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By: hopeful

hopeful — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 01:26:29 +0000

The teacher stopped using the red X because she thought it might hurt their self-esteem, and instead gave half-credit for trying.

malclave on August 22, 2012 at 7:36 PM

LOL
Old math: 1+1=
New math: 1+1=2. How does that make you feel?

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By: malclave

malclave — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 23:36:49 +0000

The politicians are trying to get 1+1 to equal 3 and they are trying to ignore the big red “X” the teacher put over the problem, marking it wrong.

hopeful on August 22, 2012 at 12:37 PM

The teacher stopped using the red X because she thought it might hurt their self-esteem, and instead gave half-credit for trying.

By: astonerii

astonerii — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:49:08 +0000

These sorts of assumptions can and should be made of the Paul Ryan plan as well. Laws are only valid for the period they are enacted. No budget this year ties the hands of the congress next year, or even next week. Let alone 40 years in the future when almost all those who enacted the legislation are already dead or close to dead.

Paul Ryan, enabler of the welfare state. Romney, creator of welfare state.

By: Turtle317

Turtle317 — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:33:01 +0000

Funny thing about taxation. Liberals can hike the daylights out of taxes and you get… just under 19% of GDP on an economy growing at a rate between 1.8% and 2.6%.

Conservatives understand this, so that’s why you CUT expenditures and reduce taxation. Know what you get in revenue? That’s right, you guessed it! Just under 19% of GDP on an economy growing at a rate of 5.0% or better.

No tough decision here.

By: hopeful

hopeful — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:37:46 +0000

The bottom line is, this is not rocket science. It’s math. Basic math. The politicians are trying to get 1+1 to equal 3 and they are trying to ignore the big red “X” the teacher put over the problem, marking it wrong.