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demmiblue

(36,841 posts) Fri Dec 25, 2020, 03:00 PM Dec 2020

WSJ Opinion article: In Defense of Scrooge...

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Ugh, fuck these people.

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WSJ Opinion article: In Defense of Scrooge... (Original Post) demmiblue Dec 2020 OP

Who wrote that, Gordon Gekko? lame54 Dec 2020 #1

Phil Gramm. Remember him? The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2020 #4

I remember an elderly woman asking Gramm about her Social Security benefits Midnight Writer Dec 2020 #10

Apparently he hasn't arrived in Hell yet. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2020 #11

The monsters have escaped the lab, folks. Zoonart Dec 2020 #2

Just a reminder... regnaD kciN Dec 2020 #3

Crap Jonathan Swift was just kidding exboyfil Dec 2020 #5

Mr. Potter should have pushed George Bailey off that bridge lame54 Dec 2020 #7

The same Phil Gramm edhopper Dec 2020 #6

PHIL GRAMM: The Master of Disaster Dirty Socialist Dec 2020 #8

Gramm. Yes, he's awful. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2020 #9

I Thought It Was Going To Be A Hoot ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #12

If Phil Gramm is involved, I'm not wasting my time on it. (nt) Paladin Dec 2020 #13

Written in 1843, but about the past from then muriel_volestrangler Dec 2020 #14

lame54

(35,284 posts)

1. Who wrote that, Gordon Gekko?

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Fri Dec 25, 2020, 03:02 PM

Dec 2020

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,674 posts)

4. Phil Gramm. Remember him?

Reply to lame54 (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 25, 2020, 03:10 PM

Dec 2020

Former Senator (R-TX), promoter of bank deregulation, generally awful person. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Gramm

Midnight Writer

(21,745 posts)

10. I remember an elderly woman asking Gramm about her Social Security benefits

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #4)

Fri Dec 25, 2020, 04:06 PM

Dec 2020

She was recently widowed, and she didn't know how to cope without her husband's income.

Gramm, in front of everyone, laughed out loud and said "Yew need to find yew a rich husband".

What a card.

Nice to hear Gramm is doing well for himself. I'd figured he was long gone, in physical form, anyway.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,674 posts)

11. Apparently he hasn't arrived in Hell yet.

Reply to Midnight Writer (Reply #10)

Fri Dec 25, 2020, 04:07 PM

Dec 2020

Zoonart

(11,849 posts)

2. The monsters have escaped the lab, folks.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Fri Dec 25, 2020, 03:02 PM

Dec 2020

They walk among us.

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)

3. Just a reminder...

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Fri Dec 25, 2020, 03:05 PM

Dec 2020

...that, even though Trump may be going, the assholes ye shall have always with you.

exboyfil

(17,862 posts)

5. Crap Jonathan Swift was just kidding

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Fri Dec 25, 2020, 03:10 PM

Dec 2020

with his Modest Proposal. Perhaps they will be advocating for that next year.

2020s Republicans more heartless than an 1840s banker.

lame54

(35,284 posts)

7. Mr. Potter should have pushed George Bailey off that bridge

Reply to exboyfil (Reply #5)

Fri Dec 25, 2020, 03:14 PM

Dec 2020

edhopper

(33,570 posts)

6. The same Phil Gramm

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Fri Dec 25, 2020, 03:10 PM

Dec 2020

who got rid of Glass-Stegel and caused the housing bubble and subsequent crash.

I'd rather listen to Scrooge's advice.

Dirty Socialist

(3,252 posts)

8. PHIL GRAMM: The Master of Disaster

Reply to edhopper (Reply #6)

Fri Dec 25, 2020, 03:16 PM

Dec 2020

He was behind banking deregulation, real estate deregulation, accounting deregulation, and more. All ended up making economic crises. The fucker was on the WRONG side of history.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,674 posts)

9. Gramm. Yes, he's awful.

Reply to Dirty Socialist (Reply #8)

Fri Dec 25, 2020, 03:17 PM

Dec 2020

ProfessorGAC

(64,995 posts)

12. I Thought It Was Going To Be A Hoot

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Fri Dec 25, 2020, 04:21 PM

Dec 2020

Then I saw the names Grammar & Solon. I then knew it was toxic nonsense.
We all know Gramm. Solon is AEI. I need not elaborate.

Paladin

(28,252 posts)

13. If Phil Gramm is involved, I'm not wasting my time on it. (nt)

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Fri Dec 25, 2020, 04:30 PM

Dec 2020

muriel_volestrangler

(101,306 posts)

14. Written in 1843, but about the past from then

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Fri Dec 25, 2020, 05:08 PM

Dec 2020

It ends with describing how Scrooge kept Christmas better than anyone - ie over many years. So Scrooge's miserliness is before the supposed explosion in wages they measure from 1840. Their argument boils down to "Scrooge describes a bad time - look how good it was to it got better later! We should thank the models for Scrooge for supplying such a low baseline!"

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