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Battletard
 Post subject: Politics LOLitics!
PostPosted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:07 am  
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http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/0 ... tml?hpt=T2


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Kerry-Lugar-Berman Act


Shitlisted.

I love my country, but I hate most of the fucks that are ruining it. I don't understand how all this spending in other nations can be justified, ESPECIALLY right now. We are in NO position to be doing this.

It is frustrating as hell to have these powerful wealthy and important people in closed doors, private meetings taking place, shaking hands and nodding and authorizing this stuff.

Why wasn't this Kerry-Lugar-Berman act under the media's microscope before the resolution passed?


This angers me so much.

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Needhelp
 Post subject: Re: Politics LOLitics!
PostPosted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:39 am  
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Battletard wrote:
This angers me so much.

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Eturnalshift
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This is what happens when you put dumbs in power.

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Weena
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The projects will be funded by the Kerry-Lugar-Berman Act that authorizes $7.5 billion in development aid to Pakistan over the next five years.


The fuck?

I bet a lot of people are glad their taxes go to near asinine shit.

These Middle-Eastern countries are holes in the desert that we're throwing resources into.

"Ok we aren't such things and birds are pretty advanced. They fly and shit from anywhere they want. While we sit on our automatic toilets, they're shitting on people and my car while a cool breeze tickles their anus. That's the life."
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Eturnalshift
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Why wasn't this Kerry-Lugar-Berman act under the media's microscope before the resolution passed?

This IS the most transparent administration ever, ya know...
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Laelia
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Eturnalshift wrote:
This is what happens when you put dumbs in power.

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It's probably relevant to note that the current US deficit is about $1.5 trillion per year, and this bill works out to $1.5 billion per year - ie. 0.1% of the deficit. Whether or not you like foreign aid spending, cutting it would have almost no effect on the deficit.
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Laelia wrote:
Eturnalshift wrote:
This is what happens when you put dumbs in power.

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It's probably relevant to note that the current US deficit is about $1.5 trillion per year, and this bill works out to $1.5 billion per year - ie. 0.1% of the deficit. Whether or not you like foreign aid spending, cutting it would have almost no effect on the deficit.



lots of tiny holes will sink a boat.

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Eturnalshift
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I'm pretty sure this bill and the unknown number of bills which waste money on stupid shit help contribute to the upward climb of this graph. And we thought Bush had a spending problem... Dumbs in office do as dumbs do.
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Laelia
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Usdk wrote:
lots of tiny holes will sink a boat.


Perhaps, but there are much bigger holes that have much more significant impacts on the budget than foreign aid.

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I'm pretty sure this bill and the unknown number of bills which waste money on stupid shit help contribute to the upward climb of this graph. And we thought Bush had a spending problem... Dumbs in office do as dumbs do.


It depends what you define as "wasting money on stupid shit", but it is accurate to say that spending that exceeds revenue is what causes deficits. Of course the revenue side of the equation is pretty important too - allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire would have a huge impact on the deficit by itself.

Here's a breakdown of the US federal budget.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010 ... udget.html


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Eturnalshift
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So, Obama could really let the Bush tax cuts go to the wayside... and actually do something to repair the economy... and bring the wars to an end and then he'll fix the deficit...

...soon after he expands government, increases entitlements, doesn't fix illegal aliens flooding the country and enacts other costly legislation?
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Usdk
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Obama had the house and the senate for an entire year, and didn't do anything with it.

except a bastardized version of his original health care plan.


grats bama.

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Normalcy was coined by a president during his speech, i don't remember whom.

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quadtard wrote:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/100719/oddities/us_politics_offbeat_language_islam_palin

would you rather have mras shakespeare?


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Laelia
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Usdk wrote:
Obama had the house and the senate for an entire year, and didn't do anything with it.

except a bastardized version of his original health care plan.


grats bama.


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Quick Summary of 2009 Progressive Victories (more explanation below)

Three major health bills (SCHIP, tobacco regulation, and stimulus funds for Medicaid, COBRA subsidies, health information technology and the National Institutes of Health) enacted even before comprehensive reform
Stimulus contained myriad other individual policy victories, not only preventing a far worse depression but also:
Delivered key new funds for education
Expanded state energy conservation programs and new transit programs
Added new smart grid investments
Funded high-speed Internet broadband programs
Extended unemployment insurance for up to 99 weeks for the unemployed and modernizing state UI programs to cover more of the unemployed
Made large new investments in the safety net, from food stamps (SNAP) to affordable housing to child care
Clean cars victory to take gas mileage requirements to 35mpg
Protection of 2 million acres of land against oil and gas drilling and other development
Executive orders protecting labor rights, from project labor agreements to protecting rights of contractor employees on federal jobs
Stopping pay discrimination through Lilly Ledbetter and Equal Pay laws
Making it easier for airline and railway workers to unionize, while appointing NLRB and other labor officials who will strengthen freedom to form unions
Reversing Bush ban on funding overseas family planning clinics
Passing hate crimes protections for gays and lesbians
Protecting stem cell research research
Strengthening state authority and restricting federal preemption to protect state consumer, environmental and labor laws
Financial reforms to protect homeowners and credit card holders
Bailing out the auto industry and protecting unionized retirees and workers

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/11/30/progressives_and_obama_are_doing_better_than_we_th/index.php

You may not think these are good accomplishments, but they aren't "nothing".
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