I suppose it's possible that all of the political pitter patter doesn't really matter, that whether the Villagers are talking about jobs or the deficit has no impact on anything that happens. Still I'd like to err on the side of thinking it does, that years of the public hearing that the problem with the economy is "the deficit" instead of hearing that the problem with the economy is that Republicans (and helpful democrats) have made austerity the de facto policy.
Please go away supercommittee.
