Obama: Too much debt could fuel double-dip recession...

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  1. Volpone

    Volpone Zombie Hunter

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    Ya think? :marathon:
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    Well, I guess I should look at the bright side--maybe this means he's not going to pour trillions more of our dollars down the rathole.
  2. Paladin

    Paladin Overjoyed Man of Liberty

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    I'm glad he acknowledges the problems a large public debt creates for the private economy.

    Now, what's he going to do about it?


    (Answer: nothing. He's giving lip service to financial responsibility so that the Chinese will keep buying our bonds.)
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  3. Lanzman

    Lanzman Vast, Cool and Unsympathetic Formerly Important

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    Actually, I'd be willing to bet he's laying the groundwork for a big cut in defense spending. Deficit reduction, ya know.
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  4. Speck

    Speck Dark Brotherhood

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    Save money by cutting all government jobs. What do they do for us anyway?
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    Shirogayne Gay™ Formerly Important

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    LOL, you're funny! :)
  6. Mallory

    Mallory Older than dirt Deceased Member

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    And what's left of the space program.
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  7. Rimjob Bob

    Rimjob Bob Classy Fellow

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  8. Zombie

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    Yep. Got to cut and run from Afghanistan. Too expensive don't you know and just not worth it anymore......
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  9. Tamar Garish

    Tamar Garish Wanna Snuggle? Deceased Member

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    Oh, Good.

    Let's begin by shelving ObamaCare then. :Obamadance:
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  10. Zombie

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    no no no :nono:

    Bad girl!!

    We still need Obamacare.

    We will just cut back on services and ration things like mammograms.

    You don't need those until you're fifty.

    On a serious note: That is why they are doing the whole breast thing. Getting the public conditioned to being told no on medical services.
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  11. Nova

    Nova livin on the edge of the ledge Writer

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    Given that he's under the illusion we are in "recovery" I'd have a hardtime believing whatever else he professes to think.
  12. enlisted person

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    That is like someone setting down and eating 2 dozen krispy kreams while all the time saying they need to diet. The man who has added more to the debt in such a short time than any man in history is telling us, the tax payers, that we need to reduce the national debt. What pathetic arrogance.
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  13. Muad Dib

    Muad Dib Probably a Dual Deceased Member

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    See, we've been handling this all wrong. What we should be doing is telling the Democrats and poor people that the Moon is made of Gubmint cheese and we're just trying to go get it.

    They'll build that space elevator so fast it'll make your head swim.
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    Unlikely, at least for a while. The first few months were all about making it "his" war. He can't back off that too quickly.

    Far more likely, this is a prelude to a tax hike. There wasn't a word about curbing spending, just deficits.
  15. 14thDoctor

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    Looks like Obama is acting as his own Irony Czar. :bergman:
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  16. Zombie

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    Tell them there are socialist martians on Mars and we will be there by 2012. ;)
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  17. Ancalagon

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    Only if Amnesty gets passed before then. What's the use of Socialists if they can't vote? :diacanu:
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    It's the red planet after all! :hammer:
  19. Peach Wookiee

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    I'll have to find the link for this, but apparently the government is taking donations to ease off the debt... *Eyes Hollywood*
  20. Ash

    Ash how 'bout a kiss?

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    This just means he's going to cancel the F-35 now.
  21. Dayton Kitchens

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    This lays the ground work for the Obama Admin. to propose:

    1) Massive tax increases on anyone making more than $200,000 a year.
    2) Massive defense budget cuts.

    All the while increasing domestic spending.
  22. Ward

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    Tell the Obamessiah we need the space elevator to reach the moon so the illegal *aliens* can vote and just see what happens.
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