It’s Not Raining, We’re Getting Peed On: The Scam Of The Deficit Crisis (Second Edition): Chapter 3
from the Working Life blog (Jonathan Tasini):
Its Not Raining, Were Getting Peed On: The Scam Of The Deficit Crisis (Second Edition): Chapter 3
Posted on 04 April 2013.
The president has played a big role in this foolishness so all his promises about focusing on the middle class wont mean much if he doesnt get off the bandwagon of a policy that is our social Armaggedon. It was the president, after all, who created the debt commission, formerly known as the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reformthe tale of which is part of the revised edition of the book.
Do you like sports? Most people do. So, think about this: lets say you started a new baseball season with everyone, as usual, looking to capture the ultimate prize: winning the World Series.
You start out the season with the Commissioner of Baseball announcing the following ground rules: everything is on the table, everyone is a part of this race and every option is available to your team.
Except any team that has a stadium within 25 miles of an ocean cant qualify for the World Series. ................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.workinglife.org/2013/04/04/its-not-raining-were-getting-peed-on-the-scam-of-the-deficit-crisis-second-edition-chapter-3/