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Tom Rinaldo

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13. You make good points

Reply to NoOneMan (Reply #9)

Tue Jan 8, 2013, 12:00 PM

Jan 2013

I'm running off to work so sorry this reply must be short. The investment we need for the future may not be to refurbish what we've done in the past - but that isn't the current mainstream debate. It's whether we can afford to invest anything anywhere in the public sector.

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A malnurished child in a cash strapped family [View all] Tom Rinaldo Jan 2013 OP

I agree with you, Tom Rinaldo. In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #1

It boggles my mind Tom Rinaldo Jan 2013 #2

Putting tape over a leak only slows down the inevitable. In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #3

The political austeruty mindset guarentees many more deaths, and debts also Tom Rinaldo Jan 2013 #4

Because TPTB keep score in % points. Not absolute figures. TheMadMonk Jan 2013 #6

I don't think reality is always a partisan dichotomy NoOneMan Jan 2013 #9

You make good points Tom Rinaldo Jan 2013 #13

While we are involved in taking care of tomorrow, how do we solve today's problem? In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #14

No one is taking care of tomorrow NoOneMan Jan 2013 #15

I was using a relevant metaphor with the malnourished child Tom Rinaldo Jan 2013 #16

Some cable station used to have a show called "America's Inspector." CrispyQ Jan 2013 #5

I never heard of that show before Tom Rinaldo Jan 2013 #7

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