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Ezekiel 7:19 (New American Standard Bible)Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation wrote:
They will fling their silver into the streets and their gold will become an abhorrent thing; their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetite nor can they fill their stomachs, for their iniquity has become an occasion of stumbling.
Hypocrisy is all that counts. Obama never claimed to be a fiscal conservative.thegreekdog wrote:Apart from my issue with the spending (by far my biggest issue with all this pork-barrel nonsense), is the complete lack of attention this gets from the media and potential voters. No one seems to really care about a balanced budget now that President Obama is in office. During President Bush's tenure, people were all over him for his reckless spending (and rightfully so). Now, we here nary a word from MSNBC and the like. When President Bush was overspending I heard nothing except "Where are his Republican values" and "What an idiot," etc., etc. I don't hear that right now. It's bothersome. Not as bothersome as the spending itself, but bothersome nonetheless.
No, but his supporters attacked President Bush for spending. Are they criticizing President Obama for spending? That question is my point.InkL0sed wrote:Hypocrisy is all that counts. Obama never claimed to be a fiscal conservative.thegreekdog wrote:Apart from my issue with the spending (by far my biggest issue with all this pork-barrel nonsense), is the complete lack of attention this gets from the media and potential voters. No one seems to really care about a balanced budget now that President Obama is in office. During President Bush's tenure, people were all over him for his reckless spending (and rightfully so). Now, we here nary a word from MSNBC and the like. When President Bush was overspending I heard nothing except "Where are his Republican values" and "What an idiot," etc., etc. I don't hear that right now. It's bothersome. Not as bothersome as the spending itself, but bothersome nonetheless.
Yes, I've heard the "spend your way out of bankruptcy" argument before. Why don't you try it with your own finances, and prove that it works. I blame all the previous presidents for the 11trillion obama was faced with when he took office. When he doubles or tripples it to 20 or 30 trillion in the next 4 years...then I will blame him for the vast majority of it....Titanic wrote:Your blaming Obama for the US public debt? Try looking at Reagon, Bush Sr and Bush Jr before you start your hypocritical crap. Btw, if you looked at history you'll realise that a democrat spending big to help reduce the deficit that previous republicans created actually helps in the long run.
What a stupid thing to say.bedub1 wrote:I always knew he wanted to destroy America.
No worries, there's a solution.2dimes wrote:This time gold might not be the answer.Ezekiel 7:19 (New American Standard Bible)Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation wrote: They will fling their silver into the streets and their gold will become an abhorrent thing; their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetite nor can they fill their stomachs, for their iniquity has become an occasion of stumbling.

saxitoxin wrote:Your position is more complex than the federal tax code. As soon as I think I understand it, I find another index of cross-references, exceptions and amendments I have to apply.
Timminz wrote:Yo mama is so classless, she could be a Marxist utopia.
Its not spending your way out of bankruptcy, thats trivialising the detail. The money spent actually sorts out what is wrong in the budget to reduce escalating costs and remove unnecessary costs (what Clinton did in his first term very successfully). It wont ork with m personal finances because my money I spend is nothing like a federal budget or national economy, the comparison is totally irrelevant. Doubling or tripling it in 4 years, how about some logic and rationality?bedub1 wrote:Yes, I've heard the "spend your way out of bankruptcy" argument before. Why don't you try it with your own finances, and prove that it works. I blame all the previous presidents for the 11trillion obama was faced with when he took office. When he doubles or tripples it to 20 or 30 trillion in the next 4 years...then I will blame him for the vast majority of it....Titanic wrote:Your blaming Obama for the US public debt? Try looking at Reagon, Bush Sr and Bush Jr before you start your hypocritical crap. Btw, if you looked at history you'll realise that a democrat spending big to help reduce the deficit that previous republicans created actually helps in the long run.
If you had an ounce of sense you would realise that every major European country is indeed following the same path as Obama, what is really bankrupting the USA in fact is a devotion to ignorance and partisan politics, you are a shining example of this.bedub1 wrote:Yes, I've heard the "spend your way out of bankruptcy" argument before. Why don't you try it with your own finances, and prove that it works. I blame all the previous presidents for the 11trillion obama was faced with when he took office. When he doubles or tripples it to 20 or 30 trillion in the next 4 years...then I will blame him for the vast majority of it....Titanic wrote:Your blaming Obama for the US public debt? Try looking at Reagon, Bush Sr and Bush Jr before you start your hypocritical crap. Btw, if you looked at history you'll realise that a democrat spending big to help reduce the deficit that previous republicans created actually helps in the long run.
I don't think the construction of gas guzzlers was due to President Bush, so much as the demand for "gas guzzlers" by the American people. I'm unaware of any tax credit or environmental law that encourages the manufacture of gas guzzlers, so I think you're pretty much wrong here. Maybe you wanted to say that the lack of tax credits and environmental laws prohibiting gas guzzlers was the cause of this. Even that is incorrect, because American car companies lost money because of factors other than when they had an electric car or not. I think you need to read some more maybe.AAFitz wrote:Hes bailing out auto companies, one of which crushed their fully functional electric car, and convinced to build bigger gas guzzlers through a series of tax laws and environmental laws...all thanks to your buddy bush...whos buddies made out quite well by this...as they turned record profits...got paid to pretend to look for alternatives, and will never pay the taxes on those billions that they fleeced.
President Obama pays for nothing, you do through taxes. That's the first thing. But, you're right, it wasn't his mistake. It wasn't my mistake either, but I'm paying for it. It wasn't your mistake, but you're paying for it. We're all paying for something that wasn't our fault, it was the companies' respective faults. Therefore, they should be paying for it. At least, that's my view on the subject.AAFitz wrote:So yes... obama is paying for that... but it wasnt his mistake.
That's ridiculous as well. They built gas guzzlers when there was no demand.thegreekdog wrote:I don't think the construction of gas guzzlers was due to President Bush, so much as the demand for "gas guzzlers" by the American people.AAFitz wrote:Hes bailing out auto companies, one of which crushed their fully functional electric car, and convinced to build bigger gas guzzlers through a series of tax laws and environmental laws...all thanks to your buddy bush...whos buddies made out quite well by this...as they turned record profits...got paid to pretend to look for alternatives, and will never pay the taxes on those billions that they fleeced.
Spazz Arcane wrote:If birds could swim and fish could fly I would awaken in the morning to the sturgeons cry. If fish could fly and birds could swim I'd still use worms to fish for them.
saxitoxin wrote:I'm on Team GabonX
Yes.GabonX wrote:Have you ever been to America Snorri?