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**exiledgator** · 02-26-2013, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by surfn1080

It is sad when you no longer have faith in your own party....

It's even sadder to think there are people that HAVE faith in their party. Either one.

tegator80 · 02-26-2013, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by exiledgator

It's even sadder to think there are people that HAVE faith in their party. Either one.

Or spend all of their energy demonizing the other side by saying. "at least we don't have ____ as President" as if drawing a bad light on the opposing party somehow makes the self serving elitist jerks on your side acceptable.

MichaelJoeWilliamson · 02-26-2013, 04:30 PM

MichaelJoeWilliamson · 02-27-2013, 04:30 PM

tegator80 · 02-27-2013, 04:54 PM

All that you need to know about the Washington establishment:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...91P0W220130227

(Reuters) - Positions hardened on Wednesday between President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders over the budget crisis even as they arranged to hold last-ditch talks to prevent harsh automatic spending cuts beginning this week...

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said sequestration was too drastic an approach for reducing the budget deficit.

"What I am advising is a more gradual approach. I'm not saying we should ignore the deficit, I am not saying we shouldn't deal with long-term fiscal issues, but I think that from the perspective of our recovery, a more gradual approach would be constructive," he told a House Financial Services Committee hearing...

Amazing, isn't it? We are travelling light speed towards financial finality and a small reduction in the projected increases in federal budget outlays is "drastic." And you ask why I drink.

**ncgatr1** · 02-27-2013, 06:12 PM

Honestly, I don't think Americans could care less about sequester cuts. Obama and his left wing media outlets are in desperation mode trying to convince people the world is going to end with these cuts and nobody is listening, I find it quite amusing myself. Bring em on.

rounds · 02-27-2013, 06:16 PM

School Crossing Guards are always the first on the list to be "let go".

rounds · 02-27-2013, 06:20 PM

Meals on Wheels to elderly shut-ins threatened today!!
Oh, the horrors.

**ncgatr1** · 02-27-2013, 06:20 PM

Yeah they will start with them, and then layoff all the policemen and firemen. Next will be all the teachers, including those overpaid teacher assistants.

tegator80 · 02-28-2013, 12:07 PM

George Will's column today.

http://www.timesdispatch.com/opinion...70d4f5ad5.html

Lacker is the quintessential idea of what a true conservative represents. Caution before action.

wygator · 02-28-2013, 02:57 PM

One more time:

Working class Americans all received a 2% pay cut this January courtesy of the SS tax.

The sequester cut is 2.4%...deal with it the same way all citizens and businesses have to when their budget is out of whack.

MichaelJoeWilliamson · 02-28-2013, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by wygator

One more time:

Working class Americans all received a 2% pay cut this January courtesy of the SS tax.

The sequester cut is 2.4%...deal with it the same way all citizens and businesses have to when their budget is out of whack.

Solid piece of analysis!

**gatordowneast** · 03-01-2013, 08:36 AM

What tools we have in the media. Deep Spending Cuts? Wouldn't it be accurate to describe these cuts as a "governor" on the "rate of growth" of government spending?

All we are really doing is cutting spending that was previously budgeted. But won't we still be spending more than last year? Paleeease Press, start being honest with the public. But then again, honesty would not allow the "obama narrative" to continue and these complicit reporters might not have white house access. And horrors...they may be on Spirit Air rather than Air Force One on Obama's next junket.

**squigator** · 03-01-2013, 09:03 AM

Obama and the dems are full of crap. If you're wondering why there was no sequester deal, look no further than here:

http://news.investors.com/ibd-editor...nding-cuts.htm

"Worse, Obama's "balanced" plan actually counts hundreds of billions of new revenues from taxes, fees and rebates as "spending reductions." Examples:
• His plan to "strengthen" unemployment insurance is labeled as a cut, but it's really a $50 billion tax hike.
• The $35 billion from the federal worker retirement programs involves boosting worker contributions.
• Most of the $35 billion in Medicare savings comes from charging wealthy seniors more.
• The $140 billion in "reduced payments to drug companies" are in fact rebates Obama wants drugmakers to pay Uncle Sam for selling drugs to poor seniors.
• Then there's the $45 billion in spectrum fees and asset sales that Obama lists as spending reductions.
Viewed correctly, it turns out that more than $300 billion — about a third — of Obama's proposed "spending cuts" are actually revenue increases."

**gator421** · 03-01-2013, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by rounds

Meals on Wheels to elderly shut-ins threatened today!!
Oh, the horrors.

If you depended on it for a meal it could be horrific.

**gatordowneast** · 03-01-2013, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by gator421

If you depended on it for a meal it could be horrific.

My parents delivered meals on wheels to shut ins for many years in Stuart, FL. If memory serves me, the meals were not paid for by the feds, rather by local government and donations and all of the workers were volunteers.

Someone correct me if this is wrong.

**oragator1** · 03-01-2013, 11:55 AM

The Smithsonian among others actually budgeted for it and aren't facing any cuts. Go figure.

The_Graygator · 03-01-2013, 12:04 PM

LISTEN to this lying scumbag Obama at his presser right now. Obama saying "most Americans think I've been very reasonable"

Is that the same 57% who want the sequester king Obama? lol

Listenting to him cry and whine abd blame everyone else because he didn't get his way is refreshing to say the least.

He danced around the couple of direct questions he was asked with long, drawn out rhetoric and by talking in mutters and "er's" and "uh's", and then wouldn;t allow anyone else to ask him question.

it's hilarious to see this Chicago scumbag as PO'ed as he is, and the real fact why we're even talking about sequester? BECAUSE OF HIS RUNNING THE ECONOMY INTO THE GROUND, that's why.

And when it's all said and done, this man is being exposed as the fear mongering liar that he is.

Suck it, Obama.

diehardgator1 · 03-01-2013, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by gatorpa

So why is none of this in the MSM?

All I see is Obama and a bunch of union members and civil servants acting like half the GOV will close.

What a bunch of CRAP.

Might be a good thing if they did close

**gatordowneast** · 03-01-2013, 12:37 PM

What Obama fears most is that 99% of Americans will not notice any affect from these budget cuts therefore they will not fear future budget cuts and at some point those addicted to government crack (100% of whom vote straight demo and many who vote multiple times) will be impacted and they will be pissed.

Also, his plan included tax increases (closed loopholes) which he was planning on spending, not using for budget offsets. Oh $hit...that means the green energy industry may not get more free government loans. Oh my!