tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post2326422778486540344..comments2024-03-28T00:18:25.641-07:00Comments on Calafia Beach Pundit: Obama's tipping pointScott Grannishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-11228770724644543812012-05-23T19:19:51.123-07:002012-05-23T19:19:51.123-07:00Frozen said, "Scott what makes you think that...Frozen said, "Scott what makes you think that the skill to run a business are the same as those for running a nation?" A laughable red herring, though running a business is far, far more relevant to running a nation than being a "community organizer". Romney has, IIRC, experience as a governor of a state. BO has only had a few years of on-the-job learning. Indeed, it Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10367631459218660529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-14328150724414063492012-05-23T09:48:27.151-07:002012-05-23T09:48:27.151-07:00Donny Baseball-
You are right about action step #s...Donny Baseball-<br />You are right about action step #s 2-4. However, #1 should be a temporary measure. The status quo system of taxes is unacceptably complex and unfair. Romney should advocate for repeal of the 16th Amendment, income and payroll taxes and replace them with a retail sales tax with an exclusion so it is not regressive. This would expand the tax base to include the underground djakelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06247798800719389756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-30819012309509757422012-05-23T07:38:52.697-07:002012-05-23T07:38:52.697-07:00Ed R.-
I will take liberties in responding to your...Ed R.-<br />I will take liberties in responding to your invitation to our host to name the top three things Romney should do to jump start economic growth. Surprisingly (or not) what needs to be done is rather simple, although three is not enough since this administration has screwed things up so thoroughly and beyond historical precedent:<br />1) Make the current tax regime permanent: tax Donny Baseballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08040288585224426073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-164288281460164732012-05-23T07:17:11.859-07:002012-05-23T07:17:11.859-07:00I hope your right Scott. I don't have a lot of...I hope your right Scott. I don't have a lot of confidence in the RNC. Karl Rove still seems to have a lot of influence on the RNC. Over the last 20 years the Republicans have been "The Gang Who Couldn't Shoot Straight".Steve Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13432588336315831351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-88655204794201712512012-05-23T05:56:26.435-07:002012-05-23T05:56:26.435-07:00Mr Baseball, your first post is breathtaking! Your...Mr Baseball, your first post is breathtaking! Your pitch was right across the plate...<br /><br />America has been lead by a clown jester of the first order..BOCO, and his cast of characters are the most incompetent ever to be housed in the White House.<br /><br />I maintain that there are two principal elements which leads to ruination: first, a fool must assume the helm and then foolishly Hanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05183141792723754273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-58833908482001458082012-05-23T05:15:14.049-07:002012-05-23T05:15:14.049-07:00Scott what makes you think that the skill to run a...Scott what makes you think that the skill to run a business are the same as those for running a nation? Also Bain & Co didn't so much run business but buy and sell businesses -- not really the same thingFrozen in the Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04901959687094626879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-43222930307457998842012-05-23T05:11:19.309-07:002012-05-23T05:11:19.309-07:00"That Obama is ignorant of how markets and th..."That Obama is ignorant of how markets and the economy work is a statement of fact, not political bias. That's how I see it as an economist and an investor."<br /><br />OK Scott, as an economist and investor, tell us the most important three things you recommend Romney should do to put the economy onto a stronger growth path.Ed Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17720176132423294274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-40642215567106409362012-05-22T21:17:07.931-07:002012-05-22T21:17:07.931-07:00PD
I have long predicted a major stock market rall...PD<br />I have long predicted a major stock market rally when the evidence reaches critical mass of an Obama defeat in November, regardless of who he losses to. Romney, Santorum, or Donald Duck, it doesn't matter, the market will rally if Obama stands a 60% chance or better of defeat. Simply taking the large foot of the government off the throat of the economy will be enough to ignite get aDonny Baseballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08040288585224426073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-48296108525662747242012-05-22T20:14:05.714-07:002012-05-22T20:14:05.714-07:00Scott,
Politics and the economy are connected at ...Scott,<br /><br />Politics and the economy are connected at the hip (unfortunately).<br /><br />I believe the financial markets sniffed-out an Obama win in the late summer 2008, when the markets began to drop or freeze.<br /><br />If Obama (and the Democrats) are heading for a loss, I would expect financial market to improve late summer, early fall (maybe earlier).<br /><br />Just like 2008, the PD Dennisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10012560806774461700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-72839789515645328202012-05-22T20:00:56.184-07:002012-05-22T20:00:56.184-07:00Hi Squire, nothing is going to be done to improve ...Hi Squire, nothing is going to be done to improve employment in the US -- the reality is that American workers are overpaid and easy to replace -- that includes anyone with less than world-class skills -- I am predicting that real working wages for Americans earning less than $250,000 annually will decline by at least half in the next 30-50 years or less. The reality is that highly motivated and McKibbinUSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-31015293703664324692012-05-22T19:57:27.817-07:002012-05-22T19:57:27.817-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.McKibbinUSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-16445261905685042142012-05-22T19:38:55.469-07:002012-05-22T19:38:55.469-07:00Dr. William, please... There isn’t a shred of evi...Dr. William, please... There isn’t a shred of evidence or reason to believe that Romney is a war monger. There is lots of evidence he isn’t going to be radical, and not being radical from my perspective maybe his undoing. The U.S. needs radical supply side reform.<br /><br />Obama believes that central planning from a large dominate government is the best form of economics, as it seems some Squirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14088030568579672500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-46670816173778028632012-05-22T19:30:25.133-07:002012-05-22T19:30:25.133-07:00William
Yes, the TSA is a Republican created disas...William<br />Yes, the TSA is a Republican created disaster, much the same way that Vietnam was escalated by Democrats and Japanese-American citizens were interned by The Democrat's cherished icon, FDR. But that is a side issue, Romney can rein in the TSA by cutting down funding rather than excising this pox upon a free society. <br />There is zero evidence that Mitt Romney is a war-monger..Donny Baseballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08040288585224426073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-42223303116292175382012-05-22T19:28:29.050-07:002012-05-22T19:28:29.050-07:00He is inept: http://modeltstocktrends.blogspot.com...He is inept: http://modeltstocktrends.blogspot.com/2012/04/dr-hope-and-joe-economy.htmlDon Akehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06268533664760244722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-22270342793294116992012-05-22T16:47:36.957-07:002012-05-22T16:47:36.957-07:00PS: Mitt Romney is a warmonger, just like the rest...PS: Mitt Romney is a warmonger, just like the rest of his colleagues...<br /><br />PPS: The Democrats are no better...<br /><br />PPPS: My only concern is how to make money from war, not to change the warmongers...McKibbinUSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-28373019835610639902012-05-22T16:45:40.618-07:002012-05-22T16:45:40.618-07:00Hi Donny Baseball, keep in mind that TSA was a Rep...Hi Donny Baseball, keep in mind that TSA was a Republican creation with the "secondary" mission of checking passengers at airports -- the TSA's "primary" mission is something very different...<br /><br />The Republicans have no intention of abolishing the TSA -- and yes, the Republicans are puppets of the military industrial complex, just like the Democrats -- the US will McKibbinUSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-70600745838638061562012-05-22T16:25:33.299-07:002012-05-22T16:25:33.299-07:00Billy Billy Billy...get back on your meds, please ...Billy Billy Billy...get back on your meds, please for the sake of us all.<br /><br />I can assure you that Mitt Romney has no intention of repealing SS, Medicare and launching wars against North Korea, Iran, Syria and/or whoever.<br /><br />What he will do is: 1) replace ObamaCare with something else after it is gutted by the SCOTUS. His principal economic advisor, Glenn Hubbard, has written a Donny Baseballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08040288585224426073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-76444670207885691582012-05-22T14:54:42.467-07:002012-05-22T14:54:42.467-07:00With the US and European economies in a tailspin a...With the US and European economies in a tailspin along Main Street and the southern flank of Europe, Pres Obama is unlikely to win reelection -- what is more likely is a Mitt Romney administration -- my guess is that Romney is a closet banker who will eagerly repeal Social Security, Medicare, Obamacare, and all entitlements, in favor of expanding and committing US armed forces to fighting wars inMcKibbinUSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545798495680527622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-12077310836048238182012-05-22T14:20:50.272-07:002012-05-22T14:20:50.272-07:00That Obama is ignorant of how markets and the econ...That Obama is ignorant of how markets and the economy work is a statement of fact, not political bias. That's how I see it as an economist and an investor. If he is replaced by someone with a better understanding of markets and the economy then we will all be better off; that is a statement of belief.Scott Grannishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-18574790585341048762012-05-22T13:07:33.776-07:002012-05-22T13:07:33.776-07:00I don't remember these pundits skewering Bush ...I don't remember these pundits skewering Bush Jr during his tenure. <br /><br />I do remember losing my job at the end of his tenure.skydudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13539912908412758893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-37369985649980794132012-05-22T13:05:40.114-07:002012-05-22T13:05:40.114-07:00Congrats on calling an election 6 months' earl...Congrats on calling an election 6 months' early... BTW we know you hate Obama/Democrats, you've made it clear since his first day in office.<br /><br />Lay off the sauce, it colours you view of the world. BTW the next story is of recovering housing market -- if the housing market recovers Obama is a shoe in for another four years.<br /><br />As Lawyer in NJ say's: skewed!Frozen in the Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04901959687094626879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-27867070846840982112012-05-22T12:15:24.016-07:002012-05-22T12:15:24.016-07:00I like your economic/financial analysis because it...I like your economic/financial analysis because it's guided by facts. Your political commentary, however, is skewed by biases.Lawyer in NJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02920739130504981369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-4876093428366371902012-05-22T09:53:32.820-07:002012-05-22T09:53:32.820-07:00And he is getting no help from Clintonites. Daley...And he is getting no help from Clintonites. Daley has been feeding the WaPo unflattering pictures of the Lightworker on the deficit negotiations and the use executive power. Robert Reich recently told young people, a core O voting block, how bad things are for them. Mort Zuckerman has been bashing O's economic policy for 2 years now. Now we have Ed Rendell cutting the Bain attacks off at Donny Baseballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08040288585224426073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-24030173953180379072012-05-22T09:32:28.505-07:002012-05-22T09:32:28.505-07:00Everything is Ohio....Everything is Ohio....broderohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17510948491117506660noreply@blogger.com