[lbo-talk] Tea Party Commies

[Shane Mage]

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“The U.S. government has to come to terms with the painful fact that  
the good old days when it could just borrow its way out of messes of  
its own making are finally gone,” read the commentary, which was  
published in Chinese newspapers.

Beijing, which did not release any other official statement on the  
downgrade, called on Washington to make substantial cuts to its  
“bloated social welfare” programs.

(NYTimes, Saturday)

Shane Mage

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