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Selective Deficit Disorder by David Sirota on Creators.com - A Syndicate Of Talent
Watching the health care debate unfold these days is a little like watching scenes from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" the ones showing a collage of strung-out, deranged or otherwise incapacitated patients rotting away in a squalid psychiatric ward. As the insurance industry's Nurse Ratched ...
We've Seen This Trigger Before by David Sirota on Creators.com - A Syndicate Of Talent
creators.com — After a summer of politics marked by esoteric phrases like "co-ops" and "insurance exchanges," the newest kernel... of ubiquitous arcana is the term "trigger mechanism." This proposal, which is gaining momentum after President Obama's speech to Congress, ... (more) We've Seen This Trigger Before by David Sirota on ...
A Tale of Two Supermen by David Sirota on Creators.com - A Syndicate Of Talent
creators.com — For better or worse, our American Idiocracy has come to rely on athletes as national pedagogues. Michael... Jordan educated the country about commitment and just doing it. A.C. Green lectured us about sexual caution. Serena Williams and John McEnroe ... (more) A Tale of Two Supermen by David Sirota on Creators.com - ...
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The Moment's Why Questions
Open Left - Front Page — ... Why is deficit spending only bad when it is on programs like health care that would help millions of average people, but deficit spending is perfectly fine when it is on subsidies and bailouts that help a tiny handful of very rich people? ...

David Sirota: The Moment's "Why" Questions
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Why is deficit spending only bad when it is on programs like health care that would help millions of average people, but deficit spending is perfectly fine when it is on subsidies and bailouts that help a tiny handful of very rich people? ...

Where Are the Real Deficit Hawks?
Open Left - Front Page — ... This what I've previously called classic Selective Deficit Disorder - and it's being exacerbated by Beltway journalism that distorts these numbers. ...

David Sirota: Where Are the Real Deficit Hawks?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... This what I've previously called classic Selective Deficit Disorder - and it's being exacerbated by Beltway journalism that distorts these numbers. ...

Politico Is Wrong: Cap-And-Trade and Health Care Reform Will Lower The Deficit (with update)
MyDD — ... This what I've previously called classic Selective Deficit Disorder - and it's being exacerbated by Beltway journalism that distorts these numbers. ...

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