pdowd,
Your post is a great example of why AB's recommendation that copyrighted stories be limited to headlines and initial paragraphs is problematic.
From what you posted, it looks like your article is saying that raising the debt ceiling will end the problem. However, the article's very next sentence - which you did not post - reads:
"Except it’s not that way at all."
Wow! A complete about-face! And I almost missed it since I thought the premise of the story was ridiculous.
For that reason, I usually post longer excerpts, and sometimes MULTIPLE excerpts - with
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separating the different sections.
Bob recommends we put some original commentary at the top - to summarize articles or make key points. That's a great approach, but I don't think it is practical or realistic to expect everyone to do that each and every time. You didn't, and I'm certainly not going to.
I think a compromise is in order - posting enough of an article to get its point across, but not so much that interested readers won't want to visit the site.
Anyway... good article. Reading the whole piece is absolutely essential.
Gold is $1,581/oz today. When it hits $2,000, it will be up 26.5%. Let's see how long that takes. - De 3/11/2013 - ANSWER: 7 Years, 5 Months
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