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Consensus: present course is unsustainable Does debt matter? There is no shortage of business press and TV coverage about US government and the individuals who hold “power” in it. But, what power is that? Elected politicians do, and always did understand that they simply have no power, means, or tools to create productive jobs. But political speech making, egged on by a cable TV world that needs ongoing themes to feed its 24/7 yack-format had framed the 2010 general election to be all about jobs, jobs, jobs. Voters went to the polls in unusually large numbers and collectively, more or … Continue reading →