Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "Jim Webb: The Democratic Party Has 'Moved Very Far To The Left'" video.

Clearly FDR did not understand what rights were.
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Well, he is not wrong. For example, in 1994 when Herman Cain approached Bill Clinton about Clinton's healthcare law Cain asked about business expense. Clinton responded with an intelligent answer that had data and reasoning behind it. I can respect that. Fast forward 20+ years later and you have Bernie Sanders being posed the same question and he basically tells the woman to screw herself (he also wants her to pay a $15/hr min. wage). No data, no reasoning, just pure emotions. The democratic party is falling apart and better become more moderate real quick or enjoy at least 12 years of republican rule.
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Bernie Sanders is the most radical politician ever. Even FDR understood that we just can't have open borders.
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"You can't blame the stagnation of the 1970's on regulations! That's just a GOP talking point that is not based on fact. " There is a strong correlation there. Many of those regulations are not needed. Air quality and work related deaths were already dropping before that time. Also, the payroll tax has led to lower wages. " In fact, studies show that regulations cause job growth. " Eh, not really. You can say that in terms of government jobs, maybe. But like I said, the strongest economies get the most out of their resources. Creating meaningless jobs does not create economic growth. Jobs are easy to create, wealth isn't. For example, we can create tons of jobs by outlawing tractors, is that necessary? In New Jersey they created jobs by making it a law that drivers could not pump their own gas. Jobs are easy to create and job growth is not a sign of a strong economy. "Nothing in life, or economics is ever that simple" I agree, but you are making it seem like it is. "I think you desperately need to take some history & economics courses and quit watching Fox news." I don't watch Fox News, I really don't see Fox News relates to this conversation.
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You really need to learn what rights are.
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Kyle also created his scam like Cenk did with Wolf PAC. His scam is Justice Democrats. He is going to make bank while it goes nowhere. Kyle is becoming like Cenk.
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Daniel, you have it wrong. The reason why spending during the war saved the economy was because it actually created wealth someone demanded. In this case other countries demanded our goods and services. Spending doesn't grow the economy, producing does. Keynesian economics has never worked and the New Deal turned a recession into a depression.
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ditsylilg, what grew the middle class the fact that after the war every other country was rebuilding while we weren't giving us an edge in international economics. Regulations did not increase until the mid 60s with the expansion of the payroll tax and than in the early 70s with the creation of the EPA and OSHA. Ironically since that point wages have been stagnated while productivity has been increasing. I feel you need to take a course in econ and history.
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April, you are not correct. " When Secretary Wallace (who would later become VP ) ordered the slaughter of 1million pigs in the fall of 1936 ( maybe 37) he helped save the hog farmers prices from being slashed." And a depression still loomed. "They were able to do that with government subsidies." During a depression that didn't end until the war. " In no point in the cited article does it ever say that the war is the reason for pulling us out of The Depression" You can't ignore facts though. We were in a depression until the war started. Every other country was at war except for us creating demand for our goods and services. " The Depression. In fact, part of the problem we have today in the USA is after the market crash in 2008-09 we bailed out the banks but the government didn't pass a jobs bill or massive government programs to help stimulate growth." Not true. This country has faced many recessions which happens during growth. Every recession except for two took around 5 years or less to recover from. The two that took the longest to recover from were the great depression and the recession of 2007. They are also the only times where the federal government tried to "fix" the economy with massive spending. "The most successful economies are mixed economies that are regulated." That is very vague. The most successful economies are one that get the most out of their resources.
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April, first off I never posted an article. Next, killing off livestock is destruction of wealth. That never leads to economic growth. You are destroying food which will drive up food prices. Heck, you might as well place a limit on computer memory to keep the floppy disk drive industry going. You can ban internet streaming so DVD sales go up. Is that really a success? "Because of government spending were well on our way out of economic turmoil " We weren't though. " You are the one ignoring the facts about successful government programs that were helping Americans get back to work" Such as......? "Yes, the pull of the military industrial complex was significant during the war, " It is more than that. We did not enter the war until late.
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"And we need to as a society avoid free-market fundamentalists as they are undoubtedly partially a core to the most damage." Why?
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" Denying the gilded age and great depression" The depression was caused by massive federal government spending, not the free market. The free market has led to fast recoveries. " there is no correlation in aggregate, and claiming it entering the federal level in the 70s is somehow a catalyst for economic decline is absurd. " It is not absurd. The two times where we saw the federal government grow the most were in the 30s which created a depression and in the mid 60s to 70s that is creating the problems we have now. The latter was slowed down because we were so far ahead to begin with compared to the rest of the world, ,and the .com boom helped as well But the problems we are seeing now is the result of federal government expansion. "the "economy" has grown upward non-stop, and the corporate bottom lines are higher than ever," And....? "but the corporations are victims of government? " I never said that. We have corporatism now which is the result of big federal government. "and arguably the only policies we have in place for the public interest " Such as.......? "And they sure as hell barely effects the CEOs and companies bottom lines, they continue to grow year after year in aggregate" So now growth is bad? Do you want a stagnate economy? I really don't see how this is a problem by the way you are presenting it. " they receive more subsidies and kickbacks than any other segments of society, " Which is the result of Keynesian economics, not the free market. " They actively automate" And that is bad how? " Full employment is a mathematical impossibility " Because we have people who refuse to work. "And you're arguing giving the corporations more opportunity to make more money" Never argued that. Plus, I still don't see how that is bad. "Look at who owns 80% of stocks right now, 5% of the populace" So. " look at the undoing of banking regulations and protections" Like the bailouts? "corporations do not only have no inherent motive to benefit society," Not true. If they don't provide a good service no one will give them money. If they are not a good place to work for no one will work for them. All a corporation can do is offer you a job and/or a product. "It's a utopic fantasy to believe giving corporations more power" They don't have power, only government does.
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Freddy, are you not going to address what I said? Government is the one creating corruption as it is the one with power. Not corporations. Remember, it was the government that bailed out the banks, not the free market.
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