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America's political parties currently offer the voter a choice
between Mr. Scrooge and Rumpelstiltskin. YA
Rationality is the third rail of American politics. - Stephen Colbert
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Morning Joe Gets Antsy
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Sunday, August 21, 2011
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YA's excellent Scrooge vs Rumpelstiltskin observation strikes me as one of those funny-true things.
ReplyDeleteSo, what if we play with this idea just a little?
One thought would be to let each of Scrooge and Rumpelstiltskin play to his strengths. Sure, Mr. Scrooge was a sour old miser, but we have to admit that he really knew how to pile up the money. And Rumelstiltskin was a little crazy, but spinning gold out of straw is an admirable talent. If the two of them could somehow be made to work together, they'd actually be a financial planning dream team.
So, on the super committee ("Joint Deficit Reduction Committee") we separate the Scrooges and Rumpelstiltskins. I mean the R's and the D's. Then we stipulate that they're not allowed to talk to each other, since that never accomplishes much of anything anyway. Then we put the R's in charge of spending cuts (but send a few ghosts and ailing children their way so they don't get too out of hand with it) and the D's in charge of revenue (taking money from Warren Buffett isn't quite fairy-tale magic, so maybe let the D's wear tights and pretend they're Robin Hood instead).
Then presto, deficit problem SOLVED!