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   sw10mm said, 3 months ago

   Even with a pie chart, the libs won’t understand.
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   Jeff T said, 3 months ago

   So, according to Ramirez, a deficit is okay, as long as it’s not too large…
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   Nantucket19 said, 3 months ago

   Two wars not counted in the budget and de-regulation pushed by Repubs that causes the financial crash.
   The libs DO understand, we just aren’t buying what you’re trying to sell.
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   Ms. Ima said, 3 months ago

   The libs see more pie and imagine it’s a good thing.
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   Harleyquinn said, 3 months ago

   best strip yet
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   Harleyquinn said, 3 months ago

   @Nantucket19

   Nantucket19 said, 22 minutes ago
   Two wars not counted in the budget and de-regulation pushed by Repubs that causes the financial crash.
   Doesn’t Obama have two wars under his belt?
   And when did Barney Frank become a R?
   Obama hype and blame has spent more the 85 on magic green jobs pay offs
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   Veritas Et Al said, 3 months ago

   The alleged ‘deficit’ numbers are too high. Once we apply proper accounting techniques and ensure that we tailor the numbers in our favor that pie will look even better. The sequester will also cost us some jobs but in the end we will be leaner and stronger, as we were intended to be. I prefer apple myself. Pass me a slice.
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   dapperdan61 said, 3 months ago

   Try & explain this chart to those whose jobs are getting furloughed. Or to those whose unemployment is getting cut prematurely & communities affected by defense budget cuts. There is a price to be paid, there always is. We need to start closing tax loopholes & raise revenue on the 1 pct. to offset the impact of these cuts.
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   PlainBill said, 3 months ago

   Mikey conveniently ignores the 2009 budget Shrub signed (which was larger than the 2013 budget after accounting for inflation). Of course, the Righty trolls are too dim to notice the error.
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    TheTrustedMechanic said, 3 months ago

    @PlainBill

    I think more accurately they chose not to notice what is not supportive of their partisan rhetoric. For acknowledging the truth would be inconvenient.
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    TheTrustedMechanic said, 3 months ago

    @sw10mm

    As usual you are ignorant and hateful.
    
    This is what this liberal understands, Ramirez is wrong, a liar and cherrypicks his facts like every other good republican to obfuscate and redirect focus from the real issues. But today’s lie is easily disproven.
    -The President still must approve of and sign the budget bill, so the republicans technically still own at least a portion of the blame until October 1, 2009.
    -The deficit is the amount we must borrow to make up the difference between what tax revenues are and what we spend and it will equal the increase in the national debt.
    
    Here are the facts, as gleaned from data provided at www.treasury direct.gov. If the government doesn’t know how much it owes, who does?
    -For fiscal year 2007 the national debt began at $9,062,552,400,356.63 and ended at $10,024,724,896,912.40 that is an increase of $962 BILLION not $161billion as the liar claims.
    -Even Calendar year 2006, the last year the republicans controlled Congress the debt began at $8,506,973,899,215.23 and ended at $9,062,552,400,356.63 for an increase of $555 Billion, still not even close.
    
    So nowhere does Ramirez’ math doesn’t add up, except in the size of the federal budget. Otherwise he is wrong on the deficit for last time the republicans had control over the budget. He also conveniently ignores the two “off-the-books” wars, the economic melt-down we are still suffering from, well everyone but those who caused it and other very wealthy friends of the politicians. The sequester idea was initiated by the White House, a Presidential staffer, not the President himself, but we will agree the idea came from the White House. However it was enthusiastically embraced by the republicans, 2/3 of the House republicans voted for it, and over half of Senate Republicans voted for the Sequester. To be fair about half of Democrat House members and almost all (6 voted no) of Senate Democrats voted for the Sequestration. So even though the White House suggested the idea, the republicans still own a great deal of the responsibility for it.
    Yeah, I understand very well that Ramirez is a partisan propagandist and is not above ”forgetting” inconvenient details or outright lying to further the party’s agenda. Because after all, we all know that Truth and Facts will NEVER get in the way of the republican agenda.
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    Nos Nevets said, 3 months ago

    We need more visuals like this.
    These numbers are too big to comprehend in the raw.
    Our brains aren’t shaped for them.

    Thank-you, Mr. Ramirez.
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    Nos Nevets said, 3 months ago

    @PlainBill

    I agree. The Republicans are derelict.
    D & R argue about how fast to dig the hole.
    & whether to dig from the right or left side.
    But the hole is our grave.
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    jack75287 said, 3 months ago

    @Jeff T

    No I don’t thinik he is just making a very good comparison.
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    NeoconMan said, 3 months ago

    Mmmmm, pie…..
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