Spending Cuts - Please note the reasons

Defense: $2 trillion divides Obama and Romney CNN Money: "The United States is by far the biggest spender on defense -- accounting for 41% of worldwide military expenditures in 2011, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Indeed, last year Americans spent more than all the other countries in the top 10 list combined, including five times more than China, the No. 2 spender. U.S. spends more on defense than any other country, and the defense budget would b ...

Fiscal Cliff Bill Heads to House for Approval "It shouldn't have taken this long to come to an agreement, and this shouldn't be the model for how we do things around here," said Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who negotiated the agreement with Vice President Joe Biden. By ANDREW TAYLOR | Tuesday, Jan 1, 2013 | Updated 5:02 AM CST Getty Images U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrives for a closed-door meeting with Senate Democrats to urge ...

This is a little long, but I only posted part of it here. The first part explains the discretionary and mandatory spending terms. It then goes on to discuss the budget reduction and national deficit issues at stake when Congress tackles them in march. The Mr. Petersen of this foundation is a long-time budget hawk, one of our proud set of America-produced billionaires, who is very concerned about our nation's finances and debt. He was also Sec of Commerce in the Nixon administration. ...

$604,000 on bottled water? Apparently no drinking fountains in congress, hey? Just some interesting (infuriating) numbers here! http://www.aolnews.com/house-money/article/congress-spent-604000-on-bottled-water-397000-on-catering/19541719 ...

voice therapy for transgenders. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the public sits on tarmacs waiting to take off. But take heart!! They leave the engines on while you wait an hour and a half or more - that way they can pollute the environment without even going anywhere! Way to go, Barry. ...

I might be the only one, but this leaves a bad taste in my mouth. The amount of money spent campaigning in this country is ridiculous. And for what? Do those ads even do anything? Do they change peoples' minds? I don't think they do. All they ever seem to me is a childish tit-for-tat that makes us all look stupid. It just feels like both sides are trying to create the ultimate Hollywood film, and whoever's movie is better wins the prize. I'm aw ...

Original thread is getting pretty far down and I am curious because I have yet to hear a politican other than Mitch Daniels bring up this issue without screaming about killing grandma or using death panels. When Medicare spends 25% of it's resources on end of life treatment then it's time for everyone to discuss this issue in a reasonable fashion. Personally, and as one who is on Medicare, I feel that everyone who applies should have to include their advanced directives whi ...

This is the biggest spike in health care spending since 1980 and not just reported by "Faux" News (hate to disappoint y'all)... Take your pick of links: http://news.investors.com/politics-obamacare/043014-698989-gdp-01-gain-health-care-spending-jumps-on-obamacare.htm http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20140430/NEWS/304309965/reform-update-new-economic-data-suggest-spike-in-health-spending http://www.californiahealthline.org/articles/2014/5/1/health-care-spending-up-by-99-reach ...

many of you voted for Trump is because you said he wouldn't owe any favors to anyone. Well folks, six of his new appointees contributed 12 million dollars to his campaign. So much for his self-funding. If Jack the Ripper were alive and had been able to contribute a million he probably would have appointed him to head Health and Human Services. ...

Salary of the US President...$400,000. Salary of retired US Presidents...$180,000. Salary of House/Senate...$174,000. Salary of Speaker of House...$223,500....Salary of Majority/Minority Leaders...$193,400..........Average US Salary...$33,000 to $77,000. HELLO! I think we found where some cuts should be made! ...

Talk Box: Tax Cut Extension Would Lead to More Borrowing From China 12/7/10 at 01:50 AM // MSNBC's Chuck Todd reported that the framework deal President Obama seems to have reached with Republicans on extending the Bush tax cuts will result in a loss of revenue totaling nearly $450 billion in 2011, more than the cost of the 2009 stimulus while Countdown guest host Sam Seder investigated the huge amounts the U.S. will have to borrow from countries like China, Russia and th ...

Quote from S&P on downgrade: Compared with previous projections, our revised base case scenario now assumes that the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, due to expire by the end of 2012,remain in place. We have changed our assumption on this because the majority of Republicans in Congress continue to resist any measure that would raise revenues, a position we believe Congress reinforced by passing the act. ...

We really need a left/right alliance on the issue of transparency. After looking at some of the posts in the comments section, that may be possible. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/22/dodd-bill-would-allow-fed_n_548588.html ...

There is an official spreadshet of government spending at http://www.fms.treas.gov/mts/MTS.xls. This should be examined before making false claims such as those that come from the right-wing echo chamber of late. This spreadsheet shows that George H.W. Bush spent over $19 trillion during his 2 terms. So far, Obama has spent $1.2 trillion. Hmmmm..... If we take the record back to 1980, the federal government has expended more than $45 trillion. Hhhmmmm.&nb ...

Obama: Let’s spend $2 billion to create 5100 jobs Share301 posted at 11:00 am on July 3, 2010 by Ed Morrissey printer-friendly And I thought Barack Obama’s response to the jobs numbers yesterday was clueless. Obama proposed spending $800 million to create 5,000 jobs, which would install broadband technology where it hasn’t already expanded because of demand, which will cost $160,000 per job. Today, Obama has refined his approach in his weekly address, pr ...

Here's a great NY Times article "Even Critics of Public Safety Net Increasingly Dependent on It." It has a lot of information about what's been happening to incomes (dropping), expenses, and population and an interactive map of US public spending. Note, there's lots of information to support different viewpoints here. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/us/even-critics-of-safety-net-increasingly-depend-on-it.html "One of the oldest criticisms of democracy is that the p ...

Republicans passed it. Democrats were against it because it still included the $85 billion sequester dollars. "The Senate isn't going to accept this bill," Senate Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said during debate. Despite Democratic complaints, the House passed the bill easily in a 267-151 vote in which 53 Democrats supported it, likely because it will help avoid a government shutdown. Just 14 Republicans voted against it. Dems wanted Sequester, now they don't! ...

To those of you who favor Trump and are newspaper subscribers, please look and see if George Will's column is in today's paper. I don't think his conservative credentials can be questioned. He is asking what DT's connections are to Putin and whether DT has business interests in Russia. The only way we will know this is by DT releasing his personal and business tax records. This is very important and even Trump supporters should be interested in getting ...

What we said was; If you think I was being honest with you about health care, you're naive, I only said that you could keep your health care and your doctor to sucker you into voting for me.... PERIOD. I am sorry you are now stuck in this circumstance, but it was more important to get your vote than it was to actually care about your health coverage. Soon you too can go to health care .gov and give your personal data to a hacker or to some unscreened employee who has previously been in pris ...

If someone writes abiout politicians (no matter what party) and are criticizing politicians and issues, policies, etc it stays. Period! Quit reporting posts because you don't like what people with opposing views of yours write. When people post about what republican or democrats are doing they are obviously not talking about posters here. So to make it simple...if you comment or ridicule other posters on this board your post will be gone, if you talk about politicians, policie ...

The verdict is out on flu shots. Many medical experts now agree it is more important to protect yourself and your family from the flu vaccine than the flu itself. Let’s take a look at the reasons behind this verdict: 1.) There is a total lack of real evidence that young children even benefit from flu shots. A systematic review of 51 studies involving 260,000 children age 6 to 23 months found no evidence that the flu vaccine is any more effective than a placebo. Also the shots are on ...

5 Reasons Illegal Immigrants Shouldn't Be Given American Citizenship John Hawkins Over the last few months most conservatives have quite naturally been distracted by Barack Obama's frightening incompetence, his elephantine spending, and his zealous attempts to swallow as much of the private sector as the government beast can stuff down its gaping maw. But while the cat's away, the mice will play. The little feet you may have been hearing pitter-patter back into the public square ...

communists should be no where near being a host on a TV station that some people actually think is news. Or any TV station for that matter. She would, however, be very popular in North Korea, China, etc. Trying to pass off the notion that kids belong to the community and not to the parents. Um, sorry...that would be a huge WRONG! Other people's kids are not my responsiblity or my communities responsibility. One of the proofs that communism does not work. If s ...

Looking over the posts on the political board, I am stunned by the vitriolic posts. For the top office in the land, we are hiring someone for 4 years. We are the interviewer and the employer. We don't have to like the person, don't have to eat holiday dinner with the person, don't even have to watch the person on TV. We have 2 contenders, one will hold the office. That person has to know how to do the job and how to get congress (which is way more crucial than the president) to ...

At 3:40 p.m., the vote was 54-6 in favor. They need 6 votes to pass. We shall see. Voting against it so far is Birgaman (D), Feingold (D), Leahy (D), Udal (D)l, Sanders(I) , and Gillibrand (D). ...

Extending the Bush tax cuts: Human nature? Of all the coverage of the debate over whether or not to extend the Bush tax cuts, and there is plenty today, given that the White House appears to be quietly giving ground to Republicans on extending the tax cuts temporarily, today's money quote comes via Howard Kurtz over at The Daily Beast. He quotes former President George W. Bush communications director Dan Bartlett as saying, "We knew that, politically, once you get [a tax cut] into la ...

"here’s what the public said about the Bush tax cuts, according to the exit polls last month: 40 percent said to continue ALL of the cuts, 36 percent said to continue them for families who earn less than $250,000 a year, and an additional 15 percent said to expire them for all. So a majority -- 51 percent -- backed either the Democratic position or wants all the cuts to expire." ...

So far, 211 yea, 173 nay. Mostly partisan votes. 13 dems Nay, 2 pubs yea. ...

Tax hikes for the rich: Can the economy afford them? By Jeanne Sahadi, senior writerJuly 26, 2010: 3:15 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Would making the rich pay higher taxes next year hurt the economy? That question underlines one of the trickiest fiscal questions facing Washington policymakers: What to do about the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts, which are set to expire at the end of the year. President Obama wants to let the cuts lapse for joint tax filers who make at leas ...

If you don't think they should be encoded for all future American generations, ad infinitum, then don't vote for Romney. ...

Spending Cuts - Please note the reasons

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