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Offline Dynamic Dragon

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Re: Once more over the cliff
« Reply #15 on: March 02, 2013, 01:36:25 pm »
Quote from: Meshakhad on March 02, 2013, 01:18:45 pm
I have some additional cuts to propose:

1. Effective immediately, Congress will have its salaries reduced to minimum wage.
2. The maintenance budget for the Capitol will be cut to zero. All staff will be laid off. If Congress wants to so much as keep the lights on, they can pay for it out of their own damn pockets.

As a compromise with Republicans, I propose that the White House also suffer:
1. The President will go on minimum wage as well.
2. The White House maintenance budget will be halved. All staff working in the West Wing will be laid off. All staff working in the East Wing will remain (since Michelle, Sasha, and Malia have nothing to do with this)

So, you want to put people out of work for something that's not their fault?
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Re: Once more over the cliff
« Reply #16 on: March 02, 2013, 01:40:23 pm »
Quote from: Meshakhad on March 02, 2013, 01:18:45 pm
I have some additional cuts to propose:

1. Effective immediately, Congress will have its salaries reduced to minimum wage.
2. The maintenance budget for the Capitol will be cut to zero. All staff will be laid off. If Congress wants to so much as keep the lights on, they can pay for it out of their own damn pockets.


Is there any way we can bar certain members from receiving any sort of assistance, since they feel it's the WORST THING EVER, and enjoy talking down to those who receive them?
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Re: Once more over the cliff
« Reply #17 on: March 02, 2013, 10:04:36 pm »
Quote from: ScrappyB on March 02, 2013, 01:33:32 pm
So how is this Obama's fault?
He's black.
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Re: Once more over the cliff
« Reply #18 on: March 02, 2013, 10:24:23 pm »
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Re: Once more over the cliff
« Reply #19 on: March 02, 2013, 10:59:10 pm »
On the flip side Boner said no rich tax increases
So where will we get the money then.  The deficit isn't caused by SS or medicare so realistically that all comes from defense seeing that's half our budget.
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Re: Once more over the cliff
« Reply #20 on: March 02, 2013, 11:32:25 pm »
A good chunk of the cuts are coming from the Defense budget(which I see as somewhat of a silver lining).


Great article in explaining the sequester.
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Re: Once more over the cliff
« Reply #21 on: March 02, 2013, 11:51:06 pm »
Meanwhile, in congress...

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Re: Once more over the cliff
« Reply #22 on: March 02, 2013, 11:58:31 pm »
Quote from: Empress Nicki on March 02, 2013, 11:32:25 pm
A good chunk of the cuts are coming from the Defense budget(which I see as somewhat of a silver lining).


Great article in explaining the sequester.
Okay why are we cutting medicare again that does NOTHING
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Re: Once more over the cliff
« Reply #23 on: March 03, 2013, 12:00:39 am »
Because......why not?
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Re: Once more over the cliff
« Reply #24 on: March 03, 2013, 12:01:23 am »
Because the sequester was supposed to be something unlivable for both sides of the aisle so they would compromise back in '11.
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Re: Once more over the cliff
« Reply #25 on: March 03, 2013, 12:27:50 am »
Because we're a special kind of stupid...
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Re: Once more over the cliff
« Reply #26 on: March 03, 2013, 12:37:49 am »
Because the negotiations failed harder than the stock market in 1929.
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Re: Once more over the cliff
« Reply #27 on: March 03, 2013, 02:02:55 am »
Because some people just want to watch the world burn...
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Re: Once more over the cliff
« Reply #28 on: March 03, 2013, 02:08:03 am »
Because we all touch ourselves at night
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Re: Once more over the cliff
« Reply #29 on: March 03, 2013, 04:55:01 am »
Because you're worth it.
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