Posted on 01/14/2013 11:39:45 PM PST by chessplayer
WASHINGTON (AP) - Declaring "we are not a deadbeat nation," President Obama warned on Monday that Social Security checks and veterans' benefits will be delayed if congressional Republicans fail to increase the government's borrowing authority in a looming showdown over the nation's debt and spending.
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Those are great points. Indeed there are cuts that could be made that only other gubermint officials (US and elsewhere) would care about, and that some Dems would support.
OK by me...they voted for him. Elections have consequences.
How do you work with someone who is a sociopath?
Those plus all fed gov employees should be the first to go. Layoffs should start Feb 1. Amen
Yup, here we go again. Scare the crap out of the old people just like last time.
Why can’t the stupid pubbies get out in front of this crap? They have no idea how to communicate or do damage control. Are they just lazy or stupid or what? I just don’t believe that if the pubbies got out on the crapitol steps often enough and loudly enough that they wouldn’t get some kind of coverage.
4% of humans are sociopaths. Yes, 1 in 25.
The priority, as always in spending cuts is to piss off the largest voting blocks.
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