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chelsea0011 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:50 PM Original message |
Didn't we have Medicare, Medicade, and Social Security the last time we had a balanced budget? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. I don't believe we had any wars going at the time either.. |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. you know you are right now that you mention it. funny how no one ever brings that up |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Elephant in the room |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 06:08 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. how odd that a program that we pay into and get out of is a black hole |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. Those are the drivers of the future budget breakers. That is why we are talking about raising el |
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chelsea0011 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 06:01 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Pelosi is right, though, that these programs should be dealt with as separate items |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 09:53 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. You really think they will? |
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chelsea0011 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Oh no. Certainly not now. |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. There is one other thing that is different |
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The Gunslinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. We now have two Bush wars, and Bush tax cuts for the wealthy. |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 06:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. +1 |
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alc (649 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. SS had a surplus then |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-13-11 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
12. Of course. To have them in the deficit conversation simply means |
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