Wonder if Obama is gonna hold those checks hostage, too?Not yet. They are waiting on the green light if/when the Debt ceiling is raised...so he can collect it.HOW'S THAT RETARD CHARITY WORKING OUT??
Depends. You get a check yet?
Of course he will. And he will cite the 14th Amendment as justification.
I'd cease AID to Egypt. UP aid to Israel (If we had it)...Anyone who believes that letter was from a "conservative" is a moron.
"Conservative" like "liberal" are characterizations unfortunately lumping all into either/or, when in fact the majority of thinking people who call themselves "conservatives" don't want to break the back of the government's ability to provide an umbrella for the less fortunate. For one thing, THINKING conservatives know that to do so would eventually cost even more money, especially for the states. Not saying you, personally, don't THINK, but just THINK about the all-inclusive defining of the two parties today. It's so simplistic and idiotic that I do wonder what has happened to logic, compassion, and good old rational analysis before going off half cocked.
Far left liberals are at the opposite end of the spectrum. They don't want any reductions in government entitlement programs and other domestic umbrella programs, and haven't thought through the enormous additional cost that will be incurred as the baby boomers begin to retire, Mideast war veterans returning home to find jobs that aren't even there for folks who have had less, and in some cases no income coming in to speak of. OF COURSE those programs must be scaled back, but they can't be eliminated to the point those same people who rely on them will just look elsewhere in order to survive (more families living in government-funded shelters, more people looking for heating assistance, more people looking for food stamps. Will normally law-abiding citizens turn to crime?). Nor can more money be added to those programs in order to accommodate an ever-increasing out-of-work job force. THINKING liberals are proactive and focus on long-term solutions rather than REacting to short-term ones.
All it takes for us to have a balanced budget is to return to the size of government we had in 2002. Maybe liberals and conservatives should "think" about that? We are spending $ trillions that we don't have - borrowing money from other countries -many of whom we give Aid to!! Think about how stupid this is! Take Israel for an example - we gave them $791 Million in economic AID in 2009 (we gave them another $2.5 billion in military aid too!) They took our economic "aid" and invested $240 million of it into....US Treasury Bonds!!! Egypt averages around $500 million in economic aid per year and they purchased, on average, $400 Million in treasury bonds per year.
There is so much fraud, waste and abuse at every level of government that is sickening. Suggesting that "people will suffer" if we don't continue to spend $3.6 trillion per year is ridiculous.
Well, he is a Constitutional scholar, after all.
Anyone who believes that letter was from a "conservative" is a moron.
"Conservative" like "liberal" are characterizations unfortunately lumping all into either/or, when in fact the majority of thinking people who call themselves "conservatives" don't want to break the back of the government's ability to provide an umbrella for the less fortunate. For one thing, THINKING conservatives know that to do so would eventually cost even more money, especially for the states. Not saying you, personally, don't THINK, but just THINK about the all-inclusive defining of the two parties today. It's so simplistic and idiotic that I do wonder what has happened to logic, compassion, and good old rational analysis before going off half cocked.
Far left liberals are at the opposite end of the spectrum. They don't want any reductions in government entitlement programs and other domestic umbrella programs, and haven't thought through the enormous additional cost that will be incurred as the baby boomers begin to retire, Mideast war veterans returning home to find jobs that aren't even there for folks who have had less, and in some cases no income coming in to speak of. OF COURSE those programs must be scaled back, but they can't be eliminated to the point those same people who rely on them will just look elsewhere in order to survive (more families living in government-funded shelters, more people looking for heating assistance, more people looking for food stamps. Will normally law-abiding citizens turn to crime?). Nor can more money be added to those programs in order to accommodate an ever-increasing out-of-work job force. THINKING liberals are proactive and focus on long-term solutions rather than REacting to short-term ones.
All it takes for us to have a balanced budget is to return to the size of government we had in 2002. Maybe liberals and conservatives should "think" about that? We are spending $ trillions that we don't have - borrowing money from other countries -many of whom we give Aid to!! Think about how stupid this is! Take Israel for an example - we gave them $791 Million in economic AID in 2009 (we gave them another $2.5 billion in military aid too!) They took our economic "aid" and invested $240 million of it into....US Treasury Bonds!!! Egypt averages around $500 million in economic aid per year and they purchased, on average, $400 Million in treasury bonds per year.
There is so much fraud, waste and abuse at every level of government that is sickening. Suggesting that "people will suffer" if we don't continue to spend $3.6 trillion per year is ridiculous.
I for one don't wish to replay the 1930's or 40's. Some seem Hellbent on reliving those events.
Anyone who believes that letter was from a "conservative" is a moron.
