Comments for paulbissett.com http://paulbissett.com comments by Paul Bissett on business, economics, energy, optimism, and survival Sun, 13 Mar 2011 20:04:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on The Kids Are in Charge of the Economic Cookie Jar by The feedback of public-service union lobbying on democracy « paulbissett.com http://paulbissett.com/2010/05/20/the-kids-are-in-charge-of-the-economic-cookie-jar/#comment-27 Sun, 13 Mar 2011 20:04:26 +0000 http://paulbissett.com/?p=169#comment-27 [...] eventually the tax revenues can not support the system and the system collapses upon itself. See Greece’s current economic conditions for an example of what happens in the long-run if this system is allowed to become [...]

]]> Comment on The US Good, the Unemployment Bad, and the VAT Ugly by Jason Karbelk http://paulbissett.com/2010/04/09/the-us-good-the-unemployment-bad-and-the-vat-ugly/#comment-15 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 22:42:26 +0000 http://paulbissett.com/?p=130#comment-15 Great analysis and comparisons. Fires naturally occur so does events in all economies. We can either let it burn till it dies or fight fire with fire. Paradox the gov is in debt but spends to get out of debt. “There are two types of people, people with guns and people that dig” Thats a great summary of economies and workforce. Great posting!

]]> Comment on A European America by The US Good, the Unemployment Bad, and the VAT Ugly « paulbissett.com http://paulbissett.com/2009/03/01/a-european-america/#comment-14 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:00:40 +0000 http://paulbissett.com/?p=42#comment-14 [...] In the middle of the worst economic situation in nearly a century, we are building the economic policies that replicate the social welfare state of old Western Europe.  These policies have led to perpetual under-employment (particularly of youth and immigrants), low economic growth rates, and stratification of the economic classes (i.e. limited upward mobility amongst the economic classes).  Is this the future model of the US economic system?  I hope not. [...]

]]> Comment on Bernanke’s Bet by Why is $13 Trillion not enough? « paulbissett.com http://paulbissett.com/2009/04/13/bernankes-bet/#comment-9 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:14:53 +0000 http://paulbissett.com/?p=68#comment-9 [...] approach to stimulate the economy is through the monetary operations of he Federal Reserve. As this previous post suggests, the Federal Reserve has made a huge bet on monetary stimulus, to the tune of $13 [...]

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