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   Ms. Ima said, 4 months ago

   The O generation.
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   Harleyquinn said, 4 months ago

   Thank you Obama, may you go down in history as the man who topped the guy who started the misery index Cater himself!
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   Ms. Ima said, 4 months ago

   No one is miserable under O. We all have been chanting ‘hope and change’ for 4 years while O vacations in Hawaii. Signing bills is SUCH hard work.
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   Chillbilly said, 4 months ago

   The only miserable people I see are hate-filled right-wing extremists.
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   ossiningaling said, 4 months ago

   @Chillbilly

   Hear, hear.
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   cjr53 said, 4 months ago

   @Chillbilly

   Nicely said.
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   Gypsy8 said, 4 months ago

   Blaming Obama for the trillions in debt might be a great way to deflect blame, but completely inaccurate.
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   About 70% of government expenditures are mandatory, programmed spending and interest on debt. These are expenses as a result of government programs passed by a series of previous Congresses. The other approximately 30% spending is discretionary, of which the military is by far the biggest item. And we all know who is the biggest offender of instigating military spending, don’t we?
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   Obama is also responsible for part of the debt – mainly the part to rescue the country from financial ruin in 2009. But for Obama not to run up the debt for committed expenditures would be tantamount to defying the Constitution. And we wouldn’t want that, would we?
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   The egregious legacy of passing massive debt to next generations is criminal. The current generation has to stop living the fantacy that stuff can be obtained for nothing and take responsibility for raising revenue and living within means.
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   Harleyquinn said, 4 months ago

   Now we get to see what a 2nd term of Carter would have been like. Scary thing is, the sequel is almost always worse then the 1st…
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   DrCanuck said, 4 months ago

   The very idea of representing the rich, spoiled, over-fed, overly entertained, socially connected, lazy American youth as the starving and desperate children of 19th century France is completely ridiculous.
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    ansonia said, 4 months ago

    @DrCanuck

    Ah, your true feelings about Americans comes out in a more honest way and less passive-aggressive way.
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    Meanwhile, what is the debt that every newborn is saddled with now? Last I heard it was something like $52,000.
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    ansonia said, 4 months ago

    @Chillbilly

    “Nothing is miserable unless you think it is.”
    Boethius
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    People tend to see what they choose to see and sometimes it’s pure projection.
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    D PB said, 4 months ago

    One of the most interesting things this past weekend was watching all of the buyers remorse on Twitter. Quite a few people who voted for Obama are regretting their decision after their first paycheck of the year.
    
    It sure sucks when reality slaps in you the face as those who tried to tell you before hand stand by and say, “I told you so.”
    
    lol
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    bhinkle said, 4 months ago

    Face the facts, spending-excusing haters –
    If the government confiscated the ENTIRE adjusted gross income of ALL Americans earning more than $66,193 per year (100% tax), PLUS ALL of the corporate taxable income in the year before the recession (5.1 trillion and 1.6 trillion = $6.7 trillion total) – it wouldn’t be nearly enough to cover the more than $8 trillion growth of U.S. liabilities per year. Some public officials and pundits claim we can dig our way out through tax increases on upper-income earners, or even all taxpayers. In reality, that would amount to bailing out the Pacific Ocean with a teaspoon.
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    Mneedle said, 4 months ago

    @Chillbilly

    What about the 8% who are listed as unemployed? I say listed because if you add the people who have given up, it is a tad over 14%.
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    TheTrustedMechanic said, 4 months ago

    @Chillbilly

    Succinct, to the point and without vile hatred of those it speaks, thank you. Very well said.
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