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Democrats' Budget Blackmail: Uncle Sam wants 5th sticky bun or he'll burn your house down
February 27, 2013 | Jonathon Moseley

Posted on 02/27/2013 8:22:10 PM PST by Moseley

“Buy this magazine or the dog gets it!” screamed the National Lampoon magazine cover for January 1973, showing a gun at a dog’s head. Today, President Barack Obama is nakedly threatening to harm the country and the American people if he has to slow spending. Democrats have a gun at the heads of American families. They are threatening to pull the trigger if they have to give up their spending addiction.

While these tactics are old, they are not normally done so badly. What’s new is that Obama is being so obvious that everyone is noticing. The Democrats are bungling what has in the past been a sophisticated and subtle tactic of manipulation.

Marie Antoinette would blush. Uncle Sam insists he will burn your house down if he doesn’t get a 5th sticky bun with his champagne brunch. Uncle Sam lives in luxury while most taxpayers are eating toast with their toast. How does it feel watching your Uncle Sam hoard all the sticky buns around the family table?

The Federal government spent $2.9 trillion in 2008, but $3.7 trillion in 2012. That’s an increase of over $800 billion per year. The sequester would walk that back to $700 billion per year above 2008 spending. So Washington, D.C. is screaming while spending an extra $700 billion bonus.

The Pentagon says they can’t afford to fuel up an aircraft carrier. If you believe that, you are in danger of voting Democrat. Hundreds of criminals are now roaming the streets, threatening our families. Illegal aliens waiting to be deported were released instead of being returned home. Now, remember: The Obama Administration has chosen to detain only illegal aliens who have been convicted of independent crimes. That’s Obama’s policy. So those locked up are the worst of the worst. Yet the White House says no one knows who made the decision. If you believe that …

Obama appears with firemen and police – who are paid for by State and County governments – and claims the Federal sequester will put your family at risk. There are 130,000 more Federal employees today than when Obama took office, reports Bill O’Reilly. Obama warns that Federal employees may be furloughed. But that could be because Obama added 130,000 new Federal workers since 2008.

What was happening in 2008? Were planes flying? Were there three hour waits at airports? Were teachers at work in schools? Were firemen putting out fires? From 2004 to 2008 spending had already soared so explosively that conservatives rebelled against Republican insiders, rallied behind Sarah Palin, and then formed the tea party in 2009. The $2.7 trillion spent in 2008 was already outrageously high. Now we’re at $3.7 Trillion.

But addicts can grow violent when their addiction is threatened. For politicians, spending is an addiction. Tell a heroin addict that you are cutting him off. Panic, hysteria, and even violence may result. Talk of cancelling planned increases in spending is giving Washington junkies the shakes. The clumsy response to 2% canceled increases signals an addiction.


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KEYWORDS: budgetcuts; deficit; natinaldebt; obama; sequester; sequestration; spending
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1 posted on 02/27/2013 8:22:23 PM PST by Moseley
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To: Moseley
Sigh...

At least Maurice, "The Joker" (the Indian boy) was funny. Jokin Joe Biden and crew never make me laugh.


2 posted on 02/27/2013 8:31:11 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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3 posted on 02/27/2013 8:34:48 PM PST by Mike Darancette (Soylent Green is Boomers)
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Insist the feral goobermint start living within our means and “we’ll regret what we’re doing”?
Gimme a break Barry.


4 posted on 02/27/2013 8:36:23 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: Moseley
Obama appears with firemen and police – who are paid for by State and County governments – and claims the Federal sequester will put your family at risk.

Amen! I have been telling college educated eggheads this for months.

Wake up! Obama is lying his arse off!

5 posted on 02/27/2013 8:36:46 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Mike Darancette

It’s funny because it’s Twooo!


6 posted on 02/27/2013 8:40:21 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

Timberland Tales was brilliant stuff.


7 posted on 02/27/2013 8:42:00 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Moseley
Defund the EBT cards and blame whitey.

Guaranteed!

8 posted on 02/27/2013 8:43:40 PM PST by rawcatslyentist ("Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one," Jeremiah 50:31)
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To: Mike Darancette
"We've got to protect our phony baloney jobs!"


9 posted on 02/27/2013 8:44:00 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Army Air Corps

Gawd! I used to hee haw my ****’s off!


10 posted on 02/27/2013 8:44:48 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Moseley
RE “Buy this magazine or the dog gets it!” screamed the National Lampoon magazine cover for January 1973, showing a gun at a dog’s head. Today, President Barack Obama is nakedly threatening to harm the country and the American people if he has to slow spending. Democrats have a gun at the heads of American families. They are threatening to pull the trigger if they have to give up their spending addiction.”

I have to correct you.

Try
President Barack Obama is nakedly threatening to harm the country and the American people if he has to slow spending.. ..if he cant get more tax increases out of the GOP

He offered some token spending cuts, but he demands tax increases. That is his public battle talking points.

11 posted on 02/27/2013 8:52:22 PM PST by sickoflibs (Losing to Dems and Obama is not a principle! Its just losing.)
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Is that your original essay, Moseley? If so, well done. Very cogent and well written.


12 posted on 02/27/2013 8:52:22 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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But Obama likes dogs...with a side dish of fava beans.


13 posted on 02/27/2013 8:56:18 PM PST by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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“The Federal government spent $2.9 trillion in 2008, but $3.7 trillion in 2012. That’s an increase of over $800 billion per year.”

Does not compute... If those are the actual numbers, that’s an increase of $200 billion per year...


14 posted on 02/27/2013 9:01:03 PM PST by DB
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To: Moseley

Well done.


15 posted on 02/27/2013 9:03:05 PM PST by EternalVigilance (Defend life, liberty, private property, national sovereignty, security, & borders. Keep the oath.)
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Deja vu all over again. I predict that the 2016 election will center around electing a ‘law and order’ President. Been there, done that, where’s my t-shirt?


16 posted on 02/27/2013 9:03:05 PM PST by anonsquared
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But Obama likes dogs...with a side dish of fava beans.

You forgot the chianti. And he really should start things off with a nice arugula salad.

17 posted on 02/27/2013 9:03:18 PM PST by Bryan
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To: mylife
Jokin Joe Biden and crew never make me laugh.

Well, there was that one time...


18 posted on 02/27/2013 9:05:47 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing
It's just not working for me. ☺
19 posted on 02/27/2013 9:07:50 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: smoothsailing

lol


20 posted on 02/27/2013 9:10:27 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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