TalkingHeads with a Microphone........... Still Idiots

Yesterday, a new Poll showed that 67% of Americans believe that the Stimulus Bill will help the economy while at the same time only 31% believe that the same Bill will help them personally. In addition, the Poll also shows that about 72% believe that they personally are not in financila danger.They presented this news as something contradictory and implies that the Bill is not helping much ... only 31% ... !!!

In their analysis, that is bad news for the Bill effectiveness in curbing the downward spiral of the economy. I got very upset ..... not because of what they said but because of what it means. May be the Bill will or will not help the economy. That is a given. It is an attempt to put out a fire that NO ONE knows what is the sure way to put out. It is an honest attempt ..... that is what the best thinking minds of the country produced and the best possible Bill that could be approved by selfish politicians. That was not why I was upset.

My problem with their analysis was this: Why did they say that by personally helping only 31%, the Bill is not helping much?

Did they understand what the Bill is for?
Did they understand the question?
Did they understand what the answers really mean?

Their analysis showed that they really did not understand any of that. For them, it is just this simple: The Bill is helping only 31% of people ... that is very bad ... it is helping only a minority of people not a great majority.

To me, the Poll results are a proof that the Bill is doing EXACTLY what it was supposed to do. And if it turns out that in fact it helps 31% of the people it would have achieved its objectives 100% and the economy would be bouncing back real soon. Those 31% believe it would help them ... we all hope it is that effective.But that is really not a good effectiveness as far as the TalkingHeads are concerned. I think they are idiots.

Please allow me to explain: Let's start by the answer to the first question: what is the Bill's objective?I assume that every American KNOWS, not just understand, by now that the Bill is to help People, States and Businesses who are in trouble.

If I am correct in this assumption, and I believe that I am, then what does it mean that only 31% of the people believe that the Bill will help them personally while 67% believe the Bill will help the economy and 72% believe they are Ok financially?

If they have thought for a minute, they would have discovered that it simply means that 36% (67%-31%)of the people think it would help the economy but not them personally ..... while 5% (72% - 67%) believe that the Bill will help them even though they are not in a financial danger.

Why did the TalkingHeads think that if the Bill is helping only 31% of the people it means that it is not effective?

The answer to that question lies in the fact that they dont understand the numbers they are looking at or what it mean. It is pathetic. Idiots with a microphone and a huge audiance ... and they are supposed to be the experts on the issue. Even the guests they invited on the show ... none of them corrected the host and pointed out the ignorance prevailing in the discussion.

The Bill is a possible cure to an ailing economy .... its purpose is to help people who are in trouble so they can regain their financial health and that should restore the Nation's economic health in the process.

The Bill is helping only 31% .... because only 31% of people ARE in trouble ... ... were the TalkingHeads hoping that a lot more were in trouble? 31% of people are in trouble and that is whom the Bill is helping ..... why is that bad? were they hoping that 67% of people were in trouble? 72% of people are saying they are ok, ... the Bill is not only helping the 28% who are in trouble ... it is helping 31% ...3% of people are getting help even though they are not in trouble ( I think those are from the people who are benefiting from the payroll tax cuts) and the Bill is not doing enough????

Think people think ... think before you operate your TalkingHead machine.

The Republican's Falsehood

In this election season, the words: Rich, Tax-Cutting, IRS-Extermination and Money-Stealing -From-The-Rich -Democrats are so prevalent in the speeches of John McCain and in the blogosphere that I thought about what these words do really mean.

The first word, RICH, is defined by the Dictionary as: possession of wealth. Its Second meaning is Valuable. The first definition does not exclude the second, since it did not define wealth exclusively as "money" or "material things".

So, in reality being Rich is more than possessing large amount of money or material things. Being Rich is a state of mind. Millions of people around the world possess huge sums of money and still they act and behave as penniless as a beggar. Being Rich is very similar to being happy. It has nothing to do with how much money you have or how great you are.

Accordingly, for the sake of clarity I will use "Moneyhoarders" to refer to people who care so much about how much money they have to the point that nothing else matters even their own self-interest. All they care about is making money, and keeping every penny of it, regardless of the consequences to their own interests or the interests of the society in general.

Moneyhoarders justify their position by saying that They, and They alone with no help or contribution from society or anyone else created that money and the society has no right whatsoever to tax them and take their money except for things they like such as National Security, Foreign Affairs and Police. Even roads and bridges some say it is better left to private businesses to build as needed. They say why they should pay for things that are not used by them but benefit others and the society in general like health care, education, SS, schools… etc. They pay for their own health care needs, education, retirement ...etc. so why do they have to pay for these things?

When you tell them it is for your own self-interest because without providing these services to the rest of the population you are not going to be able to make the money that you love so much. These services make it possible for you to enjoy your hobby as a moneyhoarder. They go nuts when you say that.... They firmly believe that they can make that money anywhere without these services and without that money-stealing-from-the rich government.

Of course, if you keep arguing and providing all the logical reasons in the world, they ask for a proof of that. And when you do, they reject it as MSM nonsense ...... that is the way their brain works.... they claim that no one else except them understands the art of "money making" and they and they alone KNOW economics, and all their efforts to educate the brain-challenged morons are fruitless because of the denseness of those bleeding-hearts-emotional-Democrats.

Unfortunately for those smart moneyhoarders, life always presents surprises to their disliking.

Katrina's aftermath provides the perfect proof.

The cities in the area, especially New Orleans, were thriving and full of life and businesses making money hand over fest. Their poor neighborhoods were, as expected, populated with people who represent the source of all that debate about taxes and money-stealing-government programs ....etc. The rest of each city were populated by the middle class and the moneyhoarder class.

Katrina wiped almost everything except the moneyhoarders' neighborhoods because they were the ones best protected and first restored (by their owners …. The moneyhoarders). Since their homes and their neighborhoods are essentially now restored, and if their theory of the "art-of-money-making" is valid, you would expect those business owners to thrive as before and have their money-making-machine going full speed as before.

BUT THEY ARE NOT THERE..... AND THEY ARE NOT PLANNING TO BE THERE ANYTIME SOON.... AND THEIR MONEY-MAKING-MACHINE IS SHUT DOWN.....

WHY IS THAT?

What happened to their talent of money making "By themselves with no help from the society"?

The answer is clear.... for whoever have eyes to see or brains to think , that is.

The society that helped them make that money was destroyed..... Their money-making-machine can't function without it. The very very poor who had nothing before are still there.... and they still have nothing..... They didn’t lose anything..... To paraphrase Barbra Bush, they are better now than they were before.... (What she actually said was that those people who were trapped in the shelters for days ... "are better off than where they were living anyway" )

But the middle class left. They can’t restore their homes.

The moneyhoardes are there but they can’t restore their moneyhoarding operation.

WHY IS THAT? WHAT ARE THEY WAITING FOR?

They are waiting for the Government to restore the society that was destroyed..... by the taxes it collects..... Once that is done.... the moneyhoarding machine can and will operate as energetically as before. and they will still continue complaining about the taxes they pay. They will soon forget. They always do..... They have one-track-mind.... Make-money-pay-no-taxes-Repeat.

For three years now, the moneyhoarders failed to get their operation going ....... waiting for the government to rebuild the society that Katrina destroyed..... That should be proof enough that moneyhoarders can’t make their money without the resources and the manpower provided by the society..... If they can do it all by themselves.... they still have time to prove their claim.

Why aren’t they rebuilding the middle class homes and providing mortgages to the original owners who represent their customer base? Why aren’t they rebuilding the schools, the fire houses, the hospitals, the roads, the malls … etc?

Because they can’t….and I believe that three years are enough time to prove that they can't do it without the society.