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The U.S. government should not implement a moratorium on home foreclosures. It is both unnecessary and counterproductive to issue a blanket moratorium.
Congress should not enact the Employee Free Choice Act.
The U.S. recession will last throughout 2009.
Citigroup should not have been bailed out by the federal government.
The government should not follow the principles of Keynesian economics during a recession. Keynesian economics is a flawed model that focuses too heavily on aggregate demand and the role of fiscal policy. Monetary policy is a much more effective tool for influencing aggregate demand and increasing demand with no concern for aggregate supply is
The U.S. federal government should not provide financial support to its auto industry. First the Democrats tax them punitively. Then they regulate them to death. Then when the unions come calling they bail them out with taxpayer money. Better, more efficient and more just to simply remove government from the equation to the greatest degr
Globalization will ultimately benefit countries that are not part of the "first world."
The U.S. should allow foreign ownership of its airlines.
There should be no federal minimum wage.
The U.S. should not enact a balanced budget amendment.
Lehman Brothers should not have been bailed out by the federal government.
Congress should increase the cap on federally insured bank deposits.
Executive compensation packages should not require shareholder approval.
Motorists should be charged a fee to enter congested city centers.
The Treasury Department should block severance packages for Fannie and Freddie corporate executives.
The U.S. should not provide tax breaks for businesses that do not outsource.
Unions should be permitted to strike.
Congress should not issue a second round of the 2008 stimulus checks.
Food should contain country-of-origin labeling.
Victims of major natural disasters should be granted special relief in bankruptcy.
AIG should not have been bailed out by the federal government.
Organic farmers should not receive additional federal subsidies.
Weakening dollar is having the greatest impact on rising oil prices.
Bankruptcy courts should not have the power to adjust home mortgages. Expanding the automatic stay might be appropriate with appropriate safeguards against abuse to allow homeowners to negotiate with lenders once the pressure of other debts is off. Allowing the courts to rewrite the terms by fiat is a bad idea.
The government should provide financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure. Only assistance to owner-occupants to assure that they have reasonable housing options.
Congress should not increase the federal minimum wage. The minimum wage just rose and unemployment almost immediately went up. It goes up most among the groups who can least afford it.
Bush Administration policies have had a positive impact on the economy. Unfortunately some of the best ideas of the Bush administration have been met with filibusters and stonewalling. If we'd gotten the full package, including stronger oversight of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae which Bush tried to get in ***2003***, GDP would
Governments should not infuse capital directly into failing banks as part of their response to the financial crisis. If the government is going to provide capital, it should go to strong banks to help buy out insolvent ones. If necessary add funds to FDIC.
The federal government's financial bailout package will help stabilize the U.S. economy. Probably, but a desert is much more stable than a forest full of life.
The U.S. is not undergoing the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Seriously, doesn't anyone remember the 1970s? 20% interest rates, double digit inflation and double digit unemployment. Wage and price controls. Gas lines.
Cutting corporate tax rates is an effective method of creating jobs.
The federal government is most responsible for the current financial crisis.
Governments should not subsidize property insurance coverage for natural disasters. Government may have a limited role in reinsurance, in assisting the needy in obtaining insurance and in providing insurance in cases of market failure.
The government should offer cash rewards to citizens for developing new technology. We should eliminate income tax on patent royalties to individuals.
Recessions are not necessary for sustained economic growth.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should not be nationalized.
Capitalism is the most effective economic system.
Businesses do not have a social responsibility. Businesses responsibility is to maximize shareholder value. The shareholders can then use that wealth to promote whatever social causes they favor. It's not the prerogative of the shareholders employees to promote their own agenda.
The U.S. Federal Reserve should not lower interest rates.
Performance fees of hedge fund managers should be taxed as capital gains.