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To: Canuck Dave who wrote (103656)	11/12/2013 5:55:45 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217713

Love the sexy talk It has been awhile since we have had a good god-fearing inducing crash, and we are out of practice Just attended the annual advisors meeting for a real estate fund which I had been engaged with since 2001, and noted that people all over the planet are getting ground down to bits. The sooner we have a terribly destabilizing crash the more people would be saved from further grinding. To save the planet, the crash must be big, cleansing, and thorough, and be followed in w/ .... I best stop describing so as to not frighten the children

To: Canuck Dave who wrote (103656)	11/12/2013 1:15:49 PM
From: Metacomet	3 Recommendations Recommended By ggersh KobaltBlauw KyrosL Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 217713

We have been wringing our hands over this impending doom for about a decade now.. ..much of it as a result of the fiscal madness we know is being visited upon us by this out of control Obama administration Except, the facts fail to support this original knowledge based assumption About Our “Spending Problem” (Revisited) It’s a well established fact that the Obama administration has been spending like a drunken sailor since the day he was inaugurated. I first wrote about his spendthrift ways here, toward the end of 2010 (has it already been three years?). Some time has now passed, so how’s it going? Let’s take another look at Federal government spending – including and excluding defense – for the last five administrations, indexed to 100 in the first quarter of each administration. First the overall picture: Now, let’s strip out the defense portion: Please think of these two charts the next time you hear someone say, “We don’t have a revenue problem, we have a spending problem.” Present these charts and ask precisely where that spending problem is. What goes on at the state and local level also obviously impacts the trajectory of our economy, including GDP and our employment picture. While the Federal government does not have direct control of state and local economics, it is certainly a meaningful indirect influence, as Federal policies ripple through state capitals and subsequently through local town halls. Here’s what that picture looks like over the past five administrations: ritholtz.com