http://kaiyen.com/blog/2008/10/07/another-telling-paragrapheconomic-plans-of-the-candidates/ Why have 10 blogs on specific topics when you can have just 1 with all kinds of random topics? Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:17:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://kaiyen.com/blog/2008/10/07/another-telling-paragrapheconomic-plans-of-the-candidates/comment-page-1/#comment-49 kaiyen Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:25:16 +0000 http://kaiyen.com/blog/2008/10/07/another-telling-paragrapheconomic-plans-of-the-candidates/#comment-49 I wonder how much damage is already done with the term "bail-out," which has a rather negative feel to it. So whatever the first plausible step is, much less the next, is going to sound unpalatable. But yes, I agree that overcommitting right now would just be setting one's self up for later (your example of Bush no. 1 is a perfect example). But so far things are only crystalizing recently, and only in little hints, it seems. I wonder how much damage is already done with the term “bail-out,” which has a rather negative feel to it. So whatever the first plausible step is, much less the next, is going to sound unpalatable. But yes, I agree that overcommitting right now would just be setting one’s self up for later (your example of Bush no. 1 is a perfect example). But so far things are only crystalizing recently, and only in little hints, it seems.

]]> http://kaiyen.com/blog/2008/10/07/another-telling-paragrapheconomic-plans-of-the-candidates/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Gardner Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:27:51 +0000 http://kaiyen.com/blog/2008/10/07/another-telling-paragrapheconomic-plans-of-the-candidates/#comment-47 Possibly true. It may also be that the way out of the mess will be messy and very, very delicate, revealing plausible next steps only as each next step is taken. If that's the scenario, putting out a detailed plan now would be very risky, both in terms of affecting market expectations and in terms of future political viability (cf. "read my lips; no new taxes). Possibly true. It may also be that the way out of the mess will be messy and very, very delicate, revealing plausible next steps only as each next step is taken. If that’s the scenario, putting out a detailed plan now would be very risky, both in terms of affecting market expectations and in terms of future political viability (cf. “read my lips; no new taxes).

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