Tag Archives: Stimulus

Teach a man to fish

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Shannon Rodgers

I am challenged about the extension of unemployment payments to people who have been getting them for 99 weeks. I have avoided responding to such a narrow part of government spending because it does not behave or produce any differently … Continue reading →

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Taking my Tonka truck and go’in home

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Shannon Rodgers

Think for a minute about Kindergarten. Imagine the teacher asks her class of 30 students to bring in a stuffed animal to play with. If they would like, they can bring more than one. Imagine that the next day, 5 … Continue reading →

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Have it both ways.

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Shannon Rodgers

I watched a man who labels himself as an economist who said that the only hope we have to create jobs is a “massive” (his word) government spending at least two times that of the previous “stimulus”. I ask this: … Continue reading →

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