“The Repo man is on the way. So you better ready to take the CTA. Hey Goff’s ex what do you say? The child support is in the mail.”

Does he have another kid? Didn't he get married?

Honestly I don’t know. He obviously has at least one. I thought he split with the mom. If I am wrong, I apologize.

Yeah, and most economic systems have produced violent conflict or upheaval in one form or another. As Marx famously wrote almost two centuries ago, "the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles."

In any event, my original point of comparison was not between Europe and the U.S., but between two periods of U.S. history. The economic dynamism of the New Deal era certainly shows that the stark inequality that is both a key feature and the principal goal of neoliberalism can be avoided even as the corporate class maintains capitalist hegemony.

Finally, it should be noted that some of the main innovations of the neoliberal era--including the internet itself--are products of public investment, not private sector ingenuity. Moreover, much of the laboring class fueling private sector innovation acquired the skills necessary to contribute to our high-tech economy at public research institutions. Given this context, it can be reasonably argued that the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862 stands as the greatest catalyst of innovation in the history of the United States, and one of the greatest such catalysts in the history of the world.

Fine, the New Deal’s economic impact is way overstated. The 30’s went through contractions in its wake and most believe it took WW2 for the U.S. to truly recover. Some of its programs were helpful and have a long lasting impact. But if you’re going to argue that 90% tax rates and a 35% unionized workforce will bring back the 50’s, then you’d be forgetting that the entire world was flattened back then.

We are stronger than the rest because of our entrepreneurial spirit, relatively low taxes, and yes great university research, among many other factors.

Sure thing Goff , you were asked back and turned them down . Yep .

Saw Goff brought up all the people that responded to his tweet with John Carlos pic during womens championship game and didnt get that people hhad an issue with the pic and not his pick of South Carolina. Who in their non racist mind would choose that pic to accompany tweet about a bball game?

of course there is a discussion on new deal in the Jason Goff is angry thread

Fine, the New Deal’s economic impact is way overstated. The 30’s went through contractions in its wake and most believe it took WW2 for the U.S. to truly recover. Some of its programs were helpful and have a long lasting impact. But if you’re going to argue that 90% tax rates and a 35% unionized workforce will bring back the 50’s, then you’d be forgetting that the entire world was flattened back then.

We are stronger than the rest because of our entrepreneurial spirit, relatively low taxes, and yes great university research, among many other factors.