Comments for Another Front Page Editorial on Deficits at the Washington Post at http://www.cepr.net , comment 1 to 4 out of 4 comments http://www.cepr.net Thu, 23 May 2013 23:12:03 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/another-front-page-editorial-on-deficits-at-the-washington-post#comment-1737 Why give the post the satisfaction of a link to one of it's apocryphal pieces? - CDW Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:34:16 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/another-front-page-editorial-on-deficits-at-the-washington-post#comment-1732 The important thing is that tax cuts come first for Republicans. If they get back into power, as they most surely will someday, the first thing they will do is cut taxes, and the deficit be damned. - Steve Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:39:25 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/another-front-page-editorial-on-deficits-at-the-washington-post#comment-1714 The actual quote from Conrad on Friday at Ezra's Post perch (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/07/sen_kent_conrad_the_immediate.html) is [quote]"[b]'The immediate threat is not the debt. It’s weak aggregate demand.'"[/b][/quote] And a response to the Republican tea-party theme was given as well. [quote] EK[i]Your Republican colleagues say that their concern is the deficit, not relief and stimulus itself. Do you believe them? That is to ask, if you come up with deficit-neutral programs, do you think there’ll be interest across the aisle? [/i] KC: I think some are sincere and some are not. Unfortunately, I think some, and I hate to say this, but some want Obama to fail, period. And unfortunately, Obama’s failure would be the country’s failure. In a way, some of them are rooting against the country. They want political power. [/quote] - mike Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:04:52 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/another-front-page-editorial-on-deficits-at-the-washington-post#comment-1713 But it is news. I thought I saw a Puddy Tat said Tweety Bird. I [i]did[/i], I [i]did[/i] see a Puddy Tat. The White House saw it too. This is why Republicans get that squinty far off look on their face like Boy Monarch Bush when discussing economics, like they're staring into the sun looking for signs of danger. It's the mark of an intelligent Teabagger who understands there's no difference between households and government when it comes to debt. Only a stupid liberal would ever believe that a household could borrow from itself in order to spend more and bring itself out of debt. Puddy Tats must be reported because if they eat too many Tweety Birds it will result in hyperinflation and default. - izzatzo Sat, 24 Jul 2010 07:06:54 +0100