Dear comrade to propose even more deficit spending (via Da Mook)

The President will propose more spending, or "targeted investments" as he calls it, in his State of the Union.

This is President Obama's idea of being a moderate? Oy!

Imagine this scenario: You get a brilliant idea that you can beat the odds in Las Vegas. You mortgage your home to the hilt, empty your savings accounts and your kid's piggybank and drop it all on a single roll of the roulette wheel. Naturally, you lose everything. So, what now? Well, being broke you don't have a lot of options. But if you're a bureaucrat and you're playing with someone else's money, the answer is simple – double down. That's ess … Read More

via Da Mook