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Survival Supply Industries User ID: 1463082 United States 08/06/2011 09:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | so i'll bet you're really guy posing as a DFC to drum up support of Obie.... it's not going too well, is it? "Man has evolved barely an inch from the very slime that spawned him." "It is better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not have one." [link to survivalsupplyindustries.com] |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1448185 United States 08/06/2011 09:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | S & P wanted to see more new revenue (this means closing tax loopholes and higher taxes for the rich) and the republicans blocked this. Quoting: NaturalGirl_________________________________________________________ S&P now rates the United States at AA+. The rating agency didn't beat around the bush when describing why it made the cuts: The political brinksmanship of recent months highlights what we see as America's governance and policymaking becoming less stable, less effective, and less predictable than what we previously believed. The statutory debt ceiling and the threat of default have become political bargaining chips in the debate over fiscal policy. Despite this year's wide-ranging debate, in our view, the differences between political parties have proven to be extraordinarily difficult to bridge, and, as we see it, the resulting agreement fell well short of the comprehensive fiscal consolidation program that some proponents had envisaged until quite recently. Republicans and Democrats have only been able to agree to relatively modest savings on discretionary spending while delegating to the Select Committee decisions on more comprehensive measures. It appears that for now, new revenues have dropped down on the menu of policy options. In addition, the plan envisions only minor policy changes on Medicare and little change in other entitlements, the containment of which we and most other independent observers regard as key to long-term fiscal sustainability. [link to www.dailyfinance.com] If this was going to be such a big deal, why didn't the democrats submit a bill back in January? Nobody did anything until the last minute. You honestly think one party over the other is to blame? |
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Survival Supply Industries User ID: 1463082 United States 08/06/2011 09:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It time for change. Quoting: NumbaChange of hilly Billy repub mentality. ...and the Dramacrat way of taking us even further over the cliff.... "Man has evolved barely an inch from the very slime that spawned him." "It is better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not have one." [link to survivalsupplyindustries.com] |
RadiatedHighness User ID: 1482986 United States 08/06/2011 09:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I think we were derated because our debt exceeds GDP and the answer to debt was to incur more debt. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1407903This is not a partisan issue. Sure it is. Especially when the debt deal that was pushed through contained 98% of the bullshit that Boehner wanted and included no tax increase on any corporations or shit. And, if I'm not mistaken, it adds 7 trillion to the debt while supposedly taking out 2 or 3 trillion over 10 years. |
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anonimalle User ID: 1087737 United States 08/06/2011 09:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | so i'll bet you're really guy posing as a DFC to drum up support of Obie.... Quoting: Survival Supply Industriesit's not going too well, is it? Thought the same thing myself. Behind every myth lies a mystery, and every legend holds an echo of the truth …… Que Sera Sera "For not by numbers of men nor by measure of body but by valor of soul is war decided" Bilisarius " At the siege of Vienna in 1683 Islam seemed poised to overrun Christian Europe. We are in a new phase of a very old war." Gates of Vienna. "May we smite our enemies to the darkest chamber of hell, for we wish only to live in peace, and they desire only to put their boot upon our neck." |
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Survival Supply Industries User ID: 1463082 United States 08/06/2011 09:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It time for change. Quoting: NumbaChange of hilly Billy repub mentality. ...and the Dramacrat way of taking us even further over the cliff.... Everything WILL get stable, trust me. It's America, the most glorious nation ever. ... dood... you and your ilk are the last people i would trust. "Man has evolved barely an inch from the very slime that spawned him." "It is better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not have one." [link to survivalsupplyindustries.com] |
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The Commentator User ID: 587619 United States 08/06/2011 09:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | S & P wanted to see more new revenue (this means closing tax loopholes and higher taxes for the rich) and the republicans blocked this. Quoting: NaturalGirl_________________________________________________________ S&P now rates the United States at AA+. The rating agency didn't beat around the bush when describing why it made the cuts: The political brinksmanship of recent months highlights what we see as America's governance and policymaking becoming less stable, less effective, and less predictable than what we previously believed. The statutory debt ceiling and the threat of default have become political bargaining chips in the debate over fiscal policy. Despite this year's wide-ranging debate, in our view, the differences between political parties have proven to be extraordinarily difficult to bridge, and, as we see it, the resulting agreement fell well short of the comprehensive fiscal consolidation program that some proponents had envisaged until quite recently. Republicans and Democrats have only been able to agree to relatively modest savings on discretionary spending while delegating to the Select Committee decisions on more comprehensive measures. It appears that for now, new revenues have dropped down on the menu of policy options. In addition, the plan envisions only minor policy changes on Medicare and little change in other entitlements, the containment of which we and most other independent observers regard as key to long-term fiscal sustainability. [link to www.dailyfinance.com] Drugs are bad, kid. Seek professional help. non sufficit Orbis Being a zetatard means never having to make sense. "Nancy pays me to post on Her threads" Free Store admits to being a paid zetadrool shill NO max/bridget EVER!!!!! NO luser EVER!!! NO clunker EVER!!!!! |
ar-15 nut User ID: 1281306 United States 08/06/2011 09:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It time for change. Quoting: NumbaChange of hilly Billy repub mentality. ...and the Dramacrat way of taking us even further over the cliff.... Everything WILL get stable, trust me. It's America, the most glorious nation ever. ... dood... you and your ilk are the last people i would trust. We are a REPUBLIC.If we can keep it MORAN! A pissed off American Veteran! |
Numba User ID: 1496465 Saudi Arabia 08/06/2011 09:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It time for change. Quoting: NumbaChange of hilly Billy repub mentality. ...and the Dramacrat way of taking us even further over the cliff.... Everything WILL get stable, trust me. It's America, the most glorious nation ever. ... dood... you and your ilk are the last people i would trust. Time will tell, my friend. |
SOARINGHAWK User ID: 1474589 United States 08/06/2011 09:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Oh god NaturalGirl is talkin politics Last Edited by SoaringHawk on 08/06/2011 09:21 PM Uncle doom is the best kind of doom |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1496471 United States 08/06/2011 09:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | In addition, the plan envisions only minor policy changes on Medicare and little change in other entitlements, the containment of which we and most other independent observers regard as key to long-term fiscal sustainability. And who's fault was this? It's both parties, they BOTH failed. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1268332 United Kingdom 08/06/2011 09:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | S & P wanted to see more new revenue (this means closing tax loopholes and higher taxes for the rich) and the republicans blocked this. Quoting: NaturalGirl_________________________________________________________ S&P now rates the United States at AA+. The rating agency didn't beat around the bush when describing why it made the cuts: The political brinksmanship of recent months highlights what we see as America's governance and policymaking becoming less stable, less effective, and less predictable than what we previously believed. The statutory debt ceiling and the threat of default have become political bargaining chips in the debate over fiscal policy. Despite this year's wide-ranging debate, in our view, the differences between political parties have proven to be extraordinarily difficult to bridge, and, as we see it, the resulting agreement fell well short of the comprehensive fiscal consolidation program that some proponents had envisaged until quite recently. Republicans and Democrats have only been able to agree to relatively modest savings on discretionary spending while delegating to the Select Committee decisions on more comprehensive measures. It appears that for now, new revenues have dropped down on the menu of policy options. In addition, the plan envisions only minor policy changes on Medicare and little change in other entitlements, the containment of which we and most other independent observers regard as key to long-term fiscal sustainability. [link to www.dailyfinance.com] If this was going to be such a big deal, why didn't the democrats submit a bill back in January? Nobody did anything until the last minute. You honestly think one party over the other is to blame? would have been pointless for the democrats to submit a bill if there was no chance of it being passed. democrats wanted there to be higher taxes so it could allow them to spend more to stimulate job growth, but nooo repubs just wouldn't have any of it. so now theres still a fair bit being spent but not enough revenue is gonna come in from taxes cause the repubs wouldn't allow it. congrats to the repubs for being the ones responsible for the credit rating downgrade. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1407198 United States 08/06/2011 09:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | S & P wanted to see more new revenue (this means closing tax loopholes and higher taxes for the rich) and the republicans blocked this. Quoting: NaturalGirl_________________________________________________________ S&P now rates the United States at AA+. The rating agency didn't beat around the bush when describing why it made the cuts: The political brinksmanship of recent months highlights what we see as America's governance and policymaking becoming less stable, less effective, and less predictable than what we previously believed. The statutory debt ceiling and the threat of default have become political bargaining chips in the debate over fiscal policy. Despite this year's wide-ranging debate, in our view, the differences between political parties have proven to be extraordinarily difficult to bridge, and, as we see it, the resulting agreement fell well short of the comprehensive fiscal consolidation program that some proponents had envisaged until quite recently. Republicans and Democrats have only been able to agree to relatively modest savings on discretionary spending while delegating to the Select Committee decisions on more comprehensive measures. It appears that for now, new revenues have dropped down on the menu of policy options. In addition, the plan envisions only minor policy changes on Medicare and little change in other entitlements, the containment of which we and most other independent observers regard as key to long-term fiscal sustainability. [link to www.dailyfinance.com] Polly? Is that you? |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1490845 United States 08/06/2011 10:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Just in Case you thought we were spending money on "smarter" things since the Obamster took office.. Last year, Karen DeYoung and Greg Jaffe of the Washington Post reported that U.S. Special Operations forces were deployed in 75 countries, up from 60 at the end of the Bush presidency. By the end of this year, U.S. Special Operations Command spokesman Colonel Tim Nye told me, that number will likely reach 120. “We do a lot of traveling — a lot more than Afghanistan or Iraq,” he said recently. This global presence — in about 60% of the world’s nations and far larger than previously acknowledged — provides striking new evidence of a rising clandestine Pentagon power elite waging a secret war in all corners of the world. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1495393 United States 08/06/2011 10:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | S & P wanted to see more new revenue (this means closing tax loopholes and higher taxes for the rich) and the republicans blocked this. Quoting: NaturalGirl_________________________________________________________ S&P now rates the United States at AA+. The rating agency didn't beat around the bush when describing why it made the cuts: The political brinksmanship of recent months highlights what we see as America's governance and policymaking becoming less stable, less effective, and less predictable than what we previously believed. The statutory debt ceiling and the threat of default have become political bargaining chips in the debate over fiscal policy. Despite this year's wide-ranging debate, in our view, the differences between political parties have proven to be extraordinarily difficult to bridge, and, as we see it, the resulting agreement fell well short of the comprehensive fiscal consolidation program that some proponents had envisaged until quite recently. Republicans and Democrats have only been able to agree to relatively modest savings on discretionary spending while delegating to the Select Committee decisions on more comprehensive measures. It appears that for now, new revenues have dropped down on the menu of policy options. In addition, the plan envisions only minor policy changes on Medicare and little change in other entitlements, the containment of which we and most other independent observers regard as key to long-term fiscal sustainability. [link to www.dailyfinance.com] STUPID CUNT. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1454475 United States 08/06/2011 10:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | S & P wanted to see more new revenue (this means closing tax loopholes and higher taxes for the rich) and the republicans blocked this. Quoting: NaturalGirl_________________________________________________________ S&P now rates the United States at AA+. The rating agency didn't beat around the bush when describing why it made the cuts: The political brinksmanship of recent months highlights what we see as America's governance and policymaking becoming less stable, less effective, and less predictable than what we previously believed. The statutory debt ceiling and the threat of default have become political bargaining chips in the debate over fiscal policy. Despite this year's wide-ranging debate, in our view, the differences between political parties have proven to be extraordinarily difficult to bridge, and, as we see it, the resulting agreement fell well short of the comprehensive fiscal consolidation program that some proponents had envisaged until quite recently. Republicans and Democrats have only been able to agree to relatively modest savings on discretionary spending while delegating to the Select Committee decisions on more comprehensive measures. It appears that for now, new revenues have dropped down on the menu of policy options. In addition, the plan envisions only minor policy changes on Medicare and little change in other entitlements, the containment of which we and most other independent observers regard as key to long-term fiscal sustainability. [link to www.dailyfinance.com] |