Some people may actually profit by betting against our economy's recovery.

[ColdWizard]

And no, I don't think this is his only investment.

You're right.

[Dauphin]

Why would anybody believe that short treasuries is betting AGAINST economic recovery?

Because they're Greek?

[KrazyHorse]

"treasuries" usually refers to us sovereign debt...

[Dauphin]

"Greek" usually refers to economically incompetent.

[KrazyHorse]

Ah. I thought the joke was about the fact that greek sovereign debt is a credit instrument while us sovereign debt is a rates instrument...

[Dauphin]

Ah. I thought the joke was about the fact that greek sovereign debt is a credit instrument while us sovereign debt is a rates instrument...

I'd bring the lads at the mill to stitches with that one.

[DaShi]

And so it comes full circle. Wasn't there outrage, shiock, and dismay that the Dems were accused of secretly hoping and rooting for terrible conditions wrt Iraq war and Economy circa 2003-2006? To make these claims was the height of improper unseemly partisan conduct.

"How dare you accuse us of being unpatriotic" "We are not traitors" etc. was the rallying cry of the falsely accused.

Now instead the President himself and his Sec of State chatises congress for the executive branch's own shortcoming vis-a-vis Libya military involvement and failure to get authorization from congress in keeping with War Powers Act (what likely would have been a slam dunk) and indicates that they are on the wrong side. A much greater degree of calling the opposition traitors than I can recall from any other administration.

To be fair, there's much more than this article to give one legitimate reason to believe that the republicans either want the economy to do poorly or simply don't care.