Comments on: Political Fix (18 February, 2016)

By: Saul Travers

Saul Travers — Sat, 20 Feb 2016 13:57:22 +0000

Economics is one of those subjects, like the Bible, that has so much complexity that it is essentially a Rorschach test to listen to others talk about it.
And it it funny to watch the haters flop about like a flounder as they try to pin economic trouble on Obama and pretend that 2008 never happened.
Presidents don’t really have that much control over the economy.
The haters try to pretend that gas lines and stagflation never happened before Carter, but all one has to do is google “Whip Inflation Now” for the truth.
The economic turmoil of the 1970’s was most directly attributable to Nixon withdrawing from the Bretton Woods Agreement (no choice-he had to) and Arab nation anger over US support for Israel during the Yom Kippur War of 1973,

By: Barbara

Barbara — Sat, 20 Feb 2016 03:05:14 +0000

Left or Right….. Bernie Sanders IS a socialist Jew and he freely admits to being one. He also is old and most definitely comes across as cranky and he (and his wife) admits to that description as well.

By: M McL

M McL — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 22:02:09 +0000

Its the third rail in Anglo journalism to say ‘Socialist Jew’. The Right cant handle israel being Socialist w/ universal hc and the whole deal.