Thomas Frank
Related There was a growing undercurrent of discontent by fiscal conservatives kept under wraps because Bush... CHRIS EDWARDS RON PAUL We were promised that if we gave huge tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans, the benefits would trick... TOM DASCHLE There are two things that can hurt an economy, one is a deficit and the other is higher taxes, so it... TIM KANE INDRA NOOYI (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON NANCY PELOSI I don't approve of any new tax cuts until we can control our spending and address these deficits, LINCOLN CHAFEE It is totally about tax cuts. Our current deficits are not the result of critical spending to help l... SCOTT MCCOWN Obama did inherit a deficit when he came into office. Why this fact justifies racking up vastly more... JONAH GOLDBERG MARK ZANDI NICOLA STURGEON ANNE FRANK JENNIFER GRANHOLM Efforts to restrain growth in mandatory spending are vital - not just for our near-term deficit redu... JOSH BOLTEN On the issues that I care deeply about - the environment, Roe vs. Wade, the war in Iraq, with no wea... LINCOLN CHAFEE I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES HENRY JAMES Frank Sinatra did 'Born Free', Tony Bennett did 'Walkabout,' but you have no control... JOHN BARRY THOMAS FRANK FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT TIMOTHY GEITHNER U.S. budget and current account deficits are very important contributors to an unbalanced global eco... LAWRENCE SUMMERS C. JOYBELL C. DAKOTA JOHNSON It was very significant two years ago when Greenspan endorsed the first Bush tax cut plan. So his ba... NORMAN ORNSTEIN It's really changed me. For the first time I'm in favor of the Bush tax cuts. KEN JENNINGS MAISIE WILLIAMS JOHN SPRATT Persistent deficit spending can create problems for monetary policy. When fiscal authorities run lar... DALLAS FED STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE. STEPHAN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st... STHEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY INDRA NOOYI I think you would be hard-pressed to find an economist, aside from the supply-siders, who would argu... WAYNE AYERS Looking at the high cost of occupation in Iraq and the needs we have in this country, would it not h... TIM RUSSERT DOUG HOFFMAN When Republicans used reconciliation in 2001 for the Bush tax cuts, they used it to increase the def... KENT CONRAD If someone had told me when I was a kid I'd get an ovation from Frank Sinatra! One time, I did a... IRWIN THOMAS The party in power almost always unapologetically engages in deficit spending, while the other party... MATT TAIBBI DANICA MCKELLAR Most of the stuff that people look at on Quora today was not written in the last month. You write so... ADAM D'ANGELO DALLAS ROBERTS There's a stability and growth pact which was agreed for the eleven countries which tries to lim... ROBERT C. SOLOMON Only children simply accept the fact that their parents have the right to make choices for them. Eve... THE MIRROR OF MAYBE NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB DANICA MCKELLAR CARRIE-ANNE MOSS ROB PORTMAN Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY I'm in a comic book now. That was cool. That's something that I'm still sorta reeling ab... RUTINA WESLEY His change-up was really working well. When he has that working with his fastball, it's a pretty goo... FRANK PERMUY I think, on the rap side of life, I've always been inspired by and respected Missy Elliott for a... K. FLAY Reagan proved deficits don't matter. DICK CHENEY I grew up around books. When I first held the book and it was a substantive, tangible thing, and I t... PAUL ALLEN People know we're running huge deficits and they know the costs have just rocketed upward. Many Amer... CAL JILLSON That's the great thing about being an actor: Stuff shows up that you never thought was going to ... JUSTIN KIRK I was raised in Kenya, and I always wanted to be an actor from when I was really, really little, but... LUPITA NYONG'O Weakness, all the more dangerous for being combined with a sense of entitlement ERIKA JOHANSEN MACAULAY CULKIN ALEX TABARROK When I left for college, I told myself that this was a chance for reinvention. No one on the other s... ANDREA SEIGEL BOB BEAUPREZ The history of U.S. trade policy amply demonstrates that dollar overvaluation and the huge and growi... FRED BERGSTEN ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH If you put up a blog, people can cut out the middle man and get material to you. Which is really hel... ZACH GALLIGAN BARACK OBAMA JUSTIN VERLANDER A huge thing for me growing up was going to see my favorite bands and feeling like, 'Okay, cool,... KELLIN QUINN It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON I haven't experienced anything paranormal yet, but I did see what I think was a meteor light up ... RYAN LEE JAMES WAN I would really like to do a really cool one-hour show, maybe on, like, HBO or something like that; o... JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT As much as I'm not a huge fan of the band Kiss, I totally appreciate what they did in creating a sho... DAN ANDRIANO PAUL WALKER LI KEQIANG I've been very lucky. I made a choice, getting out of school, to follow the work and the people ... PHILLIPA SOO The tax cuts have a lot of momentum. For something like the estate tax or the alternative minimum ta... MAYA MACGUINEAS C. JOYBELL C. FRANK DEFORD BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Cutting budget deficits can never be just an exercise in economics. GEORGE OSBORNE WINONA LADUKE ASHLEY WAGNER
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