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Firebrand Gary Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 02:39 PM
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Balanced budget amendment? Where are the FUCKIN jobs Speaker Cantor?
By now you would think we would be finished with the deficit reduction bullshit? The GOP will do ANYTHING to NOT create jobs! The Democratic party does not have historical issues with balancing the budget, the Republican party does.

So I say, Where are the FUCKIN jobs Speaker Cantor?

HUFFINGTON POST:

WASHINGTON -- The latest Republican push for a balanced budget amendment that would force massive spending cuts to the country's social safety net died in the House of Representatives Friday, brought down by lawmakers who argued Congress can balance the budget on its own.

Requiring a two-thirds majority to pass under the Constitution, the measure failed 261-165, with several Republicans voting with the majority of Democrats against the amendment.

Analysts had warned that instituting the proposed balanced-budget requirements would likely force cuts of greater that 17 percent within seven years of the amendment's ratification. Such cuts could mean slashing Social Security by $1.2 trillion and Medicare by $750 billion by 2022, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Side note: I say Speaker Cantor, being the Boehner is clearly not in charge of the bouncy house.
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JDPriestly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 02:41 PM
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1. Yet another convoluted economic theory to justify the rich stealing from the poor.
That's the Republicans for you.
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Blue Owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 02:41 PM
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2. The Unbalanced Dumbshit Amendment = Speaker Cantor
n/t
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county worker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 02:41 PM
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3. I think they are feeling a little desperate. Time could be running out for their plan to culminate
in drowning the government in the bathtub.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 02:42 PM
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4. Point of Order: Eric Cantor is not the Speaker.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 03:11 PM
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7. OK I saw your last line.
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RevStPatrick Donating Member (564 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 02:47 PM
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5. I would like to see the budget balanced, and it would be easy to do...
Just slash the military budget.
And raise taxes on the super-rich.
Problem solved!
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grilled onions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 02:54 PM
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6. No Answer/No Solution?
Then they start playing the same tunes over and over acting like they have all the answers. It's the same reason they don't like impromptu interviews or in depth questions. Other then squirm or try to be funny all they have up their sleeve is the tax cut theme.
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