Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Clintons are now the 'Spinal Tap' of the political world

I like the headline at Investor's Business Daily.

The article cites collapsing prices for their tickets. The Clintons thought they were still a draw but they aren't.

Then the article describes the plot of Spinal Tap.

Back to the Clintons, the stadiums they've booked are half empty. (Odd locution, "the stadiums are full of empty seats.")

The Clintons drew only 3,300 to a stadium that seats 20,000. Later, tickets originally priced at $70.00 to $700.00 were reduced to as little as $6.00.

The tour is now on hiatus until April. They'll probably cancel the whole thing.

Then Investors Business Daily gets into economics lesson for beginners stating the open market is great for providing clear and unambiguous signal about the relative value of any item. The Clintons obviously thought that their thoughts and perceptions were worth more than they actually are. And failing to fill stadiums at $6.00 each means people would rather do something else.

No longer talking about Clintons, the writer mentions government meddling with market prices either through regulations, mandates, or outright price controls and all of them muddy price signals and distort the market. Duh. We know that! Who does this writer imagine he/she is talking to, people who don't have an education or read economic sites?

Then they talk about price controls on oil in the 1970s leading to gasoline shortages.

Then they talk about Democrats having interfering with health insurance companies replacing traditional risk-based prices with massive cross subsidies causing premiums to skyrocket.

Then colleges.

Then housing.

Then concluding that Democrats have lost sight of fundamental economic reality and maybe the Clintons are getting an education about how free markets work. Burn!

13 comments:

Joe Biden, America's Putin said...

It could be my end - but I cannot get the link to work.

Joe Biden, America's Putin said...

link:
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/clintons-speaking-tour-ticket-prices/

edutcher said...

If you want to hurt 'em, don't send 'em to jail, even in the same cell.

Hit 'em in the pocketbook.

PS Some idiot said the Os would be worth a billion. Given Zippy couldn't even fill a high school gym during the last campaign, this is their future, too.

Joe Biden, America's Putin said...

No - people are buying Michelle's book like crazy. Obama's shtick is tired, filled with lies, but the blind faithful still adore them.

Anyone who would buy a ticket to see the Clintons is either in the media, or they are complete losers who accept corruption and sexual abuse inside their own party.

edutcher said...

The book may be their last throw (and don't doubt somebody may be buying up copies just to keep them going).

Chip Ahoy said...

Thank you, Dicken, link changed.

Joe Biden, America's Putin said...

No - for whatever reason, the left find comfort in Michelle. She brings what Hillary doesn't.

ampersand said...

If HillBilly really want to clean up they should sit in Dunking Tanks during their presentation.

Joe Biden, America's Putin said...

you bet, Chip

Amartel said...

The Clintons had to have known from the start that the Obamas would eclipse them as the left's wubby. They're better looking (which matters to the left) and black (").
(Shallow, craven nitwits need the surface attributes to reflect their best image.)
And the Obamas had to have known from the start that they needed the Clintons in order to launch into the big-money lefties' pocketbooks. How they must hate each other! Mrs. Obama's rant about Trump and the birther issue had to have been a sideswipe and Mrs. Clinton who was the originator of that particular problem that would not go away. Mrs. Obama's schtick is just a variation on Oprah, with the fake down-homie accent and observations everyone already knows but it reassures the morons to hear it coming from an authority figure. It'll wear on everyone, like Obama's phony sonorous boring schtick that no one on the left wants to admit they're tired of hearing. These two will be replaced by someone shiny and new. Maybe an actual unicorn, so long as it's transitioning from being a platypus.

AllenS said...

BJ Clinton could still draw a big crowd, but first, he has to ditch Crooked Hillary, then announce his next appearance will be billed as "Six different ways to use the cigar". Money maker right there.

Amartel said...

He's old news and viewed as an embarrassment that everyone had to cover for for years.

chickelit said...

For a moment I thought you were going to tell us that both Vince Foster and Seth Rich were drummers.