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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 11:30 PM Original message |
Obama's $2 trillion plan consists almost entirely of spending reductions |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. I really don't understand this. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 11:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. You do understand it. You just don't agree with it, because it's not in the public interest. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 02:02 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. It's the perception and, since politics is all about perception, president |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
24. Bullshit. The cuts aren't going to happen because the deal isn't going through. |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 05:21 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I double your bullshit & add donkey shit to it if he CUT S.S. he can forget |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. He believes that we can't heavily invest in jobs until we tackle |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. so once again, breathless speculation on shit we don't even know is true. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 11:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. i prefer to take him at his word. he wants the fucking cuts. All |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 01:54 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I'm afraid you're right, RV. |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 09:09 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. The only coffer with substantial $$$ left in it is the Social Security trust fund. Wall St. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 07:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
33. The article says he isn't cutting SS or Medicare. It also says he's increasing taxes. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 08:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. internet forums (fori?) are all about speculation |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'd rather be skeptical of the President's intentions and be pleasantly surprised |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 01:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. My motto, as well, |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-11 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
7. You know, as much as I feel the Pubs are going about this the WRONG WAY, I'm sort of glad they |
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baycityMI (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 09:02 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. +1,000!! |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
8. It's official: by text book definition, America is FUCKING INSANE. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 12:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. "And you ain't seen nothing yet!" |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 08:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. not "we". |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 10:02 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I stand corrected. |
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roxiejules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
9. Defense spending |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 09:01 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Because God forbid Obama have to make truly "tough" cuts. He might be accused of being a terrorist. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 05:22 AM Response to Original message |
14. This is the beginning. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 08:52 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. We have entered into the world of teh stupid. |
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newportdadde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
17. Obama also is seeking to extend a payroll tax cut enacted last December... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
23. It's already been explained what Obama's strategy here is. Those who insist on outrage for a deal |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 05:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. I wonder more about the motives of people who urge others to just shut-up and salute |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. you said his strategy was to take an extreme right wing position |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 07:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. The devil is in the details vs. the misleading spin in the OP. |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
25. I's all about reason, fairness, equity, and shared sacrifice: those who have paid into and earned |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
28. The plan is tax increases and protection of SS and Medicare. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
29. This is round one... |
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LibwithGuns (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-11 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
31. BlueDogs and Pubs Agree on many things |
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