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whats congress doing

Posted 10 months ago|4 comments|328 views
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softbabe44
Vancouver, WA
We have heard about the debt ceiling this is step by step weather and when they reach a compromise weather it's almost I think maybe they run this just to keep up with what their doing also I think they wanna go half or they go all the way republicans want one thing democrats want something that is light and easy on the pocket book which I can see both sides point in the right direction somebody wants something for something if we don 't give in they don't either we still back where we started trying to come to some type of agreement now I have a feeling that we go really deep we are talking social security ssi, Medicare Medicaid gau grants welfare cuts in unemployment back to the food banks alot of jobs on the chopping block food stamps no jobs added alot of people in the unemployment lines people using their savings because they aren't making enough loss of college money college tuition going up things will really get tough for everybody and everything pay cuts to keep your job having to pay for your own medical cause the employers can no longer afford it which will get very hard the family's will not be able to even afford that it possibly could open the door for the recession to really hit us harder then it has we thought it was hard then it will be a alot worse and there is n o way of knowing how its gonna end up cause we don't have all those answers as of yet hopefully the right things will get done to help alot of people.
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Altruist
Altruist
Eugene, OR
10 months ago: The trouble is that Social Security didn't add a dime to the deficit or the debt. What caused most of the National Debt was that Republicans gave away huge tax cuts to the rich while increasing military spending. Reagan tripled the National Debt and Bush doubled it. They simply refused to pay for what they bought with increased taxes, and put it on the credit card.

Now after creating 3/4ths of the debt and the deficit Republicans are blaming the old and infirm and are willing to throw them out in the street and willing to cause an economic disaster that will be worse than the last disaster they created, just because they refuse to raise taxes on the rich. 80% of the people want taxes raised on the rich to pay off the debt that they benefited from. Taxes are lower than they have been for 60 years.

We have a revenue problem not a spending problem. When Bush got in and we had $250 surpluses revenue was 20.6% of GDP now it is only 14.4%
The rich are only paying 17% Historically during times of war they paid 90%. Now 2/3rds of the corporations pay no taxes at all.

We have a revenue problem and the Republicans are intentionally destroying the economy because they think people will blame Obama for what they did.

Are people that stupid?

10 months ago: Al is.
10 months ago: Hey Albert? Who gave G.E. all of that green jobs money and turned around and ZEROed their taxes? Could it be? Your Guy? Your party? Your Team?

Funny how you blame the conservatives for that. Please post some truth.
Altruist
Altruist
Eugene, OR
10 months ago: That is why I disagree with so much that Obama has done. GE offsourced many of their jobs and Obama named their CEO as head of the council in charge of creating jobs! http://island-adv.com/2011/03/liberals-p...

Most of the guys he appointed are the same Wall Street types that destroyed the economy. He needs to start putting people in power that actually are willing to fight for the people like Elizabeth Warren. Instead he snubbed her http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/20...

The conservatives are doing just fine at wrecking the country they don't need more help. The corporate lobbying means that the people have no say only the corporations like GE and the rich will benefit until we get money out of politics.

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