Posted on 02 December 2010. Tags: Alan Simpson, Catfood Commission, Debt, Deficit Commission, Deficits, Erskine Bowles, Financial Crisis, Hysteria, Nonsense, Peter Peterson, Social Security, Tax Cuts
In the last two days, I’ve written about the phony deficit/debt "crisis" here and here, using excerpts from my new e-book, "It’s Not Raining, We’re Getting Peed On: The Scam of the Deficit Crisis". Today, as the Catfood Commission unveiled its final report, I’ll continue by looking at some of the people behind pushing […]
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Posted on 01 December 2010. Tags: Alan Simpson, Catfood Commission, Debt, Deficit Commission, Deficits, Erskine Bowles, Financial Crisis, Hysteria, Nonsense, public employees, Social Security, Tax Cuts
Yesterday, I kicked off a series of posts about the phony deficit/debt "crisis" with an excerpt from the introduction to my new book, "It’s Not Raining, We’re Getting Peed On: The Scam of the Deficit Crisis". Today, I’ll continue with a part from the first chapter called, "Stupid Statements". In honor of the mind-boggling […]
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Posted on 30 November 2010. Tags: Alan Simpson, Catfood Commission, Debt, Deficit Commission, Deficits, Erskine Bowles, Hysteria, Nonsense, Social Security, Tax Cuts
The government’s deficit and debt are not a big crisis. It’s not even a little crisis. It’s not a crisis at all. What is most disturbing is how many liberals/progressives have thrown in the towel and are basically taking the line "there is a crisis but we have a better way of dealing with it". […]
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