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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-26-10 12:39 PM
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Poll question: Do You Approve Of The Proposed Spending Freeze?
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Democrats_win Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-26-10 12:41 PM
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1. One term President jumps the shark. Good try, Obama. This is your big idea?
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lame54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-26-10 12:41 PM
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2. Where is Hell No!?
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DrDan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-26-10 12:53 PM
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3. raise defense spending -but freeze discretionary spending
duh
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Winterblues Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-26-10 12:57 PM
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4. Who was it again that said in that Debate that a freeze was like using a hatchet instead of a scalpe
What was that fellow's name again?
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kudzu22 Donating Member (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-26-10 01:04 PM
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5. You need another option
You forgot the "what freeze?" option. That's my vote.
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-26-10 01:06 PM
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6. Since I haven't heard of the details...
Edited on Tue Jan-26-10 01:06 PM by HiFructosePronSyrup
it'd be pretty foolish to make a decision either way.
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stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-26-10 01:15 PM
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7. ASK me after I see the budget
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RedCrayons Donating Member (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-26-10 01:23 PM
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8. I would hope that Congressional pay would also be frozen
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railsback Donating Member (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-26-10 01:23 PM
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9. Why not just concede defeat?
According to Jared Bernstein, its not really a spending freeze, with 7/8 of the budget unaffected. So, why even announce it as some kind of partial remedy, other than to lick the dirty behinds of conservatives? Didn't Truman say, "If you give people a choice between a real republican and a fake republican, they'll pick the real republican every time"?

So much for 'change'. What are we to do? We live in a 'corporatetacracy', where wealth in the hands of a very few are dictating policy. Now, thanks to SCOTUS, they can dish out billions to destroy whoever stands up to the monarchy.

The United States needed strong populist policies to return power to the people. All we're getting is more Friedman insanity. And thinking the voting public is smart enough to understand the ramifications of conservative policies, look at what happened in the last special election. Those numbnuts just invited back into their house the party who raped and killed their last puppy, handing their new puppy to the exact same psycho.

We are screwed. Good luck.
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CBR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-26-10 01:25 PM
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10. I would like to see the plan first before making a decision on its merits. nt
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gkhouston Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-26-10 01:26 PM
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11. Can I hear it fully explained first? Or even half-explained? Right now, all I
have is about as much information as would fit in a tweet.
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Change Happens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-26-10 01:27 PM
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12. How can anyone defend unlimited spending? who is in
favor of running up debt for as far as the eye can see? Isn't this what we crticized Bush for? Obama is keeping the recovery funds in place, certain benefits for the poor intact...etc. Why not cut some things where we can and should?
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area51 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-26-10 01:34 PM
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13. No,
since it doesn't include the military budget.


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Broke In Jersey Donating Member (247 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-26-10 02:07 PM
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14. If we freeze pentagon, military, foreign aid as well, then YES.
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