tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post2375505730391561175..comments2024-03-10T09:24:45.565+02:00Comments on Dispatches from Vilnius: State of the UnionJames Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-63202760121632733572013-02-01T08:42:21.860+02:002013-02-01T08:42:21.860+02:00Indeed! Nice to have you back, av. The Bushmaste...Indeed! Nice to have you back, av. The Bushmaster 223 is apparently the weapon of choice for Doomsday preppers, not stag hunters, but conservative legislators seem easy prey for the NRA. Amazing how an organization that began by promoting gun safety has grown into this behemoth lobby with so much political swing in Washington. Obama isn't proposing much more than that which Reagan and H.W.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-19141676576827328222013-02-01T03:21:42.695+02:002013-02-01T03:21:42.695+02:00I wrote to all my representatives in favor of Obam...I wrote to all my representatives in favor of Obama's proposed gun legislation. I know it's hopeless, but you have to try since you know the pro-assault weapon people will be out in force. <br /><br />Tester actually wrote a sensitive response, citing the killing of children in Connecticut. Baucus is hopeless, citing only the 2nd amendment. I had hoped to get a response from our new avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-80482650121580785802013-01-31T23:23:29.554+02:002013-01-31T23:23:29.554+02:00Too much math for the Republicans to handle. They...Too much math for the Republicans to handle. They view it as a zero-sum game.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-29861599883197646622013-01-31T21:01:02.088+02:002013-01-31T21:01:02.088+02:00And lets hope he also makes it clear that now is n...And lets hope he also makes it clear that now is not the time to put all of our economic eggs in the deficit reduction basket. That's what the Republicans want, or that and lower taxes. But as just about any economist will admit, you don't save your way out of a recession. We can handle higher interest rates if at the same time we're stimulating the economy.Rick Diguettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556088192579865532noreply@blogger.com