Oh LOOK, professional centrist Tom Friedman used his position at the “best job in the world,” which we are all “jealous of,” to share with us some deep thoughts on how we should be fixing the economy. See, the whole problem, you guys, is that we haven't created enough of something called “startups.” If 2,000 people in each town would just make one of these startup thingies, he says, and also if we kept our markets the “freest” and “most trusted,” well, everything would be FINE and Tom Friedman could go back to getting paid craploads of money for using
Tom Friedman deserves ridicule (this is a statement of natural law, like "the speed of light in a vacuum is constant").
But, to ridicule this particular outbreak of Tom Friedman, I would have to read about it, which I will not do. I'm sure y'all took care of it.
This country desperately needs some way of certifying or licensing pundits. Fred Barnes once claimed he could speak with authority on anything but he must be a Master Pundit. Does Friedman qualify as that or is he limited to Political/Economic Assistant Pundit? Of course there must be higher levels for people such as Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh.
Exactly. Health insurance is only affordable or obtainable through employer group plans. Combine that with a high deductible plan and we have disincentives to become an entrepreneur or even change jobs. That good for employer -- no pesky ex-employees become or switching to competitors. But bad for the economy.
yeah, it's hard to get interested in tv when you've never had cable and stopped watching regular programming in the mid-1990's. we just pick and choose the good stuff.
instead of fucking start ups we should invest in our crumbling infrastructure (and Internet bandwidth which is shamefully bad compared to many other poorer countries).
which also means disinvesting from the fucking republican party.
Tom Friedman deserves ridicule (this is a statement of natural law, like "the speed of light in a vacuum is constant").
But, to ridicule this particular outbreak of Tom Friedman, I would have to read about it, which I will not do. I'm sure y'all took care of it.
Add a few too many Gin and Tonics and Voila!
Or fortune cookies.
I'm just glad when my car starts.
This country desperately needs some way of certifying or licensing pundits. Fred Barnes once claimed he could speak with authority on anything but he must be a Master Pundit. Does Friedman qualify as that or is he limited to Political/Economic Assistant Pundit? Of course there must be higher levels for people such as Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh.
Exactly. Health insurance is only affordable or obtainable through employer group plans. Combine that with a high deductible plan and we have disincentives to become an entrepreneur or even change jobs. That good for employer -- no pesky ex-employees become or switching to competitors. But bad for the economy.
yeah, it's hard to get interested in tv when you've never had cable and stopped watching regular programming in the mid-1990's. we just pick and choose the good stuff.
instead of fucking start ups we should invest in our crumbling infrastructure (and Internet bandwidth which is shamefully bad compared to many other poorer countries).
which also means disinvesting from the fucking republican party.
Mentioning Tom Friedman in my kitchen makes my vegetables and fruits go brown, cuz of the stupid!
This is like when everyone started their own newspaper on the internet but called it a blog. Howz that workin' out for ya Tom?