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[fpb]

I cannot believe that Obama is now proposing, as his Big Idea, to bribe the Taliban out of the war. Does he imagine that has not been tried in decades of war? And does he not imagine that they will take the money with a grin on their faces - said grin becoming rather fixed when they realize how far the dollar has been devalued - and use it to purchase more plastic explosive and heavy machine-guns? Come on, Mr.President, this is a real world.

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[affablestranger.livejournal.com]

I may be accused of being crass or cynical or whatever, but many of Obama's political bent do tend to believe that spending money on a problem actually can make it go away.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Cynical... but credible.

[jordan179.livejournal.com]

He does show an alarming lack of comprehension regarding economics, and seems never to have heard that that which one taxes one destroys, that which one subsidizes one has more of.