Paul Krugman's Solution to Debt Crisis: ALIEN INVASION! (no not Illegals, SPACE!)

injest · Aug 17, 2011

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-s...-aliens-attack-earth-requiring-massive-defens

Paul Krugman feels like our problems will be solved if only the aliens come (and quickly!!)

I am not so sure I WANT the debt problem fixed if this is the only solution....

PAUL KRUGMAN, NEW YORK TIMES: Think about World War II, right? That was actually negative social product spending, and yet it brought us out.

I mean, probably because you want to put these things together, if we say, "Look, we could use some inflation." Ken and I are both saying that, which is, of course, anathema to a lot of people in Washington but is, in fact, what fhe basic logic says.

It's very hard to get inflation in a depressed economy. But if you had a program of government spending plus an expansionary policy by the Fed, you could get that. So, if you think about using all of these things together, you could accomplish, you know, a great deal.

If we discovered that, you know, space aliens were planning to attack and we needed a massive buildup to counter the space alien threat and really inflation and budget deficits took secondary place to that, this slump would be over in 18 months. And then if we discovered, oops, we made a mistake, there aren't any aliens, we'd be better

ROGOFF: And we need Orson Welles, is what you're saying.

KRUGMAN: No, there was a "Twilight Zone" episode like this in which scientists fake an alien threat in order to achieve world peace. Well, this time, we don't need it, we need it in order to get some fiscal stimulus.
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so should we all be on the watch for a fake alien scare?

what if we all get ready for the FAKE alien scare but then a REAL alien attack came....would the fake one distract Will Smith too long and prevent him from carrying the special torpedo with a 'virus' up to the mother ship?

BuckNaked · Aug 17, 2011

Have you read the boy who cried wolf?

injest · Aug 17, 2011

BuckNaked said: ↑

Have you read the boy who cried wolf?
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yep, I have...

waltky · Oct 20, 2011

'Legalizing' illegals to work in the U.S.

DHS Authorizing Illegal Aliens To Work In US
October 19, 2011 -- Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that under the administration’s policy of exercising “prosecutorial discretion” in the enforcement of the immigration laws, her department is currently authorizing some illegal aliens to work in the United States.

Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, asked Napolitano: “According to the information from your department, some individuals who are given relief will obtain work authorizations. So people with no right to be in the country will be allowed to work here. Is that correct?” Napolitano said: “Well, senator, since around 1986 there has been a process where those who are technically unlawfully in the country may apply for work authorization. This goes to CIS [Citizenship and Immigration Services]. It's not an ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] or CBP [Customs and Border Protection] function. And those cases are reviewed by CIS in a case-by-case basis. So there’s no change in that process. Like I said, that goes back to the mid-80s that is contemplated now.”

Sen. Grassley then asked, “But yes, some of them could have an opportunity to work here even though they are here illegally?” “Well, that happens now, senator,” said Napolitano. The three agencies she mentioned are all components of DHS. Although Napolitano did not specify what 1986 policy she was referring to in her response to Sen. Grassley, President Ronald Reagan signed the Simpson-Mazzoli Act into law in November of that year. The act applied to illegal aliens who requested a change of status within 18 months of the law's passage and who had come into the United States prior to Jan. 1, 1982, and had resided in America since that time. According to the latest figures from the Department of Labor, the national unemployment rate is 9.1 percent and the number of unemployed persons has reached at least 14 million.

In a June 17 memo, ICE Director John Morton ordered federal immigration officials to use "prosecutorial discretion" in deciding which illegal aliens to remove from the country. The purpose of the “prosecutorial discretion” policy is to remove the worst offenders while releasing others, particularly victims of domestic violence and other crimes; witnesses to crimes; or people who are charged with minor traffic violations. “Exercising favorable discretion, such as release from detention and deferral or a stay of removal generally will be appropriate,” Morton said, unless the unauthorized alien poses national security concerns, has a “serious criminal history,” poses a threat to public safety, is a human rights violator or is involved in “significant” immigration fraud.

During Wednesday’s hearing, Napolitano mentioned that as a result of the “prosecutorial discretion” policy, the Obama administration will review “roughly 300,000” cases that are on the “master docket of what’s pending in immigration courts.” “The goal” of that process is “to administratively close some of the low priority cases so that we can facilitate handling the higher priority cases,” said Napolitano. That indicates that some illegal immigrants will be allowed to stay in the country because their cases will be closed. Although she did not rule out the possibility, Napolitano said that “absent unusual circumstances,” individuals with a final order of removal will not be eligible for relief once their case is reviewed.

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Few Americans take immigrants' jobs in Alabama
Oct 20,`11 - Alabama's tough immigration law was supposed to create farm jobs for unemployed Americans, but few of them have shown any interest since the measure went into effect.

Many of the Americans who have ventured out into the fields to pick crops have quit after a single day, telling farmers the work is too hard and not worth the pay.

Politicians who support the law in Alabama insist more time must pass before it can be considered a failure. Yet early numbers from the governor's office show only nominal interest so far.

Alabama passed its immigration law in June. It was immediately challenged as it has been in other states. Unlike other states' measures, Alabama's law has been left largely in place while challenges play out in court.

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waltky · Sep 27, 2016

Is prob'ly a shoot from a sci-fi movie set...

Is this for real? Video of military capturing an alien goes viral
Tuesday 27th September, 2016 - A video sent netizens reeling in a shock after a prominent UFO hunter posted it on YouTube.

The video, going viral immediately, crossed millions of views and was reposted a dozen more times, with the images captured from the video flooding every UFO and alien blog and online forum - amusing anyone with any remote interest in the subject.

Without disclosing where or when the images were captured, the video shows military forces finding an alien deep within a forest. The alien, seen to be grey in colour is in sharp focus in the images.

Several viewers have debated on end about the authenticity of the video or the fact that the military officers seem absolutely unaffected by the fact that the humanoid they were carrying on stretchers was actually an extraterrestrial - a person from outer space.

However, photo and video experts claim that the images have not been tampered with. Even for a layman, the photos, visibly clear, do not show any signs of disruption or that anything additional was added to a normal photograph.

What happened to the alien body or whether it indeed was an alien body however will remain a mystery, unless someone finds the officers in the picture. A task cut out for UFO investigators.

http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/...deo-of-military-capturing-an-alien-goes-viral
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