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surrealAmerican

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5. Your point is that much of the spending we do have is the wrong kind ...

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Thu May 9, 2013, 09:12 AM

May 2013

... but we do need more spending to build those schools, repair and improve our infrastructure, protect our environment, and prevent human suffering. Those are all areas where government spending is the only way to achieve a desirable result.

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HELLO!!! Economists See Deficit Emphasis as Impeding Recovery [View all] spanone May 2013 OP

K & R !!! WillyT May 2013 #1

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Your point is that much of the spending we do have is the wrong kind ... surrealAmerican May 2013 #5

It would be ProSense May 2013 #8

"...their clashing approaches"?! woo me with science May 2013 #3

One party is threatening the recovery far more than the other is ProSense May 2013 #4

Krugman is wrong though hfojvt May 2013 #7

You have no idea what you're talking about. ProSense May 2013 #9

actually I do hfojvt May 2013 #10

Your post is nonsense ProSense May 2013 #11

so $81 billion for the richest 20% and less than $7 for the poorest hfojvt May 2013 #12

Well, ProSense May 2013 #13

are you old enough to know nonsense when you type it? hfojvt May 2013 #14

Wait ProSense May 2013 #16

ahem hfojvt May 2013 #6

True. But the wealthy are hoarding their investment money to make sure Obama does not get credit kelliekat44 May 2013 #15