No one runs for the smelling salts when the word "trillion" is used re war or tax cuts for the rich

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

But just try to use it towards domestic spending and OMG! Then we have to listen to Republicans lecturing us about how much a trillion is with their pictures, graphs and similes. "A million dollars a day since Jesus's birth" "would wrap the earth 39 times", etc. etc.

Did the same trillion wrap the earth 39 times when it was used to wage illegal war? Was this the same million dollars a day since Jesus's birth when it was tax cuts for the wealthy? No. At those times they will tell us it is only x% of our GDP and is a very doable deficit. We'd be foolish to NOT spend it.

[sandnsea]

1. We need a new word

We've let them define schools, libraries, museums, parks, cops, hospitals, roads, ports, courthouses, as "pork", "government spending" and just an all-around burden on the poor business owner.

These are the things that make us civilized. They are not just a pita cost to business. They are not a drain on the economy. They are what make life worth living in this country. They are a more important part of the economy than any singular company ever could be.

[tyne]

2. Yes...it makes one

wonder why this $800 billion dollar stimulus/recovcery bill is being labeled historic...when George, during a recession, pushed through 1.4 trillion in the tax cuts of 2001.

Interesting that the MSM just listens to Limbaugh and then excepts to get anything done.

[kentuck]

7. But look at how many millions of great jobs they created?

with those huge taxcuts. :sarcasm:

[jwirr]

3. How about Local Infrastructure? That is what those items are. They

describe our local communities. We are not being asked to give money to some far off entity - this is our homes we are talking about.

[sandnsea]

5. Maybe Community Infrastructure

Something really descriptive.

[annabanana]

4. "A TRILLION?? . . . . .for the PEOPLE??"

gasp

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

6. We are such a wealthy nation, who has put all of its wealth behind

corporations and cronies and war at the expense of the people. When I think of the roads and bridges and mass transit and education grants and alternate energy programs, and healthcare funding - in other words, the country WE COULD HAVE BEEN, it just makes me want to cry.

[SoCalDem]

10. Imagine where we would be , had income tax rates stayed where they used to be--should still be

we WOULD have universal-single payer health care, and we would have affordable college, and decent elementary/secondary schools, and social security would be solvent..

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

8. evening kick.

[leftchick]

9. barney frank has been great about pointing this out

and did again today on MTP. The repuke hypocrisy needs to be exposed.

[glinda]

11. More tax cuts for the rich makes me sick and very angry as they write everything off

[TornadoTN]

12. We need more than just Barney Frank out in front on this

We need this coming from Obama and Congressional leadership. But of course, Congressional "Leadership" is a misnomer, because we have no leadership in the legislative branch. Just milquetoast corporatists like Reid and Pelosi, with others following suit.

[SmileyRose]

13. war and tax cuts for rich profit the "assets" domestic SPENDING is for "liabilities"

You have to remember, the GOP views workers as liabilities NOT assets. If Jebus really loved us we would have been born rich and beautiful. We are not worth a thin dime of wages nor "gubmint pork". They only give us the barest scraps to keep us toiling for their wealth.

[tom_paine]

14. You are obviosly not yet used to living in an Inverted Totalitarianism with de facto

State-Controlled Media.

What you are saying is simply NOT PERMITTED.

There are permitted ways of speaking about plunder for the Rich, and permitted ways about speaking of assistance for the poor.

These rules, I have been amazed to observe, are followed with pretty much as tight controls and 100% compiance as the old Soviet Media, so much now like our wn, except our liars have better haircuts or more shapely bodies.

I always thought that, to achieve that kind of control, journalists and their families would have to be threatened or killed.

:rofl:

Little did I realize the threat of a bad Performance Review was enough to turn the Mighty American Free Press (with a handful of notable exceptions) into the Soviet media with just a bit of Plausible Deniability to keep the gullible sheep confused.

Stop wondering. your OP simply outlines the rules a "journalist" must follow if they want career advancement and preferrment. I have absolutely no doubt, that if some intepid honest young journalist breaks those rules, even once, corporate will swiftly ensure a reprimand, a bad performance review (for failing to be a team player and failing to follow instructions from a superior) and no raise.

The "journalist", now an Infogandist, will internalize these rules and adjust accordingly, or cling to their principles and be fired.