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4. What a misleading headline. The real 'problem' is NOT the

Reply to mikekohr (Original post)

Tue Jun 5, 2012, 10:59 AM

Jun 2012

budget deficit nor the federal debt, the real problem is an economy that is not utilizing all its resources (8% unemployment). As counterinitutive as it may seem, we need way more spending and tax cuts targeted to the working poor and middle class.

It is spending that is causing the problem -- we are not spending enough (government spending, that is)

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Yet More Graphs Showing It's Not Spending, It's Revenues That Are Causing the Problems [View all] mikekohr Jun 2012 OP

SHOCKING! NOT! SammyWinstonJack Jun 2012 #1

The "under Obama" thing is disingenuous cthulu2016 Jun 2012 #2

Except that RWers are constantly beating the drum of .... Wounded Bear Jun 2012 #3

What a misleading headline. The real 'problem' is NOT the coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #4

The Real Problem Alluded to In The Headline Is Republican Bullshit mikekohr Jun 2012 #5

I agree with you but I resist calling budget defiicts or national debt coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #8

A federal works program 4th law of robotics Jun 2012 #6

Bingo. Good luck getting that past Republican leadership in the House mikekohr Jun 2012 #7

Keynes argued that it was better to have the unemployed digging holes and filling them back in (and coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #9

We have plenty of work that needs doing 4th law of robotics Jun 2012 #10