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   Cinci Steve said, 6 months ago

   You have to admit that with the great job our government has done lately they really do deserve a raise(higher taxes).

   It couldn’t be a spending problem, could it?
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   Robert Landers said, 6 months ago

   @Cinci Steve The projected deficit in the federal deficit for 2013 is now $920 billion. In 2009 (last year of Bush budgets) it was $1,400 billion.If the projections continue at the same rate by 2016 the projected deficit will be about $400 billion, about $100 billion below the average of the GW Bush administration era.And that is if the economy continues at its current pace. If it improves faster (as projected by many economists), and we get out of the Middle East Wars as projected by the end of 2014, the federal government could possibly be down to a deficit of $200 billion, or possibly even $0.

   So, just what is your problem??
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   russell5419 said, 6 months ago

   We need to fire all the politicians and start fresh with people who care about the American people and not just their own greed.Democrats and Republicans are all the same, just a bunch of crooks.
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   masterskrain said, 6 months ago

   @russell5419

   Sadly, we just had a chance to do just that, and look what happened…
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   Ms. Ima said, 6 months ago

   @russell5419

   Yea, like that’s going to happen. Reid and Pelosi (and O) should be the first most greedy crooks to be voted out of office and they twist union arms and get re-elected. Sad.
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   mikefive said, 6 months ago

   @russell5419

   That needs to start with the party hacks at the local level. They are the ones that promote and pick the rising stars of the future.
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   dfrechet said, 6 months ago

   A deficit of zero dollars? Wow! At that rate, the government will be handing out money like a homeowner handing out candy at Halloween! I can’t wait for the good times to start……..
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   Omnius said, 6 months ago

   Please proceed GOP!!! So funny to see the obstructionist party of foolish ideas being herded off it’s own cliff.
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   ARodney said, 6 months ago

   Despite the denial by the math-challenged “conservatives” here, this deficit arithmetically cannot be solved by spending cuts alone. Especially when Republicans won’t name a single spending cut that they’d support. We should first pay attention to jobs, which are a much more important problem. Government spending creates jobs, and government spending is now free (since we can borrow at negative interest). We need stimulus now, and when the economy starts flourishing again, as it did under the stimulus packages in WWII, under Reagan, and under Clinton, don’t let people like W give the surplus to the rich, but pay down the debt we took on to get the economy going.
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    coraryan said, 6 months ago

    And he’s going to spend $100 million on his second inaugural. The arrogance of this man boggles the mind. Well, I guess it’s better than throwing the money away on more solar panel companies that go belly-up!
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    masterskrain said, 6 months ago

    @coraryan

    So, you think Romney would have done it on the cheap?
    Oh, that’s right, he would just write a check from one of his offshore tax-free accounts to cover the cost!
    Yeah! Right!
    And if you believe that, I STILL have that bridge in Brooklyn to sell you…
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    mikefive said, 6 months ago

    @Sharuniboy

    I don’t know how to answer your first question since nothing in it is pertinent to my post. I don’t know what the picking and promoting of rising stars of the future has to do with the caucus system.
    ♦
    I can answer your last question. I was once asked to be a candidate for a local office by a party. I decided that I would not subordinate “me” and my convictions to the dogma of the party and opted not to run. That episode in my life left a bad taste in my mouth. Now all I do is vote.
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    Ransom D Stone said, 6 months ago

    The idiot cartoonist has the cart before the horse. It is the GOP that invented the “cliff” and now seek to drag us all over it because they lost the election and because they have sworn to Norquist a blood oath not to behave intelligently and raise the needed revenues.
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    Mneedle said, 6 months ago

    @russell5419

    Ad that is why we to have term limits for legislators.
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    Mneedle said, 6 months ago

    @masterskrain

    Once again, you have the facts wrong. Romney’s offshore accounts are not tax free. All income from whatever source, worldwide, must be reported to the IRS. Then, taxes are computed on taxable income. Tis is what I do for a living. You should stop believing your own fiction. If you really work at it, you could become rich. So stop the jealous rants and start working.
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