Topic: It's the economy, stupid! (Read 73280 times)

Pacobird · « **Reply #800 on:** February 13, 2012, 04:37:22 PM »

haha i'm a fucking moron

Mongrel · « **Reply #801 on:** February 13, 2012, 06:00:11 PM »

The funnier/more horrifying part is that the mistake is really easy to make.

Seeing as how anguished headlines like "HOW DID GREECE COME TO THE BRINK OF DEFAULT - WILL THEY BRING EUROPE DOWN TOO?" are, you know, still accurate.

It's not quite "UNREST IN THE MIDDLE EAST" levels of Onion yet, but they're working on it.

Mongrel · « **Reply #802 on:** March 17, 2012, 04:44:43 AM »

British Government to differentiate pay for Federal-level employees based on how bad their local neighbourhoods are doing economically

Basically, they're arguing that if you live in a shit region, they ought to have been able to hire you for less. While this is technically true of course, somehow I don't see people interpreting things that way.

Also, does that photo of the Minister not want to make you just punch him in the face? Because it sure as hell does for me.

Cait · « **Reply #803 on:** March 17, 2012, 08:11:15 AM »

The US already does that, though they couch it from the other angle. Federal pay grades get a 'locality adjustment' that's higher for areas that have higher costs of living, generally because they're better off.

Caithness · « **Reply #804 on:** March 17, 2012, 10:16:00 AM »

It makes a whole lot more sense to pay someone based on where they live than where they were hired, though.

Mongrel · « **Reply #805 on:** March 17, 2012, 10:19:14 AM »

Well, it also makes a lot more sense to try and mitigate regional economic disparities rather than exacerbate them, but whatever.

Thad · « **Reply #806 on:** March 19, 2012, 07:33:00 AM »

Technically "federal" is the wrong word (the UK doesn't have a federalist government), but I think you've got the right general idea.

Mongrel · « **Reply #807 on:** March 19, 2012, 07:52:56 AM »

Yeah, I'm too used to using that word as interchangeable with "national" because it applies as such both here and the US.

Brentai · « **Reply #808 on:** March 30, 2012, 09:50:26 AM »

Yes, clearly Obama's policies have failed. Americans barely have $100 million to dump on lottery tickets in a single day.

:/

Sharkey · « **Reply #809 on:** March 30, 2012, 10:25:32 AM »

Quote from: Brentai on March 30, 2012, 09:50:26 AM

Yes, clearly Obama's policies have failed. Americans barely have $100 million to dump on lottery tickets in a single day.

:/

The alternate interpretation is that people with shitty prospects and a shittier understanding of math are more likely to buy lottery tickets, so a lower number is probably better. Kind of like how check cashing places inside or right next to casinos aren't usually a sign of a thriving local economy. I mean, they bring in revenue, obviously, but it's a kind of economic ketosis.

Dude playing high stakes baccarat = Wow, you must be rich (and stupid.)
Dude buying a bunch of scratch tickets = Wow, you must be desperate (and stupid.)

Classic · « **Reply #810 on:** March 30, 2012, 07:30:05 PM »

When I'm at my most depressed and concerned about my finances, I start thinking about buying lottery tickets.

Mongrel · « **Reply #811 on:** March 30, 2012, 09:02:33 PM »

I can't.

Because we probably lost at least $1 million, possibly even more than $2 million like that.

Büge · « **Reply #812 on:** March 31, 2012, 11:35:23 AM »

The Canadian government is pulling the greatest April Fools joke yet: they're gonna eliminate the penny!

Mongrel · « **Reply #813 on:** April 09, 2012, 06:23:24 PM »

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303815404577331660464739018.html?mod=WSJ_GoogleNews&mod=igoogle_wsj_gadgv1

WSJ reports that big U.S. companies have emerged from the deepest recession since World War II more productive, more profitable, flush with cash and less burdened by debt.

Mongrel · « **Reply #814 on:** April 09, 2012, 06:53:15 PM »

Marx at 193

"Here's a terrific piece by John Lanchester on what Karl Marx got right, what he got wrong, and what he managed to get right even by being wrong."

It's pretty neat!

Brentai · « **Reply #815 on:** April 09, 2012, 07:17:43 PM »

Quote from: Mongrel on April 09, 2012, 06:23:24 PM

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303815404577331660464739018.html?mod=WSJ_GoogleNews&mod=igoogle_wsj_gadgv1

WSJ reports that big U.S. companies have emerged from the deepest recession since World War II more productive, more profitable, flush with cash and less burdened by debt.

Now there's some grist for the Democrats. Not the way you would initially think - as a means to stir up the rabble who are eating shit while these guys are sitting on their golden thrones - but to garner support from the people who really matter in an election, i.e. the people with money.

"Hey you guys, remember how deregulation dumped all of you down into the shitter? And now because of Obama's Failed Policies, you're suddenly making money hand over fist? Just. Fucking. Sayin'."

Shinra · « **Reply #816 on:** April 10, 2012, 06:43:29 AM »

Well, from a business growth perspective regulation is usually a good thing in the long term. Wall street is mostly pissed that their get-rich-quick-at-the-expense-of-the-company schemes are under scrutiny now. So it's more, "Yeah, I know our business is doing fine, but I had only 100 million dollars banked right now and I hould have 400 million."

Shinra · « **Reply #817 on:** April 10, 2012, 07:11:53 AM »

Hey guys, if you want to watch the world burn, just go read page 1 of this thread. It's like a time capsule of the exact time period our economy blew up.

Mongrel · « **Reply #818 on:** April 10, 2012, 07:18:18 AM »

If nothing else, Kazz's first post in the thread managed to be eeirily prescient.

Brentai · « **Reply #819 on:** April 10, 2012, 09:49:53 AM »

Quote from: Brentai on September 29, 2008, 07:40:34 PM

All right, well, I've got no car, no health care, and am shacked up in temporary lodgings that I'm screaming to get out of. You'll excuse me if I don't share your enthusiasm to further fuck up my situation in order to inconvenience some slimy rich guys.

There's a damned good reason why I don't buy this "last four years of failed policies" bullshit.

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