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I haven't seen anyone else give concrete steps to reducing the budget deficit, except for ridiculous things like "If we slash taxes the debt will go down!" (Which is just dumb.)

Okay, let's see your list. Everything on my list reduces the deficit -- can you say the same?

Ah yes, the "No, UR A TOWEL!" response.

The CBO says that it will. But I do know for certain that by not having taxes it won't be paid for.

:) He also is a stamp collector and reads books, which are also things that are not climatology. Here's a short list (from the liberal hacks at NASA) of ice core data. If I pick one will you recognize it if the plot lines are unlabeled? You are aware that there are many ice cores, and...

It looks pretty open to me, it's right in the bill.

Sometimes bills are small, sometimes bills are large. Sometimes bills are paid one way, sometimes many ways. The important thing is that bills are paid. Writing to you makes me feel like Mr. Rogers. :)

Exactly what I wrote. It's a values thing and your values are independence and self-reliance over maternal health. Your opinions are shared by millions and that helps explain why there are more dead infants in many (or most) states than in, for example, Uruguay.

It pays for it. And if you're fiscally conservative you want anything passed to be paid for. If you're not fiscally conservative you demand extensions to unpaid-for tax cuts.

Nope. "only a tiny percentage of home sellers will pay the tax. First of all, only those with incomes over $200,000 a year ($250,000 for married couples filing jointly) will be subject to it. And even for those who have such high incomes, the tax still won’t apply to the first $250,000 on...

He didn't "arbitrarily" reject samples, he used samples which were within 10% of the average (which isn't correct for other reasons -- but hey, it was the 50's.) Anyway, Callendar's data was already been corrected by Slocum, who came up with about 310-335 ppm in that period. I've linked you...

Yes, the PPP isn't entirely accurate. However, despite your arm waving, it DOES INCLUDE a basket of goods to accommodate for differing costs. Some HDI measures include standard PPP, some include the Big Mac Index, or other methods of adjusting for costs. And yes, life expectancy includes...

I would cap the military budget at the total of the top three countries in the world for military expenditures. I would slowly change the tax structure to match the 1950's or 60's. The health care budget is actually deficit negative, so that doesn't concern me. And as I stated above...

Well what costs more? Prenatal care or lifetime care for a disabled child or crippled mother? Yes, the fiscally conservative choice is "an ounce of prevention." It's also the moral choice.

Well that's absolutely correct. The fact that you see these pregnant women as freeloaders illustrates that you value independence over maternal health. Nothing wrong with that -- well, I wouldn't, but apart from any moral judgment -- that helps to explain a prevailing attitude of why many US...

Sigh. Most HDI measures use GDP at PPP. Since you're a wikipedia fan it even says that in the Wikipedia article. PPP is also referred to as "purchasing power parity" to accommodate for different costs of goods. As well, life expectancy includes things like cancer survivors. So yes, it...

Even poor people with incomes over $250,000 per year will be hit with this tax.

So how big will the Republican majority be?

Well yes, in fact that's what I just wrote above -- we now know that Callendar overreached in his selection of 10% of the samples because he didn't know the center of the distribution even though his conclusions were correct. However the ridiculous thought that we should include all samples --...

Congratulations on everyone in this thread who entirely missed the point that moral decisions have nothing to do with potential economic benefits. Bonus points if you used the word "lefty." <img...