Where is the US economy headed?

Right, just don't bother responding to the rest. You're a joke, Okie, and I'm not going to waste any more time talking to you for a while.

Cycloptichorn

ican, Leftists like righties are made up of a combination of the two with no clear delineation from person to person. Nobody is a strict liberal or conservative. If you believe that, you're more ignorant than I suspect.

You begin with a stupid question, because you don't understand what goes on in elections; that's the reason why we have swings between the two parties on elections.

And a third one to refute what George was claiming:
I am on solid ground with this reply to George as well.

"a person who stubbornly attempts to apply a theory without regard to practical difficulties"

I define LEFT WING as those policies and actions that increase statism toward dictatorship to a greater degree.

Quote:

I define LEFT WING as those policies and actions that increase statism toward dictatorship to a greater degree.

There are two problems with your post. The first is "I define," which means you are stating your opinion and your words have no relation to reality. There are no facts to back up this decision you made.

The second is I am unconvinced that you understand statism.

Taxes

Will "Tax The Rich" Save The Economy?
When the wealthy stop spending money, there are plenty of lower-income people who end up getting laid-off, says Pamela Villarreal, a senior policy analyst with the National Center for Policy Analysis...

CNNMONEY

Education Issues

What About the Margin?
Among those making $20,000 or less annually, 6 percent have master's degrees or higher, 14 percent have bachelor's degrees and 9 percent have associate's degrees, says George Leef, director of research for the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy...

THE POPE CENTER

Economic Issues

Film Flight: Lost Production And Its Economic Impact On California
California has lost 10,600 entertainment industry jobs, more than 25,000 related jobs, $2.4 billion in wages and $4.2 billion in total economic output since 1997 as film and TV production has moved to other states and countries, according to report...

MILKEN INSTITUTE

State and Local Issues

For Whom the Debt Bell Tolls
The story of Bell, Calif., is not just about unengaged residents, but about supposedly sophisticated investors whose indifference to a deeper problem -- untenable debt levels -- is even less excusable, says Nicole Gelinas, a contributing editor at the City Journal...

MANHATTAN INSTITUTE

Taxes

The Economic Case Against The Death Tax: Number Of Estates Paying Death Tax Not The Issue
The number of taxpayers that pay a particular tax is economically irrelevant. What matters is the impact the tax has on the economy, says tax analyst Curtis S. Dubay...

HERITAGE FOUNDATION

I believe that superficial characteristics of all people, whether it be skin color, height, weight, gross strength, sexual orientation, creed or religion, should be no reason whatsoever not to give everyone the exact same rights, in both the letter of the law and the spirit.
I agree!

I believe that the strongest possible financial and social systems will be ones that encourage both competition AND cooperation. It is foolish to promote one over the other; both in equal part are necessary for success.
I agree!

I believe that the USA, and by extension, Us, are no more special or blessed in history's eyes than all the others who claimed they were special or blessed in history's eyes.
I think that those of us living in the USA are blessed to be living in the USA. However, I do not believe that sets us above any other human beings in the world with regard to deserving better opportunities for better lives.

I believe that only through technological advancement and the colonization of space does humanity stand a chance of surviving.
I agree!

I believe that Greed is a vice, not a virtue.
I believe the desire to morally and lawfully earn more is a virtue, and the desire to obtain more otherwise is a vice!

[I believe] we should all strive to be generous and helpful to others, not greedy and stingy.
I agree! I also believe we should strive for excellence in the achievement of all the moral and lawful objectives we seek to accomplish. I further believe we should strive to morally and lawfully earn the benefits we obtain!

I believe that things are going to keep getting better for everyone as society keeps progressing.
I disagree! Currently things are not getting better. They are deteriorating primarily because of the current huge increases in fed spending due to redistributions of morally and lawfully earned wealth to those who have not lawfully earned it!

I believe that most have not a clue just how much better things are, all around, than they were in the past. I believe the internet is an unbelievably powerful force of good that has yet to even begun to be recognized.
I agree!

I believe that the right thing to do politically is to elect Democrats, at this time; because they are slightly more in tune with the above beliefs than the Republicans of this time, and somewhat more likely to help see them accomplished.
I disagree, because I think too many of the currently elected Democrats and too many of the currently elected Republicans are out of touch with the above beliefs.

okie, There is no "absolute fact" about left wing or right wing. You're missing some DNA in your noggin.

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TABLE 1 {a}
COMMUNIST DEMOCIDE
REGIME..................................YEARS..........DEMOCIDE.......ANNUAL RATE %
Afghanistan.............................1978-87............228,000................0.157
Albania....................................1944-87...........100,000................0.118
Angola.....................................1975-87............125,000................0.302
Bulgaria...................................1944-87...........222,000................0.062
Cambodia (Khmer Rouge).............1975-79........2,035,000................8.161
Cambodia (Samrin).....................1979-87...........230,000................0.398
China.......................................1949-87......35,236,000................0.120
Cuba........................................1959-87...............73,000..............0.028
Czechosolovakia........................1948-68...............65,000..............0.024
Ethiopia.....................................1974-87..............725,000.............0.162
Germany (East).........................1948-87...............70,000.............0.011
Grenada (Coup)........................1983-83....................106...............NA
Hungary....................................1948-87...............27,000..............0.007
Korea, North............................1948-87...........1,663,000.............0.250
Laos (PDR)...............................1975-87...............56,000..............0.124
Mongolia..................................1926-87..............100,000.............0.187
Mozambique.............................1975-87.............198,000..............0.123
Nicaragua (Sandinistas)................1979-87..............5,000..............0.020
Poland......................................1948-87...............22,000.............0.002
Rumania................................1948-87.............435,000.............0.055
USSR........................................1917-87..........61,911,000............0.422
Vietnam (Hanoi).......................1945-87...........1,670,000...........0.105
Yemen, South).........................1967-87..................1,000............0.002
Yugoslavia................................1944-87..........1,072,000............0.118
SUBTOTALS ................................1900-87.........106,267,000...........0.477 {b}
COMMUNIST GUERRILLAS..............1900-87............4,019,000...........0.477 NA
COMMUNIST TOTAL....................1900-87.........110,286,000...........0.477 {b}
WORLD TOTAL............................1900-87.........169,199,000...........0.235 {b}

{a} From R.J. Rummel, Death by Government Genocide and Mass Murder in the Twentieth Century, (Transaction Publishers, 1994)
{b} Average