tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411063121304264984.post8799984235875777716..comments2023-04-14T03:44:27.772-04:00Comments on Tom Mullen's Blog: The Government Can't Create Jobs (And It Shouldn't Try To)Tom Mullenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01560337910390558259noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411063121304264984.post-7613476552872823852020-04-11T14:17:25.003-04:002020-04-11T14:17:25.003-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.unknowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05630848438108832429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411063121304264984.post-62443343959372718472019-11-13T07:14:25.155-05:002019-11-13T07:14:25.155-05:00Thanks for sharing this information.Thanks for sharing this information.Mohsin Shehzadhttps://www.beeducated.pk/jobs-in-daily-dawn-newspapernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411063121304264984.post-77718425431899546862010-12-08T07:59:45.418-05:002010-12-08T07:59:45.418-05:00this is good site 03147891418
i like thisthis is good site 03147891418<br />i like thisrashid1891http://www.jobz.pknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411063121304264984.post-35844033514329008892010-12-08T03:23:45.974-05:002010-12-08T03:23:45.974-05:00the major news in the mortgage mess related to a b...the major news in the mortgage mess related to a bankruptcy case in new jersey, where testimony revealed that countywide (now a unit of BofA) had not been conveying the notes to MBS trusts for at least 5 years; according to mortgage law experts testifying before congress,rashid1891http://www.jobz.pknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411063121304264984.post-91848536404830653392010-09-14T10:02:05.866-04:002010-09-14T10:02:05.866-04:00Tom been reading your blog via Campaign for Libert...Tom been reading your blog via Campaign for Liberty for quite some time, I appreciate your no nonsense views, as you say it's common sense.<br /><br />This depression (it is here) is going to be a really tough one. Primarily due to the high degree of specialization induced by excessive government created demand and supply in the eCONomy. As an engineer who was involved in the housing boom, now bust(ing) my only hope was for capital improvement spending from local governments in infrastructure. But, that spending would be based on taxes and accumulated capital from previous taxes which of course has been spent already by high government employee salaries, benefits and sundry spending programs. <br /><br />For a true free market to develop a huge restructuring of our entire eCONomy is necessary, which of course can only come at the expense of a painful and severe depression. I hope others are preparing for the worst.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411063121304264984.post-15553525197995630182010-09-14T01:34:07.229-04:002010-09-14T01:34:07.229-04:00The government can't _______ (and it shouldn&#...The government can't _______ (and it shouldn't try to).<br /><br />Come on over to anarcho-capitalism, Tom, the water's fine!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411063121304264984.post-20465365774022196592010-09-13T15:33:07.922-04:002010-09-13T15:33:07.922-04:00Claire:
I'm sorry if you misunderstood the in...Claire:<br /><br />I'm sorry if you misunderstood the intent of my post. I do not mean to imply that spreading the gospel of liberty is a wholly lost or futile cause. I merely believe that most of our society is STILL not receptive to the notions of private property, free markets, and individual liberty, despite the dreadful and destructive fruits of nearly a century and a half of central government tyranny that are in plain sight for all to see. Our "national institutions" have done their jobs all too well, and on too many generations of this nation's citizens to expect an immediate rollback to the status quo ante (i.e., the nation bequeathed us by the Founders). It will take years, even decades of "real-world education" to undo this damage, to have any hope of recreating a society composed of critically thinking, self-reliant, liberty-loving individuals. <br /><br />There is both despair and hope in the knowledge that we are on the verge of unprecedented socioeconomic turmoil; despair in that people we know and love (even we ourselves) will suffer hideously, but hope in the idea that perhaps, just maybe, our society will FINALLY wake up to the truisms Tom describes in this article and learn and behave accordingly. Pessimistic? Perhaps, but to cling to blind optimism and hope for the future while ignoring real-world obstacles is both counter-productive and dangerous.<br /><br />Tom: <br /><br />Your point on jobs is well taken. More crippling, I think, than the expectation that government "create jobs" is the formidable (and deliberate) obstacles thrown up into the paths of would-be entrepreneurs by the State, obstacles designed to protect the handful of state-corporate monopolies that are patrons of the ruling cabal from competition and to prevent the emergence of a truly creative capitalist class that will successfully challenge, and ultimately shake off the status quo. All of the State's hollow propaganda to the contrary, the powers-that-be HATE entrepreneurs. Why? Because people of entrepreneurial bent don't "go with the flow," are self-reliant, question authority and conventional wisdom, and are, in short, a bone in the throat to the established order. The only reason the State tolerates the entrepreneurial class at all is because it can parasitically exploit them by confiscating huge amounts of their wealth and shackling them with onerous regulations (in other words, the State lets them be just productive and profitable enough to feed the beast, but NEVER grow strong enough to upset the established order). In order for their to be any remote hope of recovery, this situation MUST change. Freedom of expression and association and sanctity of private property without economic liberty are both meaningless!liberranterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00555275410576294081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411063121304264984.post-28694923042664093382010-09-13T14:22:24.104-04:002010-09-13T14:22:24.104-04:00@Claire - I agree that spreading the message is th...@Claire - I agree that spreading the message is the only way, although I think there is a little more nuance to liberranter's comments. I agree that most people want to work, but I believe that most people assume that if they want to work, that they are entitled to a job, and that if one is not available, that the government should do something to make it available. That is where they don't really want a free market.<br /><br />However, I believe that they hold these beliefs because they are taught them from an early age and have never heard another argument. Ultimately, I agree with you that you, me, and liberranter have two choices: do nothing or try to persuade the majority, little by little, to change their thinking. The majority can't take away our rights, but they do decide whether or not our rights will be respected and defended. <br /><br />I would also add that there will never be a "do or die election," wherein we win or lose our freedom. We have lost our freedom over many decades, and it will likely take twice as many to get it back, and inch at a time. I also don't agree that the problem is that people are "leaning left," because "leaning right" is not going to help either. Neither conservatives nor liberals offer a system based upon a philosophy of freedom. The conservative philosophy has never been about free markets, even when it was launched in America by Alexander Hamilton.Tom Mullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01560337910390558259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411063121304264984.post-22023673474322027202010-09-13T14:01:12.828-04:002010-09-13T14:01:12.828-04:00To liberranter, why are you so pessimistic? This ...To liberranter, why are you so pessimistic? This is a crucial moment in our history, and in order to turn our country back around we will need, imho, an unprecedented amount of energy and optimism. While it would certainly be a mistake to take a victory for freedom in November for granted, and while we must guard against complacency in order to to keep up our efforts in the years to come, it is NOT productive or appealing to be cynical and negative.<br /><br />Tom is trying to educate people. Maybe those who read his posts are "the choir", but then we go out armed with more confidence and persuasive arguments than before to spread the word to our friends and neighbors, who may be leaning to the left for purely irrational reasons, reasons they don't understand and have never really questioned. We should think of multiplying efforts like Tom's, instead of quashing them with hopelessness and cynicism.<br /><br />You imply that there is a growing majority of Americans who consider government enforced wealth redistribution to be in their best interest. I would argue that a majority within that majority only feel that way because they do not see what the ultimate effects of redistributive policies will be. As Tom pointed out, the #1 most important issue today is unemployment. Why would this be the most important issue if the majority of Americans want to let others do the work and pay for them to be idle? Americans WANT to work, and if we can get them to understand that the free market is the only way for true jobs to be created, we will indeed win many of them over to the cause of liberty.<br /><br />Ours is a many pronged attack. Yes, philosophy is important, principles are important, and this is a great way to appeal to some people, but for others who couldn't care less about ethics (those who wish for forced wealth redistribution) it may be worthwhile to point out that the policies they currently support are not ultimately in their best interest, even narrowly defined, that these policies will make them worse off, even in the short run, and that they are better off relying on themselves in a thriving free market economy than begging for scraps from a bankrupt government that will soon have no scraps left to hand out.<br /><br />I think we have gotten to the point where enough people are ready to see the light, that we have a chance to reform government. But this will not happen on its own. People like you, me and Tom, and countless others, have to get out there and speak the truth, to shake people out of their comfort zones, to break through any remaining denial by correcting misconceptions and explaining economic facts. We can do it (I was doing it just yesterday at a birthday party). Be optimistic, be strong, work hard. That is the American way, and it generally yields good results :-)Claire Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411063121304264984.post-12937987759440437182010-09-13T14:00:41.013-04:002010-09-13T14:00:41.013-04:00To liberranter, why are you so pessimistic? This ...To liberranter, why are you so pessimistic? This is a crucial moment in our history, and in order to turn our country back around we will need, imho, an unprecedented amount of energy and optimism. While it would certainly be a mistake to take a victory for freedom in November for granted, and while we must guard against complacency in order to to keep up our efforts in the years to come, it is NOT productive or appealing to be cynical and negative.<br /><br />Tom is trying to educate people. Maybe those who read his posts are "the choir", but then we go out armed with more confidence and persuasive arguments than before to spread the word to our friends and neighbors, who may be leaning to the left for purely irrational reasons, reasons they don't understand and have never really questioned. We should think of multiplying efforts like Tom's, instead of quashing them with hopelessness and cynicism.<br /><br />You imply that there is a growing majority of Americans who consider government enforced wealth redistribution to be in their best interest. I would argue that a majority within that majority only feel that way because they do not see what the ultimate effects of redistributive policies will be. As Tom pointed out, the #1 most important issue today is unemployment. Why would this be the most important issue if the majority of Americans want to let others do the work and pay for them to be idle? Americans WANT to work, and if we can get them to understand that the free market is the only way for true jobs to be created, we will indeed win many of them over to the cause of liberty.<br /><br />Ours is a many pronged attack. Yes, philosophy is important, principles are important, and this is a great way to appeal to some people, but for others who couldn't care less about ethics (those who wish for forced wealth redistribution) it may be worthwhile to point out that the policies they currently support are not ultimately in their best interest, even narrowly defined, that these policies will make them worse off, even in the short run, and that they are better off relying on themselves in a thriving free market economy than begging for scraps from a bankrupt government that will soon have no scraps left to hand out.<br /><br />I think we have gotten to the point where enough people are ready to see the light, that we have a chance to reform government. But this will not happen on its own. People like you, me and Tom, and countless others, have to get out there and speak the truth, to shake people out of their comfort zones, to break through any remaining denial by correcting misconceptions and explaining economic facts. We can do it (I was doing it just yesterday at a birthday party). Be optimistic, be strong, work hard. That is the American way, and it generally yields good results :-)Claire Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411063121304264984.post-22876447797578975472010-09-13T12:28:37.218-04:002010-09-13T12:28:37.218-04:00Well said, Tom (as always)!
While your message ...Well said, Tom (as always)! <br /><br />While your message here is pure, unadulterated common sense, I'm afraid that it's time to remind ourselves of the old adage that "common sense isn't common at all." To expect the message that you repeat here to have any impact requires that two things be true, neither of which there is any evidence for:<br /><br />1. That the governing classes under whose thumbs we suffer have any interest whatsoever in our economic well-being as a nation, or have any intention of allowing a genuinely free, unregulated market outside of their control to take root.<br /><br />Or <br /><br />2. That the majority of Americans truly believe in, or even want, a genuinely free market unencumbered by government regulation or subsidy. Such a market would require them to plan carefully, save, make economic use of scarce resources, and in general behave like self-sufficient adults who take responsibility for their own lives and actions. <br /><br />Even a casual glance around us tells us that neither of the two conditions I mention above exist. You do, however, hit the nail on the head with your reference to immutable laws of economics, something over which both the reigning classes and the sheeple majority are in deep denial and seek to repudiate at all costs. That such denial and repudiation are doomed to failure is a foregone conclusion. It's just a matter of how much socioeconomic destruction we as a society suffer before people wake up and see the light.liberranterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00555275410576294081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411063121304264984.post-38163007047380911642010-09-13T12:01:48.511-04:002010-09-13T12:01:48.511-04:00I do not subscribe to the faith based initiative o...I do not subscribe to the faith based initiative of "The Market is All in All". Governments have employed people since the dawn of civilization. From building pyramids to cathedrals to dams to highways to putting a man on the moon, govt's have employed millions in huge, often worthwhile projects. Also government distorts by preventing and suppressing, as well.<br />Further, there has been a long term, concerted, multi-layer, bipartisan effort at work to destroy the middle class and denude America of manufacturing. It will take overt govt action to stem the bleeding let alone reverse course. This will only happen when enough people from William Buckley's phone book are put in charge and govt of the people by the people for the people is revived once again.MattXLnoreply@blogger.com