The Wisdom Of Lewis Black

[lame54]

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/50495

Economist Lewis Black Tells It Like It Is
Submitted by davidswanson on Wed, 2010-03-03 18:36. Economy
By Mike Ferner

...Lewis (Black) made a very courageous statement: "The economy goes up. The economy goes down. The economy goes up. The economy goes down…up…down…up...and NOBODY KNOWS WHY THE FUCK IT DOES!"

“THAT is really FUNNY,” I thought! And that’s what I’ve believed. Until last week. I was listening to NPR and a reporter was talking with the economist de jour about how to get the economy going after those greedy little shits from AIG and Citicorp and Goldman-Sachs made off with trillions and threw MILLIONS out of work…and there…right THERE on NationalPetroleumfuckingRadio the economist says, “Well, you know, Linda, nobody really knows what makes the economy do what it does…”

WHAT THE FUCK?!?!! So in other words, those greedy bastards in the Republican Party and those spineless bastards in the Democratic Party really have NO IDEA if tax cuts and bailouts will stimulate the economy! For all we know, we should be doing what Lewis said 10 years ago – enact a big, massive jobs program, put millions of people to work building transit systems or health clinics or parks or any fucking thing. As long as it’s BIG and it’s a fuckingTHING…and THAT would STIMULATE THE ECONOMY, TOOOO!!!

[Swamp Rat]

1. Lewis Black for Chairman of the Federal Reserve

He'd be better than anyone we've ever had. :)

[Journeyman]

2. "There are only two people in the country who know how the economy works". . .

a good friend told me 30 years ago. "Only two. And they disagree."

[HughMoran]

3. Wrong conclusion and simplistic thinking

lame.

[lame54]

4. Occam's razor...

HughMoran

[Initech]

5. Lewis Black kicks ass.

[kimmerspixelated]

6. Lewis Black is my favorite comedian,

although I must say Robin WIlliams's latest HBO special truly kicks ass, too! I caught it this morning, and chuckled over coffee!

[RKP5637]

7. And what we do need- "massive jobs program, put millions of people to work building transit systems.

or health clinics or parks or any fucking thing. As long as it’s BIG and it’s a fuckingTHING…and THAT would STIMULATE THE ECONOMY, TOOOO!!!"

[malaise]

8. I adore Lewis Black

Rec

[lildreamer316]

9. He's right about health, too.

He says something to the effect of what is good for one person is terrible for the next; that we all have an individual health that is unique ("because...we are all like snowflakes" ) :)