tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563831.post1396332746825378233..comments2024-02-15T15:25:04.287-08:00Comments on Losing the War on Humor: What Is UN-Hip: Robert “Third-World” Reich Propaganda2Truthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06621258620190540140noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563831.post-1352893658244132792010-04-14T16:48:08.251-07:002010-04-14T16:48:08.251-07:00Red "Lickprivick" Oak,
Where does the p...Red "Lickprivick" Oak,<br /><br />Where does the ponzi scheme end? How low do we go down the limbo pole to scour the globe for all those "best and brightest" other people's students and workers?<br /><br />At the rate these desperate, self-described thought leaders and economic experts from the hallowed halls of academia are spinning the "Americans aren't smart or educated enough" meme, I won't be surprised to see Somalian pirates pulling in here next to study (courtesy US taxpayer subsidy dime) macroeconomics at UC Berkeley and<br />gastroenterology at Duke Medical to help us "rebuild" and staff our service economy.<br /><br />That commenter to the tune of "You give love a bad name" is too funny. Coincidentally, I was going to name this post "You give bullshit a bad name" (in honor of the esteemed economist.)2Truthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06621258620190540140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563831.post-87509981036922749202010-04-13T16:26:20.019-07:002010-04-13T16:26:20.019-07:00'Cause ill-paid skilled and unskilled immigran...'Cause ill-paid skilled and unskilled immigrant workers want nothing more from this life than to have their shabby wages taxed to kingdom come to support a bunch of aging Boomers to whom they have no ties of kinship, history or culture. I mean, why else do they pour into First World countries if not for the privilege of propping up somebody else's Ponzi scheme. Hell, I'm sure that's why my ancestors came!<br /><br />And nothing says "prosperous economy that can afford to maintain expensive entitlement programs" like "how loooow can you go" wages. I guess somebody forgot to tell Reich that European social-market economies have *high* wage levels.<br /><br />But hey, for a guy who appears to sincerely believe that all the construction work in this country is owned by native-born white guys, Reich could be even crazier and out of touch than he is!<br /><br />He made me think of a funny comment somebody left over at Mish's Economic Analysis the other day, about economists in general:<br /><br />To the tune of "You give love a bad name"<br /><br /><i>Shot through the wallet<br />and you're to blame<br />You give science<br />A bad name</i>Red "Vivian" Oaknoreply@blogger.com