re: #339 garhighway

From this morning’s Morning Edition, a discussion of why US deficit levels aren’t as alarming as some think:

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(Scroll down to “Economist Argues The Deficit Isn’t Issue No. 1” to get the clip.)

Don’t you understand that deficits are OK as long as the gop is in charge? From 2001-2008 we ran huge deficits and the only right wingers who really complained were the Paulians. Then Obama gets elected and conservatives immediately argue that debt means the end of America as we know it. It’s purely political.