Sen. McConnell and spending cuts

[Wry Catcher]

The Minority Leader in the Senate stated yesterday that the revenue debate is over and we must now focus exclusively on spending.

I suggest Sen. McConnell begin here:

Kentucky Defense Contractors - $40,879,393,789 in Government Contracts by 2,784 Contractors in 120 KY Counties

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Maybe you can do another thread on the exact same topic?

 

[Wry Catcher]

Maybe you can do another thread on the exact same topic?

Yep. I have on Eric "the weasel" cantor. I still need to make and additional 1736 threads to reach the record of posts on Obama's place of birth; and 1494 more to reach your hysterical rants on 'commies' in government.

Virginia Defense Contractors - $451,677,556,740 in Government Contracts by 14,121 Contractors in 134 VA Counties

 

[nodoginnafight]

The Minority Leader in the Senate stated yesterday that the revenue debate is over and we must now focus exclusively on spending.

I suggest Sen. McConnell begin here:

Kentucky Defense Contractors - $40,879,393,789 in Government Contracts by 2,784 Contractors in 120 KY Counties

You mean he isn't a mavericky kinda guy who turns down earmarks?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Maybe you can do another thread on the exact same topic?

Yep. I have on Eric "the weasel" cantor. I still need to make and additional 1736 threads to reach the record of posts on Obama's place of birth; and 1494 more to reach your hysterical rants on 'commies' in government.

Virginia Defense Contractors - $451,677,556,740 in Government Contracts by 14,121 Contractors in 134 VA Counties

Providing for the National defense is actually in the Constitution.

Did you know that?

 

[Wry Catcher]

The Minority Leader in the Senate stated yesterday that the revenue debate is over and we must now focus exclusively on spending.

I suggest Sen. McConnell begin here:

Kentucky Defense Contractors - $40,879,393,789 in Government Contracts by 2,784 Contractors in 120 KY Counties

You mean he isn't a mavericky kinda guy who turns down earmarks?

Apparently each one of those defense contactors is essential for the defense of the United States. Certainly more important then some 80 something demanding affordable health care.

 

[Freemason9]

Maybe you can do another thread on the exact same topic?

Yep. I have on Eric "the weasel" cantor. I still need to make and additional 1736 threads to reach the record of posts on Obama's place of birth; and 1494 more to reach your hysterical rants on 'commies' in government.

Virginia Defense Contractors - $451,677,556,740 in Government Contracts by 14,121 Contractors in 134 VA Counties

Providing for the National defense is actually in the Constitution.

Did you know that?

. . . and so is providing for the "general welfare" of the citizenry. Did you know that?

 

[Wry Catcher]

Maybe you can do another thread on the exact same topic?

Yep. I have on Eric "the weasel" cantor. I still need to make and additional 1736 threads to reach the record of posts on Obama's place of birth; and 1494 more to reach your hysterical rants on 'commies' in government.

Virginia Defense Contractors - $451,677,556,740 in Government Contracts by 14,121 Contractors in 134 VA Counties

Providing for the National defense is actually in the Constitution.

Did you know that?

Yep, right there in Art. I, Sec 8, Clause 1 next to the "general Welfare".

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Yep. I have on Eric "the weasel" cantor. I still need to make and additional 1736 threads to reach the record of posts on Obama's place of birth; and 1494 more to reach your hysterical rants on 'commies' in government.

Virginia Defense Contractors - $451,677,556,740 in Government Contracts by 14,121 Contractors in 134 VA Counties

Providing for the National defense is actually in the Constitution.

Did you know that?

. . . and so is providing for the "general welfare" of the citizenry. Did you know that?

"With respect to the two words 'general welfare,' I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators." --James Madison

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Yep. I have on Eric "the weasel" cantor. I still need to make and additional 1736 threads to reach the record of posts on Obama's place of birth; and 1494 more to reach your hysterical rants on 'commies' in government.

Virginia Defense Contractors - $451,677,556,740 in Government Contracts by 14,121 Contractors in 134 VA Counties

Providing for the National defense is actually in the Constitution.

Did you know that?

Yep, right there in Art. I, Sec 8, Clause 1 next to the "general Welfare".

"With respect to the two words 'general welfare,' I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators." --James Madison

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Progressive interpretation of "general welfare"

WIC

 

[g5000]

Maybe you can do another thread on the exact same topic?

Yep. I have on Eric "the weasel" cantor. I still need to make and additional 1736 threads to reach the record of posts on Obama's place of birth; and 1494 more to reach your hysterical rants on 'commies' in government.

Virginia Defense Contractors - $451,677,556,740 in Government Contracts by 14,121 Contractors in 134 VA Counties

Providing for the National defense is actually in the Constitution.

Did you know that?

You seem to be profoundly stupid enough to believe that means every penny spent on Defense is justified.

 

[g5000]

I would start with the pre-9/11 defense spending level, and go from there. Every penny the fiscal liberals like McConnell and Boehner want spent above that level should be empirically justified.

We have a $16 trillion shit sandwich and everyone has to take a bite. Don't spew some hypocritical bullshit about our national debt and how concerned you are about it if you are going to exclude massive Defense cuts from the picture.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Yep. I have on Eric "the weasel" cantor. I still need to make and additional 1736 threads to reach the record of posts on Obama's place of birth; and 1494 more to reach your hysterical rants on 'commies' in government.

Virginia Defense Contractors - $451,677,556,740 in Government Contracts by 14,121 Contractors in 134 VA Counties

Providing for the National defense is actually in the Constitution.

Did you know that?

You seem to be profoundly stupid enough to believe that means any penny spent on Defense is justified.

I never said that, and watch your tone.

There's plenty of room to cut back on defense, I'm very suspicious about trusting that to people who want to take away our 2nd Amendment right

 

[nodoginnafight]

The Minority Leader in the Senate stated yesterday that the revenue debate is over and we must now focus exclusively on spending.

I suggest Sen. McConnell begin here:

Kentucky Defense Contractors - $40,879,393,789 in Government Contracts by 2,784 Contractors in 120 KY Counties

You mean he isn't a mavericky kinda guy who turns down earmarks?

Apparently each one of those defense contactors is essential for the defense of the United States. Certainly more important then some 80 something demanding affordable health care.

touche

 

[nodoginnafight]

We have a $16 trillion shit sandwich and everyone has to take a bite.

Very colorful way of expressing the truth.

 

[g5000]

Providing for the National defense is actually in the Constitution.

Did you know that?

You seem to be profoundly stupid enough to believe that means any penny spent on Defense is justified.

I never said that, and watch your tone.

There's plenty of room to cut back on defense, I'm very suspicious about trusting that to people who want to take away our 2nd Amendment right

I will not watch my tone. Your implication was clear. The outrageousness of defense spending was pointed out, and your only retort was an apologist's reply.

As for the 2nd Amendment, if they were going to take our guns, why would you not want a much smaller and much less muscular government to come and try to take them from you?

 

[Ringel05]

Obama vows to reduce pork barrel spending - ABC News

Yeah, right...... This will be fun to watch.

 

[Wry Catcher]

Providing for the National defense is actually in the Constitution.

Did you know that?

Yep, right there in Art. I, Sec 8, Clause 1 next to the "general Welfare".

"With respect to the two words 'general welfare,' I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators." --James Madison

And where is President Madison's regard for the term "general Welfare" in the Constitution of the United States? As the "Father of the Constitution" he approved of the phrase in Art. I, sec 8, clause 1 without caveat, had he reservations that was the time for him to change the document and obviate the need of us today to argue the point

Since all the founders such as he were all knowing and prescient - as many on the Right claim - and the they made the document without ambiguity, must we take all phrases in their literal sence, as we are told we must in re the Second Amendment?

Would that not at least suggest that "general Welfare" and "shall not infringe" be taken to their extremes?

 

[Sallow]

The Minority Leader in the Senate stated yesterday that the revenue debate is over and we must now focus exclusively on spending.

I suggest Sen. McConnell begin here:

Kentucky Defense Contractors - $40,879,393,789 in Government Contracts by 2,784 Contractors in 120 KY Counties

Ye Olde Michelle Bachmann caveat..

Pork is bad..unless it's my pork.