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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (102259)	4/3/2011 9:19:43 AM
From: TideGlider	8 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224723

Thanks for this worthless contribution. The unfunded healthcare liabilities coupled with the other "entitlements" are what forces the concentration on the Federal Debt. If you want to tout the Federal Debt as small in comparison you must want to curtail entitlements to allow the Federal Debt to be carried. Your one liners are either simply deceptive or you are very ignorant and cannot see the totality of the problem. "The federal debt is the smallest debt we have."

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (102259)	4/3/2011 11:18:38 AM
From: TideGlider	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224723

Ratings For Obama’s National Security Performance Fall to New Low Sunday, April 03, 2011 Email to a Friend ShareThis.Advertisement Although President Obama made an address to the nation Monday night to explain his decision to commit U.S. military forces to Libya, fewer voters than ever give him positive grades on his handling of national security issues. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely Voters shows 37% give the president good or excellent ratings on his handling of national security issues. Slightly more voters (40%) say the president is doing a poor job when it comes to national security. (To see survey question wording, click here). Last week, just after his decision to get involved in Libya, 43% gave the president positive marks for his handling of national security, while 34% rated his performance as poor. Positive marks for the president on national security are now at their lowest level since he took office in January 2009. His poor rating is the highest measured since last August. One year ago, 45% gave the president positive ratings on national security, while 32% rated the job he was doing as poor. (Want a free daily e-mail update? If it's in the news, it's in our polls). Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on Twitter or Facebook. The survey of 1,000 Likely U.S. Voters was conducted on March 28-29, 2011 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology. President Obama’s address doesn’t appear to have made voters more confident about his handling of the situation in Libya, nor has it made them feel more strongly that Libya is important to U.S. national security. Just 27% of voters say Libya is important to our nation’s national security, while 48% disagree. Women give the president slightly better ratings on national security than men do. Voters ages 40 to 64 think the president is doing a better job than those in other age groups. The partisan breakdown is predictable. While 71% of Democrats give Obama good or excellent marks on the issue, 62% of Republicans give him a poor rating as do a plurality (45%) of voters not affiliated with either major party. Eighty-three percent (83%) of the Political Class rate the president's national security performance as good or excellent, a view shared by just 23% of Mainstream voters. In late February, prior to U.S. military involvement in Libya, 67% of American Adults said the United States should leave the situation in the Arab countries alone. Voters still trust Republicans more than Democrats when it comes to national security issues. Recent polling also shows that a plurality (39%) says that in the United States today, the legal system worries too much about protecting individual rights where national security is involved. Fifty-eight percent ( 58%) worry that the unrest in the Arab world will lead to a major new war involving the United States.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (102259)	4/3/2011 8:48:20 PM
From: Follies	5 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224723

Dent: "The federal debt is the smallest debt we have." what does this mean? Our federal deficit is 14 Trillion. Total U.S. consumer debt: $2.40 trillion, creditcards.com I would say that statement is false.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (102259)	4/4/2011 9:16:10 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224723

Gallup Finds U.S. Unemployment Rate at 10.0% in March Underemployment falls to 19.3% from 19.9% at the end of February by Dennis Jacobe, Chief Economist PRINCETON, NJ -- Unemployment, as measured by Gallup without seasonal adjustment, was 10.0% in March -- down from 10.2% in mid-March and 10.3% at the end of February, but above the 9.8% at the end of January. U.S. unemployment was 10.4% at the end of March a year ago. Full Article gallup.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (102259)	4/4/2011 10:05:24 AM
From: JakeStraw	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224723

A strategy for economic growth, full employment, and deficit reduction—all without inflation. Experience shows how to get there. Credible actions that reduce the rapid growth of federal spending and debt will raise economic growth and lower the unemployment rate. Higher private investment, not more government purchases, is the surest way to increase prosperity. When private investment is high, unemployment is low. In 2006, investment—business fixed investment plus residential investment—as a share of GDP was high, at 17%, and unemployment was low, at 5%. By 2010 private investment as a share of GDP was down to 12%, and unemployment was up to more than 9%. In the year 2000, investment as a share of GDP was 17% while unemployment averaged around 4%. This is a regular pattern. online.wsj.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (102259)	4/4/2011 10:10:31 AM
From: JakeStraw	4 Recommendations Respond to of 224723