Most economists think this isn't enough?
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"Most economists think this isn't enough"... Try: "Most economists think that cutting spending during a recession is a recipe for disaster."
The Republicans even got their Medicare cuts. The only bright point in this is that the cuts won't take effect for another couple of years (from TFA), I guess the hope is that the recession will have eased by then. If it hasn't, we're in for a very tough time.
They think it'll be different because it will be different, eventually.
Remember the outrage when people found out that the Quake 3 demo was sending back information about players' computers? Now everyone does it. Remember when TurboTax introduced software activation? How about Half Life 2? People were livid. Now it's almost ubiquitous among games and growing among productivity software. How about removing dedicated servers? DLC? Lack of user made maps?
They just keep doing it and people get a little less outraged every time. It's easier when you have a blockbuster like Half Life pushing it, some people just can't resist the shiny, but it'll happen eventually regardless.
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"Most economists think this isn't enough"... Try: "Most economists think that cutting spending during a recession is a recipe for disaster."
The Republicans even got their Medicare cuts. The only bright point in this is that the cuts won't take effect for another couple of years (from TFA), I guess the hope is that the recession will have eased by then. If it hasn't, we're in for a very tough time.
They think it'll be different because it will be different, eventually.
Remember the outrage when people found out that the Quake 3 demo was sending back information about players' computers? Now everyone does it. Remember when TurboTax introduced software activation? How about Half Life 2? People were livid. Now it's almost ubiquitous among games and growing among productivity software. How about removing dedicated servers? DLC? Lack of user made maps?
They just keep doing it and people get a little less outraged every time. It's easier when you have a blockbuster like Half Life pushing it, some people just can't resist the shiny, but it'll happen eventually regardless.