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Old 08-05-2014, 09:22 PM
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The Bush tax cuts were ill-advised in a time of increasing spending on operation Iraqi Freedom and their sustainance by Obama was a calculated tradeoff on recovery vs the revenue the cessation of them would have provided, aside from opposition by those that didn't really need them. Ted Cruz's costly grandstanding did nothing but senselessly burn other folks money in a stupid display of hubris, further delaying a much needed recovery. Just more stonewalling calculated to embarrass the standing Admin.

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Old 08-05-2014, 09:40 PM
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Old 08-05-2014, 09:58 PM
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The bigger issue that no one seems to be noticing: by refusing to do any sort of work we are not getting the Congress we pay for i.e. the disrespect shown to the country by blocking Obama on EVERYTHING has meant a decrease in the functionality of Congress and by extension the concept of effective (Big in the terms of the GOP) government. Thus the right wing animus against effective government becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Big government does not work because we will not let it.

The executive can function because the laws already on the books are still there to administer. It is only a question of funding, and eventually Congress will pass a bill for that so they can receive their salaries. But the legislative and judicial branches are sort of left adrift and cannot be effective for the times. A prime example would be the inability to fix some of the quirks of the ACA.

So because of the Republicans we are drifting by degrees to sort of becoming a banana republic/third-world/ and or developing nation. They are inadvertently increasing executive power and devolving the seat of their influence, Congress. And it will be awhile before you see a GOP Presidiente standing at the podium wearing a pair of big sunglasses.
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Old 08-05-2014, 10:10 PM
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Oh, some of us definitely noticed.

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Old 08-06-2014, 07:30 AM
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So because of the Republicans we are drifting by degrees to sort of becoming a banana republic/third-world/ and or developing nation. They are inadvertently increasing executive power and devolving the seat of their influence, Congress. And it will be awhile before you see a GOP Presidiente standing at the podium wearing a pair of big sunglasses.
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Old 08-06-2014, 07:49 AM
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SS has already been looted.

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Old 08-06-2014, 08:50 AM
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SS has already been looted.

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It certainly has and now the left is looking for more way to generate funds into it. Not for us but to have more to loot again.
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Old 08-06-2014, 08:56 AM
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SS has already been looted.

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That's what a Ponzi scheme is for.
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Old 08-06-2014, 09:38 AM
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SS has always been 'looted.' The idea of taxes now to fund benefits later was always a lie. What we should do now is, 1) tax all income, not just up to a limit, and 2) let the rate float to whatever it needs to be to cover that year's benefits.
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Old 08-06-2014, 09:38 AM
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That's what a Ponzi scheme is for.
Just like Obamacare!!!

Big problem though with that one it's going to die before it starts because of the babyboomers.
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