Congress Created the National Debt. Remember?

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Congress Created the National Debt. Remember? (Original post)	riqster	Dec 2012	OP
In 2008 the cliff was a crisis, who paid then, who pays now ?	orpupilofnature57	Dec 2012	#1
Their salaries should be cut	riverbendviewgal	Dec 2012	#2
I've felt that way for some time	riqster	Dec 2012	#9
Yes and no.	Igel	Dec 2012	#3
The '00s saw one person got their way, using the word " person " loosely .	orpupilofnature57	Dec 2012	#7
No, it takes two to tango.	former9thward	Dec 2012	#4
Listening to Congress, though	riqster	Dec 2012	#5
There should be more vetoes.	former9thward	Dec 2012	#6
Yep, he tried to play waaay too nice, for waaaay too long	riqster	Dec 2012	#8

Response to riqster (Original post)

Wed Dec 12, 2012, 07:43 PM

orpupilofnature57 (10,553 posts)

1. In 2008 the cliff was a crisis, who paid then, who pays now ?

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Response to riqster (Original post)

Wed Dec 12, 2012, 07:48 PM

riverbendviewgal (2,461 posts)

2. Their salaries should be cut

don' t you think

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Response to riverbendviewgal (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 12, 2012, 08:51 PM

riqster (4,175 posts)

9. I've felt that way for some time

Simple remedy: dock their pay for any time they spend on party activities (instead of working for us).

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Response to riqster (Original post)

Wed Dec 12, 2012, 07:54 PM

Igel (17,557 posts)

3. Yes and no.

Checks and balances, remember?

One recent Congress couldn't muster a supermajority to override a theatened presidential veto to increases to his proposed budget.

In most of the '00s what happened was that the president proposed something and Congress appended more stuff to it. Pretty much everybody got their way. Spendy, that.

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Response to Igel (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 12, 2012, 08:39 PM

orpupilofnature57 (10,553 posts)