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First zinger: Trickle down government! (Original Post) longship Oct 2012 OP
Government spending is required to get an economy out of a deep recession. DCBob Oct 2012 #1
He needs to wipe the corner of his mouth...quite a bit of feces ran out the corner. n/t silvershadow Oct 2012 #2
that was just weird KurtNYC Oct 2012 #3
Probably a Frank Luntz creation. nt Comrade_McKenzie Oct 2012 #4
So Keynes is now Friedman malaise Oct 2012 #5

DCBob

(24,689 posts)
1. Government spending is required to get an economy out of a deep recession.
Wed Oct 3, 2012, 09:14 PM
Oct 2012

If that is called TDE then so be it.

KurtNYC

(14,549 posts)
3. that was just weird
Thu Oct 4, 2012, 09:31 AM
Oct 2012

and then Lehrer asked Obama to respond to it

What I wanted Obama to say:

"Look. My opponent came in here tonight prepared to pretend that I am George Bush, that I presided over the 2007 economic meltdown, that I didn't kill bin Laden, that my policies are the failed ones of Bush that got us into this mess and not the policies that are getting us out of this mess. So let me be clear: Trickle down economics are THEIR policies and they don't work. They don't create jobs, they don't increase private spending.

The GOP is like a teenager that brings dad's car back with no gas in the tank -- they did it in 1992 and they did it in 2008. But in 2008 the car wasn't just out of gas, it was wrecked on the side of the road. Now that "Dad" (motion to himself) has patched it up and put some gas in the tank they want the keys again. In the words of a former First Lady: Just say no."

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