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LLStarks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:30 AM Original message |
I get the sense that DU would've preferred no cuts and continuing current spending levels. |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. i prefer cuts to WAR |
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d_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
20. ditto |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
2. if the dems would do a better job of addressing these issues: taxing the rich, |
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SoCalNative (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. You KNOW that is not going to happen |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
3. +1. And there is one guarantee here at DU: |
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northoftheborder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Not guaranteed. Shared guilt with Dem. leaders. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Agreed, but there will be those... |
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northoftheborder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
4. "Other than defense and getting rid of tax cuts, " |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. "unDU like". As opposed to the "Democrats suck!" thread? nt |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. "Democrats suck!" |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
5. I get the sense most of DU don't |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
9. What is the point of imagining OUR imagination? |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. +1 |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
10. Taxes on people that are getting away with not paying their proportional fair |
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miscsoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #10 |
22. The rich are taxed incredibly lightly today. |
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iemitsu (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #10 |
31. this years tax revenues are the second |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
12. The rise in the deficit is roughly equal to the lost revenue from the tax cuts. |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. The "herd of elephants in the room" is the rich who are stealing |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Most of the ;posters on this thread know enough about what is |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. And economists like Stiglitz says these cuts only make the recession worse |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. Yup, many of the cuts will become systemic revenue reducers which will continue the cycle. |
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LLStarks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #13 |
25. We can demolish spending and then look at overhead in our favorite programs. WE CAN DO BOTH. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Refer to post 13 for further instructions. |
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LLStarks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Cutting defense will go a very long way, but what then? Nothing else can even be discussed? |
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iemitsu (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. not even if you ask for it? |
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LLStarks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I'd gladly take 38 billion in program cuts in return for a 38% reduction in defense spending. |
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iemitsu (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. it is not realistic to cut all social spending |
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miscsoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
14. Seems sensible to me, there is no need for cuts |
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donquijoterocket (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
16. try |
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LonePirate (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
18. We are not spending too much - we are taxed too little. |
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donquijoterocket (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. St. |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Between these ridiculous tax cuts for the rich and privileged, the endless war profiteers are doing |
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iemitsu (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
29. we need to cut the tax cuts for the wealthy and for corporations. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
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Shandris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
34. I don't have a problem with looking at social programs for TRUE WASTE... |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
35. DU would fit in nicely with the MAJORITY of Americans. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Isn't interesting that even if vast majorities of the American people agree with "our" position |
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Zax2me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
37. Right on. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
38. I would prefer they cut offense spending, by quite a bit. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
39. Cut the wars and the deficit will drop. 8 billion a month in Afghanistan alone. |
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Thunderstruck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
41. ONE FUCKING CUT...you got that? ONE CUT... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
44. That 30-something billion might cost us hundreds of billions in years to come. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
45. I get the sense that the tax cuts for the rich could have covered all these spending levels. |
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