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In reply to the discussion: So we're slashing more government jobs in a Depression [View all]girl gone mad
(20,634 posts)76. So where does the government plan to increase spending to make up for these cuts?
Contrary to what you seem to believe, taxes do not fund spending. Cutting federal workers will not "free up" tax dollars to be spent elsewhere. It doesn't work that way.
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I hope you're still saying that when your boss has you doing the work of 2 people
Zalatix
Jan 2012
#59
Our mission is not to turn a profit, one less well paying job is a far greater drain.
TheKentuckian
Jan 2012
#99
So where does the government plan to increase spending to make up for these cuts?
girl gone mad
Jan 2012
#76
You show me a couple trillion spent on DESPERATELY needed infrastructure improvements,
Systematic Chaos
Jan 2012
#6
Anyone was says Obama is Bush III has reasoning processes which are questionable, at best.
baldguy
Jan 2012
#18
Then who are you voting for? Or are you gonna sit it out and let the rabid GOP really stomp us?
Zalatix
Jan 2012
#83
"The money can be used better elsewhere to create jobs that are not "waste and duplication"."
girl gone mad
Jan 2012
#78
Actually, the term depression does not have a specific, universally agreed upon meaning.
girl gone mad
Jan 2012
#79
That's TOTALLY not RW. If there's one complaint I hear from "progressives" and "liberal Dems" it's
Edweird
Jan 2012
#35
One of the "progressives" and "liberal dems" that spout Reaganisms? Nope, I'm not.
Edweird
Jan 2012
#39
You refer to "'progressives' and 'liberal dems' that spout Reaganisms." Where are they?
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2012
#44
What you say about the DLC is true, but "DLC" does not stand for Democratic LIBERALS ...
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2012
#50
In addition to FDR, even Nixon was smart enought to realize that putting money in the hands
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2012
#51
At least we are not to emulate the other Hoover, then we'd be required to cross dress to support O
Dragonfli
Jan 2012
#54
You're the only one who caught the faux pas in the OP. There is no "depression."
Honeycombe8
Jan 2012
#70
+1! Bashers have NO credibility any longer, it's hard to have open critisim of Obama because of them
uponit7771
Jan 2012
#75
As far as I can see, this wouldn't lower aggregate demand at all. The debt ceiling deal for all
BzaDem
Jan 2012
#68
"Just because money is saved in one area doesn't mean it isn't spent in another."
girl gone mad
Jan 2012
#90