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« Reply #50 on: July 23, 2011, 03:28:03 PM »

I'm glad there's no deal. Obama's proposal is terrible. The revenue increases are less than letting the Bush tax cuts expire. How come no one cared about the debt when Obama capitulated on the Bush tax cuts just 7 months ago? That compromise was a budget buster, neither Congressional Republicans nor Obama can claim any notion of giving a rat's ass about the national debt.
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« Reply #51 on: July 23, 2011, 03:32:28 PM »

No, that is not how the system works. It only works that way if you think Dems want to raise the debt ceiling and Republicans don't. That is how many Republicans feel right now. But what we are going to see is either a panic in the Republican caucus or, a few days later, a panic on wall street that forces them to bend, because your Pubbies have drawn a line in the sand against any deal. If you want more evidence to test your theory, here is a lagniappe: consider the influence of the 30th most liberal Dem in the house in 2007.

Again, this is highly irresponsible rhetoric. Wall Street is populated with people on the sunnyside of the Bell Curve. They are fully aware that no default is imminent. Falsely raising the specter of "default" only jeopardizes the credit rating of this county.

The reality is that if a debt ceiling increase was packaged with clean spending cuts agreeable to the House, Senate, and President, our credit outlook would be improved over merely just raising the debt ceiling.

As I said before, Obama is merely deliberately playing brinksmanship in order to raise taxes with the political benefit of having the Republicans in Congress play the role of GWHB breaking a solemn vow to the American people.

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« Reply #52 on: July 23, 2011, 07:07:59 PM »

Yes, I read it.  I don't agree with its spin.  

Then px will discard whatever you said after this sentence.  You must agree with every article he posts, period.

Uhhh...
Isn't that the whole point of posting articles? I mean, how many articles with which you disagree have you posted Grumps?
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« Reply #53 on: July 24, 2011, 07:16:35 PM »

Yes, I read it.  I don't agree with its spin.  

Then px will discard whatever you said after this sentence.  You must agree with every article he posts, period.

Uhhh...
Isn't that the whole point of posting articles? I mean, how many articles with which you disagree have you posted Grumps?


I don't post stupid ones daily, asshole
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« Reply #54 on: July 25, 2011, 12:42:36 AM »

Yes, I read it.  I don't agree with its spin.  

Then px will discard whatever you said after this sentence.  You must agree with every article he posts, period.

Uhhh...
Isn't that the whole point of posting articles? I mean, how many articles with which you disagree have you posted Grumps?


I don't post stupid ones daily, asshole

I don't think Cohn's article was stupid. Even if you disagree with his analysis, it was very informative.
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