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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-09 11:02 PM Original message |
Two fucking trillion dollars of savings identified |
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Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-09 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. lol k&r |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-09 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. That is some serious shit, right there! |
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navarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-09 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yeah, that was very respectable. eom |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-09 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. Damn. That's the same thought I had. nt |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-09 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. If you want to work on budget savings |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-09 11:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Seriously. Repubs don't know how to do it. Too complicated for their brains. |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-09 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
6. Naturally. That's just identifying part of the money the cronies were siphoning off. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-09 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. There was soooo much that was good about this speech, |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-09 11:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I wish there was a way to have more than three men on base... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 12:03 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Kick! |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 12:09 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. FrenchieCat can you explain this more to me. I don't get this 2 trillion thing. n/t |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 12:12 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. They are going line by line through the budget programs, |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 12:13 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I'm in a corporate procurement department, so when I hear "savings", I pay attention |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 12:16 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Thanks for bringing this to my attention Richardo. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 12:15 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Are you fuckin' kidding me?! That's brilliant!!! LONG LIVE!! |
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Born_A_Truman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-09 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. That was a "Dave" moment for me! |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-09 11:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I was thinking the same thing...that whole 'going through the budget line by line' comment... |
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AyanEva (428 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 12:06 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. One of the best movies EVAR! |
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DKRC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #10 |
33. Absolutely! |
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JimWis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
12. Two Trillion - And that's just a start. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 12:18 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. I know. This could go into 4-5 Trillion and we might have lost some funds and missed |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 12:18 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Yep. Doesn't include how reforming Medicare Part D will also save trillions, |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. So saving 200 Billion a year for 10 years... |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
22. I felt this thread deserved a notable "bump." n/t |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:20 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Thanks, vaberella |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
23. That is just amazing....and they probably didn't have to look hard |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 01:46 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Added to that, they've just started. Imagine when they really start doing |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:31 AM Response to Original message |
26. That would be over 10 years |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. It doesn't include the Iraq and Afghanistan war spending... |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 03:10 AM Response to Original message |
27. Shutting down tax havens should also bring in a wad. n/t |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 03:14 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Agreed |
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cherish44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 03:23 AM Response to Original message |
29. Obama's right about farmers getting big fat checks for doing nothing |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Isn't Bob Dole one? |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. Those are the big corporate agri businesses. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
30. Guys, he's only been in office a month or so. Give him a break! |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
32. kick...for having a "grown up" going through the budget!!!! |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
35. I caught that last night and it should be what the |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Begone. |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. I love it when someone who is wrong calls others gullible. So cute! |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Considering that your guy McCain wanted to spend 100 years in Iraq... |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
37. And they haven't even finished going through the entire budget! n/t |
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