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In reply to the discussion: Uncle Sam runs $114 billion surplus in April [View all]Zambero
(8,979 posts)25. Three plausible GOP explanations for this phenomena:
1. Citing Benghazi as a "step in the right direction", all funding for embassy, consulate, and diplomatic security has been terminated by Obama via executive order.
2. Trench coated IRS agents went door-to-door last month extracting bags of money from those who didn't sign up for Obamacare, handing it over to buddies at the Treasury Dept.
3. Democrats were able to jerry-rig the famous deficit clock causing it to run backwards, causing the infamous red ink number to shrink. The media was conned into reporting the results as being correct.
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How about waiting until there is an actual annual surplus before asking for more spending
OnlinePoker
May 2014
#26
I am certain that all of those 2008 voters are going to flock back to the polls after hearing this
Doctor_J
May 2014
#39
And yet, I bet the White House will STILL push for Austerity with another Catfood Commission.
blkmusclmachine
May 2014
#49