Sunday, February 13, 2011

Sunday morning dawdling

After skimming the news in the weekend edition of USA Today, I have a few things rattling around in the back of my mind.

First: If a business or other corporate organization downsizes its labor force, then sees an increase in productivity and profits, where is the incentive to expand its workforce ? Someone needs to explain this to me, because I'm missing something.

Second: The reason the Republican Party is politically formidable is because Republicans always find a way to march in lockstep. Democrats, on the other hand, always splinter into factions that work against each other and reduce the party's ability to accomplish anything. I'm wondering if the Tea Party's influence among Republicans will have the same effect as the Blue Dogs had on Democrats from 2008-2010.

Added 2:22 pm on Monday 14 February:

More about the fun-and-games on the right. 


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