Comments on: Budget Deficit Triples To $957B http://donklephant.com/2009/04/11/budget-deficit-triples-to-957b/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:33:07 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: R.L. Cook http://donklephant.com/2009/04/11/budget-deficit-triples-to-957b/comment-page-1/#comment-444496 R.L. Cook Sun, 12 Apr 2009 02:23:29 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=14425#comment-444496 Any action taken has to take into acccont the priceless free lessons of history, and the consequenses for having taken that action. Not to do so is irresponsible to say the lest. Socialism already has a track record. And it works quite well all the way up to the point that you run out of other peoples money. Any action taken has to take into acccont the priceless free lessons of history, and the consequenses for having taken that action. Not to do so is irresponsible to say the lest. Socialism already has a track record. And it works quite well all the way up to the point that you run out of other peoples money.

]]> By: Chris http://donklephant.com/2009/04/11/budget-deficit-triples-to-957b/comment-page-1/#comment-444331 Chris Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:49:03 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=14425#comment-444331 Am I remembering correctly that these numbers for the first time include the two wars? Am I remembering correctly that these numbers for the first time include the two wars?

]]> By: Kevin Jackson http://donklephant.com/2009/04/11/budget-deficit-triples-to-957b/comment-page-1/#comment-444328 Kevin Jackson Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:42:00 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=14425#comment-444328 Reminds me of "Don't Think of an Elephant" and Norquist's master long term plan. Let everything go to hell in a handbasket and then if anyone tries to solve it accuse them of raising taxes (oddly enough it costs more to solve long neglected problems -- try not repairing a roof or plumbing that needs it if you want to test my theory) Don't know the answers, but I think the problems are bigger because of our neglect and poor planning. It was that crazy liberal, Richard Nixon in 1972 that said we needed to get completely off foreign oil, John Anderson in 1980 that tried to address it again and administrations left and right since than that would rather say and do the easy thing than the right thing who were quite responsible for the messes we are still in. Reminds me of “Don’t Think of an Elephant” and Norquist’s master long term plan. Let everything go to hell in a handbasket and then if anyone tries to solve it accuse them of raising taxes (oddly enough it costs more to solve long neglected problems — try not repairing a roof or plumbing that needs it if you want to test my theory)

Don’t know the answers, but I think the problems are bigger because of our neglect and poor planning. It was that crazy liberal, Richard Nixon in 1972 that said we needed to get completely off foreign oil, John Anderson in 1980 that tried to address it again and administrations left and right since than that would rather say and do the easy thing than the right thing who were quite responsible for the messes we are still in.

]]> By: John Milligan http://donklephant.com/2009/04/11/budget-deficit-triples-to-957b/comment-page-1/#comment-444301 John Milligan Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:35:53 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=14425#comment-444301 Obama will have to start connecting the vast ends-means disconnects of fiscal policy to make any of his programs half-way sustainable for the long term. To do that he will have to carve out revenue outlays where the money is - that is Entitlements. He may have to forgo the extra mulah for now in education, energy and environment and focus focus focus on Health/Medicare care costs and Social Oecurity outlays - carving from those currently unsustainable programs to reduce the projected outlays and so as not to massively raise taxes. His choice and the "Carve Out" option is the best and most responsible from an Intergenerational responsibility/accountability aspect. Obama will have to start connecting the vast ends-means disconnects of fiscal policy to make any of his programs half-way sustainable for the long term. To do that he will have to carve out revenue outlays where the money is – that is Entitlements. He may have to forgo the extra mulah for now in education, energy and environment and focus focus focus on Health/Medicare care costs and Social Oecurity outlays – carving from those currently unsustainable programs to reduce the projected outlays and so as not to massively raise taxes. His choice and the “Carve Out” option is the best and most responsible from an Intergenerational responsibility/accountability aspect.

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