tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post6617262914920345025..comments2024-03-27T11:18:34.222-03:00Comments on Viable Opposition: The Budget Control Act: A PrimerA Political Junkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03342345936277964422noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post-23550752402637661882012-02-01T01:19:57.260-04:002012-02-01T01:19:57.260-04:00The freeloaders are drawn by lavish salaries, pens...The freeloaders are drawn by lavish salaries, pensions, and benefitsSubinghttp://www.subing.info/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post-234590584853472832011-11-24T11:54:46.193-04:002011-11-24T11:54:46.193-04:00Moody's wants the U.S. to reduce its deficit, ...Moody's wants the U.S. to reduce its deficit, but at the same time it wants it to increase its deficit:<br /><br />http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economy-lab/daily-mix/more-debt-might-help-us-win-over-the-credit-raters/article2246180/Hughnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post-73167335342755821112011-11-22T20:40:17.736-04:002011-11-22T20:40:17.736-04:00@PJ, I have to admit that I was optimistic about t...@PJ, I have to admit that I was <a href="http://moderatepoli.blogspot.com/2011/09/growing-importance-of-super-committee.html" rel="nofollow">optimistic</a> about the super committee. Luckily I'm used to a bit of embarrassment, so I'll just explain why I was hopeful. I thought the hard work of compromise had already been done by Simpson-Bowles, so the super committee could look at the report and pick the items they could agree on or tweak. Being smaller could aid agreement. But we saw how well that worked.<br /><br />I have a lot more respect for the debt deal now (though the Republicans are <a href="http://moderatepoli.blogspot.com/2011/11/unbearable-debt-deal-quantified.html" rel="nofollow">regretting it</a>). I hope no one weasels out of the cuts. The deficit is the biggest risk to the country. I want to see what it's like when we make the first steps to tame it.ModeratePolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01721945380057992971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post-69850860446642905672011-11-22T09:46:42.540-04:002011-11-22T09:46:42.540-04:00I had a teacher once tell me that "if you eve...I had a teacher once tell me that "if you ever want to not get anything done; hire a committee!"<br /><br />Point being that a committee lacks accountibility!<br /><br />Thanks PJ for the update on the Budget Control Act. I still find the Act rather confusing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post-14712962677084998842011-11-21T23:38:50.778-04:002011-11-21T23:38:50.778-04:00Well, they had to do something to make it look lik...Well, they had to do something to make it look like they deserved their pay and perks. Too bad running a government didn't even enter their heads.<br /><br />I still say, now more than ever, that we're just going to get together, shake our heads ruefully and then everybody cancels everybody's debt to everybody. Clean slate! Except for China, only they may want to play to an extent, as well. Certainly, it will be harder to convince people to buy when they are expected to actually pay!<br /><br />JennAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post-25268906828734380702011-11-21T21:09:37.841-04:002011-11-21T21:09:37.841-04:00I have absolutely no idea why the Committee was st...I have absolutely no idea why the Committee was struck in the first place. It always seemed like it was a colossal waste of time and effort for negligible return.A Political Junkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03342345936277964422noreply@blogger.com