The Public is Sick of Govts Wasteful Spending »
Posted By FairNBalanced 6 months, 3 weeks ago in NewsUnlike in the 1958 cult movie "The Blob," which featured a creature from outer space that consumed everything to which it attached itself, government is a homegrown monster, consuming ever-increasing amounts of capital. And this government blob doesn't discriminate. It grows no matter which party is in charge. While the deficit last week raced past $1 trillion, the federal government and many state governments are trying to pry more of our money from us so they can finish creating a dependency culture from which we'll never escape.
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antibrainwasher6 months, 3 weeks ago
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Where were you, you worthless coward hypocrite, when Bush was spending a trillion to murder innocent Iraqis for the benifit of big oil and Haliburton and Israel?
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No, your a traitor, always putting your party first, ahead of this country. And your monikor, fair and balanced, is the slogan put forth by the propanda arm of the billionaire club that manufacture your facist morality, the same lies and cons you vomit forth each day, like a good little repug loyalist beauch. -
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cushi6 months, 3 weeks ago
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antibrainwasher6 months, 3 weeks ago
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Oh look, it's the same collection of faux noise loyalist cons having a little tea party organized and finainced by the billionaires and war profiteers who want to keep 100% of the money gained by 8 years of unregulated warmongering and casino capatilist repug greed.
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Another repug circle whank, and floating above is the mascot and mesaih of the cons, a floating flatulent hot air balloon of the leader of the repugs, the porcine pedophile Drug Limpboy.
Did all you whankers vote for Caribu Barbie to fix the economy, the pile of crap left after the repugs controlled all, including the justice departement you filled with brown shirt loyalists? -
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mesodude6 months, 3 weeks ago
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"It's time Maloney, the rest of Congress and state legislators hear from the people. Not a penny more until you put your house in order!"
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--You're at least 8 years too late for your outrage to be compelling or credible. You screwed yourselves when you lied Bush and Cheney into office twice and didn't raise a peep when they spent out of control. Get serious.
"Time for a Tea Party!!!! This spending is got to stop."
--Sure. That's a really strong and nuanced argument. Of freaking course we need to stop out of control spending--eventually. Stopping on a dime and spending no money at all now is not the recommendation of any reputable economist. No reputable economists agrees with you cons. -
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nostalgia6 months, 3 weeks ago
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"the federal government and many state governments are trying to pry more of our money from us so they can finish creating a dependency culture from which we'll never escape."
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An Atlas Shrugged era gets closer and closer
Why work if the govt will take care of you
Did you notice some of the signs at the tea parties? - "I Love Ayn Rand" "Who is John Galt"
There is a reason that a book written in the 1950's is in the top 20 at Amazon.com-
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mesodude6 months, 3 weeks ago
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"An Atlas Shrugged era gets closer and closer
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Why work if the govt will take care of you"
--That what we thought when Bushco GAVE defense contracts to their friends but cons were DEAD SILENT then. That's why we know you're full of horsesh*t now, nostalgia. Why can't you people grasp this? ;-P -
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amazed6 months, 3 weeks ago
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((The Public is sick FROM the irresponsible wasteful spending of the Bush administration that has put us in this untenable position to begin with! ))
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I agree that the public is sick of the irresponsible wasteful spending of the Bush Administration.
What I can't understand is how the "public" who is sick of Bush's wasteful spending believes that the answer to it is even MORE and UNPRECEDENTED wasteful federal spending as an antidote.
It defies common sense.
It is also quite alarming to see the invective and ridicule heaped upon anyone who dares to question the crazy spending and especially at the tea party participants and events themselves.
This along with siccing the DHS on right-wing "extremists" and warning about how likely they are to become violent, even though, by its own report, there's no evidence of any violence being planned.
The intolerance of the left is appalling and, for the most part, they still believe that they are the most open-minded people around.-
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amazed6 months, 3 weeks ago
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And meanwhile, Obama is seizing even MORE executive priviledge than Bush and arguing even more forcibly and creatively to expand the powers of the FISA and the Patriot Act -- even to the extent of arguing that anyone who feels they have been spied upon unjustly should not have any standing to even sue the government at all.
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mesodude6 months, 3 weeks ago
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"What I can't understand is how the "public" who is sick of Bush's wasteful spending believes that the answer to it is even MORE and UNPRECEDENTED wasteful federal spending as an antidote."
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--The reason you lack credibility is because you've decided in advance that *anything* Obama spends money on is "wasteful." We SAW examples of Bush's wasteful spending as it was happening and cons raised nary a peep. Your argument is ridiculous and simplistic because NO REPUTABLE ECONOMISTS are saying stop any and all spending right this moment. NO ONE is saying that except cons and you have no basis for arguing that that's going to help us get out of this recession--because you know it won't.
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GWHayduke6 months, 3 weeks ago
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Hilarious headline.
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Should have read:
"Public sick of Wasteful Gvt Spending, Claim they were wasting just fine W/O Gvt Help."
Why the sudden concern with wasteful spending?
What with disposable durable goods and automobiles from China and Korea, we Americans LOVE to waste money on worthless crap.
We dont save ANYTHING!
And the government is the cause of our problems?
Yes, this has got to be the stupidest, most undereducated population on the planet - or maybe just the most arrogant.
Likely both.
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Klarissa6 months, 3 weeks ago
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THe president is well on his way to taxing us into ECONOMIC PARITY, one of his major campaign goals.
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Also known as the lowest common denominator.
This is change alright, change us all into dependence on the government's (bureaucrats who know better how to spend your money than you do) largess.-
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mesodude6 months, 3 weeks ago
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"THe president is well on his way to taxing us into ECONOMIC PARITY, one of his major campaign goals."
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--100% baseless and unsubstantiated opinion of the severely uneducated. You don't know what you're talking about at all, Klarissa--as usual.
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coolslow6 months, 3 weeks ago
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Just read the posts here from the lefties who self-describe themselves as intelligent, tolerant, thoughtful, patriotric, supportive of "our" President. The posts are vulger, derisive, dismissive, attacking, insulting, devoid of any defense of Obama actions other than Bush did the same, disrespectful of "our: previous President.
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mesodude6 months, 3 weeks ago
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"The posts are vulger, derisive, dismissive, attacking, insulting, devoid of any defense of Obama actions other than Bush did the same, disrespectful of "our: previous President."
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Ohhh...Boo-hoo...We're soooo sorry we can't be as polite and respectful as the filthy teabagging neocon brigade here always is, coolslow. We could all learn from the lovely and always pleasant con community. ROTFLAO. If you people think you can smear Obama with your CRAP and lies (when you gave Bush a pass for spending us into the toilet) and then bitch that you're not getting posts that meet your "quality" standards for responses, then you really are certifiably BRAINDEAD.
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