tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post9210456340099736096..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: Demand DestructionGus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-46723053947969856502010-08-25T18:10:02.020-06:002010-08-25T18:10:02.020-06:00¿Qué?¿Qué?Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-53337749625493695362010-08-25T17:23:41.714-06:002010-08-25T17:23:41.714-06:00Be pragmatic. You gotta go with what works GusBe pragmatic. You gotta go with what works GusMichaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-40702051598023915472010-08-25T15:26:56.169-06:002010-08-25T15:26:56.169-06:00In pointing out the accidental pun, you happened t...In pointing out the accidental pun, you happened to remind me of the parking lot fight in <i>The Big Lebowski</i>, where the "nihilists" did succeed in getting destruction.<br /><br />Funny movie, if you haven't seen it.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-51447570705079494782010-08-25T12:10:36.631-06:002010-08-25T12:10:36.631-06:00Yo, Gus, when I first read the title of this post ...Yo, Gus, when I first read the title of this post I was scared you'd gone nihilist on us.Snedcatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-51017582679722642422010-08-25T11:29:09.085-06:002010-08-25T11:29:09.085-06:00True. Leave it to Obama to make straightforward re...True. Leave it to Obama to make straightforward regulation look good by comparison.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-27185033637488716842010-08-25T11:25:34.196-06:002010-08-25T11:25:34.196-06:00"... not only left entrepreneurs with the bur..."... not only left entrepreneurs with the burden of bigger government, it also makes it impossible for them to accurately estimate the new burden."<br /><br />The key point that gets left out of the media chatter about "uncertainty" is the unambiguous direction that we're moving. In this political climate, the already heavily regulated status quo is the <i>best</i> scenario that businesses will face; more likely, there will be a slew of new taxes, mandates, subsidies, and ad hoc cash transfers.Andrew Daltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11001665674703307354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-84753243171478366642010-08-25T09:43:19.564-06:002010-08-25T09:43:19.564-06:00Vigilis,
"[T]he devestation of middle-class ...Vigilis,<br /><br />"<i>[T]he devestation of middle-class wealth (realty holdings) we are witnessing is part and parcel of a plan to further socialize America.</i>"<br /><br />There are opportunist politicians who want to do this, but this destruction would occur regardless of why various welfare state measures are passed.<br /><br />"<i>Have voters lost their minds?</i>"<br /><br />Many of the ones that have them have had them rendered moot by the idea that there is such a thing as a free lunch.<br /><br />Inspector,<br /><br /><a href="http://gusvanhorn.blogspot.com/2007/06/great-avoidable-depression.html" rel="nofollow">Indeed</a>.<br /><br />GusGus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-10445687116542220882010-08-25T08:25:13.593-06:002010-08-25T08:25:13.593-06:00From what I understand of the Great Depression, th...From what I understand of the Great Depression, the uncertainty of future government intervention was a major cause of sustained economic woe back then, too.Inspectorhttp://newclarion.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-37108538404839407212010-08-25T08:00:01.320-06:002010-08-25T08:00:01.320-06:00Gus, in my opinion the devestation of middle-class...Gus, in my opinion the devestation of middle-class wealth (realty holdings) we are witnessing is part and parcel of a plan to further socialize America.<br /><br />PREDICTION: The current chaos in real estate will usher in new (and evolving) regulations on home energy efficiency. <br /><br />The existing inventory of homes could not be resold until brought up to new homebuilding codes, which in most cases would be prohibitively expensive for current owners and heirs.<br /><br />Local zoning laws would eventually condemn such 'relics of capitalist excess' and affordable housing will be offered in high-tax metro areas. <br /><br />Once migration back to cities has been significanty accomplished, suburban sprawl will be reversed with restoration of land reserves, government farms, parks, nature habitats and, of course, the gratuitous autonymous areas for Muslim/Mexican immigrants.<br /><br />Who would have thought the U.S. could be turned into a socialist utopia in just 20 years? <br /><br />The only problems with the state-owned utopia would be the death of human liberty, and the choices and incentives it has brought with it.<br /><br />Oh well, serfs can't have anything worthwhile and this will prove neither do they deserve it. <br /><br />Have voters lost their minds?Vigilishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05051789616490005367noreply@blogger.com