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    The problem is this deal will be the basis for further negotiations. There will be a deal next year, in…
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    • We're still going to get sequester-level cuts; they'll just be shifted from defense to Medicare. BadBadBadBad! We're going to have…
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    • The law was intended to prevent funding via coinage or printing, but, dang, that platinum coin "loophole" is big enough…
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    • Assuming no deal on the austerity bomb, we could run without borrowing by minimizing war spending and stopping Ag subsidies.…
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    • Here's his argument (from 2011). The government has not discussed either option [coinage or evasions of the debt limit] publicly.…
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    • He probably won't mint trillion dollar coins, which do sound ridiculous. But I do expect him to mint a more…
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    • Well, Boo figured it would take a seven point swing for the Dems to take the House. That's really big.…
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    • They were perfectly willing to do it in 2005 - when it's wouldn't even be technically "legal" by Senate rules,…
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    • The minority party filibusters the vote until their amendments are considered. Geez, it's not like that's rocket science.
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    • Seems to me the Democrats are putting the Republicans into a nasty political trap. It's pretty obvious the Republicans are…
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    • Markets aren't agents and they don't make choices. Things happen in markets as a result of pressures on the agents…
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    • For the economy as a whole, the "cliff" is just a mild slope. But for a defense contractor, it is…
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    • I'm looking forward to going over the cliff. Then, I'm looking forward to a new tax cut proposal from Obama…
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    • That's exactly what I'm talking about. He's being delusional. He's perfectly capable of analyzing whether black people care about which…
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    • Bartlett is bright. He can write quite cogent articles when his blinders aren't interfering. The problem is the ability of…
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    • I can't think of any commonly abused drug which should be Schedule 1. Heroin is just a pro-drug of morphine…
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    • Late to the party, but I don't see any reason to vote Saxby over Price. In a legislative body, what…
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    • I still cannot **ing believe he had to extend the Bush tax cuts to get the nuclear arms treaty through.…
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    • She has years of work as an activist and humanitarian, in a number of valuable causes. I'm particularly supportive of…
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    • How is she too liberal to vote for? Looking at her Wiki, the only thing I could imagine is the…
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