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Debt limit perspective by TB August 1, 2011 3:34 pm

Economists warn this is not the time to cut spending by Eri August 1, 2011 3:39 am

Okay...I don't understand. How can cutting spending be bad? by Jody 2011-08-01 13:03:25
- Maybe "bad" isn't the most useful word here. Look at the FAA situation and how it's negatively affected so many ... by mcfly 2011-08-03 11:23:02
  - So you don't think cuts to government funding will cause any hardship at all, is that it? Politics aside, the FAA ... by mcfly 2011-08-03 18:45:43
    - The private sector goal is to invest money where it will earn more money back. To make a profit. ... by TB 2011-08-03 19:38:01
      - Jesus Christ, it's like pulling goddamn teeth. Do you in fact give a shit at all about your fellow Americans? ... by mcfly 2011-08-04 05:13:32
        
        I refuse to accept the premise that turning this country into a debt-ridden statist hellhole is "giving a shit about ... by TB 2011-08-04 06:40:02
        
        One more time. The coming cuts in government spending are going to have a huge impact on [likely] many thousands ... by mcfly 2011-08-04 10:39:56
        
        Again, until the next election we're talking cuts of $22 billion. For all of 2012. When the limit ... by TB 2011-08-04 11:02:21
  - The FAA issue is mostly politics. The Federal government is spending twice the money it was in 1988. Somehow the ... by TB 2011-08-03 11:43:50
- Here you go, Jody. Tom is a one-note man. Do your own reading. From the NYT And another ... by Eri 2011-08-01 15:12:15
  - Thanks Eri...the Krugman peice is great. You know, great in a depressing sort of way. by mcfly 2011-08-03 11:15:06
    - Again, spending is not being cut. It is going to grow a bit less. Spending "cuts" between now and the ... by TB 2011-08-03 11:26:53
      - Gee, sorry TB. Did my act of thanking Eri for a link bother you? I'll be more careful in the ... by mcfly 2011-08-04 05:18:55
  - *This* is what I mean when I consider cutting spending...It is a start.. by Jody 2011-08-01 16:05:33
    - Most of this spending has one thing in common: It delivers more political power (votes, favors) to various political ... by TB 2011-08-01 16:22:45
  - A bit more from Krugman. Suddenly the deadline for the annihilation of the Milky Way Galaxy on August 2 isn't quite ... by TB 2011-08-01 15:48:15
  - I recommend Jody do her own reading from the Congressional Budget Office and other sources that carry hard information, not ... by TB 2011-08-01 15:21:17
- Number one, spending is not being cut. The spending increases over the next ten years will be smaller than ... by TB 2011-08-01 13:57:02
  - You're trying to rewrite history and it's not going to fly. The Great Depression was the fault of the ... by Eri 2011-08-01 15:19:47
    - Do some real research, Eri. And somewhere besides the New York Times and Huffington Post. by TB 2011-08-01 15:27:34
      - Here you go. A good history and analysis of the Great Depression We may be repeating some mistakes made ... by Eri 2011-08-01 22:46:46
        
        The second article was pretty good. Notice the constant thread of arbitrary, inconsistent, and usually wrong-headed government policies that ... by TB 2011-08-02 06:24:21
You could at least wait for the bait to hit the water before you bite at it. This deal is going ... by TB 2011-08-01 10:00:37

Tell me it ain't so! by Jody July 31, 2011 8:45 pm

There is something Jim Jones-ish/Damien-ish about him. A full body scan is going to be required by FrankC 2011-07-31 23:32:53
and is in favor of a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. by Jody 2011-07-31 20:49:13
- The first is irrelevant, if he keeps it out of national government. A lot more damage has been done ... by TB 2011-07-31 21:54:10
  - "A lot more damage has been done to this country by people who believe in the mythology of socialism than ... by Jody 2011-07-31 22:07:45
    - ...but not well made. There are creationists out there still pushing for our children to be taught only creationism, ... by Eri 2011-08-01 00:12:12
      - Tell you what, you point to the creationists in government currently trying to force us all into their mold, and ... by TB 2011-08-01 09:25:53
      - I feel I am caught between a rock and a hard place. There are no Libertarians that will be running ... by Jody 2011-08-01 05:16:50
        
        Run for President. Then you'll have someone to vote for. Hell, I'll vote for you as long as ... by Eri 2011-08-01 06:05:37

This is the Senate's Minority Leader by Eri July 30, 2011 1:23 am

Filibusters. Yeah, only the Republicans are making political hay out of this. by TB 2011-07-30 10:15:23
Tea Party Caucus uniform of the day. by Robert 2011-07-30 09:56:11
- And speaking of the Tea Party: by Eri 2011-07-30 21:20:08
- There are many other great examples of the Left's "political civility," a term that was useful only so long as ... by TB 2011-07-30 10:22:05

Testing page broadcast by FrankC May 19, 2011 1:14 pm

GOP Candidates "all equally unacceptable." by mcfly July 29, 2011 5:19 am

I liberated this post from Limbo. by podrock 2011-07-29 17:19:03

The Debt Problem by TB July 29, 2011 12:50 pm

What the GOP's position on raising the debt ceiling should be... by mcfly July 29, 2011 10:56 am

"I swear to God this is my last heroin injection." Do you remember what happened in May? The date the ... by TB 2011-07-29 11:29:55
- Cripes, don't blow a gasket. Fine, you've convinced me, there's no hope. America's done. Last person out, turn off the lights. by mcfly 2011-07-29 13:41:36
  - Now you're beginning to see. by Lee 2011-07-29 17:00:22
    - Financially, Lee. Financially. by TB 2011-07-29 18:25:48
  - Check out the graphics in the post above. And it's not like this situation suddenly happened in the past ... by TB 2011-07-29 15:00:32
    - I stand corrected. Blow a gasket. But why bother, if the country is already lost? by mcfly 2011-07-29 20:15:10

Maverick of the Rings by mcfly July 28, 2011 10:13 am

Not surprisingly, the media loves McCain again. Nothing gets more positive press than any Republican willing to take a big, greasy ... by TB 2011-07-28 21:10:36
- And conservative efforts to destroy McCain have begun! by mcfly 2011-07-29 05:21:44
I remember the Lord of the Rings and the hobbits, and how that worked out in the end. The 2010 election, ... by TB 2011-07-28 11:07:50
- Why should Dems be any different from Republicans who never acknowledged that Barack Obama was voted in as President. ... by Eri 2011-07-28 12:43:47
- A lot of Republican leaders seem to think that if they just spend the next fifteen months doing whatever the ... by mcfly 2011-07-28 11:22:58
  - I'd like to see McCain's actual speech, too. I don't know in what context he was quoting that article. ... by TB 2011-07-28 14:53:13
  - We're out of time. Trillion dollar deficits are now our ground state. Cripes. And do you really think we should be ... by TB 2011-07-28 14:42:29
  - Some older people won't even be able to afford their usual cat food for dinner. by Eri 2011-07-28 12:44:55

Detroit triage by TB July 27, 2011 1:12 pm

Typical by VelociraptorBlade 2011-07-27 23:41:50

Those darn financial regulations by TB July 26, 2011 10:04 pm

College education bubble by TB July 25, 2011 9:24 pm

No this is what happens when they become profitable enterprises and marketed to the middle class. I went to college in ... by ER 2011-07-26 06:17:28
- Sorry, but "for profit" colleges (not to be confused with private ones) enroll about eight percent of the students in ... by TB 2011-07-26 07:42:52
  - Yeah, who are "they"? The academic socialist media intellectual conspiracy? They are the ones who are losing jobs and tenure. ... by ER 2011-07-26 08:54:24

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