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Botnst · #1 02-25-2013, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by pj67coll

Given that your boy lost the vote to the big spender it would appear that the American public, do, in fact, want it.

- Peter.

No question that's a big part of it. The other important part is like in the previous election: The Repos nominated a nincompoop campaigner.

cmbdiesel · #2 02-25-2013, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Skid Row Joe

I believe it's about give-aways, unrestrained welfare spending, (as in free cell phones) and the like.....free cell phones provided by the Obama Administration, is a symptom of what is wrong about this admin's intense vision of spending.

The amount of a 1/4 of 1% in spending cuts of the total figure as expressed in GDP, is nothing. Cutting a scintilla of nothing is actually much ado about nothing.

Unfortunately there are those along the lines of President Obama's expressed thinking/feeling, that want to make it about ever more unrestrained, and unecessary pork spending....by trying to change from what he said he was for 'Sequestration' - before he said he was against it. Mr. Obama seems very confused, but actually he's not.......what he is, is very political IMO.

The American public, doesn't want it (more unrestrained spending/pork) - but alas a few rabble rousers do. Go figure........

Have you actually researched where/when the phone assistance program came into being and how it is funded?

You might want to consider doing that so you can more accurately lay down the blame.

neumann · #3 02-25-2013, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by cmbdiesel

Have you actually researched where/when the phone assistance program came into being and how it is funded?

You might want to consider doing that so you can more accurately lay down the blame.

How about you explain how the program originated and then explain how the program in its current iteration is being implemented.

There is something known as letter and spirit of a program. It is currently being rampantly abused for political endeavors.

Palangi · #4 02-25-2013, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Simpler=Better

I don't mean to get off topic, but what the hell is the damn Obama phone thing about?

Original Obamaphone Lady: Obama Voter Says Vote for Obama because he gives a free Phone - YouTube

cmac2012 · #5 02-25-2013, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Palangi

Original Obamaphone Lady: Obama Voter Says Vote for Obama because he gives a free Phone - YouTube

IOW, you don't know about the real story either.

Palangi · #6 02-25-2013, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by cmac2012

IOW, you don't know about the real story either.

The video sure brings home the point that 0bama captured the moron vote by giving away the treasury, doesn't it ?

Chris Bell · #7 02-26-2013, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Palangi

Original Obamaphone Lady: Obama Voter Says Vote for Obama because he gives a free Phone - YouTube

That is quite possibly the sickest and saddest thing I've ever seen. From "ask not what your country can do for you

Oh never mind we're bankrupt & screwed now.

MS Fowler · #8 02-25-2013, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Simpler=Better

I don't mean to get off topic, but what the hell is the damn Obama phone thing about?

Rather than have the leftists try to read my mind, and say why I posted that, let me fill in the blanks. A friend posted on facebook ( I really know this person; they are not simply a FB "friend") posted about a week ago how thankful they were for the new phone that Obama just gave them. I responded to them that they should thank anyone they know with a job who is paying taxes because those people are the ones who paid for the phone that Obama "sent" them.
Its still rankles me that people are so sheep-like that they really think ( rather they emote) Obama somehow gave them a phone.

My posting had nothing to do with any supposed "talking points. It was my response to something of which I have personal knowledge. If it so happens to also be a RW talking point--well coincidences happen, I suppose.

cmbdiesel · #9 02-26-2013, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by MS Fowler

Rather than have the leftists try to read my mind, and say why I posted that, let me fill in the blanks. A friend posted on facebook ( I really know this person; they are not simply a FB "friend") posted about a week ago how thankful they were for the new phone that Obama just gave them. I responded to them that they should thank anyone they know with a job who is paying taxes because those people are the ones who paid for the phone that Obama "sent" them.
Its still rankles me that people are so sheep-like that they really think ( rather they emote) Obama somehow gave them a phone.

My posting had nothing to do with any supposed "talking points. It was my response to something of which I have personal knowledge. If it so happens to also be a RW talking point--well coincidences happen, I suppose.

Please do yourself a favor and discover where and when the phone assistance program came into being, and how it is funded.

Facebook is not a worthy source.

MS Fowler · #10 02-26-2013, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by cmbdiesel

Please do yourself a favor and discover where and when the phone assistance program came into being, and how it is funded.

Facebook is not a worthy source.

You are talking to the wrong person. My friend was the one on FB, thanking Obama for her new phone.

Txjake · #11 02-21-2013, 07:38 AM

Not just going to affect DOD. DOT /FAA will begin furlough too. We will most likely loose a week a month. Two or three days a pay period. That's going to hurt a lot of folks. I guess this is the hope and change the electorate voted for..

SwampYankee · #12 02-21-2013, 07:51 AM

Much ado about nothing. The Dems will scream like Chicken Little, the spineless Reps will fold, budgets will be fully funded and they'll start looking for more revenue sources.

Look out businesses and working folks! The circle is complete and ready for the next cycle/looming point of no return.

Business as usual in D.C.

rs899 · #13 02-21-2013, 07:47 AM

Hard to predict how this will really roll out, if it does. At it's worst the ripple effect is going to prolong the recession or turn economic signs negative. I work in defense and may get my wish for early retirement fulfilled. Defense certainly wastes money and needs to be wound down, but draconian cuts and uncertainty only add to the waste.

Botnst · #14 02-21-2013, 07:51 AM

Congress could easily lighten the load, without diminishing the sequester, by authorizing departments to allocate their own cuts within agencies of each department. But Congress wants to maintain power of the purse so that wont happen.

MS Fowler · #15 02-21-2013, 10:58 AM

Didn't the President originally set this up to give him the power to make the cuts? So what--he doesn't want to responsibility?
Its not that much money--compared to the rest of the budget. Nothing I see substantiates the huge outcry that hundreds of thousands of jobs will be lost.

Its all politics.