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DFW

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2. I think they do know, but are talking out of both sides of their mouths for as long as they can

Reply to Kid Berwyn (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 2, 2021, 10:11 AM

Oct 2021

We need to do this, except we can't do this, so we need to to do that, except that we can't do that, either.

This "Mikado" parody (Economists With No Plan/Gentlemen of Japan) is from the Bush era, but still applies:

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If I could talk with Manchin and Sinema, I would refer them to recent history, as in 2009-2010. [View all] DFW Oct 2021 OP

US taxpayer bailed out Wall Street and the world's banks. Kid Berwyn Oct 2021 #1

I think they do know, but are talking out of both sides of their mouths for as long as they can DFW Oct 2021 #2