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   From: me4guns@verizon.removeme.this2.nospam.net   
      
   "MarkA"  wrote in message   
   news:pan.2013.03.08.14.58.23.503271@nowhere.invalid...   
   > On Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:02:24 +0000, Gray Guest wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Having an off day, GG?  That's a pretty lame reply, even for you.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> So there is NO area in government where they are doing things that they   
   >>>> are not actually authorized by the Consitution, are wasteful, are   
   >>>> destructive to the general welfare and there are no instances of waste   
   >>>> fraud and abuse?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> In short it is not possible to cut spending even 1 penny, in fact it is   
   >>>> not possible that the government cannot stop increasing in size and   
   >> scope?   
   >>>> And that we must keep spending far more than we raise in revenues and   
   >>>> continue to mire the country in debt and rob our children and   
   >>>> grandchildren of any possibility of properity.   
   >>>   
   >>> When did I *ever* say *any* of those things?  Of course there is waste   
   >>> in the government, just like there is waste at my local grocery store.   
   >>> And, I applaud efforts to evaluate programs for their need and   
   >>> efficiency, and making changes where appropriate.  (Like THAT ever   
   >>> happens!  Isn't there still some tax on the books that was passed to   
   >>> finance the Spanish-American war?) However, to think that we can   
   >>> eliminate the   
   >> deficit   
   >>> by cutting programs is ridiculous. The GOP's slavish adherence to the   
   >> idea   
   >>> that we must never raise taxes under any circumstances is absurd, and   
   >> only   
   >>> serves the interests of the ultra-wealthy, at the expense of everyone   
   >>> else.  It's pretty much the opposite of "punishing...honest and hard   
   >>> working people", as you claim.   
   >>>   
   >>> In other news, my 23 year old son was looking through our collection of   
   >>> recorded movies last night, and decided to re-watch "Aliens".  I wasn't   
   >>> really paying attention, but when I heard Sigourney Weaver say, "We'll   
   >>> nuke it from orbit.  It's the only way to be sure.", it made me think of   
   >>> you.  Gruesome, eh?   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >> You voted for the ass hat who says it. You support the ass hats that say   
   >> it. You own it.   
   >   
   > Just because I voted for Obama, twice, doesn't mean that I'm obliged to   
   > agree with everything he says and does.  Nor do I ever recall hearing him   
   > say that there's no waste in government.  I   
      
   Well, he may not have said it, but with a need to cut some $85 Billion or   
   some 1.3% of the $3.5 Trillion dollar budget Obama sure can't seem to find   
   any waste to cut.   
      
   Seriously if he can't find 1.3% of the budget that is waste....then he's   
   clearly not looking.   
      
   I mean heck Medicare fraud alone costs us some $60 Billion dollars a year.   
   Assuming you could cut that by 2/3 that's almost half of the needed cuts   
   right there and you're not needed to eliminate one penny yet from programs   
   or benefits.   
      
   Sorry, but Obama clearly either can't find or doesn't care about government   
   waste. Hell his whole principle of government is to simply throw more money   
   at it and hope that fixes the problem.   
      
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