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“While some argue this can be destabilizing, it prevents the long-term malaise that can result from the kick-the-can approach.”
The Wall Street Journal: Will Goldman Mark Down Its Principle?
“The other kids wanted to play kick-the-can and you had to play Red Rover, right?”
Think Progress » Right-Wing Fringe Rebels Against Palin Over Her Endorsement Of ‘RINO’ McCain
“The other kids wanted to play kick-the-can and you had to play Red Rover, right? — and simultaneously be the captain of the team as well as the referee …”
Think Progress » Right-Wing Fringe Rebels Against Palin Over Her Endorsement Of ‘RINO’ McCain
“We went to school, played kick-the-can in the backyard, went to ballet lessons and to temple on Saturdays.”
“July 12, 2009 8: 10 PM you are an idiot, you know nothing about economics, or sports. go play kick-the-can on I-5.”
Welcome to Portland, minor league baseball fans! Now get out. (Jack Bog's Blog)
“In the sport of "kick-the-can," for instance, there's no particular reason for the winning player not to run in and toss the can instead of giving it the boot.”
The Wall Street Journal: A Modest Proposal for Improving a Dull Game
“He definitely didn't want to oversee the sudden spike in taxes on Jan. 1, with paychecks considerably smaller, the nasty kick-the-can legacy of the previous president.”
The Huffington Post: Charles D. Ellison: The Unemployed and Congressional Pyromaniacs
“This latest 'realistic bipartisan compromise' is another kick-the-can solution that will produce no increases in revenue or decreases in spending - just more debt!”
The Washington Post: Leadership experts weigh in: Did Obama 'blink' on tax cuts?
“On Leadership panelist and top CEO coach Marshall Goldsmith made a similar one when he called "this latest 'realistic bipartisan compromise'" another "kick-the-can solution.”
The Washington Post: The tax cut deal: Procrastination, not leadership
“Yes, the government needed to act, but the kick-the-can policies of the Obama administration have mired us more deeply in a structural morass.”
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