish the world to believe tax revenues somehow disappear down a black hole never to be seen again. While jobs are provided during times of war...

You suggested FDR's policies and signed into laws caused not only a lot of problems, but promises not kept. Why would people who felt so betrayed, elect the man to be their president four times? Why would something that has kept so few, if any promises (in your estimation), still be...

What happens when we spend more money on things like gasoline, food, weapons of war, housing, electricity, CEO and upper management pay?

Look up Amendment XXII of the Constitution of the United States of America. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution I was a Republican for a long time, grew up in a Republican family, saw it split when the neo republicans came in with their...

"Government collectivized heath care"? How so? "Far better alternative" to the privatized health care system, few, if any argued was not headed for collapse? What's your solution and some example of proof to its success?