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48% Think Spending Cuts Could Trigger Violence (13% very likely)
Rasmussen Reports ^ | August 12, 2011

Posted on 08/12/2011 9:01:39 AM PDT by markomalley

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The new Hope and Change "american".

41 posted on 08/12/2011 9:43:24 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Americans need to wean their government off of its dependence on foreign money.)
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To: Le Chien Rouge
Count me in among those who Believe There Will Be Blood when the checks stop.

The checks (actually spending cards these days) won't stop, but the devalued dollars won't buy enough by that time to matter.

You're right about the truckers. But at least in the South and West, smart people will figure out a way to convoy them in, probably escorted by pickup trucks full of armed citizens.

42 posted on 08/12/2011 9:51:22 AM PDT by Max in Utah (A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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To: markomalley

The electoral defeat of Obi will make London look like Mayberry


43 posted on 08/12/2011 9:51:40 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing an idiot)
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To: markomalley
Yes, it may trigger violence. The violence would be higher the longer we let things continue, as more and more people become dependent upon government funding. Eventually, we WILL run out of money to sustain the Welfare State.

Patrick Henry had a lot to say on the subject of trying to put off an inevitable conflict.

44 posted on 08/12/2011 9:53:17 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (When you've only heard lies your entire life, the truth sounds insane.)
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To: FourPeas

Chillrun dependent on Uncle Sugar will always cry the loudest for his love.


45 posted on 08/12/2011 9:58:25 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB (My mind is like a steel trap: rusty and illegal in 37 states.)
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To: markomalley

Translation: 48% of the country gets a government check and 13% are the leftists behind this mess.


46 posted on 08/12/2011 10:01:24 AM PDT by tarotsailor
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Class ENVY and Marxism crosses race:

“London rioters: ‘Showing the rich we do what we want’ “

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14458424


47 posted on 08/12/2011 10:02:06 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB (My mind is like a steel trap: rusty and illegal in 37 states.)
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To: all the best

“So are we to have government by the threats of thugs?”

We already do. At the lower echelons, think of the minions of TSA and BATF. At the upper echelons, consider Eric Holder. Of course, we mustn’t forget Obama confiscating bond holders’ assets in GM and Congress mandating national health care. In all cases, the fiats are enforced with an underlying threat of force.


48 posted on 08/12/2011 10:02:34 AM PDT by spaced
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To: Envisioning
The violence in MY neighborhood will be short-lived I can assure you!

Will you and the homeowners of your neighborhood defend the shopping mall up the road? Because that's where they will go. They will understand that homeowners will defend their homes, but will not risk prosecution to defend the private property of a store owner. Then soon after you won't have a place to buy food or clothing at any reasonable price.

49 posted on 08/12/2011 10:04:02 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (When you've only heard lies your entire life, the truth sounds insane.)
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To: Tallguy
The violence will not be that organized.

But the defense will!

50 posted on 08/12/2011 10:05:08 AM PDT by meyer (We will not sit down and shut up.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Your “Bear at the Pic-a-nic Table”
triggered a big LOL from me.

The photo needs LOLCATS-style messages, I think:

“I dont gots my foodstamps but I still gots my hungries”

“Izzat groceries in your SUV, mac?”

“It’s lunch time!”


51 posted on 08/12/2011 10:08:40 AM PDT by headsonpikes (Genocide is the highest sacrament of socialism - "Who-whom?")
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To: markomalley

They all post at DU.


52 posted on 08/12/2011 10:08:51 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I love BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: markomalley

Correct me if I am wrong. But has anyone ever seen a conservative mob carrying bricks in their hands. Sorry, no that imagery is strictly exclusive to young liberals and anarchists.


53 posted on 08/12/2011 10:11:47 AM PDT by chuckee (mouthing)
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To: HungarianGypsy
He also thought a 1% sales tax that went directly to the deficit would get it paid off.

In 20 years that 1% sale tax will be 10% and the deficit will be just as huge.

You can never get to a smaller government by giving them more of your cash.

54 posted on 08/12/2011 10:13:08 AM PDT by CharacterCounts (November 4, 2008 - the day America drank the Kool-Aid)
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To: meyer

From someone who has been there - organise NOW. Not when stuff starts. It took us two days to get fully organised, as a result we lost a good chunk of our high street to fire and looting.


55 posted on 08/12/2011 10:14:44 AM PDT by EnglishCon
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To: HungarianGypsy
He’s not worried about violence.

It is GOOD thing naive people like your friend are not in charge.

56 posted on 08/12/2011 10:22:04 AM PDT by fireforeffect (A kind word and a 2x4, gets you more than just a kind word.)
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To: markomalley

Poll these idiots again but change the question and ask them how many think there will be the increased chance for violence if/when this nation goes officially bankrupt and all these programs go buhbye....=.=


57 posted on 08/12/2011 10:23:45 AM PDT by cranked
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To: markomalley

I am not worried, the Democrats and the media assure me the people who will be hurt by reduced spending will just be old people. How will they manage to riot while using a walker?
Wait…….. do you guys mean to tell me that healthy, young working age people are taking advantage of tax giveaways? Next thing you know illegal’s will be getting the benefits of citizens.


58 posted on 08/12/2011 10:26:36 AM PDT by shoff (Cuomo is going to change the NY state motto from Excelsior to elixir (cause we bought it)
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To: markomalley

“Nearly as many Adults (44%), however, believe violence as the result of spending cuts is unlikely..”

They all live in the Burbs.


59 posted on 08/12/2011 10:28:50 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: GonzoGOP

“..the tantrums serve no purpose.’

In my home the tantrums are dealt with more severely than any other offense.


60 posted on 08/12/2011 10:31:06 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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