I went with #2. Market crashed like Milli Vanilli before Obama got in office. Girl, you know it's true.
All of the Above would have been a cop out. I went with the first option because it's so black and white. "Saying spending is not stimulus is like saying cash isn't money"
Its not the dumbest, but my favorite is the "Obama is causing the Market to drop", at least we've moved from all the poor minorities getting CRA loans.
So if I sell myself into slavery in order to remodel my house I'm stimulating my personal economy? The only difference between the US govt. budget and your personal budget is the govt. can get away with thinking like this for 40 years, maybe longer, but in the end the result is the same.
No because I'm discussing macroeconomics and you're discussing microeconomics - a class most republicans seem to have missed.
I had to go with the last one, because suddenly, Republicans are decrying progressive taxation despite it being the system we've had forever
Among a choice of several banal arguments, "OMG 36% to 39% = SOCIALIZM FTL!!!11" has to be my winner. It magically combines mathematical ignorance with knee-jerk red scare douchebaggery.
Well, for me it was a toss up between one and three. I mean, with 2, it's partially true as evidenced by the GOP wants, and is trying to make, the plan fail (at our country's expense, mind you) because the democratic president's name is in it. I thought 3 had the slight edge for the buzzword redscare reason to which Nolen alludes.
Well, nobody has really made that argument. The wingers have come the closest though, with the idea they sometimes trot out saying "things really aren't that bad compared to the depression!" or "yeah 8% unemployment increasing at an unparalleled rate ain't nothing compared to 9% back in the 80's!" in order to block policy initiatives.
I don't think I've seen anybody sincerely make any of these arguments. (My dumbness filter might be too high.)
You can find "Not incorporating further marginal tax cuts for the top earners from 39 to 36 = Marxism." here: http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showpost.php?p=4294680&postcount=10 You can find "Obama stimulus plan is causing "The Market" to drop." here: http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showpost.php?p=4296983&postcount=1 I heard the remaining option a bunch right after the stimulus bill was passed, but not recently.
I might have to change my answer to number 2, that CNBC editor thread is one of the stupidest things I have ever seen.
Those are dumb These are also: 1. Government spending will get the U.S. out of debt. 2. Obama will get the U.S. out of debt. 3. Higher taxes will get the U.S. out of debt.
