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Obama: Cut Defense Spending As Opposed To Food Stamps (audio)
RealClearPolitics ^ | July 21, 2011 | July 21, 2011

Posted on 07/21/2011 8:58:27 PM PDT by i88schwartz

"A lot of the spending cuts that we're making should be around areas like defense spending as opposed to food stamps," President Obama told in an interview with NPR.

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KEYWORDS: barackobama; defensespending; foodstamps
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To: i88schwartz

Cap and Tax wasn’t passed. But 0bamacare has over 150 agencies and commissions, programs and grants that need to be paid for. 0bamacare expects front-loaded taxes and funding—and they don’t have it.

Stimulus $$ is running out. At that, only 12 cents for every 1 dollar went into anything that ‘stimulates’ business.

We see examples everywhere of wholesale looting of accounts, bribery, backsheesh, gun running, emptying of treasuries, stealing.....

And compromise ‘bills’ will back date ‘cuts’ in favor of front-loading taxes. In FIVE YEARS, we will be on the books over $21 trillion in debt.

They’re going to sell off the US, its resources and treasure. Simultaneously, they’ll kill the aged, infirm, disabled and unborn.


Psalm 18

God the Sovereign Savior

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David The Servant of the Lord, Who Spoke to the Lord The Words of This Song on the Day that the Lord Delivered Him from the Hand of All His Enemies and from the Hand of Saul. And He Said:
1 I will love You, O Lord, my strength.
2 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
My God, my strength, in whom I will trust;
My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
3 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised;
So shall I be saved from my enemies.
4 The pangs of death surrounded me,
And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
5 The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
6 In my distress I called upon the Lord,
And cried out to my God;
He heard my voice from His temple,
And my cry came before Him, even to His ears.
7 Then the earth shook and trembled;
The foundations of the hills also quaked and were shaken,
Because He was angry.
8 Smoke went up from His nostrils,
And devouring fire from His mouth;
Coals were kindled by it.
9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down
With darkness under His feet.
10 And He rode upon a cherub, and flew;
He flew upon the wings of the wind.
11 He made darkness His secret place;
His canopy around Him was dark waters
And thick clouds of the skies.
12 From the brightness before Him,
His thick clouds passed with hailstones and coals of fire.
13 The Lord thundered from heaven,
And the Most High uttered His voice,
Hailstones and coals of fire.
14 He sent out His arrows and scattered the foe,
Lightnings in abundance, and He vanquished them.
15 Then the channels of the sea were seen,
The foundations of the world were uncovered
At Your rebuke, O Lord,
At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.


21 posted on 07/21/2011 11:12:15 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

OK, lets play the democrats game. They always make the statement that Bush was “stupid” for cutting taxes during a war. “Who DOES that?” they ask. Well, what sense does it make to cut defense during THREE wars, then?


22 posted on 07/21/2011 11:32:48 PM PDT by boop ("Let's just say they'll be satisfied with LESS"... Ming the Merciless)
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To: i88schwartz
Tax, spend and cut the Military. Same old, same old.
23 posted on 07/21/2011 11:46:12 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Would you rather live in Obamaville or Palintown?)
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To: Iron Munro

Very few welfare leeches have empty bellies. Fat asses need to make feeding their kids first a priority instead of stuffing themselves. And stop breeding like rabbits when they can’t support them!


24 posted on 07/22/2011 2:45:23 AM PDT by kcvl
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To: icwhatudo

some of the free food they already get in a brown bag

Maybe the brown bag isnt covered for purchase with food stamps./s


25 posted on 07/22/2011 3:17:51 AM PDT by bikerman (Where Has My America Gone?)
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To: Oldexpat
Who’s picture is on a $3 food stamp?

That's easy. Matthew Lesko.

26 posted on 07/22/2011 3:30:11 AM PDT by Fresh Wind ('People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
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To: i88schwartz

51% pay no tax and he gives them food stamps?.His mind must be in a constant LSD event.


27 posted on 07/22/2011 3:30:41 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: i88schwartz
“Mr. President, November 2012 is not very far away” – Rick Perry

Time for Perry

28 posted on 07/22/2011 3:38:10 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Oldexpat
Trivia question. Who’s picture is on a $3 food stamp?

Barney Frank?

29 posted on 07/22/2011 3:44:44 AM PDT by bobzeetwin
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To: i88schwartz

Send illegals home and much of our problem will be solved.


30 posted on 07/22/2011 3:46:23 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: i88schwartz

I have hatred in my heart for this communist traitor.


31 posted on 07/22/2011 3:50:17 AM PDT by GlockThe Vote (The Obama Adminstration: The flash mob who wonÂ’t leave.)
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To: i88schwartz

I agree.....let’s close the Air Force golf courses in DC area


32 posted on 07/22/2011 5:13:06 AM PDT by GotMojo
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To: i88schwartz

Express Scripts buys Medco, just more ways to screw the retired over 65 Military out of their promised health care. ES is a Witch to deal with as is, once it becomes the single provider it will be even worse.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Express-Scripts-buying-Medco-apf-2744067741.html?x=0


33 posted on 07/22/2011 6:53:50 AM PDT by GailA (NO DEMOCRATS, NO ROMNEY, NO RINOS in 2012!)
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To: eyedigress

and drug test, and test to see if they are legal US Citizens. If only 1 is, only that one sees help. Rest are on their own.


34 posted on 07/22/2011 6:55:15 AM PDT by GailA (NO DEMOCRATS, NO ROMNEY, NO RINOS in 2012!)
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To: Iron Munro

commodities are now a few tins of fruits and veggies, mostly old frail seniors, in my area has tripled under the liar in chief.


35 posted on 07/22/2011 6:57:06 AM PDT by GailA (NO DEMOCRATS, NO ROMNEY, NO RINOS in 2012!)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Much of what DOD spends is 45+ years of political donor palm greasing, ditto for any program, especially Medicare.

We are retired Military, they just repaved a good commissary parking lot on a Tue, when foot traffic of the old is high, it’s closed on Mon. Made a lot of people sick from the smell, did a poor job of it, it is in worst shape than before the repaving.

Yet we have those very heavy walk through doors, that now need to be pushed open remaining unfixed.

Repaving the parking lot was a waste of $$ it had another 5 years in it. Wasn’t even damaged in the May ‘10 flood.


36 posted on 07/22/2011 7:02:40 AM PDT by GailA (NO DEMOCRATS, NO ROMNEY, NO RINOS in 2012!)
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To: GailA
Let me very clear that I recognize there is a great deal of waste in DOD spending. I support cuts in Defense spending. I support cuts everywhere.

My problem is that plenty of politicians on both sides of the aisle will come up with 10 areas in which we should cut the budget -- and 9 of them will be in Defense.

Fine. Cut defense. Tell me stories about parking lots. Tell me horror stories about weapons programs. Fine. Cut it.

But that's so easy to say. Everyone says it. Everyone always says it.

Now -- Talk about the harder places to cut. If a politician won't talk about SS, Medicare, Education, DHS, EPA, USDA, etc -- if the only place they can think of to cut spending is Defense -- then they are NOT interested in cutting spending. All they REALLY want to do is weaken the country.

At least to some extent, when the GOP talks about cutting Defense spending, they are attempting to be fiscally responsible.
When the Democrats talk about cutting Defense spending, they are not thinking about the money. Democrats don't care about that. Democrats just hate soldiers.

37 posted on 07/22/2011 7:17:19 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
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To: i88schwartz

If he wants to cut defense spending, how about stop creating new wars in the Middle East using our blood and treasure to make those countries safe for Sharia Law.


38 posted on 07/22/2011 8:54:29 AM PDT by A. Patriot (Have we lost our Republic? Do the majority of Americans care?)
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To: MtnClimber

Lefties actually believe the world is a safe enough place to not require a strong American military. They’re wrong in the same way they’d be wrong to cut their car insurance because they hadn’t had an accident in several years.


39 posted on 07/22/2011 9:00:37 AM PDT by Personal Responsibility (if there were a little more of me around we'd all be better off.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks i88schwartz.
"A lot of the spending cuts that we're making should be around areas like defense spending as opposed to food stamps," President [Zero] told in an interview with NPR.
NPR should be completely defunded, common defense is a federal responsibility.


40 posted on 07/22/2011 9:21:00 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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