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To: Bill who wrote (440683)	8/15/2011 9:30:18 AM
From: Bearcatbob	1 Recommendation Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 794149

I am sorry - on this issue she is both nuts and destructive. There are people out there who will believe this crap just like there were people out there who believed the Obama lie about simply taxing the top 2%. Look gang - we need to decide if we are going to be part of the solution or just people who add more fuel to the fire that is consuming America. On this issue - Bachmann is nuts and destructive. Bob

To: Bill who wrote (440683)	8/15/2011 6:30:41 PM
From: greenspirit	19 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794149

Why even have a debt limit if anyone that argues we shouldn't exceed it is classified as "nuts"? Would America really come to an end if we completely tossed out spending assumptions and went back to to 2009 spending levels? I think not. Some very tough decisions would need to be made and everything would need to be put on the table for cuts. Decisions that NEED to be made! Nuts is assuming we need to increase the debt limit to infinity until the economy collapses under the socialist nanny state. That's nuts! Nuts is increasing government bureaucrats by the hundreds of thousands, while the economy is in recession and unemployment is 10%. That's nuts! Nuts is passing on to our children a debt requiring them to pay 85% or more in taxes, just to pay the interest on the debt. That's nuts! Nuts is assuming the government can never do with less year after year, and believing our current baseline budgeting makes sense. That's nuts! I could go on -- Bachmann isn't nuts, she's one of the few sane people running for President today. Spending is completely out of control and we simply cannot afford it any longer. It will destroy the country, literally! Not some theoretical concept in a classroom, but literally destroy the American way of life if we don't dramatically change direction. If we actually spend the same amount of money this year as we did last year, we would reduce the deficit something like 9 trillion dollars in a decade. Baseline budgeting is insane!