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Steve Bannon, Extreme Keynesian -- (link)

Posted by Reagen Nov 18 '16, 12:19

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https://mobile.twitter.com/ObsoleteDogma/status/799683855879962629 (mobile.twitter.com)

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"It will be as exciting as the 1930's" -- nm - decline Nov 18, 12:52 1
- The Art of the New Deal! -- nm - Mop Nov 18, 13:10
I like that it sounds so well-planned: "we will see what sticks.." - Marlowe Nov 18, 12:49
this is about the least bad thing i've read today from the administration...nm - x Nov 18, 12:36 11
- There a quote out there where he says he's a Leninist and wants "to smash the state" - Reagen Nov 18, 12:38 8
  - oh, he's a nightmare. i just find infrastructure spending a lot sunnier proposition that a surveillance state...nm - x Nov 18, 12:45 3
    - "A turkey in every pot, a camera in every lamp post." -- nm - Mop Nov 18, 13:16
    - "Why can't we have both?" -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 12:47 1
      - ysmm -- nm - znufrii Nov 18, 12:48
  - "So, you want a realistic, down-to-earth show... that's completely off-the-wall and swarming with magic robots?" -- nm - prayformojo Nov 18, 12:42 1
    - Basically. -- (edited) - Reagen Nov 18, 12:43
  - I think honestly at least half the senate republicans would say privately that they want to. This position is not one subject to confirmation though. -- nm - pmb Nov 18, 12:39 1
    - Eh, it's amazing how forgiving people can be to someone directly responsible for increasing their power. -- nm - znufrii Nov 18, 12:42
- Infrastructure is needed. And this would have been great a few years ago when we really needed it. - pmb Nov 18, 12:38 1
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( to reiterate - the advisor to the president from the party of "government is spending too much" wants to spend a *trillion* on infrastructure) -- nm - Reagen Nov 18, 12:30 26
- also, I'm going to need one of the bean counters to tell me what the hell a negative interest rate is, because I want a loan at a negative interest - crash davis Nov 18, 12:33 5
  - here's a good wsj primer.... - x Nov 18, 12:41 1
    - thank you sir -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 12:44
  - Some European Central banks have negative rates right now, in order to encourage companies not to hoard cash - Reagen Nov 18, 12:37 2
    - japan's been at it for a while now...nm - x Nov 18, 12:42
    - ah, central banks, not commercial banks - thank you sir -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 12:39
- you must have missed the 'aughts when the GOP abandoned all pretense of being the party of limited government - ML Nov 18, 12:32 19
  - Not only did the GOP leadership in Congress drop the pretense of limited spending, they also dropped any pretense of accounting for spending. - ReluctantCynic Nov 18, 12:40
  - But they won't stop saying that's what they are. -- nm - pmb Nov 18, 12:36 4
    - there is a not-insubstantial part of the party that truly wants limited government, but that position has ceased to be majoritarian - ML Nov 18, 12:51 3
      - They'all have plenty of scraps thrown at them in terms of reducing the scope of the federal government, if not its power. -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 18, 13:16
      - We just need to start our own political party. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 18, 13:14 1
        
        I tried, but my vice-presidential candidate kept trying to hump Jim Lehrer -- nm - ML Nov 18, 13:16
  - Evan McMullin has something you might be interested in -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 12:35
  - WTF were all the debt ceiling fights about then? -- nm - Reagen Nov 18, 12:34 11
    - Obviously they're all racists. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 18, 13:08 3
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        nmbl -- (link) - Strongbad Nov 18, 13:17
      - ML, I'm gonna need that link from earlier... -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 18, 13:11
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        You're right. The debt ceiling fight was because a bunch of racist birther movement folks. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 18, 13:24 1
        
        Lol -- nm - znufrii Nov 18, 13:48
    - fiscal responsibility, which is different than limited government - znufrii Nov 18, 12:39
    - 'Messing with Obama' -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 12:35
    - A democratic president. -- nm - pmb Nov 18, 12:35
I am going to guess that it takes a bit more time to get an iron works going than just turning the lights back on -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 12:30 4
- An industrial zone and 14 turns, give or take -- nm - Reagen Nov 18, 12:31 3
  - are you factoring in barbarians? -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 12:34 2
    - Confession : I always play No Barbarians - Reagen Nov 18, 12:39 1
      - slightly disappointed -- nm - crash davis Nov 18, 12:41

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