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    That's the whole point though.  The illusion you speak of is a rightist meme well-known to progressives and mainstream economists…
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    • It's not taxes that would be shown to be unnecessary, it's debt and the nonsensical narrative of "balancing" government budgets,…
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    • No, Pew was on NPR just yesterday, reaffirming their numbers.  They find lower support for gun control now than at…
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    • The president loses me on this effort. This is a perfect example of what policy scholars call "symbolic" policy making.…
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    • "Regulated" means "trained" in the sense of an "army regular."  That's what the second amendment wording means in a straight,…
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    • The only crazy sounding part of this is the idea of a ridiculously high-valued coin.  The rest is just a…
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    • There is nothing absurd about it.  The central argument of the pro-coin crowd is that Congress already authorized such payments…
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    • Excellent summary.  Thanks.
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    • You're absolutely right about this. An entitlement program, at least in how its taught in public finance courses, is a…
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    • It's time to actually start talking about exotic alternatives like trillion dollar platinum coins with some seriousness now. It is…
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    • It looks to me like in their private discussions, President Obama exercised a classic "agitation" with Boehner, and challenged him…
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    • That's a good point, but the problem with that line of reasoning is that the making of suicide bombs, or…
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    • I just don't agree.  And I don't care at all about the whether we need the votes of rural, white…
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    • Yeah, but there are some things which can be changed with deft policy actions, and some which can't.  America's addiction…
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    • Yeah, and with over 200 million weapons in private hands, a large portion of them semi-automatics, how do you propose…
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    • I really don't feel differently.  I do feel very sad, though. These two contrasting, but nonetheless consistent, facts still matter:…
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    • I think we're going over the cliff and possibly over the debt limit as well, since Obama the best cards…
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    • Well, the other thing about Europe is that right now European politics are to the RIGHT of the US, with…
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    • Unemployment benefits would have been forthcoming, along with tax cuts for the middle class and a little bit for the…
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    • It would have lasted only a couple of months until the Republicans came back to negotiate for the best deal…
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