tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636283.post8327120649541663484..comments2023-03-26T03:50:25.501-04:00Comments on David's Secret Blog: We're Never Our Own Worst CriticsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636283.post-87247998312686662112007-09-28T08:48:00.000-04:002007-09-28T08:48:00.000-04:00David:Exactly. Greenspan wrote his book because h...David:<BR/><BR/>Exactly. Greenspan wrote his book because he missed the media fawning and plaudits (and I suspect he wanted more face time with Maria Bartiromo).<BR/><BR/>Plus, he doesn't have to go up to the Hill and have cranks like Jim Bunning and Mel Watt insult him for an hour or so (twice a year).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636283.post-84912307735083309032007-09-16T09:27:00.000-04:002007-09-16T09:27:00.000-04:00When talking about millions, billions and trillion...When talking about millions, billions and trillions, I like to emphasize their enormity by pointing out that a million is a thousand thousand, a billion is a thousand million and a trillion is a thousand billion. Thus a deficit of 166 billion, while an almost incomprehensibly large number to most of us, is only a little more than 1% of our 2006 GNP of 13 trillion.erphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826044412670324694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636283.post-3276423889491199222007-09-16T03:37:00.000-04:002007-09-16T03:37:00.000-04:00While I soured on the GOP as a legislative party d...While I soured on the GOP as a legislative party during the decade after they took control of the House in '95, saying that "congressional Republicans and President George W. Bush [abandoned] fiscal discipline" is rewriting history.<BR/><BR/>I may not like how or what they chose to spend money on, but <A HREF="http://www.optimist123.com/optimist/2007/09/deficit-watch-a.html" REL="nofollow">in the twelve months composing Aug. '06 - Jul. '07, the Federal budget deficit was pocket change - $ 166 billion</A>.<BR/><BR/>That's not exemplary, but neither is it profligate.Oroboroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01710250012500728430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636283.post-63381600614634995292007-09-15T13:40:00.000-04:002007-09-15T13:40:00.000-04:00Politics is the art of the possible and banging on...Politics is the art of the possible and banging ones head against a stone wall because everything isn't perfect, isn't very productive.erphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826044412670324694noreply@blogger.com