The Place To Talk About The Economy

[patrie]

Also, had a more general discussion of the Economy here:

The Economy, Stupid

The biggest problem western economies are now facing (not just the US…) is that the producers of essential things needed to make a living -a residence and transport- have become overpriced, and the political system is fighting any serious attempts to bring less expensive means to market because the near-monopolies who sell those means are getting regulators to obstruct the introduction of any cheaper competing products that would lead the way for new price points. I would point to two big ones. …

(frankly, I think the title of that topic is funnier and cooler, no?)

I could have mentioned the Corporate Tax Rate election issue under that forum topic, but it’s so important I did not want people missing it. It could decide this election, with corporate media scaremongering in play…