Fuck its silent in here.......

[Quality Start Machine]

Gil, stick to writing Voyager fanfic, and leave the political speculation to experts like MikeC, please.

I'll just go back into my cave and finish my writings on cloture and jury nullification.

Write about what happens to the President's plane. I'd actually read that.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

Gil, stick to writing Voyager fanfic, and leave the political speculation to experts like MikeC, please.

I'll just go back into my cave and finish my writings on cloture and jury nullification.

Write about what happens to the President's plane. I'd actually read that.

It wasn't the President's plane. It was a plane aimed at the President.

And it flew through a wormhole with the help of the special powers or technology or some shit of some people we haven't met yet. Or something. D'ur.

[morpheus]

I came across this chart and found it compelling enough to post here with the full knowledge that the TAXOLIB HOMOCRATS here will turn this into a "DEFENSE SPENDING IS OUT OF CONTROL" discussion, even though it's *not* defense spending that went vertical from 2007-2009.  Source is Political Calculations.

In this chart, where we've graphed the trajectory of the total spending of the federal government with respect to the median household income in the U.S. for the years from 1967 through 2009, we see that the U.S. federal government's spending today has decoupled from the primary source of income that is required to sustain it.

[Chuck to Chuck]

I came across this chart and found it compelling enough to post here with the full knowledge that the TAXOLIB HOMOCRATS here will turn this into a "DEFENSE SPENDING IS OUT OF CONTROL" discussion, even though it's *not* defense spending that went vertical from 2007-2009.  Source is Political Calculations.

Who had the Veto Pen for the 2007 to 2009 budgets?

[morpheus]

I came across this chart and found it compelling enough to post here with the full knowledge that the TAXOLIB HOMOCRATS here will turn this into a "DEFENSE SPENDING IS OUT OF CONTROL" discussion, even though it's *not* defense spending that went vertical from 2007-2009.  Source is Political Calculations.

Who had the Veto Pen for the 2007 to 2009 budgets?

WHO WROTE THE 2007-2009 BUDGETS?  Jebus, Chuck.  We all know GWB never vetoed a spending bill, OK?  The 2010 and 2015 lines have nothing to do with him.  I sincerely hope you're just doing this:

[Bort]

I came across this chart and found it compelling enough to post here with the full knowledge that the TAXOLIB HOMOCRATS here will turn this into a "DEFENSE SPENDING IS OUT OF CONTROL" discussion, even though it's *not* defense spending that went vertical from 2007-2009.  Source is Political Calculations.

Who had the Veto Pen for the 2007 to 2009 budgets?

WHO WROTE THE 2007-2009 BUDGETS?  Jebus, Chuck.  We all know GWB never vetoed a spending bill, OK?  The 2010 and 2015 lines have nothing to do with him.  I sincerely hope you're just doing this:

Isn't this whole thread an extended ?

[Brownie]

I came across this chart and found it compelling enough to post here with the full knowledge that the TAXOLIB HOMOCRATS here will turn this into a "DEFENSE SPENDING IS OUT OF CONTROL" discussion, even though it's *not* defense spending that went vertical from 2007-2009.  Source is Political Calculations.

Who had the Veto Pen for the 2007 to 2009 budgets?

Again, Chuck when it's too hot in your bank branch, do you demand they turn the thermostat up?

[Chuck to Chuck]

I came across this chart and found it compelling enough to post here with the full knowledge that the TAXOLIB HOMOCRATS here will turn this into a "DEFENSE SPENDING IS OUT OF CONTROL" discussion, even though it's *not* defense spending that went vertical from 2007-2009.  Source is Political Calculations.

Who had the Veto Pen for the 2007 to 2009 budgets?

Again, Chuck when it's too hot in your bank branch, do you demand they turn the thermostat up?

Well, if it looks like we're about to get hit with a 40 below zero cold snap, yeah, I have them turn the heat up.

It's not like the weather outside was sunny and 85 when they started spending more.

And, @Morph, the projected lines, especially the 2015 one, is meaningless.  The vertical slope from 2007 to 2009 is a good reason not to vote for anyone currently on a ballot.  Especially the GOP.

[Bort]

At any point is anyone going to correct the quote tags?

[Oleg]

At any point is anyone going to correct the quote tags?

Fuck its silent in here.....

[Gilgamesh]

Snobbery and real elitism: http://chicagobreakingbusiness.com/2010/09/u-of-c-law-professor-stops-blogging-after-outcry.html

[Chuck to Chuck]

Snobbery and real elitism: http://chicagobreakingbusiness.com/2010/09/u-of-c-law-professor-stops-blogging-after-outcry.html

Maybe he'll have time to mow his own lawn now and can afford to live on over $250,000 per year.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

Snobbery and real elitism: http://chicagobreakingbusiness.com/2010/09/u-of-c-law-professor-stops-blogging-after-outcry.html

http://nymag.com/news/businessfinance/56151/

In a witch hunt, the witches have feelings, too. As populist rage has erupted around the country, stoked by canny politicians, an opposite rage has built on Wall Street and other arenas where the wealthy hold sway. Its expression is more furtive and it's often mixed with a kind of sublimated shame, but it can be every bit as vitriolic.

"AIG pissed some people off, and now you're gonna screw everyone on Wall Street?" rails a laid-off JPMorgan vice-president. (Despite the honesty of the conversation, many did not wish to be quoted by name.)

"No offense to Middle America, but if someone went to Columbia or Wharton, [even if] their company is a fumbling, mismanaged bank, why should they all of a sudden be paid the same as the guy down the block who delivers restaurant supplies for Sysco out of a huge, shiny truck?" e-mails an irate Citigroup executive to a colleague.

"I'm not giving to charity this year!" one hedge-fund analyst shouts into the phone, when I ask about Obama's planned tax increases. "When people ask me for money, I tell them, 'If you want me to give you money, send a letter to my senator asking for my taxes to be lowered.' I feel so much less generous right now. If I have to adopt twenty poor families, I want a thank-you note and an update on their lives. At least Sally Struthers gives you an update."

[morpheus]

I came across this chart and found it compelling enough to post here with the full knowledge that the TAXOLIB HOMOCRATS here will turn this into a "DEFENSE SPENDING IS OUT OF CONTROL" discussion, even though it's *not* defense spending that went vertical from 2007-2009.  Source is Political Calculations.

Who had the Veto Pen for the 2007 to 2009 budgets?

Again, Chuck when it's too hot in your bank branch, do you demand they turn the thermostat up?

Well, if it looks like we're about to get hit with a 40 below zero cold snap, yeah, I have them turn the heat up.

It's not like the weather outside was sunny and 85 when they started spending more.

And, @Morph, the projected lines, especially the 2015 one, is meaningless.  The vertical slope from 2007 to 2009 is a good reason not to vote for anyone currently on a ballot.  Especially the GOP.

I think the 2010 projection is pretty meaningful.  Your last statement makes ZERO sense, since the Dems have had majorities in Congress since 2007.  I thought you knew that?

As for your THROW THE BUMS OUT mentality... I defer to Friedman.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac9j15eig_w PEOPLE RESPOND TO INCENTIVES.

[morpheus]

At any point is anyone going to correct the quote tags?

DPD.  I did.  http://www.desipio.com/messageboard/index.php?topic=7174.msg226601#msg226601