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awake

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4. What happened to "WE NEED TO CUT GOVERNMENT SPENDING"

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Sun Feb 10, 2013, 09:33 PM

Feb 2013

Oh thats right we were just to cut Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid not Defense spending. I say let the sequestration stay in place and watch the Republicans squirm as they get heat from their donors for actually cutting spending on bloated Defense contracts.

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McCain says ‘maybe’ to new taxes to avert sequestration [View all] alp227 Feb 2013 OP

mccain and repubs love keeping dems trapped in the deficit instead of jobs mode nt msongs Feb 2013 #1

Johnie, you did not raise taxes, you followed bush junior plans for the taxes to revert Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #2

McPain ReTIRE! goclark Feb 2013 #3

What happened to "WE NEED TO CUT GOVERNMENT SPENDING" awake Feb 2013 #4

I love how Republicans act like taxes were just raised. MessiahRp Feb 2013 #5

To your point actually most income taxes were just lower except for the very very rich awake Feb 2013 #6

So in that case I borrowed you my lawnmower and gave you an extra set of hedgeclippers! MessiahRp Feb 2013 #7

Ya those "TEMPORARY" taxes were made "PERMANENT" for most Americans awake Feb 2013 #8

Even worse: The large corporations' tax-evading loopholes that allow them not only... Amonester Feb 2013 #9

I could not have said it better awake Feb 2013 #10

Republicans want to cut social security and blame it on Obama high density Feb 2013 #11

Gramps hasn't figured it out yet customerserviceguy Feb 2013 #12