Comments on: Tell Me Lies, Tell Me Sweet Little Lies

By: Will Wilkinson

Will Wilkinson — Sat, 07 May 2005 01:46:00 +0000

Kidding, of course. Voegli seems like a smart guy.

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 07 May 2005 00:20:00 +0000

Clever.

(But you already conceded, nonetheless, that a certain Jaffa-ite is something “more” than a broken clock. Or maybe he’s just a good mind-reader).

By: Will Wilkinson

Will Wilkinson — Fri, 06 May 2005 09:33:00 +0000

Rob: Clocks. Twice a day.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 05 May 2005 22:34:00 +0000

Wait, omigod, Will just gave high praise to a hard-core, unreconstructed Jaffa-ite. Never thought I’d see that happen.

By: washerdreyer

washerdreyer — Wed, 04 May 2005 03:10:00 +0000

I take this the following to be the key part of the Sanchez piece: But liberals will block such an improvement, because there’s no way for conservatives to credibly promise that, once Social Security is explicitly restructured as welfare, they won’t gut it.

By: monkyboy

monkyboy — Tue, 03 May 2005 15:57:00 +0000

Is “the middle class” one entity?

SS is a program for individuals. Some will use their SS check to pay to keep their hot tub warm at their third house in Aspen, but for others it will be their sole source of income when they retire.

Rightly or wrongly, the “American People” support SS by a large majority. Good luck using logic to change their mind. If the American people were logical, Bush would be back in Texas trying to get through “My Pet Goat” instead of working to turn SS into another welfare program for Wall Street.

By: John Thacker

John Thacker — Tue, 03 May 2005 14:56:00 +0000

The conservatives like to keep them dollars flying too!… It can’t be for rebuilding Iraq, we already sent $25 billion to do that, and less than a billion has been spent so far.

Not true. Less than a billion out of a particular program has been spent, yes.

So we’re spending money on helping those less fortunate. What’s the point behind the middle class being taxed in order to give that money back to itself?

By: monkyboy

monkyboy — Tue, 03 May 2005 02:00:00 +0000

The conservatives like to keep them dollars flying too!

We are spending $80 billion in Iraq this year. Why?

That works out to about $600,000 per soldier stationed there. It can’t be for their salary, that’s in the regular defense budget. It can’t be for rebuilding Iraq, we already sent $25 billion to do that, and less than a billion has been spent so far.

We know that $10 billion just disappered in Iraq last year. Whose pocket is this “green tornado” going into?

By: monkyboy

monkyboy — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The conservatives like to keep them dollars flying too!

We are spending $80 billion in Iraq this year. Why?

We know that $10 billion just disappered in Iraq last year. Whose pocket is this “green tornado” going into?

By: John Thacker

John Thacker — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The conservatives like to keep them dollars flying too!… It can’t be for rebuilding Iraq, we already sent $25 billion to do that, and less than a billion has been spent so far.

Not true. Less than a billion out of a particular program has been spent, yes.

So we’re spending money on helping those less fortunate. What’s the point behind the middle class being taxed in order to give that money back to itself?