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kpete

(72,022 posts)
Fri Jan 4, 2013, 11:00 AM Jan 2013

The Left's Sequester Leverage: "We choose to honor sequester limits of the 8/11 deal YOU AGREED TO"

FRI JAN 04, 2013 AT 05:03 AM PST
The Left's Sequester Leverage
byWineRevFollow

(PLEASE READ THE WHOLE THING - i could not edit - it is too good)

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So all this means Obama/Shumer/Sanders/Pelosi/Reid/the Left HAVE THE LEVERAGE TO SAY, "We choose to honor the sequester limits of the August, 2011 deal YOU AGREED TO, since they make sense to begin cutting our long-term debt that you turkeys are mostly responsible for.

"But YOU stinking bastards on the other side want to WEASEL OUT OF the deal you made in August 2011. YOU were LYING then and we can assume you are LYING NOW. Your word means NOTHING.

"Nonetheless, ABIDING BY THE EXEMPTIONS AGREED TO IN 2011 THAT WE ARE NOT THEREBY GOING TO EVEN TALK ABOUT, as far as other NON-Defense cuts that total $50 Billion in 2013, we propose whacking $4Billion right off the bat by ENDING all oil and Gas and coal and nuclear subsidies, since we believe they are no longer infant industries in need of help or protection from foreign competitors.

"We propose ending $3bill./year in cotton subsidies, $3.5 Billion/yr. in sugar subsidies, another $3billion in wheat subsidies.

"So far we are $15 billion cut and economic efficiency improved. Agriculture starts with "A" and we have 25 letters left to go......"

Screaming? Oh yeah. Spending Cuts available? Piece of cake.

Shalom.

(LOTS MORE DETAILS - this is our baby now):
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/01/04/1176216/-The-Left-s-Sequester-Leverage

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