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I don't think that partisanship is the answer. I think that meds are the answer. Until we can get a grip on reality, I don't think it matters who agrees with whom.
More »Too bad. I would love to take more train trips and fewer plane rides. One of the great things about living in the NE is being able to take the Acela on the Boston-NYC-DC route.
More »Congress took the easy way out, doing what looks popular today and leaving others to figure out how to pay for it tomorrow...
More »I'll respect the government's privacy just as soon as they start respecting their citizens' privacy.
More »It is an essential element of US political mythology that Roosevelt’s court-packing scheme collapsed. In fact, it was spectacularly successful in achieving its aims.
More »Health care is such a big driver of the long term deficit problem that it is fair to say that with health care fixed, the rest is easy, and without health care fixed, the problem is impossible.
More »Funny - not a SINGLE mention of the cost of our foreign entanglements, wars, and military expenditures and costs. I guess that pays for itself?
More »What will happen to confidence if QE does nothing to encourage businesses to invest or consumers to spend?
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