tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430866.post3659464858706947280..comments2024-01-02T08:54:14.406-05:00Comments on Peter Bromberg's UnBlog: My Response to the Occupy Wall Street Protesterspeterbromberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18173639411723574123noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430866.post-70642616386047524812011-10-30T00:11:40.421-05:002011-10-30T00:11:40.421-05:00@mikhail:
Israel's economy was a basket case u...@mikhail:<br />Israel's economy was a basket case until it started to move away from socialism. every liberalization was clearly documented to effect a positive uptick in the economy.<br /><br />as to credit bubble, in israel there is no government sponsored junk mortgage. most are around 50%, so the buyer has skin in the game.<br /><br />as to socialized medicine, there has been a steady, marked decrease in doctors, to the point that israel is now considering importing doctors?! everyone that wants decent care goes to a private doctor.<br /><br />no one works for free, anywhere, for any length of time, not even you mikhail....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430866.post-9285920934665236692011-10-24T17:55:00.279-05:002011-10-24T17:55:00.279-05:00Politicians also worked very hard to accumulate al...Politicians also worked very hard to accumulate all this debt. Look at http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2011/07/28/us/20110728_defaultqa_graphic.html?ref=politics and you'll know how to vote.<br /><br />The sad irony is that people that don't want to reimburse the debt today through taxes were applauding like crazy when it was time to waste billions at war.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430866.post-69050941357445097652011-10-24T10:32:55.738-05:002011-10-24T10:32:55.738-05:00I won't comment on the political side, or the ...I won't comment on the political side, or the pretty obvious hostaging of the workforce, but the whole "I (boss) did my sacrifices and you (employees) didn't/don't" chant immediately reminded me this:<br />http://www.inc.com/magazine/20080301/how-hard-could-it-be-lessons-i-learned-in-the-army.html<br /><br />Two sides and all that...Dimitrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17699023366193788600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430866.post-39840994806448221562011-10-24T08:23:29.457-05:002011-10-24T08:23:29.457-05:00@Mikhail,
I don't doubt that's true, but ...@Mikhail,<br /><br />I don't doubt that's true, but if you are using the Euro as your currency you share the problem with everyone else.peterbromberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173639411723574123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430866.post-51575593753668699052011-10-23T08:53:02.754-05:002011-10-23T08:53:02.754-05:00You lumping Europe into one entity but in reality ...You lumping Europe into one entity but in reality it over 20 different countries some have problems but other do not. I gave you examples of specific countries (Not all of them in Europe by the way) that performing better than USA, try looking into this you will be surprised.Mikhail_Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02402871221868934320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430866.post-91053071548345794802011-10-23T07:28:50.643-05:002011-10-23T07:28:50.643-05:00@Mikhail,
Your view of the world is pretty rosy, t...@Mikhail,<br />Your view of the world is pretty rosy, there! What has really happened in Europe is that worker productivity was not high enough to support all the government provided services, and they borrowed to the hilt to keep providing them. Now you've go an economic catastrophe. No such thing as a free lunch, my friend.peterbromberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173639411723574123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430866.post-76925422320014379742011-10-23T04:33:08.370-05:002011-10-23T04:33:08.370-05:00Don't you think that reality teaches us that o...Don't you think that reality teaches us that other models of economy work better that American model? (Examples: Germany, Australia, Sweden, Israel)<br /><br />All of these countries enjoy first world technological export driven economies with low unemployment and relatively high growth. And they are not negatively affected by higher taxes and many social programs including free universal health care.Mikhail_Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02402871221868934320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430866.post-50205527014321554932011-10-21T20:25:01.535-05:002011-10-21T20:25:01.535-05:00@kwyjibo,
The economy crashed due to the stupidity...@kwyjibo,<br />The economy crashed due to the stupidity of people in Congress who passed legislation that allowed us to create 27 million (half the market) bad housing loans, not because of "heinous greed". Get your facts straight and study some basic economics before you comment with such utter bullshit.peterbromberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173639411723574123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430866.post-45439987617911659192011-10-21T20:20:18.386-05:002011-10-21T20:20:18.386-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.kwyjibohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07135780701963738055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430866.post-65805263189409973482011-10-21T20:03:18.489-05:002011-10-21T20:03:18.489-05:00@Anonymous:
You've missed the point. The lette...@Anonymous:<br />You've missed the point. The letter offers strikingly candid insight that might help those who feel inclined to cry out that "the government should bail out the people next" to see the real picture. <br />I think the author of the letter makes several excellent points, and don't much care myself whether or not he is or isn't the "real" Mr. Crowley.peterbromberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173639411723574123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430866.post-25724472198706340452011-10-21T19:35:30.682-05:002011-10-21T19:35:30.682-05:00This 'real' letter is 2 years+ old and may...This 'real' letter is 2 years+ old and may not be as real as you would think:<br /><br />http://www.chrismartenson.com/forum/real-letter-ceo-his-employers/11293Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com