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Congress must cut $70 Billion a DAY in spending to balance the budget
« on: March 16, 2011, 08:14:16 PM »
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/debt-jumped-72-billion-same-day-house-vo

So, in a knock-down, drag-out fight over the budget, the Tea Party Congress cuts $6 Billion today.

The deficit grew by $72 Billion today.

It will grow by $72 Billion tomorrow.  And the day after.  And the day after.

A government shut-down and full frontal assault by the House is the only hope we have.  2012 is too late.  By 2015 that $14 Trillion dollar debt will be $22 Trillion.  In 3 years, we'll gain $8 Trillion more debt.  That's $2.6 Trillion a year.

We are BORROWING $2.6 Trillion dollars a year.

The whole freaking budget is only around $4 Trillion.

We're running 60% or more of our government off the charity of the rest of the world indentured servitude of our unborn.
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Re: Congress must cut $70 Billion a DAY in spending to balance the budget
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2011, 08:23:26 PM »
Not to worry.  We'll just get the Fed to speed up the presses to make $2.6 Tril more a year.  Actually, if they make $3.6 Tril more per year, we can have a budget of $5 Tril and solve all our problems.

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Re: Congress must cut $70 Billion a DAY in spending to balance the budget
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2011, 10:58:31 PM »
Quote from: 230RN on March 16, 2011, 08:23:26 PM
Not to worry.  We'll just get the Fed to speed up the presses to make $2.6 Tril more a year.  Actually, if they make $3.6 Tril more per year, we can have a budget of $5 Tril and solve all our problems.

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The only problem with that plan is a loaf of bread will cost $5billion.
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Re: Congress must cut $70 Billion a DAY in spending to balance the budget
« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2011, 11:11:18 PM »
Quote from: scout26 on March 16, 2011, 10:58:31 PM
The only problem with that plan is a loaf of bread will cost $5billion.

[leftist]What problem would that be? We'll just have a government program for food distribution for everybody![/leftist]

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Re: Congress must cut $70 Billion a DAY in spending to balance the budget
« Reply #4 on: March 16, 2011, 11:15:55 PM »
If I may borrow a phrase from the avatar above me:

"We're boned."
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Re: Congress must cut $70 Billion a DAY in spending to balance the budget
« Reply #5 on: March 16, 2011, 11:23:46 PM »
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So, in a knock-down, drag-out fight over the budget, the Tea Party Congress cuts $6 Billion today.

The deficit grew by $72 Billion today.
Makes the republican leadership look chumpish.  Assuming Boehner et al learned anything the next go'round will be a little different.  It is clear establishment republicans do not have the tea party religion.  It will be interesting to see who prevails.
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Re: Congress must cut $70 Billion a DAY in spending to balance the budget
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2011, 09:17:51 PM »
It's amazing to me that anyone thought things would really change after the last election.  :facepalm:

Get used to the notion that, as a nation, we are humped.  Truly humped.
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Re: Congress must cut $70 Billion a DAY in spending to balance the budget
« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2011, 09:32:28 PM »
Quote from: RocketMan on March 18, 2011, 09:17:51 PM
It's amazing to me that anyone thought things would really change after the last election.  :facepalm:

What we were really hoping that Claire Wolfe was wrong...... =|
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