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Published on Jul 31, 2011 by

Ben Stein puts the blame of the debt ceiling crisis on "a stupendous pileup of immensely careless people who have been heading for trouble for a decade now."

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  • Stein has been doing this for some time now. He promotes higher taxes as a matter of patriotism and moral indulgence paying. He usually dresses his arguments up by saying "people like me" and "my neighbors in Malibu can afford"... He then fails to name specifically, in numerical terms what he wants done, leading you to assume he supports a Dem like tax hike. Their "rich" is a paycheck for a small business or family making 250k. Hey Ben, the builder who employs 5 and makes 250k is nothing like u!

  • As a "bleeding-heart realist" I've always liked Ben Stein's take on government. I may not agree all the time but appreciate his well-reasoned take. He's hit this one on the head.

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  • I hardly ever agree with Stein on economic policy but in this piece he seems to be able to put blame on the proper sholders. Well done

  • Good Editorial

    

  • @moti4love

    how was that a good thing?

  • Why do yall hate jews? Dont be envies of our success yall have the same ability that we do. We were some of the poorest people but we came up because we took opportunities and busted our asses so stop hating and make a difference instead of complaining

  • but we they listen ?

  • if the GD filthy rich payed their proportionate share, ends would be, in the words of the great Eddie Murphy, "meeting like a motherfucker."

  • didn't this guy say that there was no problems with the us economy right before its collapse

  • @TitParty Are you talking about the budget surplus? Because the word used was surplus, so you just are a moron who probably didn't finish high school.

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