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Economics Discuss Warren Buffet Quote at the Political Forums; "I could end the deficit in 5 minutes. Just pass a law that makes congress ineligible for reelection if the ...

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Old 07-08-2011, 06:38 PM
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"I could end the deficit in 5 minutes. Just pass a law that makes congress ineligible for reelection if the deficit is greater than 3% of the GDP"
Warren Buffett: I could end the deficit in 5 minutes. | The Big Picture

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Be good if we had this sort of maturity in our congressional leadership.
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Naw...that's kinda mindless. Deficits in and of themselves aren't necessarily bad - the reasons for the deficits are what's important.
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