Steve Wynn very angry and pounding the desk about the economy/jobs

[jficquette]

Quote from achilles28:

Yep. And abolish the income tax, and introduce a flat-tax or sales-tax.

Then slash the budget to a ~300 Billion per year surplus. Then erect 30% tariffs with low-cost 3rd world countries (Chindia). Then withdraw all FED/Treasury backstop/bailouts/emergency funds and let FIRE purge itself. Then put another 1 Trillion into UI, for the likely tripling of jobless. Then let the economy right itself. That's pretty much the only way out, imo.

Eliminate all federal mandates. Eliminate all state and local pensions. Let them do a 401k like everyone else.

Time for constitution convention. Make it so it takes 2/3 votes of both houses to have deficit spending.

Eliminate affirmative action. Close Borders. Privatize education

 

[Scataphagos]

Quote from retaildaytrader:

"... While Obama is not a popular President, there are still 4-5 out of 10 people who support the man.

Yeah, die hard Leftists and racists. If he sucked a herd of donkey dicks on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial... in front of 1,000 witnesses... voters and the media would find a way to rationalize giving him a free pass as an "animal lover".

 

[achilles28]

Quote from Scataphagos:

The only things that will save America are apparently draconian measures.... which can never be implemented due to political backlash. Suggest we all "keep the soap handy".. so that when it's time to bend over and kiss our asses good bye, at least they can be clean.

Yea, you're right. It's getting close, now. I think we'll get a few more crisis > bailout > optimism > back to crisis cycles before the IMF and big superpowers run out of cash, and there's a mass rush for the exits.

It's down to the wire. Brass tax, if people don't have enough supplies/capital to weather a good 2-4 years, alone, they'll be at the mercy of God Knows What. In this day and age, where America, Europe and Canada are largely urban (not rural), with societal morals in the toilet compared to the 30's where a man would starve to death rather than steal, it's gonna get ugly. Heck, even inner-city types that see half their gear repossessed in a down a market will lose it. Governments coddled nearly 3 generations on endless handouts, lavish lifestyles and empty promises. Bad is an understatement.

 

[achilles28]

Quote from 1prometheus:

"Then slash the budget to a ~300 Billion per year surplus. Then erect 30% tariffs with low-cost 3rd world countries (Chindia). Then withdraw all FED/Treasury backstop/bailouts/emergency funds and let FIRE purge itself.


I like your program. I would add:

Close most our foreign military bases including the Iraq war and
Afghanistan.

Restart NASA with a real budget with some of the cost savings

Stop third world immigration to the USA

Close most government departments such as education dept. Just giving these people a welfare check for a few years would be better than the damage they do to our economy and our Children.


End all legal racial discrimination that is sanctioned by the state (otherwise known as affirmative action).

AGREED.

 

[achilles28]

Quote from jficquette:

Eliminate all federal mandates. Eliminate all state and local pensions. Let them do a 401k like everyone else.

Time for constitution convention. Make it so it takes 2/3 votes of both houses to have deficit spending.

Eliminate affirmative action. Close Borders. Privatize education

AGREED!!

 

[MKTrader]

Quote from retaildaytrader:

While Obama is not a popular President, there are still 4-5 out of 10 people who support the man. [/B]

If you randomly asked people on the street “Will Obama’s Greek model for economic success work?” you’d probably get 40%-50% who would say yes. They either have no clue what’s going on in Greece or believe their Messiah can pull of a combination of unprecedented deficit spending, increasing handout programs and growth of public sector jobs (at the expense of the private sector).

 

[nutmeg]

Quote from retaildaytrader:

Steve Wynn has a lot to lose by coming out like this appearing angry and saying such strong words. While Obama is not a popular President, there are still 4-5 out of 10 people who support the man. When Steve came out like this, he alienated the people who supported Obama.

"You don't blow a bunch of cash in Vegas when you're trying to save for college"
-Obama

Who started this?

On the flip side:

Who said this?

"Let's blow a bunch of cash to save AIG, degrees are for chumps"

 

[Ricter]

Quote from Scataphagos:

Wynn is correct. If you believe otherwise, then you are a "parasitic, blood sucking, life-draining Lefist, Democrat". Please do America a favor an put a bullet through your brain. You don't deserve to live in America.

Nobody deserves nor is entitled to ANYTHING other than what they produce for themselves. If you are a "parasitic taker", you should do the right thing and off yourself... and stop being a burden to true Americans.

Just because you were born in America, you don't deserve to granted a living at the expense of others. America is "the land of OPPORTUNITY"... not the "land of entitlement"...

In the earlier days of America, the law of the land was, "produce or die". We should return to that.

No real American benefits from anyone being a parasitic drain on the economy or society. Best for America to be rid of the slackers.

Something deeper than current events is bothering you to this degree.

 

[Gabfly1]

Quote from Ricter:

Something deeper than current events is bothering you to this degree.

Scataphungus is troubled. Deeply so.

 

[jem]

Ct was great growing up.
I loved CA in when I moved here in the 80s.

I have seen CA destroyed by Democrat giveaways ... and now we have watch democrats and republicans spend and spend. We are being Enron ed by our Politicians -- by many of the same players except arthur anderson.