http://www.jonathanwallace.net/2009/09/obama-republicans-and-fear/ Twain was right... Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:04:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.jonathanwallace.net/2009/09/obama-republicans-and-fear/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Molly Farrell Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:07:12 +0000 http://www.jonathanwallace.net/?p=33#comment-56 Cheers for the fantastic page - I loved reading it! I always enjoy looking at your blog. :) Cheers for the fantastic page – I loved reading it! I always enjoy looking at your blog.

]]> http://www.jonathanwallace.net/2009/09/obama-republicans-and-fear/comment-page-1/#comment-30 theScoundrel Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:01:44 +0000 http://www.jonathanwallace.net/?p=33#comment-30 More will die. That is true no matter what we do or don't do. But fear is the great motivator when seeking to close any deal. Of course if the politicians were really all that caring why would any of the plans not have much bite until after the next Presidential election. The plan is front loading the revenue before the major parts kick in. The problem with the idea is once the government gets a hold of the money - even if they are correct that the monetary juggling will balance- the legislation will probably spend the money elsewhere on pet projects like they have done with the money that was supposed to have been set aside for SS and Medicare. And when the money they are front loading is needed - it will be gone and they will have to borrow to meet the bills. That is typical government logic. More will die. That is true no matter what we do or don’t do. But fear is the great motivator when seeking to close any deal. Of course if the politicians were really all that caring why would any of the plans not have much bite until after the next Presidential election. The plan is front loading the revenue before the major parts kick in. The problem with the idea is once the government gets a hold of the money – even if they are correct that the monetary juggling will balance- the legislation will probably spend the money elsewhere on pet projects like they have done with the money that was supposed to have been set aside for SS and Medicare. And when the money they are front loading is needed – it will be gone and they will have to borrow to meet the bills. That is typical government logic.

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