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« on: September 28, 2007, 08:16:23 PM »

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« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2007, 08:20:02 PM »

Dis-f**king-asterous.  There is no way in hell I will ever vote for Hillary unless she takes this proposal off the table.

She clearly has no concept of inflation, little grasp on how people actually behave—a gigantic, government-funded savings account would be a DISincentive to save on your own, and little respect for the voters if she really thinks we're dumb enough to swallow this garbage as a legit proposal.
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« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2007, 08:39:40 PM »

What a bizarre idea.  At least it's... uh... unique, I suppose.
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« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2007, 09:31:18 PM »

Hmmm... I think she stole this proposal from Soult-onomics... well, my proposal was only for people who need the money.
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« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2007, 09:41:46 PM »

This equals about $2 billion a year. Seems like a lot, but the US is blowing a lot more on dumber things (the Iraq War comes to mind...)
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« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2007, 09:46:21 PM »

Great idea!
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« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2007, 09:54:15 PM »
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^^^^^^^

But still won't make me support Hillary.

Now what could get me to support Hillary would be something like her publicly telling Ralph Nader to f**k off. In those exact words.
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« Reply #7 on: September 28, 2007, 10:07:55 PM »

Maybe it's just me after a week of not sleeping, but this was totally not what I was expecting when I saw "Clinton: $5,000 for every U.S. baby".
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« Reply #8 on: September 28, 2007, 10:17:18 PM »

This equals about $2 billion a year. Seems like a lot, but the US is blowing a lot more on dumber things (the Iraq War comes to mind...)

You're missing a power of ten.  It's $20 billion.

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"I think it's a wonderful idea," said Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, an Ohio Democrat who attended the event and has already endorsed Clinton. "Every child born in the United States today owes $27,000 on the national debt, why not ^make it $32,000 so they can buy a car when they turn 18? let them come get $5,000 to grow until they're 18?"
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« Reply #9 on: September 28, 2007, 10:23:32 PM »

The only problem with this plan is that it doesn't include babies born overseas to at least one U.S. resident.
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« Reply #10 on: September 28, 2007, 10:33:43 PM »

Epic fail.
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« Reply #11 on: September 28, 2007, 10:47:54 PM »

What a bizarre idea.  At least it's... uh... unique, I suppose.

Not quite - Howard pulled that one out of his hat during the 2004 election. I thought it was a bad idea then... I think it's a REALLY bad idea now. Clinton should never have done this - it sounds good, but there are some negatives to it.
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« Reply #12 on: September 28, 2007, 10:53:36 PM »

On one hand, panderbear is back.

On the other, realistically it'll probably mean weakening social security so everything will even out. Maybe if the bond is given, they'll need less in Pell grants, so again evening things out.
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« Reply #13 on: September 28, 2007, 11:12:11 PM »

The only problem with this plan is that it doesn't include babies born overseas to at least one U.S. resident.

And the massive spike in inflation that will occur 18 years following the plan's implementation.  That could be a problem too.
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« Reply #14 on: September 29, 2007, 12:05:48 AM »

Very strange idea to say the least.
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« Reply #15 on: September 29, 2007, 12:22:09 AM »

Dis-f**king-asterous.  There is no way in hell I will ever vote for Hillary unless she takes this proposal off the table.

She clearly has no concept of inflation, little grasp on how people actually behave—a gigantic, government-funded savings account would be a DISincentive to save on your own, and little respect for the voters if she really thinks we're dumb enough to swallow this garbage as a legit proposal.

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Amen.

Hillary's plan: Worst. Pander. Ever.
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« Reply #16 on: September 29, 2007, 12:27:49 AM »

This makes sense in Europe, where they have a negative growth rate. But it's kind of bizarre here...
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« Reply #17 on: September 29, 2007, 01:18:45 AM »

This makes sense in Europe, where they have a negative growth rate. But it's kind of bizarre here...

Looks like Hillary Clinton is pulling a Bruno Kreisky (note: most powerful Social Democratic Austrian chancellor in the 1970s) who introduced "birth allowance" valued at then 8.000 Schilling for every child born. Inflation-adjusted this would mean about 1.000-1.500€ (=1.500-2.000 $) nowadays per child. This was substituted in 1997 with "maternity allowance" and additional forms of child and family benefits. Basically, if you are a 7-month pregnant woman in Austria, you are banned from working about 8 weeks before your calculated birth date and you´ll get your whole net income until 8 weeks after the birth of your child. By then you normally applied for additionally family and child benefits, so that you are getting between 500-1000€ a month in benefits - 3 years long.

Back to Socialist Kreisky: Did the "child allowance" he introduced in the mid 70s bring any good for the number of births ? Well, it was so-so. The Austrian birth rate hit a record 1.9% in the early 60s and steadily declined afterwards to 1.2% in the mid 70s. Between 1975 (implementation) and 1997 (substitution) the birth rate just declined to 1.1%, with a slight upward trend in the early 80s and early 90s, just to reach record lows from 2000-2006. Kreisky was blamed by conservatives for skyrocketing the national debt during his time in power, but was seen as a huge freedom fighter for Social Rights in Austria. One of his most famous slogans was: "I would prefer the state to run up high debts rather than see people become unemployed."

Where does Austria stand now ?

The national debt is declining for years now, from 70% of GDP to less than 60% now (mainly achieved by skilled conservative finance minister Karl-Heinz-Grasser), the unemployment rate is rather low (4% -> OECD calculated rate) and the budget will be balanced in a few years. Yet 1 problem remains: The birth rate remains low. But is it bad ? Hell, no. There are plenty people on this planet for selective skilled immigration. Wink
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« Reply #18 on: September 29, 2007, 01:20:24 AM »

Give $10,000 for every abortion instead and make birth control and condoms free.
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« Reply #19 on: September 29, 2007, 01:20:34 AM »


Yes it is.
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« Reply #20 on: September 29, 2007, 01:22:32 AM »

We shouldn't be promoting population growth. We need to make promotion of birth controls, contraception and legal abortion a condition of recieving any food/medical/other humanitarian aid.
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« Reply #21 on: September 29, 2007, 11:35:29 AM »

It's an interesting idea. Obviously there are a lot of details to work out about it, but it sounds promising in concept at least.

I wonder about the reasoning power of someone who would say that this idea is "crazy," yet not bat an eye as the government spends billions on weapons systems we don't need.
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« Reply #22 on: September 29, 2007, 07:03:10 PM »

We shouldn't be promoting population growth. We need to make promotion of birth controls, contraception and legal abortion a condition of recieving any food/medical/other humanitarian aid.

Interesting idea.
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« Reply #23 on: September 29, 2007, 07:12:39 PM »

It's an interesting idea. Obviously there are a lot of details to work out about it, but it sounds promising in concept at least.

I wonder about the reasoning power of someone who would say that this idea is "crazy," yet not bat an eye as the government spends billions on weapons systems we don't need.

Agreed. It's not as though we couldn't afford this plan easily if we wanted to; the argument that it would be too expensive doesn't really hold water.

Now as to whether or not it's actually a good idea, I would agree with Supersoulty that there should be an income cap, although that of course would decrease its popularity as it would then become a welfare program. It's a good idea, though it could use some refinement.
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« Reply #24 on: September 29, 2007, 09:54:37 PM »

I think it would be more helpful to use that money to pay for Universal Healthcare and making college cheaper/investing in pre-college education.
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