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I know this forum is full of right wingers so I'd like to know what your solution is to increase consumer demand.
Consumer demand will increase when consumers have more money, or feel more "wealthy".
1. tax cuts for citizens
2. tax cuts for corporations and reduced regulations such that corporations have more money and incentives to hire.
3. cutting the deficits- the spectre of the debt is weighing on consumer confidence, as the possibility of further currency devaluation or inflations looms
4. repeal Obamacare- buisnesses are uncertain as to what the increased expenses are going to do to the bottom line, thus reluctance to hire.
5. expand domestic coal, oil, nuclear, and alternative fuels. The expansion of energy exploration will have the dual effect of increasing employment AND lowering energy costs to buisness and consumers.
6. Lift the Gulf ban on drilling and allow more refineries to be built- again, more direct jobs are created, but lower energy prices will put more money in the hands of consumers and buisness
7. Limit class action suits- this is an additional cost to buisness which drives up the cost of doing buisness in the US, thus less available funds for expansion.
Basically doing the opposite of what Obama has done would be a great start. Obama has clearly demonstrated the flawed tenents of Keynesian economics and has been a bitter lesson for the nation. Perhaps next time everyone can read some history such that we do not have to endure another Obama in the future. I am not sure that the nation can survive another four years of Obama.
Consumer demand will increase when people can afford it, people will be able to afford it when they are able to keep more of the money they rightfully earn...
Apparently all the biased polls in the world can't fix the stupidity of the left.
If I had to pick from your poll choices, put me down for deregulation. You should always include "none of the above" or "other" with your poll choices if you want an honest response.
A nationalized banking institution that creates debt free money and loans gives low interest lines of credit and loans to US citizens interested in started their own business, owning a home, going back to school etc. If we don't throw off the shackles of the private bankers who control our money supply everything else is just pie in the sky bullsiht.
These loans are backed by the full faith and credit of the US taxpayer i.e. the American worker. Like they are now...........but instead of the interest flowing into the hands of private banks there would be little to no interest or it would flow back into government coffers and spent into the nation's infrastructure or invested in a sovereign national wealth fund. I say we also need to nationalize a good chunk of our national resources i.e Alaska, mines, oil, natural gas. Kick these multinational companies out and put ownership in the hands of the many instead of the few.
But having proposed those ideas I'm sure many of you will go into an adolescent knee jerk reactionary rant of how that's big bad socialism...........
I know this forum is full of right wingers so I'd like to know what your solution is to increase consumer demand.
Jobs!!!! Nothing can do it better than that. Of course, the reason we won't see any of those in Obama's reign is that he won't allow small businesses any time to relax and expand which would create those jobs.
I just couldn't find any choices in your poll that came close other than deregulation and that won't be happening for at least a couple more years.
A nationalized banking institution that creates debt free money and loans gives low interest lines of credit and loans to US citizens interested in started their own business, owning a home, going back to school etc. If we don't throw off the shackles of the private bankers who control our money supply everything else is just pie in the sky bullsiht.
These loans are backed by the full faith and credit of the US taxpayer i.e. the American worker. Like they are now...........but instead of the interest flowing into the hands of private banks there would be little to no interest or it would flow back into government coffers and spent into the nation's infrastructure or invested in a sovereign national wealth fund. I say we also need to nationalize a good chunk of our national resources i.e Alaska, mines, oil, natural gas. Kick these multinational companies out and put ownership in the hands of the many instead of the few.
But having proposed those ideas I'm sure many of you will go into an adolescent knee jerk reactionary rant of how that's big bad socialism...........
You are so right about the socialism part, and you know it. The left keeps talking about how small business is sitting on so much money but won't spend any of it. With the amount of regulation on them and not being at all sure that the administration won't take all they invest in for taxes I surely can't blame them. Can't you see that most of them don't need or want to borrow money but would like to expand but are afraid to. Socialist thinking keeps people from seeing this.
I think the most important thing would be confidence. There is too much uncertainty today.... the future of Obamacare, the future of Obama, the future of tax rates, etc, etc
People and businesses with money are sitting tight.
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