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And, now

By santeewelding ·
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I see this:

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/federal-retirement-plans-costly-social-security/story?id=14628672

No way, on top of everything else, do I see us coming out the other side without serious upheaval and hurt. Just, no way.

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Glad

by boxfiddler Moderator In reply to And, now

I got outta that racket.

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Don't heave up

by AnsuGisalas In reply to And, now

Buckle down
Collectively.
Or is that Communism again? I always forget...

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What is it I've been criticized for over all these years?

by maxwell edison In reply to And, now

(Not criticized by you, Santee)

Oh yeah, advocating smaller federal government; wanting a fiscally responsible federal government; less accumulation of federal debt; fewer government employees; fewer federal government departments; pay and benefits for government employees that's on par with the private sector; banning government unions; etc.

Geesh! What's next? Signing bonuses paid by the federal government to states that recruit the most people and sign them up for the federal food stamp program?

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Cutting room floor

by santeewelding In reply to What is it I've been crit ...

This sentence, which I elected not to include, thinking it would be too obvious:

"If anything, Max has not been strong enough with his protestations."

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Part of the problem...

by AnsuGisalas In reply to Cutting room floor

Both wings have had their very own pet spendings, and neither has been able to trust that the other wing will cut justly, or in prudence, even - so both sides just clamp down their jaws hard and try to block all cuts to own projects.

Y'all need to cull the fringes. If Obama has any nuts at all he'll make a call for responsible lawmakers to get together across the divide, and shut out the irresponsible ones on both sides.
But politicians can't really fix it, they only caused it, after all.

Your everyday citizens have to do exactly the same. Get over the little differences, and concentrate on the big issues, and forget all the "divide and conquer" BS you've been pipe-fed for 50+ years.

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We are rapidly approaching the day. . . . .

by maxwell edison In reply to And, now

..... (if we're not already there), when I can say, I told you so. But over all this time, I was actually hoping that I would end up being wrong.

**** and Hand Basket come to mind. But where is the point of no return? In front of us or behind?

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Behind

by santeewelding In reply to We are rapidly approachin ...

The front stretches farther than the eye can see.

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Indeed it does, but the front door is open as can be

by Regnad Kcin In reply to Behind

just created a new ID and it seems very bot friendly.

MJ

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And then posted to the wrong thread

by Michael Jay In reply to Indeed it does, but the f ...

But you get the point, I think.

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Third eye?

by scndtnr In reply to Indeed it does, but the f ...

Look out for Mr. Rococo...

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