"Stupid wingnut says something stupid" thread

[Doktor Howl]

`Wait, the economy, seriously?

We never recovered during Reagan, we just got used to it.

As compared to Jimmy Carter's economy, you don't think RR's was an improvement?

Jimmy Carter actually had the best job creation numbers since we started tracking those figures.

But don't let that stand in the way of a good myth.

[Earthbound Spirit]

Inflation and interest rates did really really well under Carter as I recall.  A job doesn't do you much good if you can't afford to buy or borrow anything. 

[Doktor Howl]

Inflation and interest rates did really really well under Carter as I recall.  A job doesn't do you much good if you can't afford to buy or borrow anything. 

Yeah, well, someone had to pay the bar tab for Vietnam.

And are you suggesting that inflation was so bad as to make a job worthless?

[Earthbound Spirit]

No.  I didn't mean to imply that but if you can't afford it...

[Doktor Howl]

No.  I didn't mean to imply that but if you can't afford it...

Can't afford a job?

[Earthbound Spirit]

Can't afford to live with that job and borrowing at 20something % was a good alternative, at the time.

[Doktor Howl]

Can't afford to live with that job and borrowing at 20something % was a good alternative, at the time.

Yeah, so you don't borrow until things get better.  After all, we'd just spend 10 years shoveling money down a hole.

Was Carter responsible for every citizen's financial decisions?

[BabylonHoruv]

high inflation isn't a good or a bad thing so long as everything inflates including salaries.  it's good for people in debt, bad for people with savings.  High interest rates are pretty vital in times of high inflation, and that also brings down the bite of them, borrowing at 20% annually isn't that bad if the annual inflation rate is 10%

[Jasper]

I would like a Bowser Revolution to occur, but I'm pretty sure not even mad economists would dare think it.

[Earthbound Spirit]

Can't afford to live with that job and borrowing at 20something % was a good alternative, at the time.

Yeah, so you don't borrow until things get better.  After all, we'd just spend 10 years shoveling money down a hole.

Was Carter responsible for every citizen's financial decisions?

I do. 

No. 

What the heck is a Bowser Revolution?  I gave up searching with all the Nintendo crap that showed up. 

[BabylonHoruv]

Can't afford to live with that job and borrowing at 20something % was a good alternative, at the time.

Yeah, so you don't borrow until things get better.  After all, we'd just spend 10 years shoveling money down a hole.

Was Carter responsible for every citizen's financial decisions?

I do. 

No. 

What the heck is a Bowser Revolution?  I gave up searching with all the Nintendo crap that showed up. 

Put all the stuff in a big pot and deal it out equally.

[Bruno]

Wait, are we talking about Bowser from the Mario Bros. games or Bowser from Sha-Na-Na?

[Triple Zero]

I think they're cross-Bowser compatible.

See first you get the Bowser-wars, then you get the Bowser-revolution.

[Doktor Howl]

Can't afford to live with that job and borrowing at 20something % was a good alternative, at the time.

Yeah, so you don't borrow until things get better.  After all, we'd just spend 10 years shoveling money down a hole.

Was Carter responsible for every citizen's financial decisions?

I do. 

No. 

What the heck is a Bowser Revolution?  I gave up searching with all the Nintendo crap that showed up. 

It's where you drive out the evil socialist king, only to find out that the princess is in another castle.

[Freeky]

I thought a Bowser Revolution was when you burn everything to the ground with your noxious, fiery breath.