tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post2056383273311572173..comments2024-03-28T07:50:06.102-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: Kevin Drum — Some Miscellaneous Monday Morning Poll Resultsmike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-9989953599091531162013-03-25T23:27:03.602-04:002013-03-25T23:27:03.602-04:00People will do anything in their power to avoid th...People will do anything in their power to avoid thinking. <br /><br />Brain cycles burn calories, challenge assumptions, and raise questions that we're over trained to fear instead of enjoy.Roger Ericksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17515506247888521516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-45498525530796014162013-03-25T17:50:30.671-04:002013-03-25T17:50:30.671-04:00Deficit terrorism on the part of the elite and def...Deficit terrorism on the part of the elite and deficit errorism on the part of the rubes.Tom Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08454222098667643650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-79813737818246441812013-03-25T16:42:26.029-04:002013-03-25T16:42:26.029-04:00Tough nut to crack here Tom...
This looks to me t...Tough nut to crack here Tom...<br /><br />This looks to me that people want the economic justice of the so-called "entitlements", but dont want the injustice of our too high taxes to go with it due to the concept that "the money has to be paid back" eventually...<br /><br />People have to realize that "nothing has to be paid back" and that might get them off their deficit fears...<br /><br />Matt Frankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11082502216984169113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-6101735504080980732013-03-25T16:18:45.943-04:002013-03-25T16:18:45.943-04:00Also Real Wages Decline; Literally No One Notices
...Also <a href="http://middleclasspoliticaleconomist.blogspot.com/2013/03/real-wages-decline-literally-no-one.html" rel="nofollow">Real Wages Decline; Literally No One Notices</a><br /><br />Quote:<br /><i>Your read it here first: Real wages fell 0.2% in 2012, down from $295.49 (1982-84 dollars) to $294.83 per week, according to the 2013 Economic Report of the President. Thus, a 1.9% increase in nominal wages was more than wiped out by inflation, marking the 40th consecutive year that real wages have remained below their 1972 peak.</i>Clonalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18290009954839887975noreply@blogger.com