When both the left and the right say that President Obama's budget is crap, then we can all believe it is crap. He has the opportunity (and duty) to be known as the President who brought idiotic out of control federal spending under control (saving the nation from an economic meltdown), but he just can't seem to walk away from the massive spending increases that he has put in place over the past two years. Instead, he piles on huge increases in taxes in this budget and does absolutely nothing about the huge entitlement problem that we face. What a waste.
Hopefully, Congress will toss this lame and irresponsible budget in the trash, and present the President with a real budget. He should have taken the opportunity to lead, but he has chosen to follow.
Mr. President, I hope the Republicans will give you some help regarding budget cuts.
Problem: The nation is $14 trillion in debt, and going deeper in the hole by $1.5 trillion each year. So, what could the solution be? Any guesses? Most Americans would have an easy answer, if they found themselves in a situation of going continually deeper in debt. THEY WOULD SPEND LESS!!!!
I am absolutely sick of hearing whining politicians moan about what to do. It is really pretty obvious to the average American, and it would probably even be obvious to the village idiot. Washington is supposed to be filled with the nations best and brightest. Someone must have laced the water in Washington DC with something pretty weird.
That's the new 2011 TEA PARTY REPUBLICAN mantra. Did you not read the stories where the original patriot act renewal went down because veteran Congressman James Sensenbrenner (R) admitted the REPUBLICANS did not inform even their own new members of the proposal adequately and in time for the vote. Then even the conservatives report some of their members were uninformed about what they were voting for (yet voted to pass the bill anyway_.
Eight of the 26 Republican no votes came from freshmen who, Politico reports, "felt completely uniformed by their leadership." Representative Todd Rokita (R-IN), who voted for the bill, even told Politico that he "didn't know anything about [the vote] until today."
Obama:"To John Boehner: You didn't thinkIwould bestupid enough totouch the 'third rail' by myself did you. Come on over, I'll be happy to hold your hand to it. You reach first."
I believe we need to look at the budget cuts. Why is the majority of the budget off limits. Everyone knows that the military budgets are about 60% waste. And why is it more important to take pictures of a comet we have already sent exploration shots at than it is to fully fund medicare and social security? Getting a bureaucracy to let go of it's frilly budget must be too politically expensive.
I agree with the comment about taxing over seas imports including NAFTA. Our country really needs to produce products. Manufacturing suicide is what we have been doing.
I am tired of dealing with service providers who do not speak the english language well enough for me to understand them.
We could save hundreds of millions of dollars by bringing 27,000 of our troops home from the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Our work there is long past done and it is time for South Korea to stand on its own and stop depending on big brother the United States for all its needs.
They are quite capable of taking care of themselves and I'm am quite tired of paying the bills for this nonsense.
And the minute President Obama starts talking about bringing the troops from Afghanistan and Iraq, Republicans will come out whining about how he cut and ran and was weak on terror and yadda, yadda, yadda.......
Yeah and he just punked Republicans. If people are whining now about what he wants cut just wait until Republicans come out with their cuts. You people still ,aren't paying attention. Republicans are full of it, the President sees through it and while the President continues to look out for the average American we will see that Republicans as usual will be busy protecting the campaign donors.
He needs us to unite against the evil rich that are robbing us blind. They are not paying their fair share of the debt and are robbing the public of their money by not paying their dues to the upkeep of the commons.
We have let the giant corporations take over the media, the military and the government for their own corrupt and greedy profits. Enough is enough, time for We the People to step up and empower the government to take apart these corporate crooks.
There is enough blame to go around for the mess we are in and it will take all of us to pull ourselves out of it. Neither side has all the answers and never have and both sides are equally to blame.
If for once both sides would sit down like adults and do the job we pay them to do I am certain someday things will improve. Life is about making tough decisions and compromises.
This political posturing, bickering back and forth and blame game nonsense doesn't accomplish diddly squat except give us all a damn headache.
There was a super majority in the last Congress (111th) for just over six months.
Sorry for the rude, partisan and uninformed reply you got from Socialization, Birdman04.
You are correct.
The reply represents the sorest of losers in this country, even when they win they still complain about the day they lost before that.
Compromise is essential. It was always -- ALWAYS! -- the GOP that refused to compromise.
The Democrats had those majorities because we the people gave them that status. Now the GOP has the House, also because the greatest number of votes came their way. You can not say one result is wrong and the other right, just because of whose "team" you are on.
Socialization -- you WILL be defeated. Maybe not Republicans, nut you personally, absolutely. More Americans are looking for less "us against them", than playing on your lousy partisan bigot's playing field.
by Socialization February 15, 2011 3:52 PM EST Unless of course Obama had his super majority back in congress, then it would be "We will do whatever we damn please"
So please do not lecture us about the need for compromise. You need to be defeated. Obama will be a one term wonder...... ------------ I don't like Obama and didn't vote for him. You and your ignorant ilk are part of the problem and why we are in the mess we are in. You obviously don't have the good sense God gave a screw driver. You didn;t read a damn word I wrote did you moron?
Well we have already seen the Decider do exactly that and that is what brought us to where we are today. George Bush himself said "you're either with us or against us". He also said something about how much easier it would be if he was a dictator and it was all about him being the decider.
Now, we have a President who is actually asking for help from Republicans and as they have been doing the last two years, they won't help. They would rather see our country fail than to try and work with the President to see us through this crisis.
What was the Republican mantra when anyone critized George Bush. I believe they said it was unpatriotic to critize a President in the time our country was at war, in a crisis. Now somehow they want us to believe it is their patriotic duty to refuse to work with the President , to vilify him, to critize him while we are at war or in a crisis. Makes you wonder how big a crisis is the deficit. I mean Dick Cheney did say deficits didn't matter, right?
by propitiation February 15, 2011 2:50 PM EST President Obama and the Democrats are absolutely INSANE!
Review the years! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_United_States_federal_budget
If my household had an income of only $23,000, I would never dream of making a budget out at $37,000!!!
Total Revenue was at $2.3 Trillion Dollars in 2010 for the United States, and the President's Budget passed for 2010 was at $3.6 Trillion.
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THE TRUE INSANITY is the TEA PARTY seeking to more than double the Obama deficit all by themselves.
At over $1 TRILLION every 10 years someone needs to reign in the 2011 TEA PARTY REPUBLICANS that voted to put Medicare Prescription Drugs back onto the credit card (repeal of health care reform).
At over $1 TRILLION every 10 years someone needs to reign in the 2011 TEA PARTY REPUBLICANS that plan to make the BUSH TAX CUTS PERMANENT without any offset in spending.
At over $1 TRILLION every 10 years someone needs to reign in the 2011 TEA PARTY REPUBLICANS that plan to pass additional misc tax cuts without any offset in spending.
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Hopefully, Congress will toss this lame and irresponsible budget in the trash, and present the President with a real budget. He should have taken the opportunity to lead, but he has chosen to follow.
Problem: The nation is $14 trillion in debt, and going deeper in the hole by $1.5 trillion each year. So, what could the solution be? Any guesses? Most Americans would have an easy answer, if they found themselves in a situation of going continually deeper in debt. THEY WOULD SPEND LESS!!!!
I am absolutely sick of hearing whining politicians moan about what to do. It is really pretty obvious to the average American, and it would probably even be obvious to the village idiot. Washington is supposed to be filled with the nations best and brightest. Someone must have laced the water in Washington DC with something pretty weird.
http://blog.heritage.org/2011/02/09/morning-bell-patriot-act-facts/
Representative Todd Rokita (R-IN), who voted for the bill, even told Politico that he "didn't know anything about [the vote] until today."
http://docstalk.blogspot.com/2011/02/patriot-act-facts.html
Eight of the 26 Republican no votes came from freshmen who, Politico reports, "felt completely uniformed by their leadership." Representative Todd Rokita (R-IN), who voted for the bill, even told Politico that he "didn't know anything about [the vote] until today."
Obama:"To John Boehner: You didn't thinkIwould bestupid enough totouch the 'third rail' by myself did you. Come on over, I'll be happy to hold your hand to it. You reach first."
I agree with the comment about taxing over seas imports including NAFTA. Our country really needs to produce products. Manufacturing suicide is what we have been doing.
I am tired of dealing with service providers who do not speak the english language well enough for me to understand them.
They are quite capable of taking care of themselves and I'm am quite tired of paying the bills for this nonsense.
Korean Demilitarized Zone
May I ask, were you calling either President Bush "pure evil"? How about Reagan with Grenada?
If not, your bias is showing and so is your poor sense of honor.
Pick an insult and stick with it, at least.
Just say " No " - it's not just for kids, ya know.
We have let the giant corporations take over the media, the military and the government for their own corrupt and greedy profits. Enough is enough, time for We the People to step up and empower the government to take apart these corporate crooks.
If for once both sides would sit down like adults and do the job we pay them to do I am certain someday things will improve. Life is about making tough decisions and compromises.
This political posturing, bickering back and forth and blame game nonsense doesn't accomplish diddly squat except give us all a damn headache.
So please do not lecture us about the need for compromise. You need to be defeated. Obama will be a one term wonder......
So he can be replaced by the people who caused the mess?
Sorry for the rude, partisan and uninformed reply you got from Socialization, Birdman04.
You are correct.
The reply represents the sorest of losers in this country, even when they win they still complain about the day they lost before that.
Compromise is essential. It was always -- ALWAYS! -- the GOP that refused to compromise.
The Democrats had those majorities because we the people gave them that status. Now the GOP has the House, also because the greatest number of votes came their way. You can not say one result is wrong and the other right, just because of whose "team" you are on.
Socialization -- you WILL be defeated. Maybe not Republicans, nut you personally, absolutely. More Americans are looking for less "us against them", than playing on your lousy partisan bigot's playing field.
Unless of course Obama had his super majority back in congress, then it would be "We will do whatever we damn please"
So please do not lecture us about the need for compromise. You need to be defeated. Obama will be a one term wonder......
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I don't like Obama and didn't vote for him. You and your ignorant ilk are part of the problem and why we are in the mess we are in. You obviously don't have the good sense God gave a screw driver. You didn;t read a damn word I wrote did you moron?
Now, we have a President who is actually asking for help from Republicans and as they have been doing the last two years, they won't help. They would rather see our country fail than to try and work with the President to see us through this crisis.
What was the Republican mantra when anyone critized George Bush. I believe they said it was unpatriotic to critize a President in the time our country was at war, in a crisis. Now somehow they want us to believe it is their patriotic duty to refuse to work with the President , to vilify him, to critize him while we are at war or in a crisis. Makes you wonder how big a crisis is the deficit. I mean Dick Cheney did say deficits didn't matter, right?
President Obama and the Democrats are absolutely INSANE!
Review the years! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_United_States_federal_budget
If my household had an income of only $23,000, I would never dream of making a budget out at $37,000!!!
Total Revenue was at $2.3 Trillion Dollars in 2010 for the United States, and the President's Budget passed for 2010 was at $3.6 Trillion.
-----
THE TRUE INSANITY is the TEA PARTY seeking to more than double the Obama deficit all by themselves.
At over $1 TRILLION every 10 years someone needs to reign in the 2011 TEA PARTY REPUBLICANS that voted to put Medicare Prescription Drugs back onto the credit card (repeal of health care reform).
At over $1 TRILLION every 10 years someone needs to reign in the 2011 TEA PARTY REPUBLICANS that plan to make the BUSH TAX CUTS PERMANENT without any offset in spending.
At over $1 TRILLION every 10 years someone needs to reign in the 2011 TEA PARTY REPUBLICANS that plan to pass additional misc tax cuts without any offset in spending.