Word: argumentativeness
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...Keynes' argument was that when private citizens and businesses panicked and hoarded money, the only way to prevent depression was for government to become the spender of last resort. It's certainly acting like that now--the U.S. federal budget deficit may top $1 trillion in the current fiscal year, and everybody in Washington seems to be looking for ways to make it bigger. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke backs more fiscal stimulus, and President Bush is on board too. Democratic congressional leaders are thrilled by the prospect. Even the Concord Coalition, founded to battle the big deficits...
Among the nonwealthy, the two assets that typically need to be divided are 401(k)s and the family residence. But suddenly 401(k)s aren't worth as much, and that home whose mortgage was the mother of all argument starters is not an asset at all. It can't be sold--or at least not for a price that provides money to start over...
...views "under advisement." Or he could tell Petraeus what he really thought, a potentially contentious course of action - especially with a general not used to being confronted. Obama chose to speak his mind. "You know, if I were in your shoes, I would be making the exact same argument," he began. "Your job is to succeed in Iraq on as favorable terms as we can get. But my job as a potential Commander in Chief is to view your counsel and interests through the prism of our overall national security." Obama talked about the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, the financial...
...banks, they couldn't make their payrolls and would have to start laying people off. McCain, by contrast, demonstrated why it's so hard for Senators to succeed as presidential candidates: he talked about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the sins of Obama, and never brought the argument home...
Tribe developed his argument from the Ninth Amendment, which reserves rights for “the people.” Many legal experts argue that a host of rights—such as the right to privacy, which underpins Supreme Court decisions including Roe v. Wade—emanate from the amendment...