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amborin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-11 05:21 PM
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11. most people don't have the time to read about or investigate the implications
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  -Thank God it passed! Gallup poll shows thumbs down on debt deal two-to-one. Bluebear  Aug-03-11 05:06 PM   #0 
  - I think few doubt this deal will have negative short term effects on the economy..  DCBob   Aug-03-11 05:10 PM   #1 
  - The issue was getting 3 trillion in cuts signed by the president. the debt ceiling was never  robinlynne   Aug-03-11 05:14 PM   #5 
  - Actually the President wanted 4T in cuts..  DCBob   Aug-03-11 05:18 PM   #8 
     - Debt ceiling could have/should have been a stand alone issue.  Divernan   Aug-03-11 05:26 PM   #16 
     - I agree but the hostage takers were willing to kill the hostage.  DCBob   Aug-03-11 05:27 PM   #17 
     - The debt ceiling was going to be raised no matter what. Wall St would not have let it happen otherwi  robinlynne   Aug-03-11 05:57 PM   #27 
        - so sure.. willing to sacrifice the "hostage"?  DCBob   Aug-03-11 05:59 PM   #28 
           - yes. Therre will be more and more hostage taking now. The hostage was our economy and  robinlynne   Aug-03-11 06:49 PM   #39 
              - and the principal debtor was NOT CHina (which holds 8% of our debt). It is the Fed.  robinlynne   Aug-03-11 06:49 PM   #40 
  - That's a circular argument.  girl gone mad   Aug-03-11 05:15 PM   #6 
     - The effects of not raising the debt ceiling and losing out AAA rating would have been much worse..  DCBob   Aug-03-11 05:22 PM   #12 
        - Unlikely.  girl gone mad   Aug-03-11 05:24 PM   #14 
           - perhpaps but not worth the risk if we could avoid it.  DCBob   Aug-03-11 05:26 PM   #15 
              - Again, that goes to the circular logic of your argument.  girl gone mad   Aug-03-11 05:37 PM   #22 
                 - The logic is the cuts will help long term.  DCBob   Aug-03-11 05:38 PM   #23 
                    - Any decent economist knows that won't work out.  girl gone mad   Aug-03-11 05:51 PM   #24 
                    - I sure wish we had some "decent economists" handy.  DCBob   Aug-03-11 05:54 PM   #25 
                       - DU has plenty  Hydra   Aug-03-11 11:47 PM   #50 
                    - It never works. The "logic" requires a complete lack of knowledge of history and  TheKentuckian   Aug-03-11 07:09 PM   #47 
  - B-b-but...  AlabamaLibrul   Aug-03-11 05:11 PM   #2 
  - public opinion no longer counts; a majority wanted a robust PO, too...  amborin   Aug-03-11 05:13 PM   #3 
  - Obama is mostly concerned about what republicans want these days nt  msongs   Aug-03-11 05:20 PM   #10 
  - So fairly popular with Democrats, then  muriel_volestrangler   Aug-03-11 05:14 PM   #4 
  - most people don't have the time to read about or investigate the implications  amborin   Aug-03-11 05:21 PM   #11 
  - But if it pissed off a bunch of people, it MUST be good.  kenny blankenship   Aug-03-11 05:17 PM   #7 
  - R for DU meta thread title.  Gold Metal Flake   Aug-03-11 05:19 PM   #9 
  - excuse me while I lmfao... nt  GSLevel9   Aug-03-11 05:24 PM   #13 
  - You're excused. Take all the time in the world.  Divernan   Aug-03-11 05:27 PM   #18 
     - !  Bluebear   Aug-03-11 07:03 PM   #45 
  - "You can fool some of people some of the time..." And, call it a victory.  Tierra_y_Libertad   Aug-03-11 05:29 PM   #19 
  - You can fool many of the people ALL of the time  FiveGoodMen   Aug-03-11 05:33 PM   #20 
  - 58 percent of Democrats  ProSense   Aug-03-11 05:37 PM   #21 
  - You plan on winning elections with just 58% approval from Democrats? Hoo boy.  Bluebear   Aug-03-11 06:14 PM   #29 
     - +1  nashville_brook   Aug-03-11 06:23 PM   #30 
     - +2  B Calm   Aug-03-11 06:27 PM   #31 
     - +3  Upton   Aug-03-11 06:30 PM   #32 
     - for a plan that Boehner says was 98% of what he wanted  Motown_Johnny   Aug-03-11 06:38 PM   #34 
     - Chill the fuck out, he's got this motherfucker!  Bluebear   Aug-03-11 06:39 PM   #35 
        - .  ProSense   Aug-03-11 06:43 PM   #37 
     - Haha  ProSense   Aug-03-11 06:41 PM   #36 
        - Thank you  shellgame26   Aug-03-11 06:47 PM   #38 
        - Restoring sanity?  Bluebear   Aug-03-11 06:52 PM   #42 
           - Please  ProSense   Aug-03-11 06:53 PM   #43 
              - Deleted message  Name removed   Aug-03-11 06:54 PM   #44 
        - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Aug-03-11 06:50 PM   #41 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Aug-03-11 05:56 PM   #26 
  - It's a horrible deal but most are criticizing it because it didn't cut as much as they wished  entanglement   Aug-03-11 06:34 PM   #33 
  - lol...  fascisthunter   Aug-03-11 07:07 PM   #46 
  - not "eerily detached from reality"  bvar22   Aug-03-11 07:16 PM   #48 
  - It is not "Thank God it Passed.  bvar22   Aug-03-11 07:21 PM   #49 
  - Wow Just Like TARP - Pissing Away the USA  we can do it   Aug-04-11 03:42 PM   #51 
 

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