I don’t think Ms. Benson thought this metaphor all the way through.
If the US economy is a car, and we’re riding on empty, what should we do? Pretty sure filling up the tank is the correct answer. What does the economy run on? Capital (cash). To me, that sounds like she’s calling for another stimulus package.
We could also drive the car less, but I don’t think you can get anywhere if you don’t drive.
“What you don’t get K8 and Lisa does is that the next gas station is 500 miles away and this car gets 24 MPG at best and has a 16 gal tank. Yeah go ahead step on it.”
That’s what they get for going on a long trip with an inefficient car. They should go get a better one.
Econ101: Trickle down doesn’t work.
Taxes: Bush Tax cuts aren’t going to get repealed, although if we truly cared about deficit we’d have to remove them (we can’t spend all of this money on war, DoD, and National security, failing everything else, and not pay for it, these things are not free, stop pretending they are). If anything, the package is going to get modified so that the tax cuts on the top groups (who aren’t hurting) get repealed and go back to the way they were when we had something more akin to economic prosperity (Clinton). Economic prosperity for the top 5% of the country doesn’t work when the bottom 95%, the vast majority of the population, continues to evaporate. They’re the ones who buy goods in our consumer driven economy.
Without consumer purchases, stocks do not return on investments which means investors will not invest.
Yesterday, the administration said we should expect an underperforming economy and high unemployment for at least 2 more years. Apparently, It is finally beginning to sink in for them.
Remember the primary goal of this administration is re-election in 2012. Building the foundation, now.
“…the next gas station is 500 miles away and this car gets 24 MPG at best and has a 16 gal tank. Yeah go ahead step on it.”
Bruce, that may very well be the case. I was merely pointing out that the metaphor seemed flawed.
I wasn’t advocating for stepping on it. I’ve done my share of driving my car on empty, but only when I’m in town and close to a station [yes, it’s bad for the car]. But I make sure to fill up and see to it that everything’s in good working order when I go out for long trips.
It seems to me there are a couple of options…
We say “screw it” and leave that form of transportation [capitalism] to rust on the road where we left it
or [since there isn’t already a gas station near by–and I do fault the Bush administration for blowing the surplus, and choosing to invest in “gas stations” in places we didn’t need them, e.g. Iraq.]
We build a gas station where we are [yes, on borrowed money] so that we can drive somewhere where we’ll be able to make the money to pay off the gas station[s] we need to build along the way to get there.
That’s how I see this whole metaphor playing out. And I don’t think that’s what Ms. Benson meant. Hence my original comment.
The wars mean more pallot loads of shrink wrapped cash…all handled by private security…in unaccountable areas…disappearing for good deeds they say …but we’ll never know. Meanwhile in Iraq they seem to have lost track of 8 Billion in payoffs to the crimianl culture that really isnt that much different from what we call ‘businessmen.’ That’s a lot of money we could save.
A $0.50 cent a gallon addition to the tax makes good sense, better than the $2 the oil companies socked us with for their yachts.
The ‘toon actually depicts the red road the Republicans led us down since Reagan, and the tank is indeed empty for the nation, but very, very, full for their “friends”.
Dtroutma over 13 years ago
Heckofalot better than under Bush!
wolfhoundblues1 over 13 years ago
Slam on the gas. What is the worst that can happen?
k8giggles over 13 years ago
I don’t think Ms. Benson thought this metaphor all the way through.
If the US economy is a car, and we’re riding on empty, what should we do? Pretty sure filling up the tank is the correct answer. What does the economy run on? Capital (cash). To me, that sounds like she’s calling for another stimulus package.
We could also drive the car less, but I don’t think you can get anywhere if you don’t drive.
Jaedabee Premium Member over 13 years ago
“What you don’t get K8 and Lisa does is that the next gas station is 500 miles away and this car gets 24 MPG at best and has a 16 gal tank. Yeah go ahead step on it.”
That’s what they get for going on a long trip with an inefficient car. They should go get a better one.Econ101: Trickle down doesn’t work.
Taxes: Bush Tax cuts aren’t going to get repealed, although if we truly cared about deficit we’d have to remove them (we can’t spend all of this money on war, DoD, and National security, failing everything else, and not pay for it, these things are not free, stop pretending they are). If anything, the package is going to get modified so that the tax cuts on the top groups (who aren’t hurting) get repealed and go back to the way they were when we had something more akin to economic prosperity (Clinton). Economic prosperity for the top 5% of the country doesn’t work when the bottom 95%, the vast majority of the population, continues to evaporate. They’re the ones who buy goods in our consumer driven economy.
Without consumer purchases, stocks do not return on investments which means investors will not invest.
— But anyway, cute comic.
Libertarian1 over 13 years ago
Yesterday, the administration said we should expect an underperforming economy and high unemployment for at least 2 more years. Apparently, It is finally beginning to sink in for them.
Remember the primary goal of this administration is re-election in 2012. Building the foundation, now.
mrgromit over 13 years ago
Bruce, you’re wrong. He’s closed all the gas stations as well.
benbrilling over 13 years ago
Considering the indicator was below E when Bush left office, I’d say we’re making progress.
k8giggles over 13 years ago
“…the next gas station is 500 miles away and this car gets 24 MPG at best and has a 16 gal tank. Yeah go ahead step on it.”
Bruce, that may very well be the case. I was merely pointing out that the metaphor seemed flawed.
I wasn’t advocating for stepping on it. I’ve done my share of driving my car on empty, but only when I’m in town and close to a station [yes, it’s bad for the car]. But I make sure to fill up and see to it that everything’s in good working order when I go out for long trips.
It seems to me there are a couple of options…
We say “screw it” and leave that form of transportation [capitalism] to rust on the road where we left itor [since there isn’t already a gas station near by–and I do fault the Bush administration for blowing the surplus, and choosing to invest in “gas stations” in places we didn’t need them, e.g. Iraq.]
We build a gas station where we are [yes, on borrowed money] so that we can drive somewhere where we’ll be able to make the money to pay off the gas station[s] we need to build along the way to get there.That’s how I see this whole metaphor playing out. And I don’t think that’s what Ms. Benson meant. Hence my original comment.
vatonaught over 13 years ago
The wars mean more pallot loads of shrink wrapped cash…all handled by private security…in unaccountable areas…disappearing for good deeds they say …but we’ll never know. Meanwhile in Iraq they seem to have lost track of 8 Billion in payoffs to the crimianl culture that really isnt that much different from what we call ‘businessmen.’ That’s a lot of money we could save.
biemmezeta over 13 years ago
a classic!!
WarBush over 13 years ago
“No he did not close all the gas stations but Obama does want gas to be around 5$ a gal.”
Big oil doesn’t need Obama’s help to mess us up.
Dtroutma over 13 years ago
A $0.50 cent a gallon addition to the tax makes good sense, better than the $2 the oil companies socked us with for their yachts.
The ‘toon actually depicts the red road the Republicans led us down since Reagan, and the tank is indeed empty for the nation, but very, very, full for their “friends”.