Posts by BRussell

Well I don't know enough about this to come up with my own numbers, and I don't know if there's a difference between population growth and job growth - new born babies are not going into the work force, for example - but...

Quote: Originally Posted by MJ1970    Actually, the latest numbers are not above it at all. Well below in fact. Do you have anything to back that up? One of my favorite bloggers keeps a running tally...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil  This is just gonna open another can of worms, but isn't this also just the number of people actively looking for work, not taking into account the number of Americans who have...

And so conservatism (with the exception of NoahJ) continues its descent into solipsism and nihilism. 

Quote: Originally Posted by SDW2001    1.  I think he came off much, much worse than George Bush 41.  He came off arguably worse than Carter.  I think it was the worst debate performance of...

Quote: Originally Posted by svnipp  Yeah, but Romney also indicated multiple times that he is going to repeal ObamaCare which I believe as of the most recent reclaculation was approaching $3 trillion.  This would...

Quote: Originally Posted by MJ1970  All that said, the solution to fixing the healthcare costs issue in the government budgets is to get the government out of healthcare entirely not more government intrusion and...

Quote: Originally Posted by svnipp  I believe that Romney's larger point is that revenue is not going to get us out of the mess we're in.  The problem is on the spending side. You can say that the problem is...

Quote: Originally Posted by Frank777  Why is it that the Defenders of Sesame Street are always the ones that can't count?   That is simply plain wrong. Health Care is not solely responsible for...

Tyson's point is perfect, and every serious budget expert - including people like Ryan - would acknowledge it under other circumstances, and have repeatedly in the past. They would also say that there's really only one real...