How will the market react to downgrade?

[Cephalopod]

?

Clearly a sexist.

[Parkbandit]

You learn to argue by watching Fox News, don't you?

I'll try to dumb it down for you.. since you learned how to argue by watching Mr. Rogers Neighborhood.


You made the claim that you can't cut taxes and increase spending because it increases debt... even when it has historically turned the economy around.. increasing debt is bad. Yet someone on the same side of the isle previous stated:

In any case, worrying about the deficit when the economy is so weak is like worrying about a house fire when the nuclear plant down the road is in a full meltdown. You can't cut your way to economic growth in a liquidity trapped economy. You have to create demand.

So which is it?

[BriarFox]

I'll try to dumb it down for you.. since you learned how to argue by watching Mr. Rogers Neighborhood.


You made the claim that you can't cut taxes and increase spending because it increases debt... even when it has historically turned the economy around.. increasing debt is bad. Yet someone on the same side of the isle previous stated:



So which is it?

I'm talking about general policies, not emergency maneuvers. X /= Y.

[Keller]

More importantly, can you please argue with people and not generic ideologies?

There is no liberal or conservative school people go to be indoctrinated.

[CrystalTears]

There is no liberal or conservative school people go to be indoctrinated.

And if there were, I'd be screwed as they wouldn't have a former semi-conservative school.

[Keller]

And if there were, I'd be screwed as they wouldn't have a former semi-conservative school.

Great point.

[BriarFox]

The independents would go on picnics during indoctrination time, like the students whose parents protest sex ed.

[~Rocktar~]

That's beside the point, as I hope you know. Even if cutting taxes can increase demand in the economy, the national debt increases as revenue decreases. An extrapolation sees the government collapse under debt and the economy crash.

No, the debt increases when you spend more than you have. Revenue can decrease and it does not automatically require increasing debt. This is the logical disconnect of all Liberal fiscal arguments. Revenue decrease does NOT automatically equal debt increase.

[Parkbandit]

I'm talking about general policies, not emergency maneuvers. X /= Y.

So, state your general policy when it comes to the economy. Clearly, this general policy wouldn't be used in our current situation.

[BriarFox]

No, the debt increases when you spend more than you have. Revenue can decrease and it does not automatically require increasing debt. This is the logical disconnect of all Liberal fiscal arguments. Revenue decrease does NOT automatically equal debt increase.

Isn't the inside of your ass empty yet? I was responding to a "cut-taxes and spend argument," with a constant level of spending implicit.