tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post6631824176021029475..comments2024-03-27T14:20:05.905-04:00Comments on Montclair SocioBlog: That Uncertain FeelingJay Livingstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06652075579940313964noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-23925093877583491082011-12-07T11:11:49.577-05:002011-12-07T11:11:49.577-05:00Great post, thanks for sharing.Great post, thanks for sharing.Survey Templateshttp://www.surveytool.com/free-survey-templates/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-67228017536782663422011-09-10T12:03:16.950-04:002011-09-10T12:03:16.950-04:00You cannot remove uncertainty. We need to change ...You cannot remove uncertainty. We need to change unfair laws. Taxes are too high. Greed is the real problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-45698239268813504592011-09-10T07:21:43.780-04:002011-09-10T07:21:43.780-04:00Reminiscent of what Krugman referred to as the &qu...Reminiscent of what Krugman referred to as the "confidence fairy"...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-46054935988759886742011-09-08T23:45:04.910-04:002011-09-08T23:45:04.910-04:00Gene, you're right when you phrase it that way...Gene, you're right when you phrase it that way. But that removes the most puzzling part of the argument -- uncertainty. For the small business people in that survey, the trouble with taxes, I assume, isn't that they're too uncertain but that they're too high. The same is probably true for "regulations." Matt Yglesias (<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/yglesias/2011/09/08/314950/where-is-the-evidence-that-regulatory-uncertainty-has-increased-what-would-decrease-it/" rel="nofollow">here</a>) adds some clarity to what I was trying to say.Jay Livingstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06652075579940313964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-61334240444951806262011-09-08T20:11:18.050-04:002011-09-08T20:11:18.050-04:00A nice and informative post. One question though--...A nice and informative post. One question though---would it not be credible to add "taxes" and "govt regs/red tape" together since they come from the same entity(ies)? This would represent the sum total of businesses concerns about government overall that exceeds their concerns about sales.Thank you..Respectfully submitted.GeneHaywardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08848814178464097668noreply@blogger.com