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   raycity2 said, 3 months ago

   A 3% cut in a massive budget an you think the world is ending.
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   lifebyc said, 3 months ago

   Look, Stu, I agree with you most of the time. Still, when are we going to stop spending more money than we make?! Dems cry out “the cuts are on the back of the poor!” That’s absolutely true – those services are all for the poor, we don’t have social services for rich people… duh. I support teachers and cops and firefighters as much as anyone, but we CANNOT keep spending more than we make. Try running your household that way and see what happens.
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   pirate227 said, 3 months ago

   You’re a goner…
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   Tigger said, 3 months ago

   @lifebyc

   Agreed,and Obama lied as he agreed to tough budget cuts if he got tax increases on the Top 1%. He got tax increases on the Top 1% and now he does not want to follow through with the tough budget cuts.
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   araque said, 3 months ago

   I guess the real question here is, what are the other menacing weapons on the surgeon’s table? On the other hand, I find it suspicious that Republicans cry foul when Democrats run up the budget … but not when the GOP does it. Either way, I do agree that we shouldn’t spend more than we make, no matter who’s in charge.
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   David said, 3 months ago

   @Tigger

   tig said he got tax increases
   75% of all budget agreements to data have been services reductions. That’s a 3:1 ratio of cuts:taxes. Further, sequestration will be devestating to our already weak recovery and tax hikes for the wealthiest Americans isn’t even close to what’s been given up by the middle and lower classes.
   It’s simply whining by the rightists who argue against tax increases when it was President Obama who was re-elected and the Republicans who lost seats in congress. It’s the republicans who need to stop mewling about losing and face up to a factbased reality instead of the fantasy land amoral satanists like Rupert and Limbough create. Current taxation laws are regressive and need to get fixed.
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   SkepticCal said, 3 months ago

   Barack Obama threatened to veto any bill not conforming to the sequester.
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   Night-Gaunt49 said, 3 months ago

   @David

   Cutting spending during a Depression is the sure means of killing the patient aka our govt.
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   Night-Gaunt49 said, 3 months ago

   @SkepticCal

   Really? I’d like to see that. Never read it or heard of it before now.
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    mdavis4183 said, 3 months ago

    Sequester is Obama’s idea.
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    Ms. Ima said, 3 months ago

    The sequester was O’s idea. His version of kick the can.
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    Glenn said, 3 months ago

    Love your work Stuart.
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    Dycel said, 3 months ago

    @Tigger

    Again with the faux noise BS tiggertoady?
    Lest you forget the Bush tax cuts expired they were not a “Tax Increase”!
    The Presidents tough budget cuts include elimination of subsidies to oil producers who are still making record profits, Exxon Mobil reported 2nd qtr 2012 at 15.7 Billion, total yr profits estimated at 60.7 Billion for 2012.
    Closing tax loopholes also qualifies as tough budget cuts.
    But on the faux noise bus you and the rest of the black hole bunnies are still living in the surrealistic limelight of the faux noise media’s.
    now if only we can get the scalpers in the big banks and bring them to trial!
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    Uncle Joe said, 3 months ago

    @David

    Sorry, but I need to put this in shouter-case for the hard of reading:
    
    75% OF ALL BUDGET AGREEMENTS TO DATE, HAVE BEEN SERVICES REDUCTIONS. THAT’S A 3:1 RATIO OF CUTS:TAXES!
    
    Obama is willing to continue negotiating on spending, but the Republicans think they are done with revenue. What happened to Romney’s promise to “close loopholes”? Right, Romney lost, so now it’s a terrible idea, even though it started with the Republicans.
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    SusanCraig said, 3 months ago

    imagine our military being less than fully battle ready! maybe it’ll lead to an outbreak of peace!
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