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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 01:51 PM Original message |
President Obama: "entitlement programs could really destroy our budget if we don't act soon" |
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katnapped (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. Everbody's gotta make adjustments... |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 03:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. I starting to think about adjusting back to private citizen Obama come 2012 |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. Not Wall Street. Not the banks. |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 07:47 PM Response to Reply #36 |
74. yes exactly ,they call that a 'tell' when playing cards, I'm sick from & of |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 04:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
38. we can't cut into our endless wars and the tax cuts for Obama and |
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NCarolinawoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 07:44 PM Response to Reply #38 |
72. I wonder what Ted Kennedy would think.... |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 09:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
80. Nor do I see the rich making "adjustments" |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. The average American worker better be very afraid |
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nalnn (528 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 04:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
46. Personally |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. I didn't vote for a republican. So why did I get one? |
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NotThisTime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
95. +1 |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
125. hehe! |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. Right, the ultra-rich have to make an upwards adjustment |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. WHAT ABOUT FUCKING WAR? |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Shh,We don't talk about that |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 03:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Oh, those wars are ABSOLUTELY necessary for our national security. |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. We don't want the 50-100 cave dwellers in Afghanistan to come here and INVADE and ENSLAVE us |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
53. But, you mustn't discount the might Taliban Navy launching nuclear subs from Kandahar. |
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Ghost of Tom Joad (651 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 09:08 AM Response to Reply #21 |
103. No that's for the GOP teaparty to do |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 04:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
44. I think he can't touch it. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 04:48 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. He can give some dork at Boeing 150K to design a better way to kill people |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. What I have heard. |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 06:02 AM Response to Reply #44 |
91. That's alright... they've probably got enough saved to go to community college and learn a new skill |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #91 |
108. LOL |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #44 |
126. Excuses, excuses wrt the MIC budget, always |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
75. yep the most expensive thing....... |
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Erose999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
6. He's adopted the Teabaggers language by using "entitlements". A "real democrat" would say |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. He's a fast learner |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
57. +1 |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
7. Every one except the rich,. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
9. Maybe a good way to cut the medicaid budget would be to stop letting so many Americans be reduced... |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 05:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
52. Say it, brother! |
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bighart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:14 AM Response to Reply #9 |
96. Now THAT is change I can believe in |
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Newest Reality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
10. The deadbeat rich are firmly entitled to keep what they |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Morally entitled yes. Legally entitled no. |
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bighart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:18 AM Response to Reply #19 |
97. Please explain. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 09:25 AM Response to Reply #97 |
106. SS payments are based solely on the discretion of Congress. |
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bighart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #106 |
111. Scary stuff isn't it. |
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BobbyBoring (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. I have a solution! |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 06:46 AM Response to Reply #11 |
93. Ah, yes...the criminals on Wall Street. Matt Taibbi nails it.. |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. EXCEPT THE FUCKING RICH CRIMINALS WHO OWN YOUR ASS! |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. thank you |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 04:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
40. "I think those kinds of adjustments are the right thing to do. Everybodys got to make some adjustmen |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 02:40 AM Response to Reply #40 |
89. Caps were fine. |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #40 |
110. Obama obviously feels Scott Walker's pain. |
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denverbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
13. OK, if entitlements (SS&Medicare) are on the budget, they should eliminate payroll taxes. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
14. Tell you what Mr. President, I will consent to "making adjustments" |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
15. No, tax cuts for the wealthy could destroy, have destroyed, our budget. |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
17. Hey Obama, there isn't any problem with the Wisconsin budget. |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. "entitlement programs" -you mean the ones we paid into? |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 06:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
63. I'm really getting pissed about the use of "entitlement" as a derogatory term too |
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Egalitariat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #63 |
122. The great thing is that you're generally entitled to it even if you didn't pay in. Disregard the |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
22. 'everybodys got to make some adjustments' - except for your billionaire pals. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Let's make some "tough choices" on the WEALTHY, huh mr. prez? |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
25. Can I just say it? |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 02:15 AM Response to Reply #25 |
87. Yup |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:51 AM Response to Reply #87 |
90. Thank you...I needed to let that out! n/t |
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ReggieVeggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
26. "Everybodys got to make some adjustments." |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
28. Take a look at your useless wars you damned hypocrite! |
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Betty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
29. I'm entitled |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
30. What's happening with the big agro and big oil subsidies? n/t |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. And the nonnegotiable Medicare drug prices |
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JoseGaspar (391 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
31. An ideological desert... |
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BlueDog22 (36 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
33. Fixing it |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. President Obama cut the Social Security payroll tax which opens the door to destroying it. |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
35. Keep your freaking hands off OUR money. Let the rich bail out for a change. |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
37. Here's an idea for "entitlement" cuts... stop paying multi-millionaire congress critters |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
39. Is It OK |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 04:24 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. There is a difference. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 07:21 PM Response to Reply #42 |
70. There is a difference in rhetoric... |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
41. I hate the language |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
43. Jesus H. Christ it just gets worse and worse. He sounds like Boehner |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
45. Failing to tax the wealthy at a rate that keeps the country solvent is the problem! |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
47. he's been playing us all along ,conservative economic advisors,dismantling 50 state strategy more bs |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
49. Must not spew, must not spew, must not spew... K&R n/t |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
50. The President is |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. It's failure to tax the rich that is killing the budget. Nothing else. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 12:34 AM Response to Reply #50 |
85. Which wouldn't be a problem if we had Medicare for all |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
54. Quick--vote for a democratic president! |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
55. Will Rogers: I never met a man I didn't like. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
58. Who in the hell is this guy listening to? |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
59. Going Out of Business Sale. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
60. DU Daily outrage ... new day ... same NON event outrage. |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. "hurray for me |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 09:00 PM Response to Reply #61 |
79. Yes, that is EXACTLY what I said .... |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
62. It's not entitlements, Mr. President, it's YOUR fucking tax cuts for the rich |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
64. the new fiscal realities are the ones where the can of |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #64 |
76. Fiscal realities... |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. I lived in Anchorage 72-74 then I |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 09:27 PM Response to Reply #78 |
82. I moved here in '75, and you are right |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
66. It could destroy your presidency. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 09:06 PM Original message |
"(C)ould"? |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
67. Awww...there are those Reagan values he seem to cherish so much. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 07:10 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. The rich got an adjustment. A big tax cut! |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
69. That's another way of saying "we have to destroy entitlements in order to save the budget". |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
71. There is no adjustment quite like the return to flying commercial. |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
73. EVERYBODYS GOT 2 MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS EXCEPT THE WEALTHIEST! |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
77. And by "entitlement programs" I'm sure he means the military budget and the drug war. |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
81. It really bugs me when they blame the budget problems on the poor. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
83. Stop the wars, that will fix you're budget. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-17-11 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
84. The disappointments just keep rolling in. President Obama no longer even tries |
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Smashcut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
86. What a fucking tool. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #86 |
121. Glad to see that your post is still up. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
88. Everybody but the uber wealthy and the richy rich, right Mr. President? |
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jp11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 06:04 AM Response to Original message |
92. "We" could act "soon" by raising taxes on the rich |
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Reader Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
94. Does this mean he'll be cutting all corporate subsidies and tax breaks, then? |
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_ed_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
98. Obama is a liar |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 01:04 PM Response to Reply #98 |
114. he could cut SS in half and it won't have any effect on the budget at all, seeing as how it's not in |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
99. Oh, I suspect this president will soon find out about "making an adjustment." |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
100. I hope our president says more against the assault on last few remaining unions. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
101. "The time has come," the Walrus said, "To talk of many things: |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
102. CUT THE FUCKING DEFENSE BUDGET!!! |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
104. I started making my adjustments back in 2009 when I was laid off..I lost about 20 lbs |
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Nordmadr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
105. 20 years of war could destroy our budget if we don't act soon. N/T |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
107. Raygun 2.0, no wonder why Ben Stein likes this guy. |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #107 |
109. Indeed |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
112. Adjustment coming in 2012. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #112 |
113. ! |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
115. Someone post this on facebook today ... |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #115 |
118. Never mind ...that poster of fb got back to me that it came from |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
116. There's an entitlement program for the wealthy that could use some auditing and budget cuts. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #116 |
117. It should be called the Department of War. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:00 PM Response to Reply #117 |
119. That's what it was originally called, and we need to get back to that name, pronto. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:49 PM Response to Reply #119 |
123. They changed it to make it sound less warlike and more defensive in nature! |
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The Gunslinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
120. I'm glad our "Democratic" president is using the rightist meme... |
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124. He neutralizes an R talking point and |
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127. IF the economy were better entitlement programs wouldn't be strained. n/t |
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