Ryan's Budget and the debt limit

[merrylander]

I guess this points the finger.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/busine...rNF_story.html

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by merrylander

I guess this points the finger.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/busine...rNF_story.html

Very good article. The trouble is that facts such as these have little or nothing to do with the arguments being made by the Fools on the Hill. Rigid ideology is the enemy of reason.

[d-ray657]

Ever anticipated some extra money coming in - something like a bonus or a large tax refund - and thought of ten ways to spend it before it even arrived. Not that I've ever done that, mind you. It sounds like the powers that be had a similar weakness.

Regards,

D-Ray

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Very good article. The trouble is that facts such as these have little or nothing to do with the arguments being made by the Fools on the Hill. Rigid ideology is the enemy of reason.

To coin a new word we could call it 'idiotology'.

[finnbow]

Here's an interesting take on Boehner's economics speech a couple of nights ago calling it"Super-Duper Hypocrisy So Brazen They Must Really Think We’re Idiots." Indeed.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinio...y.html?hpid=z3

[whell]

Well, don't look now, but the die have been cast.

http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-mar...ling-on-monday

Let's see who blinks first, or if we compromise ourselves again.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by whell

Well, don't look now, but the die have been cast.

http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-mar...ling-on-monday

Let's see who blinks first, or if we compromise ourselves again.

That is the problem. The GOP sees this as a game of chicken or a blinking contest, notwithstanding the fact that their economic policies were, in large measure, responsible for getting us to this point. I think the nation is wising up to the hypocrisy/incompetence of the GOP in economic matters.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by finnbow

That is the problem. The GOP sees this as a game of chicken or a blinking contest, notwithstanding the fact that their economic policies were, in large measure, responsible for getting us to this point. I think the nation is wising up to the hypocrisy/incompetence of the GOP in economic matters.

Really? I've just been debating with some friends who still think the GOP is totally blameless and our only hope for survival.............

And, the Tea Party is once again amassing in DC, as I type, to protest in favor of the Ryan budget plan. Another friend of mine was stuck in traffic for two hours on his way to work this morning because of it. Bus loads of people from as far away as Iowa.

Dave

[CarlV]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

Really? I've just been debating with some friends who still think the GOP is totally blameless and our only hope for survival.............


Dave

But it's true, Sean told them so.


Carl

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

Really? I've just been debating with some friends who still think the GOP is totally blameless and our only hope for survival.............

And, the Tea Party is once again amassing in DC, as I type, to protest in favor of the Ryan budget plan. Another friend of mine was stuck in traffic for two hours on his way to work this morning because of it. Bus loads of people from as far away as Iowa.

Dave

I don't doubt that for a minute, but rational Americans (i.e., those outside the Tea Party and Fox/Talk Radio universe) see through this charade (I hope). The trouble is that H.L. Mencken's axiom comes into play: "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public."

The same goes for pandering for votes by the very same politicians who got us into the mess to begin with.