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Adreme
United States5574 Posts
On December 31 2012 06:05 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: Schumer doesn't seem to be panicking just yet. Thats because this seems a lot the budget negotiations back in 2011. At the 11th hour they suddenly decided they wanted all government funding of planned parenthood cut and that almost blocked deal then as well. After basically being told no repeatedly they eventually gave in and passed the bill anyway. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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farvacola
United States18869 Posts
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
Totally OT: Was born in Missouri and have lived in TN since I was 3 and I really hope I do not have such an accent when I talk to people. | ||
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Adreme
United States5574 Posts
For those wondering he said it on CNN. | ||
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BluePanther
United States2776 Posts
On December 31 2012 06:19 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: Cspan. Totally OT: Was born in Missouri and have lived in TN since I was 3 and I really hope I do not have such an accent when I talk to people. I visited Nashville and didn't notice much of one on most people. You're likely safe if you're in a metro area. It's no Georgia. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
The Countdown Clock. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
EDIT: Well or not... | ||
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HunterX11
United States1048 Posts
On December 31 2012 06:21 Adreme wrote: Okay so Senator Corker(R-Tennessee) is saying Chained CPI off the table. He is claiming that right now the problem is that democrats want to use the tax increase to wipe out the forced spending cuts (essentially meaning nothing changes for anyone who doesnt make more than 250k). For those wondering he said it on CNN. That was the whole idea in the first place, really: the cuts are supposed to be untenable for Democrats and Republicans alike. | ||
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Sermokala
United States14211 Posts
On December 31 2012 08:03 HunterX11 wrote: That was the whole idea in the first place, really: the cuts are supposed to be untenable for Democrats and Republicans alike. Where on earth did you get that read? The cuts are fine for republicans what they don't want is the tax raises. | ||
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TheFrankOne
United States667 Posts
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Adreme
United States5574 Posts
On December 31 2012 08:12 Sermokala wrote: Where on earth did you get that read? The cuts are fine for republicans what they don't want is the tax raises. The origanal idea (I know it was dumb) was that there would be two kinds of cuts if they failed to do there job (they did), cuts to defense and cuts to deomestic spending. The theory was that since republicans oppose cuts to defense and democrats oppose cuts to demestic spending that it would result in them coming together and doing there jobs(they didnt). | ||
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HunterX11
United States1048 Posts
On December 31 2012 08:12 Sermokala wrote: Where on earth did you get that read? The cuts are fine for republicans what they don't want is the tax raises. Republicans have even called Obama's increased military spending "cuts" in the past because he didn't raise military spending as much as they wanted, so I doubt they'd be okay with the cuts (in addition to the outright crooks like Saxby Chambliss who would lose part of their graft money if defense spending were cut). | ||
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Defacer
Canada5052 Posts
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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p4NDemik
United States13896 Posts
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JonnyBNoHo
United States6277 Posts
On December 31 2012 06:21 Adreme wrote: Okay so Senator Corker(R-Tennessee) is saying Chained CPI off the table. He is claiming that right now the problem is that democrats want to use the tax increase to wipe out the forced spending cuts (essentially meaning nothing changes for anyone who doesnt make more than 250k). For those wondering he said it on CNN. That's unfortunate. Chained CPI would be a relatively painless step to balancing social security's budget. | ||
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aksfjh
United States4853 Posts
On December 31 2012 13:19 JonnyBNoHo wrote: That's unfortunate. Chained CPI would be a relatively painless step to balancing social security's budget. An even more painless way would be for income inequality to shrink or to increase the social insurance taxable income cap. Are we really worried that we're paying seniors, the widowed, and the disabled too much? | ||
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
On December 31 2012 12:57 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: Hillary Clinton in the Hospital after Blood Clot found due to concussion. noooooooooo hillary.  | ||
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Adreme
United States5574 Posts
On December 31 2012 13:19 JonnyBNoHo wrote: That's unfortunate. Chained CPI would be a relatively painless step to balancing social security's budget. Social Securities budget is balanced at least for now. There are some big long term problems but those are long term as opposed to some of the more short term ones. | ||
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