Comments on: A Better Solution Than Bailouts

By: pacatrue

pacatrue — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:36:13 +0000

FYI, Chomsky is a linguist at MIT. But I realize you are just making fun of academics, which Silverstein is not…. unless the academics agree with you and then they're brilliant.

By: jwest

jwest — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:41:32 +0000

“His political commentary has run in scores of high profile publications including The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Atlanta Constitution, Chicago Tribune, et. al. Silverstein honed has knowledge of financial markets as a senior editor with Bloomberg Financial News in Princeton.”

This is absolutely breathtaking.

Normally, you would need a room full of Harvard-trained economists led by Noam Chomsky to come up with a plan of this nature.

By: DLS

DLS — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:36:15 +0000

“And a chicken in every pot!”

More like a “free” [sic] house for those who took on mortgages they couldn't afford due to incompetence or to greed. That's what “relief to homeowners” is about — to those whose votes can be bought because they're so willingly and openly for sale!

By: DLS

DLS — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:34:51 +0000

No different than the fuel tax suspension, which was rightly decried as the gimmick it was, _too_.

By: pacatrue

pacatrue — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:14:58 +0000

Interesting idea, but would this help the credit crunch at all?

By: CStanley

CStanley — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:11:16 +0000

And a chicken in every pot!

Honestly, you expect politicians to be peddling this stuff but it's a shame that we have armchair economists on blogs now too.