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The Tea Party IS the problem! Boner has to kowtow to them first before deciding to do anything. If Republicans have any sense at all they'll abandon the Tea Baggers
shockingly i disagree with that statement. im not really sure how anyone can be on board with a plan to raise taxes on 1% of the population, increase spending, practically no decrease in any other spending and pretend that will make a dent in our $1.1 trillion annual spending deficit (i believe the CBO said it will add $3.9 trillion to the deficit). i guess the idea is that you have to convince yourself that the amount of debt we add is unimportant.
it seems like moderate is to say that you want a balanced budget. extreme is to actually want the government to take action to balance the budget.
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shockingly i disagree with that statement. im not really sure how anyone can be on board with a plan to raise taxes on 1% of the population, increase spending, practically no decrease in any other spending and pretend that will make a dent in our $1.1 trillion annual spending deficit (i believe the CBO said it will add $3.9 trillion to the deficit). i guess the idea is that you have to convince yourself that the amount of debt we add is unimportant.
If you were paying attention, they decided to address mostly taxes in this stage of the compromise with the showdown on cost cuts next month... so no one is pretending that there are real cuts here.
And if you want to cite the CBO stats, you should clarify that it adds $3.9 trillion (over 10 years) to the deficit COMPARED TO COMPLETLELY ELIMINATING THE BUSH TAX CUTS. So the impact is on not raising taxes on income under $400K.
shockingly i disagree with that statement. im not really sure how anyone can be on board with a plan to raise taxes on 1% of the population, increase spending, practically no decrease in any other spending and pretend that will make a dent in our $1.1 trillion annual spending deficit (i believe the CBO said it will add $3.9 trillion to the deficit). i guess the idea is that you have to convince yourself that the amount of debt we add is unimportant.
But when Bush and Cheney were running things, deficits didn't matter.
If you were paying attention, they decided to address mostly taxes in this stage of the compromise with the showdown on cost cuts next month... so no one is pretending that there are real cuts here.
And if you want to cite the CBO stats, you should clarify that it adds $3.9 trillion (over 10 years) to the deficit COMPARED TO COMPLETLELY ELIMINATING THE BUSH TAX CUTS. So the impact is on not raising taxes on income under $400K.
oh yes, we will deal with it later. that has worked out so well to this point. wasnt this whole "fiscal cliff" scenario concocted intentionally to force our elected geniuses to come up with an agreement now?
Spending was out of control under Dubya as well. The Tea Baggers would've approved the Iraq War because their side approved it. Only you would think they're some kind of firce for truth & justice because they wear Revolutionary costumes.
Spending was out of control under Dubya as well. The Tea Baggers would've approved the Iraq War because their side approved it. Only you would think they're some kind of firce for truth & justice because they wear Revolutionary costumes.
when did i suggest that the republicans are a force for truth and justice? in reality, i think the republicans and democrats are very very close economically. the cuts the republicans wanted to make werent nearly enough either. we have an $11 trillion gap to make up over the next 10 years. i believe the republicans werent trying to even make up $2 trillion of it. we need a ron paul type of budget where you cut entire government departments, end foreign wars, close down foreign bases and more.
oh yes, we will deal with it later. that has worked out so well to this point. wasnt this whole "fiscal cliff" scenario concocted intentionally to force our elected geniuses to come up with an agreement now?
and they put off the spending discussion for a month or so. That will surely get just as ugly as the tax discussion.
and they put off the spending discussion for a month or so. That will surely get just as ugly as the tax discussion.
it will just be an opportunity for politicians to raise money from people/organizations who face potential cuts.
for example, i bet defense contractors donated to polticians for this particular fiscal cliff battle. the polticians will expect more in a couple of months when the issue comes up again.
We are in intentional economic free fall. Author: Obama
'Spending out of control' is what the governemnt has been up to since the 60s.
Galactic difference and not comparable.
You don't see the waste the Dems added on to the Sandy bill?
You are not outraged by this covert attempt by Dems to ride the waves of Sandy to spend money on random payback causes?
They take advantage of the Sandy victims to get tax money that would not be passed if proposed as stand alone items?
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