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nc4bo

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4. Of course it is and we were warned about this even before the election season even got warmed up.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Nov 12, 2012, 11:13 AM

Nov 2012

It has always been about the bipartisan grand bargain, the Cat Food Commission, slimy deals.

How the threats of collapse would become a deafening racket and how the results of the Cat Food Commission would seem like the only logical answers to complete austerity.

I remember and I know most DUers do too.

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KRUGMAN Warns Us Again: It Was Never About Deficit-It's About Using Deficit FEAR To Shred Safety Net [View all] kpete Nov 2012 OP

DURec leftstreet Nov 2012 #1

Krugman is like a lone voice of sanity in the howling mob phantom power Nov 2012 #2

Just like "trickle down" was never about creating jobs. KansDem Nov 2012 #3

Of course it is and we were warned about this even before the election season even got warmed up. nc4bo Nov 2012 #4

Deficits didn't matter under Bush only after Obama got elected wishlist Nov 2012 #5

k & r kentuck Nov 2012 #6

That's a fact. just1voice Nov 2012 #7

HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Nov 2012 #8

Tax revenues are at record low levels... see graph below! reformist2 Nov 2012 #9

K&R forestpath Nov 2012 #10