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Originally Posted by dellinger63
They raised the budget by 500 billion in 09 (submitted by Bush $3.1 Trillion) v. $3.6 Trillion Obama '10. And not to be outdone raised it another 200 billion for 2011 ($3.8 Trillion)
SO AFTER RAISING THE BUDGET BY 700 BILLION YOU WANT TO GIVE THEM CREDIT FOR PASSING THE LARGEST BUDGET CUT ( 1 BILLION )? THOSE WHO BUY THIS ARE NOT DONKEYS BUT ASSES!
THAT'S NOT ONLY HYPOCRITICAL IT'S AN INSULT AND A CON-JOB
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It's a nice thread hijack, but what do you think about Mark Kirk? What do you think about saying you only will renew unemployment if it's paid for, but you'll raise the deficit 700 billion to give tax cuts to the rich, unpaid for, "No matter what" ?
Doesn't that make Kirk sound very beholden to the special interests of the wealthiest 2% of Americans, while he's willing to literally let other of his fellow Americans - millions - starve at Christmas because they can't find work during the biggest recession since the great Depression?
America has NEVER done that to it's citizens before - turned it's back on our citizens while unemployment is so high. You're okay with that? Yes or no?
Now, to get to your thread hijack: Obama, Pelosi and Reid are trying to cut 700 billion from the budget deficit. You won't give credit for 1 billion, certainly you must appreciate and endorse cutting
700 billion. The GOP is blocking that. Are you for that, or against that? You want to cut 700 billion, or not?
If your only criteria and desire for a budget at the brink of serious world-wide depression and then a major recession is the black and white simplicity of lower numbers, please go take Governmental Finance 101 to see the disaster that would have lead to.
There are parts of the budget (Bush especially) that were not negotiable in the face of a major depression. And let's look again at what the budget contributed to the deficit, how it got there after the Clinton years, and where it's going, okay?
