Reply With QuoteDamocles (06-16-2011), Rationalist (06-16-2011)
Suggestion
Congressional income should be set to increase/decrease proportional to median household income, rather than inflation.
"Women hold up half the sky." - Mao Zedong
"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." - Mao Zedong
Damocles (06-16-2011), Rationalist (06-16-2011)
I would rather it be set to increase or decrease in an inverse relationship to our national debt.
Quote from Cypress:
"Scientists don't use "averages". Maybe armchair supertools on message boards ascribe some meaning to "averages" between two random data points. And maybe clueless amatuers "draw a straight line" through two random end data points to define a "trend". Experts don't.
They use mean annual and five year means in trend analysis. Don't tell me I have to explain the difference to you. "
Maybe debt/GDP ratio. But debt isn't always bad. If it discourages them from fighting an recession...Originally Posted by Superfreak
"Women hold up half the sky." - Mao Zedong
"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." - Mao Zedong
In a recessionary time frame, most corporations and public entities cut expenses such as bonuses, salary as a way to get through the downturn without having to fire employees. There is NO reason our elected representatives cannot do the same.
Quote from Cypress:
"Scientists don't use "averages". Maybe armchair supertools on message boards ascribe some meaning to "averages" between two random data points. And maybe clueless amatuers "draw a straight line" through two random end data points to define a "trend". Experts don't.
They use mean annual and five year means in trend analysis. Don't tell me I have to explain the difference to you. "
To expand on my previous post, doing so would encourage them to use deficit spending in the most efficient manner possible (ie... most bang for each buck). Which is exactly what we want to see, rather than the reckless spending of the past decade and consistent deficit spending of the past five decades.
Quote from Cypress:
"Scientists don't use "averages". Maybe armchair supertools on message boards ascribe some meaning to "averages" between two random data points. And maybe clueless amatuers "draw a straight line" through two random end data points to define a "trend". Experts don't.
They use mean annual and five year means in trend analysis. Don't tell me I have to explain the difference to you. "
In a recession, everyone cutting expenses is part of the macroeconomic problem that creates the recession. At the microeconomic level, yes, it's best for corporations to cut expenses. On the whole, it's bad. The government is the one entity capable of stepping in and fixing this.
"Women hold up half the sky." - Mao Zedong
"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." - Mao Zedong
Nicotine Deprived...
JPP Staff
I like it, however you have to actually get Congress to vote for that or put forward an Amendment on it. Love the 1984 speak in the poll... doubleplus not ungood.
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
Panda Hugger (06-16-2011)
In theory. unfortunately, corruption and dishonesty rule the day in government. Tragedy of the commons
Posting Rules
Bookmarks