“Aaron, the dollar has been up the last week, particularly since the Fed hinted at raising interest rates next week. Does that count for “any sign of getting better”? If the Fed does raise rates the dollar will strengthen further. Also, the EU’s growth rate appears to be slipping based on Q2 data, which no doubt means the Euro will begin to come back down some against other currencies (including the dollar obviously). I guess your Wall Street buddies didn’t tell you about those signs, eh?”

LOLZ!!!!!!!

This guy is on crack.

Drawing parallels to currency strength and “Q2 data” is just plain retarded. I love the internet, if only for people like this. This guy made my day!

WTF?!?! Q2 data….. in government….

Sounds like this guys mom is his churchs accountant or something.

Aaron, still waiting on that link for the story about billionaires and U.S. divestment. Maybe you can’t get on Google because D Walker is still searching for that link on the Saudi trillion dollar demand deposit account…

Mark, I assume you know that Q2 stands for the second quarter of the year. The economic data for that quarter in Europe shows a slowdown in economic growth, which usually leads to a weakening of the corresponding currency. There’s a couple hundred years of proof of the coorelation between GDP and currency, which you so eloquently refer to as “retarted”. Please post again so we can marvel at your debating genius…

Alice, depends on what economic family you come from. John Keynes theory argues that the “good” outweighs the “bad”. Maybe if something like the GDI existed during WWII we could have a better measure of it since using GDP may not be the most accurate way to go about it. But regardless, tell me how you think the world got out of the Great Depression?

But Aaron is not talking about broken windows anyway. He is not discussing the added or lost value to the investor account, he is talking about the MOVEMENT of value from one area to another (or in his case one country to another). This has nothing to do with the broken window theory…

I’m really sick of white conservative males like Tim being dissmissive of women. So why are you posting here you cowardly twits, instead of serving like all those fine brave women are in Iraq and around the world so your sorry butts can spout ignorant Bush-Bot Bull (trademarked term) from an air conditioned armcahir? You are a disgrace to this fine country! Nut up…suit up and pay for your luxuries we fought for.

Investors leaving the U.S. would be doing so because of value of the dollar I guess. Oil would play a big part in that since it is hurting our economy because it is so expensive. But the price of oil is driven by the tightness of the market and the growth of India and China economies, and maybe a little speculation too. That would not be related to the war in Iraq since they are ranked like 15 in production and most of their fields are online anyways. They are producing oil. The broken window idea does not seem to fit and the Iraq War is not causing investors to leave America. I think you guys know your econ but not how to apply it Alice and Aaron. Peace.

Tim,
Missed it again….
The broken window fallacy came up in response to your claim that War is good for the economy, not divestiture in the US – and it was brought up by Alice not Aaron. BTW, Citing Keynes to defend your belief that the destroyer of property should be considered an agent of good strikes me as strange also – most free market schools of economic thought strongly disagree with Keynes.

HD vet, what are you talking about?

If you refer to my comment about Claire, I’m just telling you why he might or might not pick her. If you think his consideratin of her has NOTHING to do with the fact that she is a white woman then you don’t know politicians. Everything a politican who is running for office does is calculated to get votes. To think otherwise is drinking too much (agent) orange koolaid…

My taxes are paying the salary of the volunteer army HD, so I’d say I am doing my part.

LOL Did you read it?, my comment was ABOUT Aaron’s comments, not TO Aaron. Read it again and follow the sentences.

Where did I say that I was a Keynesian? All I said is that the final result of the broken window theory gives you different results based on where your economic principles come from. Your name is more fitting than you would have imagined, even if your writing sounds a lot like Alice under a different name…

So where does that leave us…a lot of unanswered questions by Alice, Aaron, and D Walker. Step up, kids…

This seems to have become a boxing match between a few posters. Oil in America is a big part of this campaign. Neither Obama, McCaskill or McCain can do anything about it. How is it that Bush is responsible for the price of gas in this country when we have some of the lowest gas prices in the world shy of the middle east. You guy’s call him an oilman. You are nuts. He has stock in oil companies like thousands of other Americans. I agree the war is not helping and I’m a republican against the war. The price of oil is a world problem brought on by many. We don’t pay any more that the rest of the world. McCaskill won’t be able to do anything for Obama that he or McCain can’t do themselves which is nothing. The real question is can she pull votes for him because of her gender??????????

If “Tim” on the internet says our economy is good, thats all I need hear!!!!!!!!!

bwhahahahahahahahahhahahaha

Tim, when you said “war is good for the economy” you just lost all credibility you had. I’m no economic brain, but even I know the facts.

WAR IS NOT GOOD FOR ANY ECONOMY.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121677287690575589.html?mod=special_page_campaign2008_leftbox

McCain 08!!!

To bad we cant have Bush for another term!