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Obama's 2012 budget | by toysbfun | 2011-02-16 09:12:18 |
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Spoiler breaker: Maybe. | by kelli217 | 2011-02-16 11:12:14 |
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"claims" | by jdelphiki | 2011-02-16 11:22:37 |
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Yep. I stand on the right-side of the aisle, | by SaylorA | 2011-02-16 11:44:27 |
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We'll just have to wait and see this time. | by DesertRat66 | 2011-02-16 11:49:43 |
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Don't get your hopes up. | by toysbfun | 2011-02-16 12:00:17 |
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Yeah they did | by DesertRat66 | 2011-02-16 12:05:24 |
| I fear they are busy stepping on mice, rather than |
by Concept |
2011-02-16 13:02:27 |
slaying the elephant in the room.
It seems to me that one general area that really needs to be reigned in, that would garner the most savings, are the entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare. As I understand it, those represent a huge part of the Federal budget. However, good luck getting anyone to touch those items with any length of stick. It'd be political suicide (and with potentially serious social consequences, even).
So, instead, I suspect they'll just cut and eliminate a bunch of smaller programs that don't have the political support to raise any real outcry to stop them. It'll save some money, perhaps, but ultimately amount to a hill of beans compared to the overall spending that'll still happen. :P
That's my cynical view, anyway. |
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You're not the only one thinking that way. | by Snate | 2011-02-16 13:07:33 |
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Can Our Nation be Saved - Walter E. Wiliams | by DesertRat66 | 2011-02-16 13:08:23 |
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I object to the term "legalized theft." | by toysbfun | 2011-02-16 13:44:53 |
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Explanation of the term as heard from Dr. Williams | by DesertRat66 | 2011-02-16 13:56:02 |
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You get some sort of infrastructure in return. | by toysbfun | 2011-02-16 14:06:13 |
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I posted a follow up | by DesertRat66 | 2011-02-16 14:10:51 |
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And two quotes: | by DesertRat66 | 2011-02-16 14:10:03 |
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To take that to the extreme, | by toysbfun | 2011-02-16 14:15:26 |
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Low hanging fruit | by DesertRat66 | 2011-02-16 14:19:08 |
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I know that the Constitution authorizes it. | by toysbfun | 2011-02-16 14:27:22 |
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You really should follow the link | by DesertRat66 | 2011-02-16 14:37:26 |
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I missed where it said (link). | by toysbfun | 2011-02-16 14:57:12 |
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Thinking about it, this may be better suited for | by toysbfun | 2011-02-16 15:24:20 |
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You, the collective you, authorized the agent | by tallastro | 2011-02-16 17:24:56 |
