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27. "President Barack Obama says avoiding the deep cuts"

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Fri Mar 1, 2013, 03:25 PM

Mar 2013

When Congress agreed on automatic slash-and-burn spending cuts in 2011—if no big bipartisan deficit reduction package could be achieved—the cuts were designed to be so unpalatable that Republicans and Democrats would feel compelled to concoct a better deal to replace them. President Barack Obama says avoiding the deep cuts, called sequestration in DC-speak, should be a "no-brainer." But Republicans are increasingly saying the sequester won't be so bad. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) said Thursday that the $85 billion in cuts "would really help a long way and get us on a sustainable fiscal path."

12 Ways the Sequester Will Screw the Poor
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/02/budget-cuts-sequester-low-income-poor
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022446153

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Well, the austerity scam worked. Now on to education. [View all] woo me with science Mar 2013 OP

yup Skittles Mar 2013 #1

Yup. We're being bled to death to enrich a priveleged few and all we can ChisolmTrailDem Mar 2013 #2

Perfectly said Rider3 Mar 2013 #51

Bled to death in every way. So true. Look at what we pay for drugs, food, loudsue Mar 2013 #61

Yes, we are being harvested. woo me with science Mar 2013 #62

Rahm is =still= working to privatize schools in Chicago, even after the huge teacher's strike! Fire Walk With Me Mar 2013 #3

The people are like ants to them. woo me with science Mar 2013 #10

Obama won and ProSense Mar 2013 #4

...the people lost. woo me with science Mar 2013 #5

Wow, ProSense Mar 2013 #6

Hey Prosense... you quote Howard Dean all of the time MannyGoldstein Mar 2013 #73

It's the next great corporate welfare scam jsr Mar 2013 #7

I remember when the nation had problems to solve. Now we have unsolvable "crises" to frighten us. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2013 #8

Yup. Shock Doctrine woo me with science Mar 2013 #59

Michael Parenti summarizes the 1%'s world view Doctor_J Mar 2013 #9

No one is on our side. Bake Mar 2013 #13

Reminds me of a news item about the game "Monopoly"... rwsanders Mar 2013 #33

And don't forget Chile. madfloridian Mar 2013 #11

Thank you for that link. woo me with science Mar 2013 #43

Chile was the laboratory for restructuring European and now N. American economies and societies leveymg Mar 2013 #64

Even though Friedmanism has failed. n/t duffyduff Mar 2013 #69

That failure was understood in the late '80s when Bush Sr. and the IMF allowed Pinochet to topple leveymg Mar 2013 #76

And along the way, they'll kill the Post Office just for the hell of it. Bake Mar 2013 #12

It isn't much fun watching all this happen in slow motion Blecht Mar 2013 #14

remind us again, who appointed arne duncan and endorses race to the top? nt msongs Mar 2013 #15

It couldn't be one of those from a pay-to-play politicial system, could it? AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #21

Appeared on a panel? I'm more afraid of private meetings. immoderate Mar 2013 #53

Now that's not fair AT ALL. woo me with science Mar 2013 #54

Yup - Hell Hath No Fury Mar 2013 #16

You got it! Drunken Irishman Mar 2013 #19

He is a "New Dem" -- Hell Hath No Fury Mar 2013 #26

Your reality is not reality... Drunken Irishman Mar 2013 #28

Whoa! That was mind blowing! woo me with science Mar 2013 #34

You can't make this stuff up - but you're tryin! Drunken Irishman Mar 2013 #35

"how Obama benefits these cuts" (sic) woo me with science Mar 2013 #39

A lot of rambling and not much said... Drunken Irishman Mar 2013 #40

"Obama hater." woo me with science Mar 2013 #41

OF course you're an Obama hater... Drunken Irishman Mar 2013 #42

There is a VIDEO in the post you are RESPONDING to, that SHOWS Marr Mar 2013 #46

Bullshit. Drunken Irishman Mar 2013 #47

... Marr Mar 2013 #49

I am not talking entitlement reform. Drunken Irishman Mar 2013 #50

You're wasting your time trying to get the Obama-haters to see anything.... OldDem2012 Mar 2013 #58

Obama put the chained cpi on the table. madfloridian Mar 2013 #67

Shhhhh... Hell Hath No Fury Mar 2013 #74

This message was self-deleted by its author Marr Mar 2013 #45

He's a neoliberal duffyduff Mar 2013 #66

"Neoliberal" Hell Hath No Fury Mar 2013 #75

Agreed. Of course, some will continue to say that he's just playing 5-dimensional chess, it's all AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #23

You're pretty slow. Drunken Irishman Mar 2013 #36

When a person such as yourself uses the phrase "diarrhea of the mouth," that indicates that they AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #37

Too bad. Drunken Irishman Mar 2013 #38

You just insulted every single poster you spoke to just1voice Mar 2013 #56

You gona get it now! You said panties. lonestarnot Mar 2013 #57

Should have taken the fiscal cliff in Jan so we at least got a real tax increase on the 1%... on point Mar 2013 #17

You aren't supposed to notice things like that. Egalitarian Thug Mar 2013 #60

K& R MotherPetrie Mar 2013 #18

K & R !!! WillyT Mar 2013 #20

Speculative outrage is the best outrage...nt SidDithers Mar 2013 #22

Yep ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2013 #30

I see the "doomsday" trolls are Iliyah Mar 2013 #24

"Trolls" my ass! markpkessinger Mar 2013 #48

Nonsense! MannyGoldstein Mar 2013 #72

Niccolo Machiavelli tried that by writing "The Prince" and 2naSalit Mar 2013 #78

Thank you for posting this. The links that you included, of course, verify exactly what is said. AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #25

"President Barack Obama says avoiding the deep cuts" ProSense Mar 2013 #27

K&R NorthCarolina Mar 2013 #29

I just called Ron Johnson's office. Staffer says he does not have an AllyCat Mar 2013 #31

The kind of people sulphurdunn Mar 2013 #32

It's the Brittish anti- public school system: Only the rich get educated lindysalsagal Mar 2013 #44

If an agreement had been reached treestar Mar 2013 #52

Obama stabbed students and teachers in the back. I will never forgive him. Orlandodem Mar 2013 #55

Obama has a lot to answer for, and he's never been made to duffyduff Mar 2013 #65

Gangsterism duffyduff Mar 2013 #63

Bullshit. MannyGoldstein Mar 2013 #68

Thanks for setting those "haters" straight, TWM. duffyduff Mar 2013 #70

When Democrats are in charge, yes. nt MannyGoldstein Mar 2013 #71

Education coffers need to be looted shcrane71 Mar 2013 #77

Rec'cing this thread on education. With a big thank you truedelphi Mar 2013 #79

k/r. Sweet list. limpyhobbler Mar 2013 #80

kick woo me with science Mar 2013 #81