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White House hardens stance on budget cuts ahead of showdown with Republicans
Washington Post ^ | July 25, 2013 | by Zachary Goldfarb

Posted on 07/25/2013 8:55:37 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Senior White House officials are discussing a budget strategy that could lead to a government shutdown if Republicans continue to demand deeper spending cuts, lawmakers and Democrats familiar with the administration’s thinking said Thursday.

The change in tone has been evident in repeated and little- noticed veto threats over the past few weeks by Obama.

The White House is likely to frame any government shutdown as a consequence of Republicans protecting the wealthy at the expense of the nation’s economy and poor.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: failure

1 posted on 07/25/2013 8:55:37 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer; All

Reeling from his over 4 year failure to achieve his stated goal of “Fundamentally changing the United States of America,” Communist Tyrant B. Hussein Obama has embarked on another expensive road trip to try to sell his Commune-Style power grab of 1/6 th of the US economy by promoting the idea that increased Federal debt is the best way of salvation for the over-taxed Middle Class.

The problem is not with loyal Communist Obama, as he is just doing what his Communist trainers have taught him to do.

The problem lies with the sorry House RINOs who keep John Boehner on as their useless, Commie Obama enabler Speaker.

Nothing is going to help Commie Obama more than to keep John Boehner on as Speaker of the House.

Boehner has repeatedly stated his baseless fear that “If the Republicians stand up and oppose Obama we might be blamed by the Liberals for __________________(Fill in the blank).”

It is time for the House RINOs to step up to the plate and fight FOR The Republic, and not wallow in the baseless fears of losing the fake prasie of Liberals when a “Bi-Partisan Cave-In” is finally agreed to.

The reality is that WE would cheer “Shutting down the Government,” and it’s ‘non-essential’ Federal expenditures, or “playing politics” with Commie Obama’s “phony scandals” such as the Obama coverup of the Benghazi Massacre, or the NSA, or IRS, etc., etc., etc.

Rather than taking the fight TO the enemy, in this case the inexorable attempt to turn our Republic into a Communist State, Boehner has consistently shown that he is not a fighter by running away FROM the enemy.

It is time during Commie Obama’s con-artist tour of the remaining Liberal bastions in America for us to demand from our sorry House RINOs that they depose scardy-cat Boehner as Speaker, and install a FIGHTER worthy of our trust in his/her record of defeating Communist Con-Artists such as B. Hussein Obama.

What say all of you?


2 posted on 07/25/2013 9:01:03 PM PDT by Graewoulf (Traitor John Roberts' Commune-Style Obama'care' violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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To: Graewoulf

I vote aye.


3 posted on 07/25/2013 9:03:18 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The White Hut knows they can scare the crap outta Boner. I predict a cave way before Sept 30.


4 posted on 07/25/2013 9:07:19 PM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This is not going to end well for taxpayers(again).


5 posted on 07/25/2013 9:10:48 PM PDT by deadrock (I am someone else.)
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To: deadrock

White House hardens

Looks like WaPo has been infected with the Drudge’ Weiner headlines.


6 posted on 07/25/2013 9:13:48 PM PDT by V K Lee
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To: Graewoulf

Speak yer mind....

MS&C...


7 posted on 07/25/2013 9:16:22 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The plan is simple: We’ll keep spending and one day we’ll be out of debt. :)


8 posted on 07/25/2013 9:19:50 PM PDT by Tzimisce (The American Revolution began when the British attempted to disarm the Colonists.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The Republicans have given him everything he wants so far.

why would they stop now?


9 posted on 07/25/2013 9:20:34 PM PDT by Tzimisce (The American Revolution began when the British attempted to disarm the Colonists.)
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To: Graewoulf

The longer the feds are “shut down”, the better.

The juggernaut needs to run aground. Its unfathomable as currently configured.

They are actively trying to perversify the military.

It isn’t going over well.


10 posted on 07/25/2013 9:20:52 PM PDT by One Name (Ultimately, the TRUTH is a razor's edge and no man can sit astride it.)
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To: Vendome

Partial State Control is Socialism.

Those who enable Socialism are Socialist enablers.

Total State Control is Communism.

Those who enable Communism are Communist enablers.

Control of the health and wealth of America by the IRS is Communism.

Those sorry House and Senators who vote to fund Obama’care’ are Communist enablers.


11 posted on 07/25/2013 9:24:22 PM PDT by Graewoulf (Traitor John Roberts' Commune-Style Obama'care' violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Republicans protecting the wealthy at the expense of the nation’s economy and poor.<<<<....

Yup...I'm trying to work a little harder so that the poor that don't work and the economy that's not working will recover...the problem is........I'M NOT WEALTHY YET!

12 posted on 07/25/2013 9:27:21 PM PDT by M-cubed
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To: One Name

I agree.

A 40 % annual Federal Government shutdown would get our outgo equal to our income.

I’d prefer a 50 % annual shutdown, because I suspect that they are spending about 10% more than they are admitting to us here in Flyover Country.


13 posted on 07/25/2013 9:29:37 PM PDT by Graewoulf (Traitor John Roberts' Commune-Style Obama'care' violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

With “leaders” like Boehner and Mcconnell why bother??? I expect the Repubicans to give Obama most of what he wants anyway.


14 posted on 07/25/2013 9:35:55 PM PDT by RginTN
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

In addition, he will blame Mr. George Zimmerman for the slow economy.


15 posted on 07/25/2013 9:40:39 PM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Learn three chords and you, too, can be a Rock Star!)
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To: Graewoulf

I won’t quibble but, yeah...


16 posted on 07/25/2013 9:46:23 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Shut it down. NOW!


17 posted on 07/25/2013 9:47:59 PM PDT by Cololeo
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The White House is likely to frame any government shutdown as a consequence of Republicans protecting the wealthy at the expense of the nation’s economy and poor.

(yawn)
I think fewer and fewer people buy that stale drivel as more and more people are pulling their heads out of their asses.
Personally, I am sick and tired of the freaking "poor".

18 posted on 07/25/2013 9:52:01 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: V K Lee

Bunch of perverts.


19 posted on 07/25/2013 9:56:35 PM PDT by deadrock (I am someone else.)
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