{"id":278,"date":"2011-07-29T17:05:41","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T17:05:41","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-07-29T17:05:41","modified_gmt":"2011-07-29T17:05:41","slug":"the-truth-about-the-economy-in-2-minutes-and-15-seconds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/franklycurious.com\/wp\/2011\/07\/29\/the-truth-about-the-economy-in-2-minutes-and-15-seconds\/","title":{"rendered":"The Truth About the Economy in 2 Minutes and 15 Seconds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been hard for me over the past couple of weeks to write much of anything because of my anxiety regarding the debt limit. More and more, I think it is all just hopeless. As it is, even the supposedly good guys are offering only bad solutions. It all means that soon I should be back to doing what I was born to do: write about obscure things few people are interested in. But I&#8217;m not there yet. Until I am, here is an exceptional short video by the great <a href=\"http:\/\/robertreich.org\/post\/6595110483\">Robert Reich<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><object width=\"400\" height=\"244\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/JTzMqm2TwgE&#038;rel=0&#038;hl=en_US&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;version=3\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/JTzMqm2TwgE&#038;rel=0&#038;hl=en_US&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;version=3\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" width=\"400\" height=\"244\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been hard for me over the past couple of weeks to write much of anything because of my anxiety regarding the debt limit. More and more, I think it is all just hopeless. 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