Or consider the deficit-scold habit of hectoring President Obama for failing to endorse a balanced combination of deficit reduction through tax increases and spending cuts, despite the fact that this is exactly what he has endorsed, many times.
For example, the perceived size of the government deficit or general economic knowledge was unrelated to whether people considered the deficit a major problem.
During our conversation, Obama made it clear that he considered the deficit to be only one of the long-term problems requiring immediate attention, and he sounded more worried about the others, like global warming, health care and the economic hangover that could follow the housing bust.
Others are on a growing list of breaks that have gotten extended repeatedly but aren't assured renewal, considering the deficit.
Passing an energy bill without considering climate change is like passing a budget bill without considering the deficit.
"It's breathtakingly large, considering the deficits and the political pressure to spend more on defense, security and prescription drugs for the elderly.
Americans consider the widening deficit and debt a big deal; they also reject most of the measures necessary to deal with the threat by warning against touching entitlements like Medicare and Social Security or popular discretionary spending programs.
These results indicate that in identifying frailty severity, GPs consider the accumulation of deficit paradigm, referring to the multi-morbidity condition.
To illustrate the scale of the problem, consider the impact on the deficit of some of the most consistently popular ideas from would-be budget cutters on the left and the right, and a few even more improbable proposals as well.
