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Obama: Debt limit fight imperils elderly's checks
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Posted on 01/14/2013 11:39:45 PM PST by chessplayer

WASHINGTON (AP) - Declaring "we are not a deadbeat nation," President Obama warned on Monday that Social Security checks and veterans' benefits will be delayed if congressional Republicans fail to increase the government's borrowing authority in a looming showdown over the nation's debt and spending.

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To: cripplecreek

Those are great points. Indeed there are cuts that could be made that only other gubermint officials (US and elsewhere) would care about, and that some Dems would support.


41 posted on 01/15/2013 5:52:55 AM PST by Mich Patriot (PITCH BLACK is the new "transparent")
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To: chessplayer

OK by me...they voted for him. Elections have consequences.


42 posted on 01/15/2013 6:01:06 AM PST by Night Hides Not (The Tea Party was the earthquake, and Chick Fil A the tsunami...100's of aftershocks to come.)
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To: chessplayer

How do you work with someone who is a sociopath?


43 posted on 01/15/2013 6:03:51 AM PST by windsorknot
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To: ComputerGuy

Those plus all fed gov employees should be the first to go. Layoffs should start Feb 1. Amen


44 posted on 01/15/2013 6:15:23 AM PST by gakrak (“If you put the Fed Gov in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.”)
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To: chessplayer

Yup, here we go again. Scare the crap out of the old people just like last time.

Why can’t the stupid pubbies get out in front of this crap? They have no idea how to communicate or do damage control. Are they just lazy or stupid or what? I just don’t believe that if the pubbies got out on the crapitol steps often enough and loudly enough that they wouldn’t get some kind of coverage.


45 posted on 01/15/2013 7:22:48 AM PST by Sequoyah101
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To: windsorknot

4% of humans are sociopaths. Yes, 1 in 25.


46 posted on 01/15/2013 8:11:00 AM PST by Rodamala
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To: chessplayer

The priority, as always in spending cuts is to piss off the largest voting blocks.


47 posted on 01/15/2013 8:13:50 AM PST by Jack of all Trades (Hold your face to the light, even though for the moment you do not see.)
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