Yesterday I linked to a Daniel Gross post on Slate that deals with some of the positive ways to look at the deficit issue that has taken the national spotlight of late.’ Sharp-as-a-tack reader Michael Kurilla offered up a great counterpoint to Gross’s positivity and I thought it important enough to pass on below… Daniel Gross…

Potential congressional vote next week on elements of the Pickens Plan.

Public company executives are enjoying their Recovery, borrowing for free, hoarding their cash and compensating themselves as if the sun is about to explode. This as the rest of the country looks on in slack-jawed amazement and utter befuddlement.

An enigma solved.

Can growth pull us out of the deficit spiral?

Rest In Peace, George. Yanks for the memories.

No beauty queens here.

In the end, public angst is bad for business – for both Wall Street and Washington. Go ask Capone and Nitti.

Startups and small business need some love if we’re ever going to fix employment.

The last time finding and keeping jobs was this difficult for the mall set, it was 1982.