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So you read the statement that they take no posistion as they take the dem position? random thoughts Send a noteboard - 07/08/2011 04:51:58 AM
zero revenue increases and 100% spending cut would be a mix covered in their statement and I thin it is safe to assume they are smart enough to know that. I personally think there will and should be some revenue increases and the dems will have all the leverage to get them in December next year. If they let them expire then the tax increase would come before most of the spending cuts hit. One of the reasons the tea party scares the crap out of the political class is they seem to be willing to risk reelection to push their agenda. Doesn't look like the S&P believes the dems will do the same.

By the way agreeing that the dems are spineless kind of undermines your argument that it is all the republicans fault. The republicans at least are doing what they believe is in the best interest of the country. If the dems are signing on to things they don't think will help the country because they are spineless cravens (yes I have been reading Martin) then I would say they are more at fault and should be despised by both sides of the political spectrum.
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S&P specifically cited GOP refusal to raise taxes among their reasons. Joel - 06/08/2011 03:10:22 PM 1072 Views
Of course one could just read the actual S&P report Isaac - 06/08/2011 04:01:07 PM 1058 Views
Sure. Joel - 06/08/2011 04:53:47 PM 1099 Views
Right, ABC new's summary of the report is not the report Isaac - 06/08/2011 07:02:46 PM 1385 Views
Link works, but I'm not sure why you think it refutes snoops assessment or mine. Joel - 06/08/2011 08:35:10 PM 1188 Views
It doesn't refute it, it just isn't this simple distillation you're offering Isaac - 06/08/2011 09:23:33 PM 993 Views
It's more than half a sentence; I quoted several paragraphs. Joel - 06/08/2011 09:56:31 PM 869 Views
Well yes, after I gave you the report, I think I'm pretty obviously refering to before that Isaac - 06/08/2011 11:02:17 PM 890 Views
Before you and Joel continue on with dragging my name into this snoopcester - 06/08/2011 11:47:00 PM 993 Views
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not really random thoughts - 06/08/2011 10:15:32 PM 933 Views
"the mix of spending and revenue measures" Joel - 06/08/2011 10:23:06 PM 1026 Views
So you read the statement that they take no posistion as they take the dem position? random thoughts - 07/08/2011 04:51:58 AM 1024 Views
I read a "mix" to be a mix. Joel - 09/08/2011 12:14:35 AM 929 Views
So in other words you just ignore the actaull words and read it say what you want it to say *NM* random thoughts - 09/08/2011 02:07:57 PM 559 Views
A mix of something and nothing is impossible; one thing is one thing, not a mix. Joel - 09/08/2011 04:56:00 PM 1111 Views
Would 99.99% to 0.01% be a mix? random thoughts - 09/08/2011 06:25:08 PM 1196 Views
Yup, but 100% to 0% is not. Joel - 09/08/2011 06:35:13 PM 1018 Views
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US politicians are too busy fighting over who gets to play the fiddle. *NM* Nate - 06/08/2011 05:53:32 PM 504 Views
You are either really naive or just stupid. Which is it? *NM* everynametaken - 06/08/2011 06:31:58 PM 479 Views
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Ultimately, I'm forced to agree completely. Joel - 09/08/2011 05:09:19 PM 956 Views
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