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txaslftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 01:52 PM Original message |
The Deficit is not a mistake. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yep, they wanna go back the the 'good ol days' of Robber Barons, |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 02:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Your kidding right? They are already.there. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 03:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. Not quite where they wanna be. Until we are starving and begging |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 04:10 PM Response to Reply #30 |
43. You mean we will be a third world country... |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 09:00 PM Response to Reply #43 |
54. Yep, we both have thought on this one. |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 02:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. The msm should be hitting on that point in every story |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 10:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
57. I don't think the Repukes ever left the days of the Robber Barons... |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. The Whole GOP Should Be Put on Trial |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 02:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. Unfortunately we are coming down to the final and worst |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 03:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
36. Civil War? |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 08:25 AM Response to Reply #36 |
61. I think they have convinced me, what's the purpose of living |
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Maezeppa (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. Deficit |
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txindy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 02:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Welcome to Du |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 02:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. In the most meaningful terms, the Federal Debt is the highest in 50 years. |
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txaslftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 04:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
45. Your charts aren't accurate... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 10:38 PM Response to Reply #45 |
55. They're not from the CBO. They're Treasury actuals (unless pink) ... |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 05:09 AM Response to Reply #55 |
60. cheese, I like this graph better - |
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yellowdogmi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 02:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. Welcome to DU |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 06:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
51. Hi Maezeppa!! |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 06:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
52. welcome to the real deal, DU |
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InsultComicDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. Nothing new about this |
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txaslftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 02:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. I know this is not a 'new' revelation to those in the know... |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. Having no surplus reduces our national opportunity to reinvent our economy |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. This was actually part of their program beginning in 1994. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. Uh... *yeah* |
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NoAmericanTaliban (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. NutGingrich takes credit for balancing the budget |
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txaslftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 02:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Nut is a fucking liar. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 02:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Hey!! Y'all say "nut" like it's a bad thing. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 06:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
53. I would expect you would |
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mazzarro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. Their Agenda: Make Things Bad Enough And People Will Give Up |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
10. This has been address before in PNAC tactics in foreign relations |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
11. Duh. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
12. its called "Starving the Beast" and its not a new theory |
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txaslftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 02:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. It isn't a plan, it's sabotage. |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. Of course |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
19. You might want to read up on Grover Norquist |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 02:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Doesn't That Make Him An Anarchist? |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 02:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. I wish he WOULD move to his own private island |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 03:00 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I'll Find The Island. We'll Split The Airfare! (eom) |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 04:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
44. Hell with the island sent the bastard to Baghdad on the next bus! |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 04:53 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Send them to hell on the next handbasket! |
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klook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
21. A job for W |
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melissinha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
23. Absolutely |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
31. There's One Huuuuge Problem With The GOP's Deficit Plan |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 03:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Yep, they are finding that out the hard way. |
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pat_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
32. Deficit Spending => Inflation => Suck Money to the Top |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
33. you are forgetting about the stealing |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
34. Exactly right. If that isn't corruption, I don't know what is. |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
37. They can't decide if they want to turn the country into Argentina or... |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
38. Look at the YEARLY DEBT duuds. Add 25% yd to yearly income. |
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txaslftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 04:52 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. excellent post. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 05:23 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. it's the bigger version of what they are trying to do with Social Security |
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mandyky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
39. I have felt this all along |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
40. gonna drown the gummint in a bathtub |
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northerdar (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
41. Sometimes I think that these guys in the WH and Congress are |
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Ksec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
42. Starve the beast |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
48. You are dead on. Running up the deficit is a way to attack social ... |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
50. Jesus I thought this was a matter of common knowledge. |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
56. indeed... it amazes me that so few people understand this... and it amazes |
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cosmicdot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
58. search "economic treason" |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 04:30 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Yes, I agree with everything you say. |
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