Of course you do...

I think that eliminating defense spending is retarded...

But guess what..

Reality and common sense are closer to my perspective than to yours.. :D

As is often... :D

Michale

But I do recognise that if a compromise it to be made on a budget the result will not be something both sides are happy with. This is what tends to happen when you are trying to reach a compromise with 2 parties who are so far apart.

I submit that the problem here is not Republicans, but rather your skewed definition of "reasonable"... :D

Michale

Fantastic ... Glenn Greenwald also completely nailed it for the Guardian.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/08/margaret-thatcher-death-etiquette

Good to see that not everyone in the British press is dripping sentimentality over Thatchers decisions.

Yes, it was sad to hear she died. No, this does not excuse her record as Prime Minister of England and elevate her to some holy pedestal.

-David

It's all a moot point anyway since Republicans are too crazy to compromise on anything budgetary. This is another reason why they are trashing Obama's proposal because it is actually quite reasonable. When both parties are unhappy with a budget, like Obamas, then you know you are close to an actual compromise. I could be wrong but I'd guess there is probably a <1% chance Republicans are ready to compromise towards a reasonable budget.

If Social Security needs to be increased, I don't see any reason to increase it only for distant-future beneficiaries. If we do want to increase it for distant-future beneficiaries, I don't see any reason to do it via an inaccurate measure of inflation.

I've gone back and answered comments for the whole week, so check out the previous columns (back to Monday) if you're interested. Sorry for the delay...

-CW