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I hope Obama is paying attention.
The Reps can fuck themselves straight to hell on this one.
"the U.S. deficit for fiscal 2009 (ending September 30) will nearly triple to $1.19 trillion. That's 8.3% of GDP"
Wall Street Journal....
Even an idiot like you should know that's a bad idea.
And, must you lower yourself to the typical far left name calling standard? Shame on you.
Presently, the democrats are left no choice in fixing this mess but to put money where it can do the most good and that is infrastructure and with the common man, not the rich fat cat who doesn't want to be weaned from the government teat and is presently throwing a tantrum via his republican representatives. We could have used some republican morals and their conscience back when they were in power running things into the ground. Now they are trying to become revisionist of their own history. We have listened to the republicans and watched their form of leadership for at least eight years and we have seen what they can do to this country when they are unchecked and unfettered. Their advice is not warranted or wanted, in my opinion.
No scruples and no regard for the truth.....the party of moral superiority is a joke.....to even attempt bi-partisanship with them is probably an even bigger joke.....
Lately they just seem to be a day late and a dollar short on every argument. Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. They just don't have a clue at all.
You betcha!
They fought FDR every step of the way in the 1930s and have never changed. They feel entitled to their lavish lifestyles. As long as their fat cat donor base, and they themselves, remain fat Republicans will care less how much everyone else suffers. They are even willing to cede political power to keep their ducats. That's why it's crucial to repeal the Bush tax cuts, raise the marginal tax rate, and re-institute as well as increase the estate tax. Currently the upper 1% need only sit back and collect the wealth earned by the hard work of other Americans. Until that changes neither will they.
According to this, Wisconsin ranks 38....about middle of the pack and in the same range as most of the Southern states.
http://www.taxfoundation.org/files/bp581.pdf
Nice going, traitor.
Believe it or not, the common man can organize and run the whole show a lot better. If you think that sounds like socialism well perhaps, capitalism has gone its way and another idea is waiting in the wings. History has proven again and again that one can not depend on the rich to have any sympathy or any cares for the working class. They look upon them as only put on this earth to work for them and never be an equal. I have no sympathy for those complaining about high taxes when they have made a killing these past Bush years getting all the breaks whilst the working man has to pay again for these freeloaders on their backs taking more and more away from them and then, fleeing this country. Perhaps, there should be an high tariff on the products they make outside the country. They have enjoyed the huge tax benefits given them, now it is time for them to pull their belt in when the times are hard and actually carry their own load. Their own greed has caused much of the problem we face today, in my opinion.
U.S. Rejected Aid for Israeli Raid on Iranian Nuclear Site
(Really? I could swear I heard Israel was already using bunker busting bombs in Gaza.)
I will give the benefit of my doubt in favor of Obama and the Dems, but Im watching carefully at who they schmooze.. because my gut feeling tells me the base they feel most accomodating to, is the same base that the repubs did the last 8 years... and that there is an agenda out there that hasn't been shared with us citizens..
watching carefully for now...
First, we take all the money back that went to Halliburton, Blackwater, Bechtel, GE, KBR, etc. Then, we take back the obscene CEO salaries. Then, we put them all in jail. Then, we get on with our lives.
Are they now calling St. Reagan a liar? Are they now denying Cheney's directive of "Don't Worry; Be Happy"?
Or does this back up the filthy republicans as being the party of nothing but constant lies?
For our nation's future financial national security, end the BushCo tax cuts that have decimated the Treasury and helped push us to the brink of yet another republican depression.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/01/12/0...
Participation by the republicans, while Obama is trying to save our nation, is neither desired nor required.
Rescind the BushCo tax cuts and enforce corporate tax rates so they are loophole free.
A. A lot.
The Reagan Years (FY1982-FY1989)
The Reagan administration ran budget deficits in each of its eight years. The lowest deficit was $188.6 billion in FY1989 and the highest was $311 billion in FY1983. The Reagan years added $1.94 trillion to the national debt and averaged annual deficits of $242.23 billion.
Which is exactly where we are now. (We would have been here sooner, but that fucking Bill Clinton came along and reduced their beautiful deficit - and after all that hard work under Reagan and Bush. How rude! My own theory is that that is the real reason he was so savagely attacked, not because of the "culture wars." At any rate, you'll notice that the first thing Li'l Georgie did was take the surplus and turn it within a matter of months back into a record deficit again.)
So they have no reason to shut up about the deficit. Not when everything is going according to plan.
Aren't democracies wonderful? Thank God we have a Free Press. Those framers were real smart guys.
And John Roberts want $50,000 more for his work. He took the job and knew how much he was going to get paid. I can guarantee I work more hours than these leechers.
Also, it is standard to run deficits during economic downturns. Spending to get out of the recession and then pay it off when the economy improves. This is way it's "supposed" to work, and did until the huge deficits of Reagan and Bush the Younger (which are inevitable when spending is increased concurrent with huge tax cuts --to the rich). One runs deficits in time of war or recession, then pay it off in peace and prosperity.
As a measure of debt load vs. GDP, public debt (mostly from WWII) was declining, even during and after the Vietnam War, until the "fiscal conservative" Reagan Administration took office. It moderated under Clinton, then ballooned again under Bush which has run up more debt than all other previous administrations combined. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RPTAaOI4RN8/STZvZ2sPa...