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Maybe its just me; but why

Resistance — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:46:58 +0000

In reply to Funny... if you pull out the

Maybe its just me;

but why weren't the rich taxed to support two wars?

Two wars and a tax cut and no wonder we have a large national debt.

If not for the coward Democrats that agreed to the ATUMF,

WE the People, should have asked the Republicans at the time "How you going to pay for that program"

The democratic leadership that wishes to rule, is synonymous with idiots.

Republicans (R) are evidently superior to republican- lites (d)

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patsy ; fall guy

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Funny... if you pull out the

Michael Maiello — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:09:28 +0000

In reply to Speaker Boehner knows that

Funny... if you pull out the top and bottom concerns (debt and government regulation of business) I think the people got the order of priorities mostly correct. China, our own financial system and Europe's financial system should be the biggest worries.

Speaker Boehner knows that

artappraiser — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:41:55 +0000

In reply to Debt Ceiling II: Return of the Boehner

Speaker Boehner knows that Americans can't wait for another debt ceiling standoff

You jest, however, I was just reading about a poll number that both the Speaker and Obama probably know about, which is also the top line in the following bar chart from this May 17 Pew article:

Would a hundred year plan

Resistance — Thu, 17 May 2012 05:39:00 +0000

In reply to Given what's happening in

Would a hundred year plan work?

No more debtors prison, end austerity

100 years to pay back the debt

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/03/13/government-plans-for-100-_n_1343272.html

Uh... whoops! Guess I'm

Michael Maiello — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:51:00 +0000

In reply to Just to be clear, we're in

Uh... whoops! Guess I'm still writing 1912 on my checks... and, uh... writing checks.

Just to be clear, we're in

Verified Atheist — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:48:51 +0000

In reply to Ah, the second decade of the

Just to be clear, we're in the second decade of the 21^st century, although you can be forgiven for being confused given what's been coming out of the GOP recently…

Agree 100% with Donal.

NCD — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:20:08 +0000

In reply to If Romney wins, they'll

Agree 100% with Donal. Republicans will never change, they have never shown any motivation or tendency to change ideology, except to become more 'severe' and in the wrong direction.

Given what's happening in

Dan Kervick — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:05:30 +0000

In reply to If Romney wins, they'll

Given what's happening in Europe, I don't think they have that much time Donal.

The austerity agenda of the minister's daughter Merkel has failed. The winds of political change are blowing, and victory is going to go to those people who sense the direction in which they are going to start blowing: ambitious, activist government.

Obama had better figure out how to shift direction away from budget conservatism, because Romney is an opportunistic chameleon and will beat him too it.

The unraveling of Europe presents political opportunity: people can change course and justify the change by appealing to a change in circumstances.

If Romney wins, they'll

Donal — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:24:51 +0000

In reply to Debt Ceiling II: Return of the Boehner

If Romney wins, they'll implement their Etch-a-Debt strategy: Incur debt, cut taxes on the rich, shake things up with a war, forget about debt, repeat.

Somebody should go make an

Michael Maiello — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:36:23 +0000

In reply to Justin Bieber is Beyonce's

Somebody should go make an absurd amount of money casting him in the Blue Ivy biopic.