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Takket

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10. The debt is exploding not becaquse of the spending...

Reply to HiPointDem (Original post)

Mon Jan 14, 2013, 12:01 AM

Jan 2013

It is because the war on the middle class is destroying the tax base. It's like quitting your job and having no money to pay the bills and after you lose your cable, then electricity, then water, then get evicted, standing on the street corner and saying "if only i hadn't bought that big mac i could have paid my rent".

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Chamber of Commerce head says debt is greatest threat, cuts to social programs needed [View all] HiPointDem Jan 2013 OP

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I don't know but they make me hope there is a God 2pooped2pop Jan 2013 #2

guess it can be looked at that way hollysmom Jan 2013 #7

I would much rather it happen during our life 2pooped2pop Jan 2013 #11

the slowly grinding wheels of justice hollysmom Jan 2013 #13

Newsflash, Mr. Donohue, it's our MILITARY spending that's unsustainable. nt raccoon Jan 2013 #3

Here's a good way to refute Tommy: unhappycamper Jan 2013 #4

The Chambers of Commerce are among the oldest businesses on the planet malaise Jan 2013 #5

The Chamber of Concrete can perform physical impossibilities upon itself. hobbit709 Jan 2013 #6

chamber of commerce is a right wing nut house spanone Jan 2013 #8

There are three main sources of our debt jmowreader Jan 2013 #9

The debt is exploding not becaquse of the spending... Takket Jan 2013 #10

But it was okey-dokey when Dubya caused it. WinkyDink Jan 2013 #12

meanwhile, at the local level, chamber of congress takes $$ from city tax payers to support them Follow The Money Jan 2013 #14