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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 (102453)	4/7/2011 11:38:44 AM
From: TopCat	7 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

"We didn't have government shutdowns when Nancy Pelosi was speaker." Why didn't Nancy Pelosi get a budget passed when it was supposed to be passed?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (102453)	4/7/2011 11:51:07 AM
From: JakeStraw	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224749

The government, if it were a business, would have been bankrupt years ago. It spends money it doesn’t have. It borrows money from a the Fed that simply prints it and hands it over to the gov't that is insolvent. Democrats and Republicans are fighting it out in Washington these days over $60.0 billion in budget spending cuts this year. The $60.0 billion is not our only problem. Our problem is in trillions of dollars, because that’s how large the debt of the government has accumulated. Our current national debt sits at about $14.29 trillion. By the end of this decade, the number is predicted to be $20.0 trillion. But the numbers are basically bogus. A real company would need to add future obligations, like retirement benefits, on its balance sheet, while the government doesn’t do that.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (102453)	4/7/2011 11:56:47 AM
From: Carolyn	6 Recommendations Respond to of 224749

No, but we had a dishonest, secretive Congress which spent tons of money the country doesn't have. You approve of that? Wait. Of course you do - you are a Democrat.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (102453)	4/7/2011 12:00:41 PM
From: JakeStraw	5 Recommendations Respond to of 224749

>>We didn't have government shutdowns when Nancy Pelosi was speaker. Pelosi the gov't whore was too busy spending other peoples (the taxpayers) money to worry about the consequences of her destructive actions. She's a spineless coward who only cared about partisan politics, her cushy job and getting re-elected. Leave it to the republicans to make the hard, but necessary cuts...

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (102453)	4/7/2011 12:40:57 PM
From: lorne	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224749

kenny..."I have had enough of divided government. We didn't have government shutdowns when Nancy Pelosi was speaker."... nancy can't speak..at least not speak anything that makes any logic or sense... maybe thats why she could not get a budget passed? No one knows what in hell she is talking about?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (102453)	4/7/2011 2:14:39 PM
From: chartseer	Respond to of 224749

You didn't get a budget either! citizen chartseer

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (102453)	4/7/2011 2:16:32 PM
From: chartseer	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224749

Did the police who arrested Brilliant Barry's friend Titcomb act stupidly? citizen chartseer

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (102453)	4/7/2011 2:22:09 PM
From: chartseer	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

We got a bill of over 2700 pages that we wouldn't and couldn't know what was in it until it was passed. Now that it has passed we are finding out about all the trillions it is going to cost the taxpayers.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (102453)	4/7/2011 2:36:52 PM
From: chartseer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

Nancy never would never think of closing down the government because it would have meant she would have to stop spending the taxpayers money. She could never do that. Never ever. It is like she is a shopaholic with a spending addiction. Only spending other peoples money. citizen chartseer

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (102453)	4/7/2011 2:42:20 PM
From: Sedohr Nod	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224749

Grow up...there are damned few in D.C. that don't deserve the tar, feather and the rail treatment. How many old folks could have Pelosi fed had she scaled back on the personal luxury treatment on "her" airplane....The life blood of the politician flows from the weak minded and you've had the hook "set" in you more than once.