But the proles will learn to love it in the end

Quote of the Day About the Debt Ceiling Negotiations : Mike the Mad Biologist

[In this whole deficit reduction circlejerk] it really is remarkable how there has been no discussion whatsoever of what trillions of dollars of cuts would mean for people's day to day lives. Because that's why budget deficits and reduction matter--it's not an arbitrary number to be reached for its own sake.