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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (61871)	12/12/2011 12:42:06 PM
From: Honey_Bee	2 Recommendations Respond to of 103300

Thanks for your response. So who do you think they should raise taxes on since 47% don't pay any taxes at all. IMO, Michelle Bachman is right: Everyone should pay something. .

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (61871)	12/12/2011 12:46:21 PM
From: locogringo	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

Congress should raise taxes to reduce the deficit. How is Congress going to do anything when half of it is controlled by the DO NOTHING DEMOCRATIC Senate for the last 6 years? Watch what happens year after next, when it turns over.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (61871)	12/12/2011 12:48:13 PM
From: John	5 Recommendations Respond to of 103300

Are you completely out of your mind? What would cause anyone to make such a reckless and flippant comment? Taking more money at gunpoint from free and responsible people is absolutely the last law that Congress should ever consider. The only solution to America's debt problem is to greatly reduce the size, scope, and footprint of the federal, state, and local governments. Entire government departments must be permanently closed and eliminated. The vast majority of social services must end. Freebies must be completely stopped. Social security, medicare, and medicaid must be phased out in such a way that the stolen money is returned to the rightful owners over a period of years and new workers do not suffer this burden. Everyone, except for those who are physically or mentally infirmed and bedridden, must pay for their own wants and needs in life, as I do. Foreign aid must also end. The only part of government that should grow is the criminal justice system, in particular jails, prisons, and execution centers, to eliminate those who cannot behave properly in civilization.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (61871)	12/12/2011 3:18:39 PM
From: JakeStraw	9 Recommendations Respond to of 103300

>>Congress should raise taxes to reduce the deficit. What a load of horse sh*t!! Unbelievable you brain-washed dopes believe that nonsense... Congress needs to cutting spending first, scrap our current tax code and stop getting in the way of businesses.... We need fiscal responsibility before the taxpayers should fork over another penny! Giving the gov't more money WILL NOT reduce the deficit... They'll just spend more!

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (61871)	12/13/2011 8:19:23 AM
From: JakeStraw	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 103300

The economy may be weak, unemployment strong and the first family soon to vacate the White House for another half-month of vacation in Hawaii. But the Obamas have gone all out in decorating their house this year, including a nearly quarter-ton gingerbread White House. They have also installed 37 different Christmas trees. Thirty of the trees are live, or were, including one nearly 19-feet tall from Wisconsin. Seven of the three dozen Christmas trees are artificial or homemade including, of course, one from recyclables. "We have 37 Christmas trees here at the White House--37!" Michelle Obama excitedly told a recent group of visitors. "That's a lot, right? Yes, that's a lot of trees. And we also have a 400-pound White House gingerbread house." Virtually every room has also been decorated for the holidays with some kind of a replica of the Obamas' dog, Bo, who's being made into a kind of first family Christmas canine symbol. The extravagance of 2011's decorations are striking given the widespread joblessness, pale economic growth, home foreclosures and grim outlook for 2012, not to mention the incumbent president's historically low approval rating heading into his reelection bid. How simple, politically astute, symbolically helpful and cost-effective it would have been for the Obamas this year to say that in sympathy with so many struggling countrymen, they were curtailing holiday decorations to match the sacrifices of others.