Weekend Economists Ring in the Old, Wring Out the New: Dec. 30, 2011 to Jan. 2, 2012

[Demeter]

98. The 10 Craziest Economic Policy Ideas Of 2011

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/12/24/392824/the-10-craziest-economic-policy-ideas-of-2011/

HOW COULD ONE CHOOSE ONLY TEN?

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Florida State Rep. Proposes Ending Ban On Dwarf Tossing To Create Jobs

New Jersey Gives MTV’s ‘Jersey Shore’ A Film Credit Worth $420,000

Kentucky Provides Tax Credit To Build Theme Park Modeled After Noah’s Ark

Virgina Bill Provides Tax Credit For Blasting Cremated Remains Into Space

Newt Gingrich Proposes Jobs Plan For Poor Kids To Be Janitors

Alaska Rep. Proposes A Tax Deduction For Donations Of Wild Game Meat

The GOP Presidential Candidates’ Tax Plans — From 9-9-9 To The Tax Break For No One

House Republicans Call For Blocking Job Killing Python Regulations

Goldbugs Return Across The Country

Goldbuggery — the belief that the U.S. should go back to using the gold standard — made a strong return to the country in the last year, from Georgia lawmakers proposing a bill that would force taxpayers to make state transactions in only gold and silver to Utah legalizing the use of gold and silver coins for just about anything. And Republicans piled on, deriding the U.S. dollar as “fiat currency” and attending goldbug conferences. Nevermind that most mainstream economists agree that linking the U.S. currency to a rock that comes out of the ground never actually worked and would have disastrous consequences if embraced again. PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY IN THE PLANNING, FOLKS, BY MORE NATIONS THAN JUST OURS...OURS REFUSES TO "PLAN" FOR ANYTHING EXCEPT A POLICE STATE.

South Carolina Offers Tax-Free Weekend To Buy Guns


THEY ARE STRAINING FOR MINNOWS, BUT IGNORING THE WHALES THAT HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN CAVORTING IN THE POTOMAC...