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To: SilentZ who wrote (701471)	2/28/2013 1:36:27 AM
From: i-node	3 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574269

>> I'm going to put it like Charlie Pierce does. "Fuck the deficit. People got no jobs, people got no money." Classic liberal. I don't give a shit about future generations. I want what I want and I want it now. While CJ and Al want the freebies they are at least under the mistaken impression that future generations won't have to pay for it (somehow). Z has, in this post, expressed the most morally outrageous point of view conceivable: Fuck the deficit. We want better lives for people now EVEN at the expense of future generations. This ranks with the childish, inconsiderate, unconscionable position of Tejek and others. "Fuck the children. We got no jobs, people got no money and we're willing to take it from our children and grandchildren." Really pathetic in the worst sense of the word.

To: SilentZ who wrote (701471)	2/28/2013 1:24:22 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574269

Z, Obama has barely increased spending! A complete lie. Federal spending went up from $3.1T to $3.8T in the space of four years. The original Bush budget for FY 2009 was $3.1T. But the final budget was not signed into law until March 2009, two months into Obama's administration. By then the budget ballooned to $3.5T. Much of that increase, probably about half, was due to ARRA, as Inode already pointed out. That's a program that Obama takes credit for. Hence Obama is responsible for at least half a trillion dollars in spending increases. Now I'll wait while you tell me that this is OK because all that FUNNY MONEY went toward feeding the poor, lowering global temperatures, and giving health care to the yearning masses. And another point, without "the same kind of insanity you see in Washington," we wouldn't have lots of the great stuff we have today. I just spent 30 hours in the last week driving the Interstates. What a system! Road maintenance makes up like what, 2-3% of the federal budget? Of course, guys like you will cut that first. Don't you see how the game is played? When budget cuts happen, guess what gets cut first? That's right, the stuff that is MOST VISIBLE to the public. Parks get closed, airport security lines get longer, and even illegal immigrants set to be deported get released. Politicians make damn sure that the LAST thing that gets cut are their own pet projects, including Obama's biggest pet project, which is ObamaCare. This is the kind of insanity in Washington that you think is necessary to keep roads and bridges maintained. If anyone is playing dumb, it's you. Tenchusatsu