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    Having a cop on the street has an indirect effect, but it doesn't materially affect tax collections. Yes it does.…
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  • My evidence is right here You want to know if the deficit would improve if we pay all the unemployed,…
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  • You want to know if the deficit would improve if we pay all the unemployed, let's say an average of…
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  • I see you're nicely parroting the Beltway memes, but the idea that these protests don't have a fundamental objective is…
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  • Of course the Republicans don't really care about the deficit, they want to defund social programs. They've already voted repeatedly…
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  • Well we obviously disagree about the usefulness of the demonstrations, but you still haven't answered the question. What would you…
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  • I'm starting to wonder if any of you complaining that OWS is "wasting people's time" have made even the simplest…
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  • quietly discouraging the ground activism while hoping to get a vote from Snowe. This. And it's exasperating to see Booman…
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  • If he doesn't come out of this scrap looking good, if he can't get any bill at all, he's going…
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  • Booman, I don't understand what you're trying to accomplish with these posts complaining about the Left. It isn't members of…
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  • Empathy leads to nepotism? I actually had to click the link to see if he really said that. Sure enough,…
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  • From what I've heard of the speech, it seems Abu Mazen is no longer a man who believes in the…
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  • I can certainly blame the president for vetoing the application, if doing so will endanger our national security and international…
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  • Now all the President has to do is pre-empt the televising of NFL games. Now the president has the power…
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  • I'm confused. During the debt ceiling battle, when Obama kept shifting rightward to keep up with the moving Republican goalposts,…
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  • I think Nate has overrated the importance of both the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary. Before imagining a…
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  • I don't recall Newt, or Cheney, or even Pat Robertson ever saying that Medicare and Social Security are unconstitutional. I…
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  • Lincoln had good hair? When's the last time you looked at a picture of this guy? http://media.brainz.org/uploads/2010/12/061221225103_abraham_lincoln_lg1.jpg
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  • It's fun to compare the President's approval ratings to Congress's, but it doesn't mean anything. George W. Bush was "more…
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  • 174 Republicans voted for the debt limit increase. That's over 70% of Boehner's caucus, not 'barely'. 91 Republicans voted for…
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