Attorney Client Two Step

Submitted by Lance on Sun, 09/07/2008 - 8:02pm

So, to sum up the administration’s defense of its torture policy: the lawyers aren’t responsible because they were simply providing legal advice to the clients, who actually make policy. And the clients aren’t responsible, because they vetted all the policies with the lawyers.

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Sucker's Bet

Submitted by Lance on Wed, 09/24/2008 - 11:20am

As is well known, from 1980-1992 tax cutting was great and deficits didn’t matter. But starting in 1993 it was crucially important for the government to run balanced budgets. But then suddenly in 2001, budget surpluses became dangerous and we needed giant tax cuts. Then from 2002-2008 deficits didn’t matter because it was wartime.

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