tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post7960528929303748571..comments2024-03-29T07:40:28.878-04:00Comments on Doug Ross @ Journal: 'When special interests put their thumb on the scale, and distort the free market, the people who compete by the rules come in last.'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-6807436982438734362011-02-14T10:24:19.641-05:002011-02-14T10:24:19.641-05:00That little bit of crappola involving the "Cl...That little bit of crappola involving the "Clinton Surplus" that appears on the charts should be annotated for the garbage it is.<br /><br />It was attained only by treating monies taken in for Social Security and using them to pay for general revenue expenditures. Do a search on "Myth Clinton Surplus" and you can find one or more detailed factual descriptions of the accounting trickery they pulled.OBloodyHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09992539380115488567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-7293385848934997472011-02-13T19:35:46.765-05:002011-02-13T19:35:46.765-05:00Let me rephrase that:
'When ANYONE puts their...Let me rephrase that:<br /><br />'When <b>ANYONE</b> puts their thumb on the scale, and distort the free market, the people who compete by the rules come in last.'"<br /><br />Yeah. That's more like it.<br /><br />I hate it when I'm smarter than the Pres.BS Footprinthttp://bsfootprint.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-5951496499282895592011-02-13T16:08:02.206-05:002011-02-13T16:08:02.206-05:00Even the budget for the last of what were supposed...Even the budget for the last of what were supposedly the "Bush years" was under a Democrat-controlled House; the Democrats' runaway spending had already started by the time Obama even became President. It'll be interesting to see how much success a Boehner-led House will have in bending down the deficit curve. Our recent level of deficit spending is clearly unsustainable.DavidDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15483763917313497742noreply@blogger.com