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5. Winning the election while making promises of a great life is easy. Producing those results is hard.

Sun May 6, 2012, 03:53 PM

May 2012

I'll be interested in seeing if this improves the situation in France. Let the grand experiment begin.

This could make or break Obama too.

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Son't forget Argentina and Iceland malaise May 2012 #1

I don't think we should raise taxes significantly right now. girl gone mad May 2012 #3

Did you forget the sarcasm emoticon? You can't be serious, right? Lionessa May 2012 #4

Unfortunately, history doesn't back up your claim jeff47 May 2012 #11

Unfortunately, this presumption is not accurate in our present framework. girl gone mad May 2012 #12

Again, history does not agree with you. jeff47 May 2012 #14

Tax increases destroy dollars. girl gone mad May 2012 #15

That is a truly stunning amount of wrong to put into a single post. jeff47 May 2012 #16

"Money flows into that account via taxes and bond sales" girl gone mad May 2012 #17

Still wrong jeff47 May 2012 #19

Your post is totally off base. girl gone mad May 2012 #20

No, you only like to think it is jeff47 May 2012 #21

How has MMT been proven wrong by this current crisis? girl gone mad May 2012 #25

And now we shift again. jeff47 May 2012 #31

Post removed Post removed May 2012 #6

And the neo-nazi's are going to change that... how? DutchLiberal May 2012 #23

Yes, hurrah for communist of fascist dictatorship! DutchLiberal May 2012 #26

France's citizens seem to have gotten it right. DevonRex May 2012 #13

Britain is a better morality play. bluestate10 May 2012 #18

The Greeks don't need to raise taxes hack89 May 2012 #27

Greeks spent several centuries avoiding taxes imposed by the Turks. FarCenter May 2012 #29