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Obama blinks on the sequester, GOP finally has upper hand (Obama paints himself into a corner)
Washington Examiner ^
| 02/05/2013
| Philip Klein
Posted on 02/05/2013 8:33:43 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: mylife
No, it doesn’t stink on ice... its about damn time. We’re building weapons we don’t need and managing facilities that we should have left a decade ago (think Germany). We’re not “running anyone ragged.” We’ve been using the military what they were intended for. Kill people and break things.
To: mylife
RE: $4 million?
I suggest you re-read the chart again. It’s 4,1212 Million.
To: bigdaddy45
The problem is that the Tank column Commander in Germany will squawk when you attempt to axe his budget.
He will wave his finger at the Air-wing Commander, That fellow wags his finger at the Admiral and round and round it goes..
In the end, Congress will cut everyone without regard to what is needed.
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posted on
02/05/2013 9:12:10 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
02/05/2013 9:12:22 PM PST
by
The Mayor
("If you can't make them see the light, let them feel the heat" — Ronald Reagan)
To: SeekAndFind
Actually, when you look at what is exempted, i.e., the entitlement programs and means tested welfare programs, which make up two thirds of the budget, it will be painful for DOD and other USG agencies. We are already almost half way thru the fiscal year making it more difficult to cut the budget.
Still, I favor letting sequestration happen. It was Obama's idea. Let him come up with the cuts.
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posted on
02/05/2013 9:12:41 PM PST
by
kabar
To: SeekAndFind
$4.121 Billion?
So why not SAY IT?
Its games.
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posted on
02/05/2013 9:14:15 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: SeekAndFind
Yep I looked at the list and it wont affect the moochers on the Gimme Programs one little bit. And of course any goobermint workers that run the redistribution machine.
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posted on
02/05/2013 9:16:32 PM PST
by
Gasshog
(Welcome to the United States of Stupidos!)
To: mylife
$4 million?
Nancy Pelosi spends that on booze. Actually, that's $4.1 Billion.
And only Teddy Kennedy (D-Hell) could drink that much.
To: SeekAndFind
My feeling is this IT WONT EVEN BE FELT BY MOST PEOPLE. It doesn't have to be felt by MOST people, just those close to him - Gobmint workers. They are going to start whining in a few weeks. These are the jerks that have to help implement Obamacare this year. You think you will even be able to get them to make a xerox for you after they get furloughed every other week? They are going to start singing the "we've been oppressed for so long" chorus you'll hear it all the way to the White House. Believe me, Obama will hear it ...
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posted on
02/05/2013 9:21:27 PM PST
by
11th_VA
(JURY NULLIFICATION FOR UNCONSTITUTIONAL GUN LAWS !!!)
To: SeekAndFind
Obama blinks on the sequester, GOP finally has upper hand...yeah, but they're so ignorant and passive that, as they allowed Obama to paint them as the ones holding up the "middle class tax cuts" instead of himself, they'll sit back and let him picture them as making drastic and tragic cuts in America's defenses to leave us at the mercy of our enemies...GOP is worthless when it comes to striking back at Obama's lies and corruption....
To: SeekAndFind
Which means instead of spending $680 Billion a year, it will be a mere $630 Billion/year. How disastrous is that really? Not at all. It's always a "disaster" when government is cut. It's their religion. They still haven't figured out where the funding for government comes from.
To: Lancey Howard
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posted on
02/05/2013 9:24:28 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: SeekAndFind
What the hell, Barack? You weren't supposed to give the enemy ANY leeway. What are you thinking?
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posted on
02/05/2013 9:38:28 PM PST
by
Slyfox
(The key to Marxism is medicine - Vladimir Lenin)
To: Slyfox
Boehner had a bad hand but he played it well.
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posted on
02/05/2013 10:01:02 PM PST
by
D-fendr
(Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
To: SeekAndFind
"Either he agrees to spending cuts of an equal amount, or the sequester will kick in."
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posted on
02/05/2013 10:43:48 PM PST
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: Windflier
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posted on
02/05/2013 10:51:50 PM PST
by
Daffynition
(The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. — D.H.)
To: SeekAndFind
The President said during the campaign last year he was all for the sequester.
The spending cuts are not aimed at the less fortunate - but at the Democrats’ favorite cow - the military.
If they want to defend more spending on guns instead of butter, let em.
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posted on
02/05/2013 11:29:24 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: SeekAndFind
Don’t worry. The spineless Republicans will save Obama’s skinny ass. Boehner will burst into tears and capitulate before Obama even opens his mouth. The Pubies will run and hide, just like they always do.
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posted on
02/05/2013 11:38:37 PM PST
by
Redcloak
(Winter is coming.)
To: Pontiac
Are we so certain Obama doesn’t want the defense cuts? Sure, he’s providing himself some cover to say, “It’s not me, I asked Congress to handle this differently”, but I thought he wanted Hagel in there in part to oversee vast defense cuts?
To: SeekAndFind
I think Obama and his crew already like the distribution of the cuts just fine.
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