tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724595763985149011.post2263476811216244863..comments2023-04-04T03:36:39.078-05:00Comments on Coach Sal: The Forgotten ManCoach Salhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13942541698409058923noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724595763985149011.post-76240318579302954432009-03-11T22:55:00.000-05:002009-03-11T22:55:00.000-05:00very interesting. After a week without internet, i...very interesting. After a week without internet, i'm finally back in the loop. I think i've heard of the Forgotten Man book before... it's one i have on my To-Buy list.Pete Goodehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960622827231055584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724595763985149011.post-55257910367817202702009-03-11T20:26:00.000-05:002009-03-11T20:26:00.000-05:00You need to read the 5ooo year leap..It's on Glen ...You need to read the 5ooo year leap..<BR/>It's on Glen beck's website..<BR/><BR/>Steve......C. S. Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13100284597852626105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724595763985149011.post-14622981462475768962009-03-09T20:27:00.000-05:002009-03-09T20:27:00.000-05:00I vividly remember learning about this in high sch...I vividly remember learning about this in high school. We watched a video--maybe A&E or the History Channel--all about the Depression and the New Deal. I think I remember it so well b/c the consensus of the historians on the video was shocking to me. They said that it wasn't the New Deal but WWII that got us out of the Great Depression. But the reason wasn't that Republican thing your book talked about. They said it was because FDR grossly underestimated the amount of money that was needed to jumpstart the economy, and it was only the massive spending of WWII that finally brought us out. In other words (and this may have just been my interpretation of their theories), FDR needed to go further in his spending. It seemed like he was spending so much, but it was really just the tip of the iceberg of what was needed.<BR/><BR/>I'm NOT an economics person (can you tell???), but that theory stuck with me. Unfortunately, it doesn't give me too much comfort with the massive amounts we are spending now. But...spending lots of money is always scary to me. Maybe it's b/c I'm such a frugal person by nature!<BR/><BR/>kimGreg and Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03705061720552592112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724595763985149011.post-54547609331940462702009-03-09T17:05:00.000-05:002009-03-09T17:05:00.000-05:00I know you hate Chait, but this is interesting.htt...I know you hate Chait, but this is interesting.<BR/><BR/>http://www.tnr.com/booksarts/story.html?id=82c53220-7594-4ece-a136-a3b2f54243ecUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00678889630551165659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724595763985149011.post-63889391367743606902009-03-09T14:48:00.000-05:002009-03-09T14:48:00.000-05:00"...but nobody really thinks the reason the stock ..."...but nobody really thinks the reason the stock market is down 50% or unemployment is up right now has anything to do with our lack of a national health care plan."<BR/><BR/>Except, apparently, our president. He specifically cited this (along with deplorable education and our dependence on foreign oil) as the 3 causal factors for our current malaise, as well as the prescription for getting out of our current malaise being addressing all 3 of those at a federal level.<BR/><BR/>Good grief.MichaelPoluttahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17323419529329808450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724595763985149011.post-37389696237971392992009-03-08T18:39:00.000-05:002009-03-08T18:39:00.000-05:00Hello! :)Hello! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com