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In reply to the discussion: I would like some opinions please..... [View all]tkmorris
(11,138 posts)22. Found on one of your "Liberal blogs"?
That passage appears in exactly one place that I can find, the Ludwig von Mises site, which is about as Liberal as I am a Martian. https://mises.org/daily/4514/The-BalancedBudget-Question It is rather strictly Libertarian, and while they do share a few letters in common surely you can tell the difference.
I could tell you that piece selectively interprets the poll numbers to make it's case, or that the polls in question were themselves largely push-polls, or that when the same question is worded differently the public overwhelmingly opposes such legislation, and so on. I suspect though that one who confuses the LvM site with a Liberal blog either wouldn't understand what I was talking about or wouldn't care.
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Demagoguery for folks who are economically illiterate and thus buy the
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#2
True Headline, Sir: Polls Show People Know As Much About Macro-Economics as A Dog Knows About Chess
The Magistrate
Aug 2012
#16
(...can't be a very smart dog--he's got the queen on the wrong colored square...
lastlib
Aug 2012
#78
Aside from what's already mentioned-- such an amendment won't stop debt...
TreasonousBastard
Aug 2012
#15
Final nail in our coffin. Thankfully there is no way to get an Amendment through the process
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2012
#52
Yes and we have always been able to carry a deficit from one fiscal year to the next....
WCGreen
Aug 2012
#70
From one year to the next. Especially if the cash flow is low at the end of the
WCGreen
Aug 2012
#80
Anyone who supports a balanced budget amendment doesn't understand the issue.
Motown_Johnny
Aug 2012
#76