There is a simple solution to the debt ceiling problem: Stop the wars and repeal the Bush tax cuts.

Electric Monk

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Thu Jun-30-11 06:48 PM
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Poll question: There is a simple solution to the debt ceiling problem: Stop the wars and repeal the Bush tax cuts.

Increased revenue and decreased expenditures would mean the debt could actually start being paid down, instead of just going up and up and up some more.

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brooklynite

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Thu Jun-30-11 06:52 PM
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1. If you can't get the troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan in a month...

...you'll still be spending money on Afghanistan and Irag,

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AndyTiedye

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Thu Jun-30-11 06:52 PM
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2. A Big Tax Hike On Everybody Would Deepen the Recession

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Thu Jun-30-11 08:33 PM
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4. How about on the Well-To-Do who are not paying their fair share now?

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AndyTiedye

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Thu Jun-30-11 08:44 PM
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5. We Tried to Do That When We Still Controlled the House, the Repiglickins Filibustered

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LoZoccolo

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Thu Jun-30-11 07:04 PM
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3. You might not have to stop the wars. n/t

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TheKentuckian

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Thu Jun-30-11 09:17 PM
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6. Got to have living wages and opportunity or it won't work.

You can't have stagnant and/or falling wages over a protracted time frame and figure it will work out.

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Electric Monk

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Fri Jul-01-11 02:32 AM
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7. That seems obvious to me as well

If that isn't the case then society doesn't really work at all, does it.

It's not rocket science.

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