Comments on: The Obligatory Economic Outlook http://www.moundalexis.com/tm/2008/09/25/the-obligatory-economic-outlook/ Rants and musings, without care for substance. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:22:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Bilbo http://www.moundalexis.com/tm/2008/09/25/the-obligatory-economic-outlook/#comment-14646 Bilbo Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:10:59 +0000 http://www.moundalexis.com/tm/?p=481#comment-14646 Well said. I've been raging about this mess for the last week or so in my own blog, but I think you've managed to say what I'm thinking with a lot less anger. Well said. I’ve been raging about this mess for the last week or so in my own blog, but I think you’ve managed to say what I’m thinking with a lot less anger.

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]]> By: Wesley Shields http://www.moundalexis.com/tm/2008/09/25/the-obligatory-economic-outlook/#comment-14642 Wesley Shields Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:57:11 +0000 http://www.moundalexis.com/tm/?p=481#comment-14642 "I appreciate that these people appear like they’re going to look at this one instead of just pushing it through blindly, though I think the only reason they’re doing it is because of the dollar figure involved." This reminds me of one of my favorite phenomena: http://www.bikeshed.com. I haven't been following the proposal in enough detail to know if they are actually making significant changes to it or just pretending to look at it, but it would not surprise me if this went through unchanged simply because it's a complicated mess and congress is trusting that it's going to work. “I appreciate that these people appear like they’re going to look at this one instead of just pushing it through blindly, though I think the only reason they’re doing it is because of the dollar figure involved.”

This reminds me of one of my favorite phenomena: http://www.bikeshed.com. I haven’t been following the proposal in enough detail to know if they are actually making significant changes to it or just pretending to look at it, but it would not surprise me if this went through unchanged simply because it’s a complicated mess and congress is trusting that it’s going to work.

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