tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785387207570374478.post6695573280842986343..comments2023-12-24T05:04:37.381-05:00Comments on The Train of Thought: The Great CaveJJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082265494052859780noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785387207570374478.post-77789017686176098092010-12-08T17:24:32.736-05:002010-12-08T17:24:32.736-05:00Chris Hayes tweeted something the other day relate...Chris Hayes tweeted something the other day related to this:<br /><br />Lesson 1 about DC: No one cares about the deficit.<br /><br />Lesson 2 about DC: Those who talk the most about the deficit care about it the least.JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02082265494052859780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785387207570374478.post-20238965762250073562010-12-08T17:04:46.435-05:002010-12-08T17:04:46.435-05:00the unemployment thing does go a good way towards ...the unemployment thing does go a good way towards quelling my rage about this. Dad is what you might call "under" employed. He currently has a temp job. But since it's a temp job, he WILL be unemployed in the none-too-distant future.<br />Still, it's not ENTIRELY quelled. This still means millionaires are more important to the administration than federal employees (read "mom"). Basically it amounts to a statement of, "Deficit? What deficit? Oh I was just pulling your leg about that. We can totally afford to do this. You're still not getting cost-of-living increases for the next two years, though. You know, because we're so poor."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com