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Tue Jun-29-10 12:08 PM
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| 69. They're pushing the deficit meme because they're going after SS, Medicare & "entitlements" |
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Including schools.
Can't have all that wasteful spending on "entitlements"!
Must cut deficit!
Must cut entitlements!
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| -Shame On ANYbody, From ANY Party, That Does Not Address This Immediately !!! |
WillyT |
Jun-28-10 05:42 PM |
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That chart is jaw-droppingly frightening. |
Ruby the Liberal |
Jun-28-10 06:00 PM |
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And Remember... That's 27 Weeks And Over... One Half Of A Year... |
WillyT |
Jun-28-10 06:07 PM |
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Yes, the 27 weeks caught my attention immediately. |
Ruby the Liberal |
Jun-28-10 06:23 PM |
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Unemployment stat has nothing to do with Unemployment Compensation. |
Statistical |
Jun-29-10 08:08 AM |
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Wall street won't be hiriing again because... |
butterfly77 |
Jun-28-10 11:29 PM |
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Naomi Klein -- Shock Doctrine. It's here. It's now. |
JDPriestly |
Jun-29-10 10:42 AM |
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You're Right... |
orbitalman |
Jun-29-10 11:10 AM |
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Please.... |
femrap |
Jun-29-10 11:29 AM |
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You go, girl! |
gorfle |
Jun-29-10 01:10 PM |
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+1 nt |
laughingliberal |
Jun-29-10 12:42 PM |
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Would not surprise me one bit. |
bobburgster |
Jun-29-10 01:16 PM |
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It is frightening |
SusanaMontana41 |
Jun-29-10 03:38 PM |
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Dupe. self-delete |
SusanaMontana41 |
Jun-29-10 03:39 PM |
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Ok how will you fix it and how much will you donate to pull it off? |
stray cat |
Jun-28-10 06:13 PM |
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I Wouldn't Wait Until 2011 To Repeal/End The Bush Tax Cuts |
WillyT |
Jun-28-10 06:22 PM |
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I love that idea |
Art_from_Ark |
Jun-28-10 08:21 PM |
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Should have been done. Bush Tax Cut was the first domino to fall in the end game of killing workers. |
laughingliberal |
Jun-29-10 12:51 PM |
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Didn't they just recently vote NOT to overturn them? Thought so? |
defendandprotect |
Jun-29-10 03:59 PM |
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Repeal Bush's tax cuts? |
humbled_opinion |
Jun-29-10 05:41 PM |
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Damn sure not cut the deficit in half in 2.5 years |
Ruby the Liberal |
Jun-28-10 06:24 PM |
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Why wouldn't they? |
hootinholler |
Jun-28-10 08:44 PM |
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My eyes nearly |
femrap |
Jun-29-10 11:33 AM |
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Just max out your credit cards - |
cartach |
Jun-29-10 12:08 PM |
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Sure. If it's Milton Friedman's economics course. That thinking got us where we are. |
laughingliberal |
Jun-29-10 12:57 PM |
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false construct there |
William Z. Foster |
Jun-29-10 01:06 PM |
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Economics 101 is actually the fast track to not knowing a damned thing about economics |
Chulanowa |
Jun-29-10 04:23 PM |
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They're pushing the deficit meme because they're going after SS, Medicare & "entitlements" |
Doremus |
Jun-29-10 12:08 PM |
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Deficits are the current Repug code |
lark |
Jun-29-10 12:23 PM |
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To suggest that an individual addressing a systemic issue |
Bluenorthwest |
Jun-28-10 06:32 PM |
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If "ignored" is asking for solutions, I have some. |
girl gone mad |
Jun-28-10 07:12 PM |
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I'm Afraid... He Sleeps With The Crickets... |
WillyT |
Jun-28-10 07:21 PM |
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4-Day Work Week |
Octafish |
Jun-28-10 08:17 PM |
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I work a 4 day week |
DiverDave |
Jun-28-10 08:24 PM |
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short answer, no and more likely to get worse nt |
pokercat999 |
Jun-29-10 07:55 AM |
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I agree wholeheartedly! |
h9socialist |
Jun-29-10 12:52 PM |
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5 hour work day . . . strikes . . .united actions of labor, senior citizens, youth ... |
defendandprotect |
Jun-29-10 04:01 PM |
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Good ideas.... |
femrap |
Jun-29-10 11:41 AM |
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those are some big solutions |
lark |
Jun-29-10 12:31 PM |
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That question was designed to piss people off. |
abelenkpe |
Jun-29-10 08:36 AM |
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The reason is STFU while we try to obscure the magnitude of the problem. nt |
laughingliberal |
Jun-29-10 01:06 PM |
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that's one of the worst internet fallacies, and downright silly (reducto ad all-powerful) |
nashville_brook |
Jun-28-10 06:50 PM |
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Somebody has to call attention to the problem |
Shireling |
Jun-29-10 05:50 PM |
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The fix is easy - national strike. |
TBF |
Jun-29-10 07:05 AM |
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Right . . .. you don't have to be in a union to join a strike -- just part of LABOR .... |
defendandprotect |
Jun-29-10 04:02 PM |
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If you applied the standard you request from others to yourself... |
liberation |
Jun-29-10 09:41 AM |
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Simple: withdraw from NAFTA, WTO, & GATT. Increase tarrifs of foreign goods. Breakup Walmart and |
grahamhgreen |
Jun-29-10 09:52 AM |
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Your proposals make excellent sense, grahamgreen. |
JDPriestly |
Jun-29-10 10:43 AM |
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Obama won't touch them ... even amend them!! But it's what should be happening... |
defendandprotect |
Jun-29-10 04:03 PM |
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... |
RedRoses323 |
Jun-30-10 07:44 AM |
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You pretend that the answers are "too complicated" or "can't be done" |
Greyhound |
Jun-29-10 10:48 AM |
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Of course -- excellent -- but do you seriously think Obama is inclined to do those things? |
defendandprotect |
Jun-29-10 04:05 PM |
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Of course not, he is their guy and his history is one of loyalty, so I expect nothing but continued |
Greyhound |
Jun-30-10 12:54 AM |
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Despite a concerted attempt from the RW to rewrite history, there was a plan that worked: |
laughingliberal |
Jun-29-10 12:47 PM |
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Right ... re-establish New Deal and its regulation of corrupt capitalism . . . |
defendandprotect |
Jun-29-10 04:08 PM |
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We need a new jobs bill/major jobs plan... |
Dappleganger |
Jun-28-10 06:30 PM |
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Yes... Most Excellent !!! |
WillyT |
Jun-28-10 06:31 PM |
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Rail cars made in the USA, solar panels, wind turbines, etc made in the USA |
SocialistLez |
Jun-29-10 10:34 AM |
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Exactly! We need to vote people into place with mass transit and new energy on their agenda... |
Dappleganger |
Jun-29-10 01:05 PM |
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And we need a Strong President |
Shireling |
Jun-29-10 05:47 PM |
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Please tell me that's a hoax....PLEASE.... |
Poll_Blind |
Jun-28-10 06:52 PM |
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Doomer1!1!!! |
girl gone mad |
Jun-28-10 07:04 PM |
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K&R and more bad news, here, from Yahoo Finance: |
amborin |
Jun-28-10 08:07 PM |
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Tech ticker? |
Mickeyc1004 |
Jun-29-10 11:49 PM |
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Stop the military spending and there will be plenty of money for jobs and other ... |
L0oniX |
Jun-28-10 08:12 PM |
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For The Win .... |
Myrina |
Jun-29-10 08:17 AM |
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Except that military spending = The Southern Economy |
PassingFair |
Jun-29-10 04:58 PM |
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This is what class war looks like. n/t |
rucky |
Jun-28-10 08:26 PM |
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And This... |
WillyT |
Jun-28-10 08:30 PM |
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And This... |
WillyT |
Jun-28-10 08:34 PM |
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And Of Course This... |
WillyT |
Jun-28-10 08:36 PM |
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That is a war that was fought and lost 5 years ago. |
jotsy |
Jun-29-10 07:42 AM |
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My Fix |
Parche |
Jun-28-10 08:31 PM |
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Can you be the President? |
LiberalLovinLug |
Jun-29-10 11:27 PM |
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ditto |
elias7 |
Jun-30-10 07:24 AM |
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Words fail me. Rec'd n/t |
Catherina |
Jun-28-10 08:35 PM |
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Fixing it is easy. |
Sebastian Doyle |
Jun-28-10 08:35 PM |
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You have my vote. |
HCE SuiGeneris |
Jun-28-10 10:22 PM |
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Mine Too !!! |
WillyT |
Jun-28-10 10:39 PM |
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I like this, too. |
donco6 |
Jun-29-10 07:58 AM |
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See, well... the problem with your solution is... |
liberation |
Jun-29-10 12:51 PM |
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k*r Here are some great stats - Shadow Goverment Statustics |
autorank |
Jun-28-10 08:59 PM |
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Way Cool !!! - Thanks !!! |
WillyT |
Jun-28-10 09:41 PM |
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It's a good site and well documented n/t |
autorank |
Jun-28-10 11:07 PM |
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The hopeful bit is this |
Alcibiades |
Jun-29-10 07:05 AM |
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Some great ideas here |
chriscruzan |
Jun-29-10 07:33 AM |
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Does that chart take into account population growth? |
Dawgs |
Jun-29-10 07:53 AM |
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the spike is for 2009/10 I'm not sure the population changed all that much last year. |
SunnySong |
Jun-29-10 10:49 AM |
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There were some rolling blackouts a couple of years ago... |
liberation |
Jun-29-10 12:01 PM |
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We live in shameless times. |
Javaman |
Jun-29-10 08:02 AM |
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I've said that many |
femrap |
Jun-29-10 11:50 AM |
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K&R...n/t |
Oceansaway |
Jun-29-10 08:26 AM |
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Republicans push deficit reduction |
abelenkpe |
Jun-29-10 08:53 AM |
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Definitely shows the failure of Reaganomics |
KansDem |
Jun-29-10 09:35 AM |
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We need a four day work week. 8 hours a day |
NNN0LHI |
Jun-29-10 09:51 AM |
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The four-day week is a good idea. Why? |
JDPriestly |
Jun-29-10 11:05 AM |
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So we can get a second job for the other three days... |
BrklynLiberal |
Jun-29-10 02:31 PM |
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The most amazing contrast on the link supplied in the original post |
peacetalksforall |
Jun-29-10 10:14 AM |
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I agree-"major theft." |
newspeak |
Jun-29-10 11:51 AM |
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Oh, and one more thing to add |
newspeak |
Jun-29-10 11:53 AM |
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"theft" is such a nasty word... I believe the new & improved term for it is "wealth redistribution" |
liberation |
Jun-29-10 12:07 PM |
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You're right about everything in those three paragraphs. Every time any |
peacetalksforall |
Jun-29-10 12:11 PM |
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So the New World Order |
Shireling |
Jun-29-10 05:59 PM |
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You have too much faith in our system. They can't fix it. It will heal, but they can't "fix" it. |
BrentWil |
Jun-29-10 11:13 AM |
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So, stay the course? That's your answer? nt |
laughingliberal |
Jun-29-10 01:43 PM |
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Don't you know...the economy is in full recovery |
guardian |
Jun-29-10 12:59 PM |
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Yep...the economy is in full recovery. |
guardian |
Jun-29-10 01:02 PM |
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Cut entitlements! |
Enthusiast |
Jun-29-10 01:22 PM |
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Scary as hell. Someone better show this to the guys in the White House... |
BrklynLiberal |
Jun-29-10 02:30 PM |
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"It's the economy, Stupid" is true today as it was in 1990. |
Mimosa |
Jun-29-10 03:52 PM |
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You got that right!!! |
BrklynLiberal |
Jun-29-10 04:40 PM |
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That's a lil scary |
uponit7771 |
Jun-29-10 02:34 PM |
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Obama is investing in nuclear energy -- $36 BILLION in loans . . .!!! |
defendandprotect |
Jun-29-10 03:58 PM |
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Why does it appear to head up during Republican presidencies? |
timefortherevolution |
Jun-29-10 04:03 PM |
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70+ weeks for me and no real prospects |
Autonomy |
Jun-29-10 04:43 PM |
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Oh! |
PassingFair |
Jun-29-10 05:03 PM |
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not to diminish the idea, but the scale isn't adjusted for population change |
elias7 |
Jun-29-10 04:44 PM |
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Bullshit graph. |
Hosnon |
Jun-29-10 04:59 PM |
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Wall Street Jounal is a conservative paper owned by the same guy that owns Fox |
Mickeyc1004 |
Jun-29-10 11:31 PM |
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Where are the jobs programs? |
blindpig |
Jun-30-10 08:38 AM |
#119 |
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