Were the Ninties a Anomoly?

[Az]

Actually, if Monopolies are private, deregulation could save money.

[TCO]

Originally posted by Zkribbler


No, they were a direct result of Republican deregulation, of the Republican mantra that govenment does not provide solutions to problems but is in fact the problem, and of the Repuiblican's PollyAnnic belief that we should place our trust in the innate virtue of corporations.

Wait weren't they a part of the boom of the 90s?

[TCO]

So what did the Clinton/Rubin brainstorm produce? Are you taking credit for the bubble or not?

[Odin]

Supply-side Economics got us in the Great Depression, Demand-side Economics got us out of it. SO EAT IT! I go by results, not what economists say.

Azazel, I am laughing at TCO too.

[Verto]

Originally posted by Zkribbler


No, they were a direct result of Republican deregulation, of the Republican mantra that govenment does not provide solutions to problems but is in fact the problem, and of the Repuiblican's PollyAnnic belief that we should place our trust in the innate virtue of corporations.

Hm...didn't Jimmy Carter start deregulating during his administration?

[Az]

The funny thing is how he made the data insignificant when it didn't suit his pov.

I still love you, GP.

[Sandman]

Central planning tends to be more wasteful than capitalism.

Key word here is 'tends'. Central planning is less wasteful in certain areas, and should not be suppressed to the extent it is today.

[Sarxis]

I read 'Nineties' as 'Nanites'.

I should get glasses, or a brain.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by TCO


So Enron, Worldcom, Tyco, and all the dotcoms were good sense?

Actually, they were the results of deregulation begun during the Reagan-Bush years. Enron, for example, did the same exact thing the Dubya did at the four companies he consecutively ran into the ground. BTW, despite Ari Flescher's assertions, Bush was never cleared by the SEC, but since he dad was the Prez at the time, they didn't push it.

Least the Democrat supports on these boards gloat, I would also point out that the Democrats controled the Congress during the Reagan-Bush years. Thus, none of this couldn't have happened without their direct collusion with the Republicans.

[TCO]

So the dotcom craziness was a silly bubble that couldn't last and that actually wasted resources (during the Clinton presidency) or they were sustainable excellence (during the Clinton presidency).

Face it. Clinton had a bubble. It was bull****. The market was overvalued. Cut and dried. It may not even have been his fault. But he shouldn't take credit for it. If he does, he's taking credit for smoke and mirrors dotcom silliness.

But of course, who expects a Democrat or a communist to understand economics or business, anyway.

[Dis]

I just remember being really depressed. Music was so depressing in the mid-90's.

Even Metallica's Load album was really depressing and feeled with more self hatred than usual.

I listened to a lot of Smashing Pumpkins Meloncollie and the Infinite Sadness. A great album, but very depressing.

I remember listeing to Pantera's suicide note parts 1 and 2 alot. That didn't make me feel any better .

And Radiohead had their Creep song, beck had his loser song. Stone Temple Pilots also had a creep song.

I remember the crow soundtrack. excellent soundtrack, but filled with more depressing songs.

Then you had the rage of rage against the machine with their first 2 albums. But that was more rage, nothing really depressing there.

lots of doom and gloom

[Dis]

Originally posted by TCO
So the dotcom craziness was a silly bubble that couldn't last and that actually wasted resources (during the Clinton presidency) or they were sustainable excellence (during the Clinton presidency).

Face it. Clinton had a bubble. It was bull****. The market was overvalued. Cut and dried. It may not even have been his fault. But he shouldn't take credit for it. If he does, he's taking credit for smoke and mirrors dotcom silliness.

But of course, who expects a Democrat or a communist to understand economics or business, anyway.

actually back then I even knew it wouldn't last. I could see much of the growth was because of every day people buying computers and the growth of the internet. I knew it would level off.

If I knew anything about investing back then (actually I still don't) I would have invested in bonds or those things that go up when stocks go down.

I think it is time some of you guys realize that the economy is controlled by sources outside the goverment. In this case the internet and technology explosion.

Are you telling me democrats developed this technology themselves? or that Reagan and them forsaw that technology would explode like it did and an internet would be created? None of these people had anything to do with the economy in the late 90's.

[FrostyBoy]

I read recently that in 10 years or so, there will be something like 100,000 jobs more than there are people to fill them (in America that is), and in 2035 it will be double that.

So.. there's not going to be ENOUGH ppl to fill the jobs, now that is a nice future to think of

[Dis]

optimism is a good thing

I sure hope so.

Because it seems now we are losing accounting and customer service jobs overseas. we are also losing technology related jobs overseas as well. That seems to be a much bigger problem thatn just losing manufacturing jobs overseas.

but all of that could be moot, if something else comes along.

[FrostyBoy]

here's the article for more accurate details

http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/business/US/jobwave_031003_csm.html