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DavidGBA said, 8 months ago
Cliff of responsibility?
DavidGBA said, 8 months ago
Accountability?
Dredpiraterobt$ said, 8 months ago
Clavin!
Harleyquinn
said, 8 months ago
Started in 2006 when we had a Democrat House and Senate. 2008 is when Obama took over and that was all she wrote.
Radish
said, 8 months ago
The republicans have promised us that they will never weaken our military. Kill everything else in the budget off but keep our empire strong and expanding. Romney has promised to build new ships and subs. We’re number one in the world in military budgets already.
dtroutma
said, 8 months ago
Will Boehner and McConnell be willing to wake up and steer the car away???
Tigger
said, 8 months ago
That is Obama in the rubble
Michael wme said, 8 months ago
@Harleyquinn
I’m glad you put the dimlibs straight, explaining that Obama became president on 3 Jan ‘08. The dimlibs just don’t understand that at all.
disgustedtaxpayer said, 8 months ago
the #1 constitutional duty of the federal government is DEFENSE.
Since WW2, the US Defense has been depended upon by Americans plus Europe, plus Japan, plus Canada and Mexico and many other allies such as Israel. That requires the biggest defense department in this world.
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the world is perhaps more dangerous now than during the Cold War, with no national armies a threat but a worldwide Jihadist War on “infidels” in progess since 1979 with no end in sight. We would be insane to unilaterally disarm now.
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Obama took over January 2009 and I’m sure HQuinn just made a typo……the Debt that 8 years of GW Bush left was $10.6 trillion. Obama had the Democrat senate and the House was Democrat until 2011-2012, 2 years only GOP in O’s 4 years. Before the end of his 4th year the Debt rose 60% to $16.3 trillion, with 4 years of $1 trillion plus deficits and 10 years of estimated deficits over $1 trillion a year! (If the USA is not bankrupt and collapsed by then)
Jeddidyah said, 8 months ago
@Harleyquinn
“Started in 2006 when we had a Democrat House and Senate. 2008 is when Obama took over and that was all she wrote.”
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You mean when shrub signed every bill they passed when he could have Vetoed them ?
Jeddidyah said, 8 months ago
@Tigger
“That is Obama in the rubble’
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in 2008 ?
Jeddidyah said, 8 months ago
@disgustedtaxpayer
“the Debt that 8 years of GW Bush left was $10.6 trillion. "
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The national Debt on 20 January 2009 was $11.910 trliion. The current national debt is $16.164 trillion and the difference between those two numbers is not 60%. You must be a girl because you have no ability to do math…
dtroutma
said, 8 months ago
The Army general in charge of armor told Congress we did NOT need to spend over $4 BILLION to upgrade a thousand or so M-1 tanks stored in the desert, because they ARE NOT NEEDED! A majority of the “congresspersons” voting to do the upgrades and spend the money anyway, received large campaign donations from the companies scheduled to do those unneeded “upgrades” the Pentagon DOES NOT WANT!
While both parties did get payoffs, the fast majority were Republicans. Mitt now wants to increase “military spending” on projects the military DOES NOT WANT OR NEED. How do we spell waste, fraud, and fiscal cliff? Try starting with: M-I-T-T.
dtroutma
said, 8 months ago
btw, the cliff was driven over by “W” and Republicans in 2008, yes, as note the crash date, and "W"s budget was still in force until Oct 2009.
Jase99 said, 8 months ago
@Michael wme
I’m glad you put the dimlibs straight, explaining that Obama became president on 3 Jan ‘08. The dimlibs just don’t understand that at all.
Please! The Republicans controlled the White House for 8 years. Not one of you so called conservitives gave a rat’s behind about deficit spending until the Democrat took office. The moment a Republican takes office you’ll stop caring again.