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Showing Original Post only (View all)"Thank God it's not Mitt Romney in the White House", [View all]
Last edited Fri Feb 15, 2013, 05:29 PM - Edit history (1)
is not an excuse for bad policy decisions like Chained CPI, dirty fuels, cutting social services, ending habeus corpus, failing to cut bloated military budgets (significantly, by say 50%), and failing to follow up on the public option.
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But at least taxpayers aren't funding a car elevator in the White House.
Agnosticsherbet
Feb 2013
#5
As commander in chief, he can cut military spending dramatically, I'd settle for 30%, there
grahamhgreen
Feb 2013
#8
Hey, 80 more weeks - that's only 160 billion, we can get that by starving granny!
grahamhgreen
Feb 2013
#25
As Commander and Chief he can give his budget to Congress, but that is all
Agnosticsherbet
Feb 2013
#21
He might not hate us, but he does not represent us, not according to the polling data on Americans,
grahamhgreen
Feb 2013
#9
If he doesn't do what the American people want, then who is he rreally representing?
grahamhgreen
Feb 2013
#30
They have been working to cut SS not for months, but for DECADES! Yes, he wants to cut it,
grahamhgreen
Feb 2013
#40
I never said "Obama was going to cut the military budget by 50%", but thanks for playing!
grahamhgreen
Feb 2013
#31
your words ... "failing to cut bloated military budgets (significantly, by say 50%)"
JoePhilly
Feb 2013
#37
It's called negotiating. start at 50%, and get 20. We have double the military budget since 9/11,
grahamhgreen
Feb 2013
#18