earthworm
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I'd trust the conservatives more to solve the so-called debt crisis , the democrats less.
Bur the cons ,in their "anti-tax" sickness, will wreck our nation in doing so....particularly the tea baggers ...what do they know about "economy" ???
This problem is for the highly intelligent to solve, not a bunch of stupid politicians...
Proud.............. , you and I seem to have a very similar political philosophy.Neither parties. The deems won't budge on spending and the GOP also won't budge on taxes. They need to compromise. They need to show their worth. They need to show to the US citizens that yes, they can be trusted to rule the country. That trust is now broken
I'm good with guns, discipline and natural farmin'. And I read the Bible.
Considering Democrats havent released a budget in almost 3 YEARS..........and are unable to cut a cent of government spending, including Cowboy Poetry Contests........
.........The Tea Party remains our only hope of a balanced budget.........
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Yeah, your completely wrong on that
2008- Congressional Budget Office - Publications - Budget and Economic Outlook
Budget of the United States Government: Fiscal Year 2008
2009- Senate follows House, passes Obama budget plan - CNN
Budget of the United States Government: Fiscal Year 2009
2010- Budget of the United States Government: Browse Fiscal Year 2010
2011- Budget of the United States Government: Browse Fiscal Year 2011
There is even a budget for 2012- Budget of the United States Government: Browse Fiscal Year 2012
Agree....but I think we may have a problem, mind you "I think", not I know....I don't trust any politician. They exist to be re-elected. In order to fix the problem, they're going to have to do some really, really, really unpopular things, therefore they will never do them. It doesn't matter what side of the aisle they come from, doing what needs to be done is going to require political suicide. That's why the problem will never be fixed by anyone we send to Washington.
I don't TRUST either.
Republicans ****ed it up badly when they had the control of the purse strings from 2000 to 2006.
Democrats have ****ed it up even worse since they've had the purse strings from 2006 to 2010.
And since 2010 the Republicans and Democrats are splitting the effective purse strings and haven't been able to do anything but token actions.
I can't trust either of the ****ers, but at least one of them is actually significantly and substantially about dealing with the incredibly irresponsable and spiraling out of control spending issues we have rather than kicking the can down the road, so I am more apt to give them a shot. That said, "trust" is hardly the word I'd use for them.
Agree....but I think we may have a problem, mind you "I think", not I know....
Sadly, one cannot trust either side.
We do need reform in the political process....elections should should never be bought and sold..
I imagine it had something to do with the notion that the cuts we knew of were gimmicks, and the rest were unspecified.
I tell you what, i promise 8 trillion in tax increases.... to take place at some point in the future... under a general program.... of stuff that will happen..... after a commission makes it's report and looks at it and kicks it to a sub-committee which will kick it to another commission before making their non-binding report to the full committee......
in return for which, you agree to privatize Medicare and Social Security. tomorrow.
what? you're going to walk away from 8 trillion in increased revenue?
gosh, kandahar just won't take "yes" for an answer. what an intransgient he is.
This analogy doesn't hold up because the Democrats aren't asking for immediate tax hikes. To the best knowledge, that possibility was never even in the cards.
Whereas many of the spending cuts ARE immediate (or near-immediate). Even the ones that aren't were at least binding.
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I voted that neither party can be trusted. Politicians, in general, are a very untrustworthy bunch and are the dregs on mankind in my opinion.
But, all that being said, God forbid the power goes to the republicans. Not that the democrats could probably do any better but the odds are surely in their favor, in my opinion, because any and everything the GOP has touched in the last 15 years has turned in a smelly pile of stinking ****. They should not even be allowed to park cars or walk dogs.
That's a good word, ephemeral, very descriptive of the sorts of spending cuts that Congress is considering, much like their detailed lists of just what is to be cut.
not maintaining surge levels in Afghanistan for 10 years is not a "spending cut".
neither is reductions in interest payments resulting from increased taxes.
Mutterings about "seeking efficiencies" does not count as a "spending cut", no matter what number you put on it.
How could you morons trust republicans with this? They cant even agree with themselves. Kiss all your retirement benefits goodbye if they ever get power again. America is doomed if people are this stupid.
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