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So that I can reference it, on which page of the budget is this graph?

LOL. So if I quote Lincoln then the words are mine. Love it! :) And if you believe that anyone can predict anything into 2020, I'd like to sell you a bridge that will be worth a trillion dollars in 2020. :)

What technical indicator uses a 8 minute, 5 minute, 2 minute then a 15 minute bar? :) Look, just accept the fact that you were understandably bamboozled by a bunch of liars and nuts and move on. It happens to all of us at some point.

You see? I'm slapping my forehead so much that it's causing brain damage. If I hit myself one more time because of your posts I'm going to have you arrested for assault! :) Yes, the CBO provides the input to the OMB, and your chart was provided by the CBO, and it's out of date as I already...

Thanks, I've read a few of his posts and they're generally pretty good. Although I disagree with him pretty strongly on many items, such as steps needed to do things like balance the budget, he does seem to base his posts on reality and logic. If he's like me he's probably not bothering to...

LOL! :) So when you trade -- to get an idea of where the market in general stands do you use a single stock? No? Then why would you use a single measure of arctic or antarctic warming to generalize about the entire planet? And when you trade do you use constant 15 minute bars, or do you...

Why did I bring up Republicans? Because your "tax cut" model was tried, and it failed. Badly. In fact, it failed so badly that the economy teetered on a new great depression and banks are STILL being shut down, by the hundreds. And yet, there's always a person who writes something like...

Every time I write "Umm... no" it's because my palm is slapping my forehead. :)

Actually the projections are from the CBO, the congressional budget office, the the CBO is legally required to reflect the assumption that current laws affecting the budget will remain unchanged. Plus they've already revised the deficit downwards for 2010. It's still too high, but that's...

Uhh, no. This can best be described as "pure fantasy." The 2009 budget was Bush's budget. Emergency "off-budget" expenditures for wars were not included, and Obama has merged them into the budget. The TARP bailout money has been paid back, and it appears that the government may even...

If you can't see what's wrong with that graph -- well, there's an eight year old who's passing by who said "That graph must be for retards." Apparently he's taken "graphs" at school. I'll give you a hint why: 18 years 1 year 7 years 8 years 15 years You work on that.

I bet we see the same articles this winter about how it's cold therefore something something global warming.

Okay, so far you: 1) Have "thousands" of measurements from the 1800's that were taken in urban areas six feet off the ground, using ancient techniques with high error rates, and 2) You have "all these scientists" who are a combination of nutcases, the retired, physicists, MDs and others...

I'm talking NOW too. The situation is that the war budgets have to be paid for now. Withdrawal has to be paid for.

That reminds me of the wife who goes back to her abusive husband because he really, really, really promises not to beat her again this time. So far, so good on the Democrats' budget. The short term projections are for a reduced deficit and I don't put much stock in long term projections.

I thought it was a pretty obvious point that priorities are different among different populations, that some value maternal health over anything else, and some value independence and self-reliance higher. Or are you referring to the fact that HDI scores are higher in more mixed economies...

Baloney. Republicans slash taxes, then don't pay for them, then put it on the credit card. See years 2000-2006.

I'm sorry, but if you think you can distract from your catastrophe by throwing up a variety of discredited quotes and hoping that one will stick you obviously have a very low opinion of us.

Yes, it is a good time for you to run from the topic.

The percentage of home sellers who pay a tax has almost zero to do with how much revenue is brought in. That depends on the rates, and in this case, what the home resale value is. A 1% tax on only 1% of people can bring in a billion dollars if it applies to the right items. As well...