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I'm hoping Congress cuts the **** out of the budget proposals presented by Obama in order cut balance the budget, but you'd be whining and crying like a little baby if that happened.
Actually I have no problem with letting the Bush tax cuts expire and cutting the budget across the board, especially with bloated programs like military spending. But when you mention cuts to the military budgets, the Cons begin to cry and act like we are taking away their favorite toy.
The tax increases and spending cuts in the "fiscal cliff" scenario, if they go through unchanged (which they will, since Boehner & Co. will never compromise on taxes), will cut the deficit to 1% of GDP by 2017 and will cut $7T from the cumulative deficit over the next decade.
If you're really serious about debt reduction, you will welcome this. Austerity is good, right?
so you like raising taxes in a soft economy? every time that has happened it has been a failure, witness the 1930s when taxes were raised several times and each time the economy got WORSE not better. why? because with higher taxes, people buy less because they have LESS money to spend. also with higher taxes come higher prices, and since the people are going to have less money to spend, they are going to be buying even less than they did before.
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I will look back at the last 20 years and understand that Republicans either created the record deficit from a surplus or worsened the debt by their obstructionist policies.
It is also important to note that Republicans only care about the deficit when a Democrat is in the White House. In other words, when Bush was running up the deficit, Pubs were silent. Just shameful and pathetic.
the record deficits have come under obamas watch, not bush43s, sorry but you fail on that count. as for the "obstructionist" policies of the republicans, up to 2010 the republcans couldnt block anything the democrats wanted to do without help from democrats. after that it wasnt the republicans that were blocking things, is was one democrat in the senate, that being harry reid. you might want to do some research instead of drinking the left wing kool-aid.
as to being silent during the bush years, not true, in fact many of us republicans complained, but we also noticed that from 2001 to 2006 the deficits DROPPED from just over $400 billion to $160 billion. after that they started going back up again because the democrats took back control of congress.
as for the 2009 deficit, about half belongs to bush the other half belongs to obama, remember it was obama that signed the stimulus bill of $862 billion, and it was obama that signed the $410 billion omnibus bill.
Obamas own budget projections show we'll exceed $20T on his watch. Will you be whining 10x as much as you did under Bushs $250B yearly deficits? Or will you be celebrating all of the handouts he gave everyone while trying to place blame elsewhere?
You guys should be so proud.. $12T projected debt added in only 8 years.. Wow.. Lets go for more!!!
Obamas own budget projections show we'll exceed $20T on his watch. Will you be whining 10x as much as you did under Bushs $250B yearly deficits? Or will you be celebrating all of the handouts he gave everyone while trying to place blame elsewhere?
You guys should be so proud.. $12T projected debt added in only 8 years.. Wow.. Lets go for more!!!
I think that this Boeing defense layoff illustrates my point. Without the Republicans in power, military directed fascism is receding. Military fascism was what Romney's proposed military funding increase was about.
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The Democrats are the ones who engineered social engineering...
That's true, except for the phrase "are the ones", which mistakenly limits social engineering to Dems.
Seriously: the Republicans are the social engineers/eugenicists, and the Democrats are reactionaries to social engineering. This realization is the fundamental motivation for my shift from Right to Left, as a review of my post history will reveal.
It is the Republicans who support governmental recognition of marriage but limit to whom it may be granted.
It is the Republicans who opposed gays in the military, which gave to heterosexuals a financial advantage.
It is the Republicans who oppose corporations justifying their hiring practices, which gives a huge advantage to white people.
It is the Republicans who expand the prison system, which favors white people.
It is the Republicans who pour money into the economy through the military, which subsidizes the pay of engineers and electronics companies, which is a market manipulation in favor of those willing to participate in defrauding taxpayers.
It is the Republicans who are resisting the people's desire for decriminalized cannabis.
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...and you can't inject money into the country without first removing it. Republicans havent had control of Congress for decades...
You can inject money without removing it; that's what the Republicans did under Bush. And though the Republicans haven't had sufficient power for six years to do anything more than interfere with Democrats, I think that it's telling that the runner-up to the presidential nominee, Santorum, was part of the despicable, over-bearing, tyrannical reach of the Republicans into the Schiavo family and Bush's spending spree. And the nominee wanted to "reduce discretionary spending" except to increase military discretionary spending.
Didn't you listen to what Ron Paul was saying?
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Obamas own budget projections show we'll exceed $20T on his watch. Will you be whining 10x as much as you did under Bushs $250B yearly deficits? Or will you be celebrating all of the handouts he gave everyone while trying to place blame elsewhere?
You guys should be so proud.. $12T projected debt added in only 8 years.. Wow.. Lets go for more!!!
More double down. I guess some people never learn. Obama is not what you have tried to make him for the last four years,but please continue to help us. It can get rough on the front lines so we appreciate the support.
This attitude is what needs to go GOP if you want to come back.
Actually I have no problem with letting the Bush tax cuts expire and cutting the budget across the board, especially with bloated programs like military spending. But when you mention cuts to the military budgets, the Cons begin to cry and act like we are taking away their favorite toy.
The Bush tax cuts increased revenues, so why would you expect more revenues by doing the opposite reaction? Its like you think people live in a vacuum. Do you have any idea how the real world works because it sure in hell doesnt sound like it.
We can reduce deficit by removing Bush-era tax cuts for super-rich. Warren Buffet and Bill Gates do not need tax-cuts. We can also reduce deficit by reducing Defense budget. Remember-it was Bush and Cheney who wanted to help Oil companies and defense contractors by attacking Iraq. That useless war cost us trillions of dollars.
We can reduce deficit by removing Bush-era tax cuts for super-rich. Warren Buffet and Bill Gates do not need tax-cuts. We can also reduce deficit by reducing Defense budget. Remember-it was Bush and Cheney who wanted to help Oil companies and defense contractors by attacking Iraq. That useless war cost us trillions of dollars.
Here is the stupidity of the average american on display for all to see.
Warren Buffet and Bill Gates would not be affected if you increased the tax rate to 100%.. THEY HAVE WEALTH, NOT INCOME. Warren Buffet pays himself $100K a year for a reason...
Furthermore, there is a reason they donated all of their wealth to charity upon their death.. Its to keep the government, and people like you, from thinking its yours..
The Bush tax cuts increased revenues, so why would you expect more revenues by doing the opposite reaction? Its like you think people live in a vacuum. Do you have any idea how the real world works because it sure in hell doesnt sound like it.
False, the bush tax cuts did not increase revenues, the housing bubble and short term, careless spending increased the revenues. I thought you wanted to reduce the debt? If you take in less money how do you pay down more of what you owe? It is simple economics.
Also you gave a vague example of what you would cut. It is easier to say one should cut just about everything than it is to say specifically what you would cut and how much.
Besides, getting rid of the Bush tax cuts would just return us to Clinton era taxes and the economy looked pretty good then. You Cons act like the government is still taking over 50% of your income.
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