> > "Taken together, then, the deal is an almost perfect blend of policy punt
> > and political ploy."
> >
> >
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-debt-deal-disaster-averted-decline-straight-ahead/2011/07/31/gIQAWPaCmI_story.html?hpid=z2
> >
> > I'm not wringing my hands like the author (and Lindsey Graham) are about
> > "decline," but it really kind of does look like a whole lot of nothing.
>
> Matt Miller is yucky. I was on a panel with him a few years ago. What a
> Third Way hack
I believe that, just based on this piece. But it was the first thing I could find that gave me a sense of the numbers. And as you all have been saying, the 900 billion could still turn out not even to be 900 billion, when it's all said and done.
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