Excluding these programs [SocSec, Mcare, Mcaid]from even modest budget cuts -- as Obama seems inclined to do -- imposes huge costs on the young. Their taxes will rise, big deficits will persist or spending cuts will be concentrated on other programs more important to the working population (for starters, grants to state and local governments). There's no honest way around these conflicts, but Obama pretended they don't exist.
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Why are Americans so disillusioned with politics? One reason is that our leaders -- and this applies to both parties -- often create narratives that seem uplifting and convincing only because they are completely detached from underlying realities. These fantasies transcend routine rhetorical flourishes and self-serving exaggerations and simplifications. But sooner or later, the realities assert themselves.
Some people just manage their fantasies, in the bubble. But really, isn't that childish and dishonest?
It hadn't really occurred to me NMN, but M really is prone to very simple minded expressions of how bad the other guys are (and less so about how good his tribe is).
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Once again, Samuelson just couldn't be better.
Excluding these programs [SocSec, Mcare, Mcaid]from even modest budget cuts -- as Obama seems inclined to do -- imposes huge costs on the young. Their taxes will rise, big deficits will persist or spending cuts will be concentrated on other programs more important to the working population (for starters, grants to state and local governments). There's no honest way around these conflicts, but Obama pretended they don't exist.
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Why are Americans so disillusioned with politics? One reason is that our leaders -- and this applies to both parties -- often create narratives that seem uplifting and convincing only because they are completely detached from underlying realities. These fantasies transcend routine rhetorical flourishes and self-serving exaggerations and simplifications. But sooner or later, the realities assert themselves.
Some people just manage their fantasies, in the bubble. But really, isn't that childish and dishonest?
It's fascinating how Mark prefers comedians to do his thinking for him.
It hadn't really occurred to me NMN, but M really is prone to very simple minded expressions of how bad the other guys are (and less so about how good his tribe is).
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