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Tuesday Open Thread | 88 comments (88 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

As always, it depends on what the money is spent on and how it is being paid for. It's ridiculous for anyone to claim that public spending is inherently bad.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Tue Aug 29th, 2006 at 02:51:52 PM EST
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Re: Tuesday Open Thread (4.00 / 2)

Lots of the "elite" are unfortunately spinning these ridiculous things.

by Laurent GUERBY on Tue Aug 29th, 2006 at 03:29:57 PM EST
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Re: Tuesday Open Thread (4.00 / 2)

As you probably know, they've been doing the same thing stateside since Reagan, with the added bonus of being complete hypocrites. The only politician in the last twenty six years who has significantly reduced the size of the federal government is Bill Clinton.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Tue Aug 29th, 2006 at 03:43:12 PM EST
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Re: Tuesday Open Thread (none / 0)

Rfewre to Migu's excellent Keynes diary a few weeks back

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Tue Aug 29th, 2006 at 04:14:38 PM EST
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