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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (37040)	9/17/2009 2:10:05 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 71588

"Things as they are now", does not equal "the laws as they are now", if your being extermely strict about it, it means EVERYTHING the way it is now, which means the status quo is impossible because in general terms things change over time, and in specific terms the laws call for specific changes. If you change the law you change the status quo, but if you don't change the law you also change the status quo since the law makes changes. Being looser about the term "status quo" (the normal way to use the term), you could apply it to only one or a small subset of things - "the laws the way they are now", or "taxes and spending the way they are now", or any other thing the way it is now, as each individual speaker chooses to use the term, not just specifically the current set of laws. The point I made which branched off to this discussion is that "The vast bulk of the projected future deficits is projected future increases in spending." An increase in spending is an increase in spending even if current law calls for it already.

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