Nobel laureate says Bushs tax cuts were not enough

[FUNKED1]

Yep those people only make more money than you because they are evil and are oppressing you.  The only way to get justice is through the all-powerful nanny state which will right all injustices.

[straffo]

Lowering tax of people having less concern about consumption as not a great impact on economy.
They won't all of a sudden buy 2 kg more food per day, instead they will start saving (not that I disagree with saving,it's just the impact is less positive than expenses)

[type_char]

Yeah but I'll admit Bush aint all that bad.

[myelo]

Originally posted by Rolex
And, once again, Ripsnort has misinterpreted something.

He didn’t misinterpret it. He didn’t interpret it at all.

He just selectively pastes things here with little if any accompanying commentary or original thought. I'm not even convinced he reads them.

Then he watches the fun as the usual suspects regurgitate their party lines.

So far so good.

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by myelo
He didn’t misinterpret it. He didn’t interpret it at all.

He just selectively pastes things here with little if any accompanying commentary or original thought. I'm not even convinced he reads them.

Then he watches the fun as the usual suspects regurgitate their party lines.

So far so good.

I report, you decide

[Yeager]

As surprising as it may seem, the average French worker does have higher productivity than the average U.S. worker. They produce about 10% more per hour than their American counterparts.
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yeah its surprising.  the guy sitting next to me spent 4 years  in france as a customer rep for air france.  he says the average work week in france is 35 hrs and the french in no way out produce americans in anything except the amount of vacation they take and the number of holidays they have.  he does say the french are alot less stressed out than americans.....

show some data to support your claim as it is hard to believe.

[straffo]

Yeager productivity is not fonction of the time you spend at work but more of the efficiency.

See it otherwise :
Will there be a difference between a worker producing 110% more working 90% less compared to a worker producing 90% and working 110% ?

Being less stressed at work can be positif ,as stress can be good or bad depending of the amount.

As my little experience of american enterprises in France it's just we have a different philosophy concerning work.

[Chortle]

Originally posted by Yeager
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show some data to support your claim as it is hard to believe.

Another observation is that U.S. per capita output is about 40 percent
higher than in the European countries with most of the differences in output accounted for by
differences in hours worked per person and not by differences in productivity, that is, in output
per hour. Indeed, the OECD statistics indicate that French productivity is 10 percent
higher than it is in the United States.

Taken from here. Its in pdf and by the same luminary and in the same paper thats quoted above regarding Euros not bothering to work due to comprehensive welfare.

[myelo]

Originally posted by Ripsnort
I report, you decide

I like it.

[GRUNHERZ]

Originally posted by Dowding

Incidentally, I thought Nobel Laureates were imbeciles according to the other thread.

Just the imbecylic ones Dowding, like ones who claim AIDS was created by the west to wipe out africans..

Are you equating people holding that claim to people who belive the economic theory that lower taxes encourage more workfdorce participation?