Quote from piezoe:
So far things are going more or less as the Fed intended. That's true.

Quote from pupu:
Found this clip of Ben in his previous life. Might explain everything
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Quote from Scataphagos:
Odumbo want's a $1.6 TRILLION deficit for 2012 budget. TOTAL BULLSHIT! That's totally destructive!
We need a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution to throttle these spendthrift assholes.
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Quote from piezoe:
If we did not have a disfunctional government I would be opposed to a balanced budget amendment because it hanstrings the government in emergencies, but under the circumstances such an amendment might be needed. If we just cut across the board say about 2% That would be somewhere near 100 billion which is three times what's being talked about. Instead these assholes are going to continue squandering money on weapons while gutting head start, a program that needs to be expanded not cut. It's pay me now or pay me ten times more later. We are choosing ten times more later!
We should fully fund our schools and make the "defense" department dependent on bake sales. We somehow have got this backwards.
Really all that has to be done is break the back of the medical cartel and bring military spending in line with what other developed nations spend per capita. But what are the chances of that?
Quote from AK100:
There would have been A LOT of pain and I mean A LOT. But believe me, things would have sorted themselves out and the economy would be in far better shape right now.
The alternative is what we're going to get between now and 2015 - FAR MORE PAIN THAN ANYONE CAN IMAGINE.
Quote from piezoe:
So far things are going more or less as the Fed intended. That's true.
There was, however, never any significant deflation in the overall economy. Officially we went briefly to near zero or just slightly below.
Quote from Bob111:
Fed's intentions are always very clear...at least to me..
they want to burn US dept thru high inflation and devaluing the dollar..
it's not what the general public want's,but hey, who gives the shit..
US gvt have no intention to reduce any debt and this is the only way for Fed..
and yes,so far things are going their way and i'm not expecting any reverse any time soon.