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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 11:05 AM Original message |
CHART OF THE DAY: If Congress Does Nothing, The Deficit Will Disappear |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
1. That might be why the GOP is in such a hurry to kill medicare |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Congress has let it get out of hand. |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Exactly. They want to privatize it the way they privatized the Army Corps of Engineers, and |
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John Paul Jones (126 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
3. If they had done no thing, we wouldn't be in the fix we are in now. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
4. I like that 'if Congress does nothing!' If only! |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. ROFL! |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. So the current exercises in further savaging the 95% are unnecessary? |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. K&R n/t |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
8. Which is why Congress will take affirmative action |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
9. Sure, but the wealthy will have to pay their taxes again before this could take place. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. We will all have to pay more taxes. |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. No offense, but so? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. I agree. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 10:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. I agree too! n/t |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 08:00 AM Response to Reply #13 |
27. I realize that. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
10. K&R! |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yeah, but Medicare as we know it would vanish |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 04:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Well the deficit is largely due to increased health care costs. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Most specialties have no choice but to take Medicare patients |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 07:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I was thinking about the general practicioners. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 10:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Yes, as I wrote, GPs should be raised |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
12. K&R |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
15. Thanks Manny for bringing this post to our attention- |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. No problem. When I saw it my head exploded. |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. My head has not stopped exploding since 2001 (SCOTUS/Bush) |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 10:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Your arguement uses a malformed axiom. |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
26. The worst thing Obama did was EXTENDING BUSH TAX CUTS in order |
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