Comments on: Can budget deficits cure the debt problem? http://www.citizeneconomists.com/blogs/2009/03/23/can-budget-deficits-cure-the-debt-problem/ Citizen Economists is an online economics magazine written by citizen journalists. These ordinary citizens provide reports and commentary on the current events affecting the economics of the fields they work in. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:44:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ratmond http://www.citizeneconomists.com/blogs/2009/03/23/can-budget-deficits-cure-the-debt-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-7716 Ratmond Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:02:30 +0000 http://www.citizeneconomists.com/blogs/?p=990#comment-7716 It's economics that makes as much sense as drawing blood from your leg and injecting it into your arm. It’s economics that makes as much sense as drawing blood from your leg and injecting it into your arm.

]]> By: Winton Bates http://www.citizeneconomists.com/blogs/2009/03/23/can-budget-deficits-cure-the-debt-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-7700 Winton Bates Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:35:38 +0000 http://www.citizeneconomists.com/blogs/?p=990#comment-7700 Dan: The message was meant to be about following simple rules to promote stability rather than a fiscal stimulus that would need to be followed by higher taxes and a credit squeeze once inflation starts to rise. In later posts I support suggestions that the Fed should be targeting nominal GDP and that it should be by-passing the injured banks by buying corporate debt. Dan:
The message was meant to be about following simple rules to promote stability rather than a fiscal stimulus that would need to be followed by higher taxes and a credit squeeze once inflation starts to rise.

In later posts I support suggestions that the Fed should be targeting nominal GDP and that it should be by-passing the injured banks by buying corporate debt.

]]> By: Emmanuel Tabones http://www.citizeneconomists.com/blogs/2009/03/23/can-budget-deficits-cure-the-debt-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-7696 Emmanuel Tabones Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:11:12 +0000 http://www.citizeneconomists.com/blogs/?p=990#comment-7696 I have a feeling if the country had stuck with an uninterrupted string of conservative Republican administrations from 1980 til now-coupled with conservative domination of Congress, we would not be in this mess at all or at least, it would not be this bad. I have a feeling if the country had stuck with an uninterrupted string of conservative Republican administrations from 1980 til now-coupled with conservative domination of Congress, we would not be in this mess at all or at least, it would not be this bad.

]]> By: Dan McLaughlin http://www.citizeneconomists.com/blogs/2009/03/23/can-budget-deficits-cure-the-debt-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-7694 Dan McLaughlin Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:45:31 +0000 http://www.citizeneconomists.com/blogs/?p=990#comment-7694 So, the lesson is, let's make all the same mistakes that Japan did, because this time it just might turn out different. So, the lesson is, let’s make all the same mistakes that Japan did, because this time it just might turn out different.

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