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Date Posted: 04:40:13 04/08/10 Thu
Author: Jeffman
Subject: Re: Campaign finance report quarterly is in.
In reply to: Shirley 's message, "Re: Campaign finance report quarterly is in." on 13:04:41 04/06/10 Tue

There were plenty of people complaining about the Bush spending. Especially the Democrats at the time but they arent complaining now that its their own party spending. Sooner or later this administration has to quit blaming Bush for stuff. Bush is not making them spend money. Obama expanded the war in Afghanistan not Bush.... so you cant lay that on Bush right now.

As far as the unemployment benefits.... Someone has to start making this congress pay for things. We continue down a road that leads to fiscal bankruptsy but everyone is sticking their heads in the sand and hoping it will get better on its own. This particular administration is far outspending the Bush admin even when you consider the war costs. And they arent showing any signs of letting up. When not if.. WHEN interest rates go back up a HUGE portion of everything coming in will be to service the debt that is being added to daily. The only reason no one is feeling the pain now is because the interest rates are near zero. That means that if the interest rates go up even a fraction of a whole number the interest payments double or more.

Im not blaming any one party.... this is an ongoing spending spreee that has to be brought to an end or we will bring on an actual depression and it will be self imposed.

>I agree that congress has to reign in spending,
>however, the most egregious spending took place under
>Bush. Did you hear anyone complaining when he got two
>UNFUNDED tax cuts? How about the UNFUNDED
>Prescription Drug Plan? How about two wars whose
>costs were kept off the books by listing them as
>supplementals.
>
> That said, Jeff, if you were in the shoes of a newly
>laid off person (and there were over 200,000), how
>would you feel about Coburn's actions?
>
>Personally, I'd like to see earmarks done away with.
>If a congress person has to rely on those in order to
>get reelected, what does it say about him/her? I'd
>also like to see mandatory public financing of
>elections with strict limits. I'm not so naive as to
>believe that will ever happen since congress makes the
>laws but it's one way of getting rid of special
>interests.

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