The proposed 2012 budget...

[Onkel Neal]

...and I don't claim to know everything about this particular budget proposal, but between the two school of thoughts:

1. Tax the rich until everyone's need and wishes are satisfied
2. Cut spending and taxes and allow business to work with minimal interference

I will opt for #2. Sure, we disagree.

you believe in the myth of free markets, I hate to burst your bubble but that ideology is only a fairytale.

Well, that's certainly your opinion. You've earned the Skybird award for posing an opinion as undisputed fact.

My opinion contrasts that, I believe that free markets deserve a large share of credit for getting us this far. I sure don't think state run economies are the answer.

At least someone is making an effort.

@Neal

Well, that's certainly your opinion. You've earned the Skybird award for posing an opinion as undisputed fact.

Can you find any example of a true free market system ever existing in any nation?
If it has existed you can surely produce one example as an item of fact, if you are unable to produce one then it reverts to mythical status.

I sure don't think state run economies are the answer.

A State run economy is just another ideology, and like most it is mythical.

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

I believe that free markets deserve a large share of credit for getting us this far.

I believe you're right - radical deregulation and unwavering worship of "The Free Market" ideology in the face of all sense and prudence has led us into the most expensive financial crisis this country has ever seen. So yes, in a way the "free market" has got us to where we're at.

[Ducimus]

Enjoy this crop of related comics:
http://www.cagle.com/news/GovShutdown/main.asp

[Oberon]

So...is this like some kind of governmental BSOD?

Is Lizzie going to have to come over and hit the reset button?

[Oberon]

Looks like enough processes were closed to prevent bluescreen.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13022575

Looks like enough processes were closed to prevent bluescreen.

So the compromise was to keep condoms but get rid of some pollution regulation

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

So the compromise was to keep condoms

And wanting to get rid of them never made any damn sense in the first place. If you're against abortion, you should be all for Planned Parenthood. It was started by Nixon with the support of Bush 1 because contraception kept women from having more babies and kept them off welfare.

Well, that's when "the GOP" didn't mean "eat your own feces insane."

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Reboot the federal government. I wish.

Originally Posted by Platapus

Reboot the federal government. I wish.

The 1 dollar bill agrees.

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

I believe you're right - radical deregulation and unwavering worship of "The Free Market" ideology in the face of all sense and prudence has led us into the most expensive financial crisis this country has ever seen. So yes, in a way the "free market" has got us to where we're at.

You know what I mean. Every systems needs rules and checks, excessive "deregulation" allows corruption. Still, the free market beats the alternatives. Just what do you propose?