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(29,876 posts) Sat May 12, 2012, 06:38 PM May 2012

The U.S. Has An Unsustainable And Dangerous Fiscal Trajectory: Rubin [View all]

Former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin states that the country's deficit will lead to some form of major duress like high inflation, a long period of very slow economic growth and, most likely, a serious financial and economic crisis. (May 10, 2012)

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The U.S. Has An Unsustainable And Dangerous Fiscal Trajectory: Rubin [View all] Purveyor May 2012 OP

Blah blah blah...Stop the wars, cut the military budget by at least half, no more worries. xtraxritical May 2012 #1

The deficit hawks just don't give up, do they? starroute May 2012 #2

No, not unless they're talking about war spending and tax cuts. Lasher May 2012 #5

Wow.. this guy is a true Genius.. he doesn't miss a thing... lib2DaBone May 2012 #3

Just stop the wars Politicalboi May 2012 #4

Where was he in the 'deficits don't matter' Bush era? Just more propaganda to make people give up. freshwest May 2012 #6

And he should know, him and his Goldman Sachs buddies tularetom May 2012 #7

Not One Mention Of.... miamipilot May 2012 #8