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Old 07-21-2013, 09:16 PM
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The Coming Republican (Tea Party) Sabotage

Best article I have read in a long time.......


http://nymag.com/news/features/repub...ngress-2013-7/


I will quote the last paragraph which I think is the best:

In the actual world, the economy is recovering and the deficit, currently projected at half the level Obama inherited, is falling like a rock. Yet messianic Republican suicide threats in the face of an imagined debt crisis have not subsided at all. The swelling grievance within the party base may actually be giving the threats more fervor. The reign of the Republican House has not yet inflicted any deep or permanent disaster on the country, but it looks like it is just a matter of time.
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Old 07-21-2013, 11:42 PM
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Yes Bob repeal of Obama care is an accomplishment
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Old 07-21-2013, 11:52 PM
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Yes Bob repeal of Obama care is an accomplishment
Wasn't it Einstein who said the definition of insanity was repeating the same course over and over whilst expecting different results? Personally I think it's rabies that is afflicting the Speaker of the House...
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It is like a bad dream that never ends.
Just one piece of productive legislation just one.....
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If you use the 'debt clock time machine' and set it to 2017 you find that our gross debt to gdp increases to 133% from its' current 106%, total debt goes from the current 17ish tril to 22.5.

http://www.usdebtclock.org/index.html

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Whoops that's an older chart.

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Whoops that's an older chart.

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I thought we were in the black with Barack?
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I thought we were in the black with Barack?
Now that is worth a five star .
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Fixed that for ya.
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I still wonder, should Mr. Obama get the credit for reducing the deficit or is it an indirect result of Republican house intransigence?
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