Healthcare, Education, Energy-top priorities in the budget, which

[babylonsister]

will be huge. Do you think we should go for it, or take the rethug mantra of not spending a thing? How about Kent Conrad, who is trying to half this budget.

I think Americans like these positions. I do.

Here's Kent Conrad:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/24/AR2009032403493.html?hpid=topnews

Democrats Take Knife To Obama's Budget
Billions Targeted to Bring Deficits Down


And here is Grassley:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5323732

Chuck Grassley now supports an across-the-board freeze on federal spending for 3 years

[OhioChick]

1. If we don't tackle health care now, we never will. n/t

[babylonsister]

7. And that's why President Obama thinks it's so important. For

too many years it's been addressed on the fringes. Let's just do it.

[silverojo]

9. But if he TOUCHES Medicare, string him up by his balls

He's already talking about making the elderly pay higher co-pays, and having Medicare pay less so that "other insurance" has to pay more.

I like many of his positions, but on this one, I truly fear his "health care reform" could be like Clinton's "welfare reform": A nice way of saying, "@#$% the poor!" :scared:

[babylonsister]

10. Do you honestly think

Obama would do anything with the intent of screwing the poor? Come on. That's so not what he's about.

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[PDJane]

3. A spending freeze is bound to make the recession

into the great depression. We need, and badly, to rethink our way of life. We need a new paradigm. We need to understand that this depression will go hand in hand with the ecology. We need to forget manufactured food. We need to find ways to help the earth sustain us and to make birth control free and desirable across the globe.

This business of bombing millions of people is a lousy method of birth control.

[babylonsister]

5. No war was even brought up, or the cost. How weird is that?

And fwiw, I think we're not bombing millions anymore, though it hasn't stopped.

OK, how 'bout this?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/13/us-national-security-obama-administration

Obama takes US closer to total ban on cluster bombs

[rucky]

4. Let's compromise...

and cut defense by 25%

[babylonsister]

6. I'm in. Seriously. nt

[babylonsister]

8. No opinions on DU? nt

[leftofthedial]

11. I think we MUST address those three issues

They are WAY more important than dumping trainloads of money on securities and commodities speculators.