tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post3741808403907027974..comments2024-03-28T20:28:01.733-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: Competent vs. Incompetentmike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-39576582367187117382017-07-07T12:37:55.026-04:002017-07-07T12:37:55.026-04:00Richard they are unqualified and not competent ......Richard they are unqualified and not competent .... look at the CVs of any of these people no relevant training ever... <br /><br />I don't understand how they can get into these positions...Matt Frankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978352335097260145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-46746804525120417842017-07-07T11:37:16.229-04:002017-07-07T11:37:16.229-04:00I tried the following argument. When the winners ...I tried the following argument. When the winners in the US hoover up the surplus of our economy in the form of currency, we have the option to tax them or sell them bonds to recycle it out of them. But in the case of our trading partners hoovering up a surplus of our currency, we don't have the option to tax them - our only option is to sell them bonds to recycle that surplus.<br /><br />Even then I was accused of gobbledygook. This was in the comments section on the WaPo, where they're so single minded in their hatred of Trump that they'll put their fingers in their ears even when he has the economics on his side.djrichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687024819979476984noreply@blogger.com