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In reply to the discussion: So we're slashing more government jobs in a Depression [View all]AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)16. Obviously.
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I hope you're still saying that when your boss has you doing the work of 2 people
Zalatix
Jan 2012
#59
Our mission is not to turn a profit, one less well paying job is a far greater drain.
TheKentuckian
Jan 2012
#99
So where does the government plan to increase spending to make up for these cuts?
girl gone mad
Jan 2012
#76
You show me a couple trillion spent on DESPERATELY needed infrastructure improvements,
Systematic Chaos
Jan 2012
#6
Anyone was says Obama is Bush III has reasoning processes which are questionable, at best.
baldguy
Jan 2012
#18
Then who are you voting for? Or are you gonna sit it out and let the rabid GOP really stomp us?
Zalatix
Jan 2012
#83
"The money can be used better elsewhere to create jobs that are not "waste and duplication"."
girl gone mad
Jan 2012
#78
Actually, the term depression does not have a specific, universally agreed upon meaning.
girl gone mad
Jan 2012
#79
That's TOTALLY not RW. If there's one complaint I hear from "progressives" and "liberal Dems" it's
Edweird
Jan 2012
#35
One of the "progressives" and "liberal dems" that spout Reaganisms? Nope, I'm not.
Edweird
Jan 2012
#39
You refer to "'progressives' and 'liberal dems' that spout Reaganisms." Where are they?
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2012
#44
What you say about the DLC is true, but "DLC" does not stand for Democratic LIBERALS ...
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2012
#50
In addition to FDR, even Nixon was smart enought to realize that putting money in the hands
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2012
#51
At least we are not to emulate the other Hoover, then we'd be required to cross dress to support O
Dragonfli
Jan 2012
#54
You're the only one who caught the faux pas in the OP. There is no "depression."
Honeycombe8
Jan 2012
#70
+1! Bashers have NO credibility any longer, it's hard to have open critisim of Obama because of them
uponit7771
Jan 2012
#75
As far as I can see, this wouldn't lower aggregate demand at all. The debt ceiling deal for all
BzaDem
Jan 2012
#68
"Just because money is saved in one area doesn't mean it isn't spent in another."
girl gone mad
Jan 2012
#90