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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-03-09 01:57 PM Original message |
U.S. could be facing debt 'time bomb' this year |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-03-09 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. Unrestrained appetites are the problem |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-03-09 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. "Smirk snort smirk." - Commander AWOL & Republicon Cronies |
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proud progressive (358 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-03-09 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. hope this does not mean that we will be forced to begin living within our means. |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-03-09 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
4. Dont fall for the right wing propaganda |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-03-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. let's roundem all up |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-03-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I'll be curious to see if you'll be calling this right-wing propaganda six months from now. |
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pa28 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-03-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Is this really RW propaganda? |
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cyclezealot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-03-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Yes. but more than a year , some effort must be made to balance the books. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-03-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. So the answer to all the problems caused by debt and deficits is to incur more debt and deficits |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-03-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. The solution is jobs. Millions of 'em. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #11 |
25. The debt actually isn't really the problem. |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-03-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Like others, I am finding this particular characterization to be weak ... |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-03-09 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
9. Is there any chance....any chance at all... |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-03-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. "When those loans come due, the Treasury will have to print more notes. That leads to |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 08:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Treasury Bills are supposedly considered safe |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 09:33 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Everything is so uncertain... |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Scary times |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. I hear ya... |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I hear ya too! |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 06:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. We don't have a Kroger here... |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 08:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Krogers does double coupons, up to 50 cents. But |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-03-09 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
13. Krugman and all the top economists consulted by Obama agree that massive |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-03-09 07:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. what actually got us out of the Depression was WWII |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #17 |
26. More correctly, it was the government SPENDING associated with WW2. |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-03-09 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
14. We have to raise debt in order to repatriate the dollar spent on foreign oil and other goods |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-03-09 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
15. I have the solution. Pull out all of our military bases and stop all wars. Problem solved. Thankyou. |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-03-09 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
16. Don't use the word "bomb" or you cannot board this flight nt |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-03-09 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
19. This is the same type ponzi scheme that Madoff concocted. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
23. $250B+ in interest payments every year. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
24. Trying to ballance the budget in a depression is a recipe for disaster. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
27. Raise taxes on the wealthy. Raise them by a lot. Problem solved. (nt) |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
31. I don't support deficit spending unless it comes with progressive taxation. |
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