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Old 05-12-2010, 09:56 AM   #21
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Re: Obama's Budget Cuts

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Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule View Post
Instead of making this a Democratic/Republican debate, why not look at what the government as a whole is doing. And that is spending beyond our means. I think if we could re-frame the debate along those lines, the whole democrat-republican framework of debate could be toppled, and maybe we could come up with a new approach to resolving our nation's issues, from healthcare to debt management to overspending on defense. But as long as the 2 parties are able to play the sentiments of one group against each other, both parties can keep spending like drunken sailors, and blame the other party for spending on the pet projects their constituents don't support. It's the classic 3 card monte strategy of shifting targets until the real answer is just an illusion.
Yeah good luck with that on this board.
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