Later, the film introduces us to the beginning of MMT in the 1980s and the realization that macroeconomics had been misunderstood.

Regulators, now were being required to take into consideration the needs of the businesses being regulated before the needs of the people being protected

What they came up with is an uncooked mess of leftover ideas seasoned by some of the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) key provisions.

But Socialism is very good at doing the necessary work to maintain the Commons, a critical component of any society.

We all know about income inequality, where larger business profits are not distributed back to the employees but are mainly distributed upwards on the corporate chain.

The meager improvements in the real unemployment figure will start to diminish and by the end of the two years turn negative

Taking on a mortgage, buying a car or starting  a small business requires you to do business with a bank.

To policy geeks,  it would essentially accomplish what the Fed is trying to do with near zero interest rates and their Quantitative Easing program

Minimum wage is higher than the federal minimum in many states. Some states require employers pay T 1/2 on Holidays and/or Sundays

After the Great Depression and World War 2 our economy pivoted to an egalitarian model until the early 70's.

Einstein! If you can have your stupid relativity puns, certainly I can have this one. Here, have some fresh kibble and shut up.

They were conservatives that believed that welfare was too generous, taxes too high, and government too big

I took advantage of knowing where President Obama hid his time machine and I borrowed it for 5 minutes. At least, that is how long it appears that I was gone.

Ryan said something about children who do not have lunch money don't have caring parents.

I had just arrived in Kansas City, Kansas.  Many people are unaware that there are two cities cities named Kansas City, positioned side by side, separated by a river and the Missouri / Kansas state line. The Missouri side has most of the amenities; baseball, football teams, museums, theaters, and...

I laugh when I see people trying to get people to buy gold.  It to me is a fool's dream.

Some people, and this was true in Indiana, graduated high school, and from there went directly into the steel mills.  Now, the steel mills are gone

Allow Corporations more freedom, and they will hire more workers, making for a better economy, but this does not happen

Fraud is not limited to those who run Ponzi schemes but includes bankers and investment companies

In this case it appears that ACA  is a success at signing up a large segment of formerly uninsured Americans by January 1st, 2014. And wasn't that the intention?