Perchoutofwater Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Obama to propose 3 years spending freeze. Obviously I'd prefer cuts, but hey let's be realistic here. It's a start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 OK, who the heck are you and what have you done with Perch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_gop_liars Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Have to agree here!!!1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpwallace49 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Great start now a closer examination for spending cuts. the third year in a row that the budget has exceeded 1 trillion dollars . . . un-freakin-believable . . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
posty Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Though, no less than four times during the presidential debates did President Obama actively campaign against an across the board spending freeze... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpwallace49 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Though, no less than four times during the presidential debates did President Obama actively campaign against an across the board spending freeze... Have to agree here! We should impeach him now!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pope Flick Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 (edited) So...in this thread we have two guys supposedly giving him props: one uses a defaced photo of him as an avatar, and another accuses him of being a liar. All those who said the right will complain about EVERYTHING he does can now move to the front of the class. Well done. Edited January 26, 2010 by Pope Flick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpwallace49 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 So...in this thread we have two guys supposedly giving him props: one uses a defaced photo of him as an avatar, and another accuses him of being a liar. All those who said the right will complain about EVERYTHING he does can now move to the front of the class. Well done. Ok I was laughing at that .. . and caddyman and tossberg arent even here yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
posty Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 So...in this thread we have two guys supposedly giving him props: one uses a defaced photo of him as an avatar, and another accuses him of being a liar. All those who said the right will complain about EVERYTHING he does can now move to the front of the class. Well done. SSDP... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cre8tiff Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 (edited) Obama to propose 3 years spending freeze. Obviously I'd prefer cuts, but hey let's be realistic here. It's a start. When me and this idiot agree.on something, you know it has to be right. :-D Edited January 26, 2010 by cre8tiff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneymakers Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 (edited) Obama is campaigning for November. The spending freeze will never happen. If you read the details there are so many exceptions that its a joke of an idea anyways. "Although the freeze would shave no more than $15 billion off next year's budget -- barely denting a deficit projected to exceed $1 trillion " Edited January 26, 2010 by moneymakers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmarc117 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/2...idates-himself/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpwallace49 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/2...idates-himself/ I didnt know that George Clooney wrote op-eds . . . . and with a sweet beard nonetheless! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westvirginia Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 This is a step in the right direction, aside from his middle class stimulus garbage he was touting yesterday. There's only ONE thing in that list of talking points that might create any jobs (which is what it was being touted for) and that's the extension of the child tax credit. And that is almost a welfare program at this point since so many people get that who don't pay any taxes to begin with. Man this whole mess has been frustrating since the mid-80's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tosberg34 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 I don't know enough of the details to make an informed decision one way or the other. On it's face any freeze at this point might be good, but is it just putting your finger in the hole of the dam hoping it won't burst? Jury still out with me on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon Cornelius Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Man this whole mess has been frustrating since the mid-80's. Oh my gosh there are going to be some retarded republicans who will not like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tosberg34 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Oh my gosh there are going to be some retarded republicans who will not like this. yeah, but at least with republicans only some of them are retarded. With Democrats, ALL of them are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 the good: obama thinks the way back to credibility is embracing the platform of his 2008 opponent. krugman is right to see this as representing an epic fail (even if largely symbolic) for "progressive" ideology. the bad: it's a $15 billion drop in a trillion dollar bucket, and it only touches one eighth of the federal budget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_gop_liars Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Appeasing the right with a knee jerk reaction to the naked senator is an epic fail. Here's to more of the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westvirginia Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Appeasing the right with a knee jerk reaction to the naked senator is an epic fail. Here's to more of the same. Dude, really? Really? So ONLY those on the right are concerned about runaway fed spending? Look at how the independents voted in all three of the most recent elections. Judging from most of my apolitical family members, they want what works. Period. Full stop. If it makes sense fund it. If it doesn't, jump in the lake. If it's not working, stop it. They give a flying fook whether the idea is full-blown Have to agree here socialism or "think of the chiiiiiiiiiiildren!" neo-anarchy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cre8tiff Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Appeasing the right with a knee jerk reaction to the naked senator is an epic fail. Here's to more of the same. I don't see a problem with it, guess my moderate undergarments are showing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaP'N GRuNGe Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 the good: obama thinks the way back to credibility is embracing the platform of his 2008 opponent. krugman is right to see this as representing an epic fail (even if largely symbolic) for "progressive" ideology. the bad: it's a $15 billion drop in a trillion dollar bucket, and it only touches one eighth of the federal budget. I heard $250 billion over 3 years. Republican reaction: A freeze? Where are the cuts?!?! Cuts? Well not to MY programs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billay Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Its a contrived maneuver made solely for political purposes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaP'N GRuNGe Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/01/26/...dget-freeze-ice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westvirginia Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Its a contrived maneuver made solely for political purposes. OK, this is terrible stinky bait billay, even though it's probably true... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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