Discuss Gregory Rodriguez's Dec. 15 Op-Ed column.
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We already have a bunch of people made tough by the hard times they've been through. They're also mean-spirited, bitter, selfish and angry! Just what we need, more tough times to make more tough, bitter, angy and selfish people!
John @ 10:52 PM PST, Dec 15, 2008
Let's see: families losing their homes, millions of workers losing their careers and jobs, new government debt in trillions, retirement savings wiped out, etc. But says, Pollyanna Rodriguez, there's a silver lining because we now understand the true meaning of "A Christmas Carol." There's another silver lining: with mass layoffs in the newspaper business, the inane Mr. Rodriguez may soon lose his job and that will reduce the surplus of public twits by one.
Me @ 9:56 PM PST, Dec 15, 2008
I'll believe it's 1932 when I see 25% unemployment. Isn't ironic that the Panic of 1929 lingered far longer than the Panics of 1837, 1873, and 1893? Could it be possible that massive government intervention didn't really work? After all, economic activity and employment levels didn't not recover their 1928 levels until after Pearl Harbor. Thus, if you want to save the economy through government intervention, you might have to conscript 13 million men, engage the country in a total war away from U.S. soil, and then sell the world all of its goods after most of its industrial capacity has been bombed into oblivion.
Tertium Quid @ 9:00 PM PST, Dec 15, 2008
What a crock. The columnist states "All kidding aside..." And then follows it with this garbage: "President-elect Barack Obama has earned stature points as he wraps himself in the iconography of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal. Two national magazines have gone along for the ride, mixing FDR's patrician chin with Obama's ears, topped off with spectacles and a cigarette holder." No wonder the LA Times is bankrupt and deservedly so with such drivel.
DJ Dana @ 8:14 PM PST, Dec 15, 2008
Gregory, I think you are romanticizing poverty...
justdroppingby @ 5:46 PM PST, Dec 15, 2008
You people need to get a life and a real job....Obama as FDR, please get serious!
Misha O Donoho @ 1:48 PM PST, Dec 15, 2008
I am so thankful for the recent recession. Now I can be more creative and humble and love my family so much more. And it took a new great leader to give a great new sense of community. It just feels right. Sure I can't afford to send my kids to college now, but that will give them a new opportunity to be happy with a lower paying job. You IDIOT!! Real people don't need a charismatic leader or a financial challenge to give their lives meaning. Love for family and friends is not enhanced by some mitgating circumstance.
ineeddirection @ 11:19 AM PST, Dec 15, 2008