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Oh FuckFuckFuckFuckFuckFuckFuckFuckFuckFuckFuckFuckFuckFuckFuckFuckFuckFuckFuck MannyGoldstein Dec 2012 #1
obama and the other 1%ers can start by forfeiting their retirement/health care nt msongs Dec 2012 #2
Wouldn't the entitlement cuts still happen if we 'go off the cliff'? Ash_F Dec 2012 #8
There would be about $500 billion in defense and $500 billion in non-defense cuts. former9thward Dec 2012 #26
Thanks Ash_F Dec 2012 #28
Maybe so. former9thward Dec 2012 #33
Weapons production, foreign bases and domestic agencies? Ash_F Dec 2012 #35
Weapons and foreign bases are covered in the Defense section. former9thward Dec 2012 #36
but you don't feel strongly about this ... DreamGypsy Dec 2012 #15
Make your Prediction Manny!!!!! JoePhilly Dec 2012 #29
I predicted that Obama would call for Social Security cuts in the 2011 SOTU. He did. MannyGoldstein Dec 2012 #39
tick tick tick ... boom! JoePhilly Dec 2012 #41
Serious entitlement reform?????????????????? JDPriestly Dec 2012 #3
The problem would be so huge it would snatch the recent Democratic victory plethoro Dec 2012 #13
Altering my social security chazunit Dec 2012 #4
Social Security is not being discussed here. Its not part of the discussion. JoePhilly Dec 2012 #30
If 'serious entitlement reform' means messing with my Social Security Stonepounder Dec 2012 #5
Social Security is not being discussed here. Its not part of the discussion. JoePhilly Dec 2012 #31
Come on Dems nlkennedy Dec 2012 #6
huh? JusticeForAll Dec 2012 #10
Strong enough to join with the 1.6 million in the Black Hills area ready to plethoro Dec 2012 #14
Just sit. Can you imagine 1.6 million people staging a sit down? If a few million jtuck004 Dec 2012 #16
That would work initially, but not after the government got organized. plethoro Dec 2012 #22
"They acquiesced." Easy, just give 'em more money, don't tell them from whence it came. jtuck004 Dec 2012 #27
Remember, when Yeltsin was in power and the soldiers refused to shoot their own plethoro Dec 2012 #37
Vietnam vets against people with laser guided bullets that shoot around corners. Not something jtuck004 Dec 2012 #40
WOW where in the Black Hills are that many folks? newfie11 Dec 2012 #18
Operative word here is area. There are many militia groups plethoro Dec 2012 #21
Just curious newfie11 Dec 2012 #23
I have friends in Blackfoot that are working the rigs in ND. These plethoro Dec 2012 #24
This whole thing is a farce and we're going to get fucked. MrSlayer Dec 2012 #7
They're going to do this. rudycantfail Dec 2012 #12
Too true. MrSlayer Dec 2012 #17
We don't need "serious entitlement reform and additional spending cuts" SHRED Dec 2012 #9
Obama's deal is on the table and he's got entitlement reform and spending cuts already... Tigress DEM Dec 2012 #11
Isn't medicare part of the automatic cuts? iandhr Dec 2012 #19
We don't have representation anymore. nt woo me with science Dec 2012 #20
K&Ring this not because I support this Hydra Dec 2012 #25
Let us know when it happens. JoePhilly Dec 2012 #32
Uh huh Hydra Dec 2012 #34
If I Win Powerball, I'm Going To Retire In A Week SoCalMusicLover Dec 2012 #38
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