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dobak (808 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-03 11:46 PM Original message |
"You can't fund social justice in a deficit" -- Howard Dean |
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Kurt Remarque (709 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-03 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. maybe you should consult lbj |
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dobak (808 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-03 11:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. me or Dean? |
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Wonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-03 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. Deficits are bad, mmmkay? $6,925,065,499,881.34 debt outstanding already |
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Andy_Stephenson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-03 11:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. and growing rapidly |
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Cloud (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 01:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
30. Hmmm |
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evil_orange_cat (910 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-03 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. temporary deficit in times of emergency... but... |
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Julien Sorel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-03 11:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. 40 +years of deficits now. We must be on the verge of |
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WillyBrandt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-03 11:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. It's the magnitude of deficits that matter |
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Julien Sorel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 12:08 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. No, he isn't. It's the debt to income ratio |
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WillyBrandt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 12:11 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. But it's not merely the debt-to-GDP ratio now |
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evil_orange_cat (910 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 12:10 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. 40+ years of debt, not deficit spending... there were surpluses...CLINTON |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 12:11 AM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Krugman thinks so |
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Julien Sorel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 12:26 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. When God passes on and names Krugman as his successor, |
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dobak (808 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-03 11:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Clinton managed to fund Social Justice and run a surplus |
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WillyBrandt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-03 11:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. You've got it backwards |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 12:18 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Good God! He DOES take Bush and the GOP to task - all the time |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-03 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. Democrats shoud watch the deficit talk |
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WillyBrandt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-03 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. Dean is right |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-03 11:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Surpluses will only do most of what you listed if impound it. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-03 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
7. You can't fight for it if you can't fund it |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-03 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. Well, Why Won't Dean Cut The Pentagon Budget? |
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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 12:24 AM Response to Reply #12 |
26. OMG! Dean would be a bigger friend to the Pentagon than Clark? |
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idlisambar (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 02:07 AM Response to Reply #12 |
31. A plus for Clark |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 07:51 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Hi idlisambar!! |
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RevolutionStartsNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-03 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
13. He's absolutely right |
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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-03 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
15. Fiscal Prudence has a bottom line, while "Social Justice" is |
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pruner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 12:01 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. if people give Dean lemons he'll probably do something stupid with them… |
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bobbyboucher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
22. Many would chastise you for those sentiments |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
24. You can fight for social justice with a deficit |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 12:26 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. VERY well said |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
25. He is positively right |
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WhosNext (315 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
29. This is the one thing I REALLY like about Dean. |
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dean4america (390 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 03:36 AM Response to Original message |
32. the quote that is usually used on the stump is... |
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