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Logical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:29 AM Original message |
Serious Question.....what did the GOP give up in this debt deal? |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. They didn't get to completely destroy the US economy. They'll keep trying though. n/t |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Until November of this year, that is... |
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Dad Infinitum (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. A lot of people are defending this deal as something good for Democrats |
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Logical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. That is why I asked. I really want an answer from someone who is 100% pro-Obama. n-t |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. What's good for us is different from what's bad for Republicans |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
4. Any actual reduction in spending or realistic attempt to decrease long-term debt |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
6. they wanted a balanced budget amendment- |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. They know as well as anybody that they will NEVER get a |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. well, many of us knew as well as anybody that |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
7. If you ever want to be winning |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
8. nothing.....nt |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
9. They gave up the chance to beat Obama next year. |
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Raine1967 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
10. Facts and Myths: |
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Logical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Nothing in there looks like it hurt the GOP! Nothing! n-t |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. "Ensuring that House Republicans could not use the threat of default in just a few months to force" |
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Logical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. So we just delayed the black mail and the GOP has the market tanking now! They are unhappy how? |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. "could not" does not mean "delay" |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Uh, the only person pushing cuts in entitlement programs was the President. n/t |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
12. Large cuts to defense spending |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. No, that's the threat that's supposed to keep the R's at the table. |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
13. They gave up chance to hold nation hostage BEFORE 2012 elections |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Holding the country hostage made them look terrible. |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Then you and the president differ on that n/t |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Yep. And my approval rating isn't tanking. (nt) |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. Good point, they would have created chaos over that nt |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
18. What spending cuts? n/t |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
19. Their darling is very much on the line...military spending |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
20. Here |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. It's all cuts, no revenue. FAIL. |
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great white snark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 03:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. "The deal lays out two paths for further reducing our deficit. Both of them include revenues." |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 06:36 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. "The deal did not include any revenue increases now, but it does lay out a path over thin ice |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
28. They gave up a default and cuts to Social Security and Medicare. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
29. They wanted the US to Default...... |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
33. Read this: |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
34. They didn't get to gut SS, Medicare, and Medicaid, and they had to accept huge military cuts. n/t |
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