so if it was your family you'd only cut expenses and not find a way to make extra income?
moondog Send a noteboard - 15/07/2011 07:45:21 PM
are you sure you understand how economics works?
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Debt Ceiling Debacle: Are Republican Leaders Spinelessly Selfish, or Cluelessly Selfish?
- 14/07/2011 04:57:30 PM
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funny how people only believe polls that say what they want to hear
- 14/07/2011 06:08:21 PM
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Actually, I believe the polls regularly showing Romney ahead of Obama now.
- 14/07/2011 09:30:01 PM
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watch out you almost made rational argument there
- 15/07/2011 02:47:02 PM
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Watch out, you completely ignored my arguments there.
- 15/07/2011 04:20:44 PM
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Didn't Obama sign the tax cuts we are operating under now? He deserves some credit for that
- 15/07/2011 07:16:14 PM
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Actually, I agree; granting the Republicans demands does make him partly culpable.
- 15/07/2011 09:33:50 PM
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I have yet to hear anything about any actual proposal
- 14/07/2011 06:23:16 PM
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I think you have to be there to get a detailed spreadsheet, but the general terms are known.
- 14/07/2011 08:36:39 PM
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Your entire response is lacking actual answers.
- 15/07/2011 03:42:04 AM
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There were answers, just very general ones; the specifics aren't being publicly released.
- 15/07/2011 04:19:47 AM
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That kind of headline doesn't really help, you know?
- 14/07/2011 06:33:43 PM
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I second this. Definitely need less antagonism *NM*
- 14/07/2011 07:36:54 PM
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I admit I too readily meet antagonism with antagonism these days.
- 14/07/2011 09:56:45 PM
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"I have no idea what we're talking about, but my opinion is important anyway!"
- 14/07/2011 09:03:10 PM
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just because you believe the silly rhetoric doens't mean it isn't rhetoric *NM*
- 14/07/2011 09:27:08 PM
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I can't think of anything else to call it.
- 14/07/2011 09:17:42 PM
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I just think that you could have said all that in a much more less antagonistic way.
- 14/07/2011 10:16:49 PM
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I do see your point, but it often takes a shock for people to question reflexive views.
- 14/07/2011 10:53:07 PM
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it is selfish to demand tax increases to allow needed spending reductions *NM*
- 15/07/2011 02:48:11 PM
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It's shamefully selfish to demand others sacrifice their existence for your luxury.
- 15/07/2011 04:14:04 PM
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that woulkd be shameful thank god it isnothing but rhetoric *NM*
- 15/07/2011 07:17:44 PM
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It's the simple sad truth.
- 15/07/2011 09:36:34 PM
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so if it was your family you'd only cut expenses and not find a way to make extra income?
- 15/07/2011 07:45:21 PM
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if you think silly comparison to family budget are valid then you need to ask yourself that question *NM*
- 17/07/2011 06:51:06 PM
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And you haven't even gotten into the cries for a "balanced budget amendment."
- 14/07/2011 09:17:04 PM
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I think they're doing exactly what the people who paid to put them into office are expecting them to
- 14/07/2011 09:23:45 PM
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Sadly, that's so, I just keep expecting them to put the countrys survival ahead of greed.
- 14/07/2011 09:38:14 PM
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You know, if I pretended like I didn't have a family to support, I'd say, "Fuck it. Default."
- 15/07/2011 03:50:30 AM
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Maybe you can't be that cavalier, but the House majority clearly can.
- 15/07/2011 04:56:03 AM
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these are the same tax increases that were extended by the dems
- 15/07/2011 02:49:35 PM
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EDIT: Wait, I get it now; you're just trolling me. 
- 15/07/2011 04:14:00 PM
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- 15/07/2011 04:14:00 PM
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no I am just pointing out simple facts but your partisan blinders refuse to allow you to see them
- 15/07/2011 07:22:03 PM
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Republicans didn't just "support" tax cuts: They demanded them then and won't relinquish them now.
- 15/07/2011 09:58:37 PM
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Did the Mitch McConnel thing remind anyone else of Jar Jar Binks appearing before the Senate...
- 15/07/2011 07:38:52 AM
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It probably would have if I didn't do everything I could to avoid thinking of Jar Jar Binks *NM*
- 15/07/2011 11:20:09 AM
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*NM*
Clueless only in the sense that they aren't heeding the signals of their owners.
- 17/07/2011 06:46:42 AM
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Coaches have to do things fans dislike to win games, or get fired anyway when they lose.
- 17/07/2011 04:11:38 PM
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