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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: Road Walker who wrote (15239)3/23/2010 3:31:21 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
All you have is an argument from authority (always week even with the best authorities) from an authority that's been proven to be awful in this area.

Suggesting that we at least slightly discount arguments from authority from any source, and heavily discount them from faulty sources, is hardly "a whine". Its suggesting a rational course of action. I could put in place another faulty or biased authority and suggest using that one, but the same criticisms would apply to any authority I proposed. Instead I suggest actually thinking about and discussing the points under consideration, rather than suggesting the opinion of some faulty authority settles things.

Maybe we shouldn't try to pay for anything

Maybe we should refrain from the spending, so we don't have to pay for it.

Maybe we should accurately consider the likely costs rather than find some authority we agree with that says they lower the deficit, pretend the faulty authority settles that issue, and pretend the issue of the deficit, is the same as the issue of cost or the issue of fiscal problems when it isn't.

Just like the Republicans. Hardly heard a peep from you then... I remember you saying how low the deficit was and it wasn't a big deal.

I believe you heavily miscategorize my posts, but it is true that the highest deficits under Republicans (president and congress) have been far smaller than the highest (and the current) deficits when the Democrats have had control of both the hill and the white house.
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