carlfense Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 This is the Golden Age of deficit reduction. Really. You wouldn’t know it if you listen to the professional deficit hawks, who have plowed hundreds of millions of dollars and countless op-eds into a fruitless effort to drive a grand bargain on taxes and spending. But it is. http://www.thedailyb...est+Articles%29 1 Link to comment
Conga3 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 LOL @ ...we’re living in a Golden Age of Deficit Reduction. What does that even mean?!?! 1 Link to comment
Count 'Bility Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 I'm more interested in debt reduction. But that's probably asking too much. 1 Link to comment
carlfense Posted April 12, 2013 Author Share Posted April 12, 2013 I'm more interested in debt reduction. But that's probably asking too much. One needs to come before the other. 1 Link to comment
carlfense Posted April 12, 2013 Author Share Posted April 12, 2013 LOL @ ...we’re living in a Golden Age of Deficit Reduction. What does that even mean?!?! That we are reducing our deficit faster (don't quote me on this . . . going from memory) than ever before. 1 Link to comment
Count 'Bility Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 I'm more interested in debt reduction. But that's probably asking too much. One needs to come before the other. That's that horse before the buggy concept. That's my favorite. 1 Link to comment
Conga3 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 LOL @ ...we’re living in a Golden Age of Deficit Reduction. What does that even mean?!?! That we are reducing our deficit faster (don't quote me on this . . . going from memory) than ever before. Ya, but the only way it was possible was by spending more first... It's like me saying a few years ago, Dick Chaney was only drowning 1 cute cuddly kitten per year. Then he started drowning 10 kittens per year. He has since reduced his kitten drownings down to 7 per year, so... we are in the 'Golden Era of Reduced Kitten Drownings'! 2 Link to comment
carlfense Posted April 12, 2013 Author Share Posted April 12, 2013 Ya, but the only way it was possible was by spending more first... And who started spending more while cutting taxes? Surpluses into deficits, etc...? 3 Link to comment
walksalone Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 This is a "nice thought" but does it actually affect the day to day life of your average american? Every time I hear about reducing the deficit or the debt, I imagine a couple guys watching a glacier move... 1 Link to comment
carlfense Posted April 12, 2013 Author Share Posted April 12, 2013 This is a "nice thought" but does it actually affect the day to day life of your average american? Is the deficit/debt affecting the day to day life of the average american now? 1 Link to comment
walksalone Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 This is a "nice thought" but does it actually affect the day to day life of your average american? Is the deficit/debt affecting the day to day life of the average american now? price of oil is probably what comes to mind first... 1 Link to comment
carlfense Posted April 12, 2013 Author Share Posted April 12, 2013 price of oil is probably what comes to mind first... I don't think that I've seen that connection. What's the theory? 1 Link to comment
sd'sker Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 it should all be about jobs. jobs fix the economy and help the daily lives of americans. i am glad carlfense posted this because it is interesting and good to know, but this issue is always a red herring used by republicans to cut spending and democrats are damned if they do and damned if they do not. 1 Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 I really hope both of these questions were asked with tongue firmly in cheek. Is the deficit/debt affecting the day to day life of the average american now? I don't think that I've seen that connection. What's the theory? 1 Link to comment
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