Since you didn’t do anything, why should we think that you’ll do anything this time?
Here’s the cost of doing nothing:
In case tea-partiers are finding the arithmetic troubling, if we’d adopted the Clinton plan we’d currently be saving close to half a trillion dollars a year.
If we’d adopted Nixon’s plan, we’d be saving a trillion dollars a year right now.
Every year.
You can read about Nixon’s plan, in his own words, here.
But you’d rather cling to some self-aggrandizing, knobby-headed notion of “freedom.”
Sorry, we can’t afford you people any more.
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2 responses to “Pubs: You Had a Blank Piece of Paper for Eight Years”
Just wanted to compliment you on your work here. You must sort thru loads of chaff to come up with the prime “wheat” you choose to post.
I’m kinda surprised by the dearth of comments , but it’s a big webworld , I guess. Maybe it’s just a matter of time.
Anyway , my thanks for your efforts. Keep it up.
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