bottomline

The bottomline is that the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA) promised over a year ago that the Dutch mission to Afghanistan would not be extended, and they figure (correctly, IMHO) that their domestic political credibility would be shot to pieces if they backtracked on that promised now.

Matthew Yglesias » Dutch Coalition Collapsing Under Afghanistan Pressure 2010

The bottomline is that people are starting with the conclusion that they want to reach – that Obama MUST have been able to do more!

Matthew Yglesias » The Road Not Taken 2009

The bottomline is that as a society we are clearly worse off wasting resources such as millions and millions of job-years worth of willing labor.

Matthew Yglesias » ARRA Is Not Crowding Out Private Investment 2010

The bottomline is that people are starting with the conclusion that they want to reach – that Obama MUST have been able to do more!

Matthew Yglesias » The Road Not Taken 2009

The bottomline is that there might be a pragmatic argument in favor of trying to minimize mid-Congress procedural rule changes, but like all pragmatic arguments it will likely admit of exceptions in sufficiently extraordinary cases.

Matthew Yglesias » How Many Votes to Change the Senate’s Rules 2010

And the bottomline is someone has to pay the costs of the TARP program, so are you suggesting it should be ordinary taxpayers, instead of the firms that benefited the most, and conversely would likely have failed if not for these efforts?

Matthew Yglesias » The Smallness of Obama’s Bank Tax 2010

I guess the bottomline is that conservatives have their own political correctness that they follow just as liberals do.

The Volokh Conspiracy » A Sad Victory for Thuggery in Texas 2010

The bottomline is it doesn't matter, both Obama and Hilary would make great Presidents!

Hillary Clinton almost out of the red 2009

Because the other bottomline is that we have to pay for it, which means higher taxes.

Polls: Obama approval rating stands at 51 percent 2009

The bottomline is that involuntarily idle people are a wasted resource, and putting those people to work educating, building, inventing, and so on is going to be a net positive, not a net cost.

Matthew Yglesias » Leonhardt on Stimuluss 2010