August 2011
1 post
Things to Remember
There’s nothing novel here. Each of these points have been made many times by many others. Still, as a kind of summer 2011 debt ceiling post-mortem, I would like to note that: 1. Negotiating positions are not policy or legislative positions. 2. Leaks are not facts. 3. Wall Street gets what Wall Street wants. 4. We live in an oligarchy. 5. I dunno if the debt ceiling is more or less...