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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts) Wed Mar 13, 2013, 12:48 PM Mar 2013

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President Obama has a balanced plan to reduce the deficit by more than 4 trillion

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President Obama has a balanced plan to reduce the deficit by more than 4 trillion (Original Post) Playinghardball Mar 2013 OP

Including Chained CPI MotherPetrie Mar 2013 #1

with austerity for working families. Warren Stupidity Mar 2013 #2

If it includes cuts to programs that people have earned by working all of their lives.... OldDem2012 Mar 2013 #3

Using GDP predictions 10 years out. NCTraveler Mar 2013 #4

dick cheney: "deficits don't matter". nt msongs Mar 2013 #5

Since when is hurting the elderly, sick and vulnerable "balanced"? forestpath Mar 2013 #6

MotherPetrie

(3,145 posts)

1. Including Chained CPI

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Wed Mar 13, 2013, 12:50 PM

Mar 2013

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)

2. with austerity for working families.

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Wed Mar 13, 2013, 01:04 PM

Mar 2013

The progressive caucus has a plan that does not pay for the excesses of 30 years of plutocratic mismanagement with cuts to social programs that working families have paid into and depend on.

http://bipartisanpolicy.org/blog/2012/03/congressional-progressive-caucus-fiscal-year-2013-budget-details

Say no to austerity. It has failed everywhere it has been imposed.

OldDem2012

(3,526 posts)

3. If it includes cuts to programs that people have earned by working all of their lives....

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Wed Mar 13, 2013, 01:07 PM

Mar 2013

...forget it. There are way too many other programs to cut first.

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)

4. Using GDP predictions 10 years out.

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Wed Mar 13, 2013, 01:16 PM

Mar 2013

That's funny. I would like to see those predictions.

msongs

(73,754 posts)

5. dick cheney: "deficits don't matter". nt

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Wed Mar 13, 2013, 02:20 PM

Mar 2013

forestpath

(3,102 posts)

6. Since when is hurting the elderly, sick and vulnerable "balanced"?

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Wed Mar 13, 2013, 02:21 PM

Mar 2013

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