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Kelsey Grammer: Stimulus and Bailout Laws Reward 'Evil-Doers'

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Posted by Icerigger 2009-02-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 The same thing is happening in Australia. Social policy disguised as economic policy.

Posted by phil_b 2009-02-19 00:46|| 2009-02-19 00:46|| Front Page Top

#2 You are right phil_b. Reward the deadbeats, punish the savers. Great way to run a country. Unfortunately there's no effective opposition in Australia right now.

Posted by Aussie Mike 2009-02-19 04:22|| 2009-02-19 04:22|| Front Page Top

#3 video at link

Posted by Icerigger">Icerigger 2009-02-19 05:53|| 2009-02-19 05:53|| Front Page Top

#4 #2 You are right phil_b. Reward the deadbeats, punish the savers. Great way to run a country. Unfortunately there's no effective opposition in Australia right now. Posted by Aussie Mike

But that's the goal here as well.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-02-19 07:57|| 2009-02-19 07:57|| Front Page Top

#5 Great way to ruin a country.

There, fixed it for you Aussie Mike.

Posted by AlanC 2009-02-19 09:11|| 2009-02-19 09:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Atlas is starting to shrug. For the first time in many years I paid no federal income tax for last year.

Don't fund them. Shut them down.

Posted by Parabellum 2009-02-19 09:20|| 2009-02-19 09:20|| Front Page Top

#7 Its not so unpopular a stance out in the rest of the world Mr. Grammer, and you are absolutely right. As my wife said, "Why is our daughter going to be paying off somebody else's house?" Well, edited for language.

Posted by swksvolFF 2009-02-19 11:31|| 2009-02-19 11:31|| Front Page Top

#8 swk, very well put.

Posted by Icerigger">Icerigger 2009-02-19 11:51|| 2009-02-19 11:51|| Front Page Top

#9 And with that, Grammer's career is officially kaput.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-02-19 16:38|| 2009-02-19 16:38|| Front Page Top

#10 See moral hazard.

Posted by DMFD 2009-02-19 19:22|| 2009-02-19 19:22|| Front Page Top

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