Posted on 04/29/2009 4:41:49 PM PDT by Bokababe
The Democratically controlled Congress today easily approved a $3.4 trillion spending plan, setting the stage for President Obama to pursue the first major overhaul of the nation's health care system in a generation, along with other far-reaching domestic initiatives....
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Now watch your taxes go up on every level.
You mean...”we’re done.”
Completely predictable.
Need someone to post a picture of............TOAST
No way to stop it.
Neither of the democrat controlled houses of congress understand the meaning of unsustainable!
“We are clearly as close as we’ve ever been, but it’s still a long journey,” said Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, which is taking the lead on health legislation. “This is one of the steepest ascents in politics. We have momentum. We have the right gear, shall we say. But reaching the peak is a hard thing.”
This is a historic political bubble, just as historical financial bubbles, fated to collapse faster than it arose with all attendant dangers.
3.2 trillion.
If you were to spend 1 million dollars A DAY going back in time you would run out of money at apx. 6090 — BC! The Paleolithic period.
It was inevitable. The good news: the rats own it.... all of it — lock, stock and barrel. The budget, national security — it’s all on obama. The first 100 days is now a done deal. The MSM can cover for him only so much. We’ll sweep in 2010.
“The budget resolution won overwhelming support from Democrats but not a single vote from Republican lawmakers, passing the House 233 to 193 and the Senate 53 to 43.”
WOOHOO!! This is a victory of sorts for our side. I think perhaps the ‘Tea Parties’ have brought our pubbies to their senses.
Not even Collins, Snowe and the predictable rinos voted for this Bluebeard Budget of Obama’s....LOL!!
As long as there is a way for our dictator (I'm sorry, did I say that?) President to prevent that happening....
Yes.
There’s always secession....
Pardon me, but nuts.
The way affairs are trending, the only things that we will be sweeping are the streets.
Stop whistling past the graveyard. - the GOP is primed to lose seats in the house - perhaps many seats.
The Senate looks dismal, and I expect the dems to increase their seats there, as well, although I haven't charted those yet.
WASS!
Lori Montgomery, Washington Post: “The Democratically controlled Congress today easily approved a $3.4 trillion spending plan...”
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