Which is the bigger problem facing the government?
L.A. Times
2013/01/02 15:35:58
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The House voted Tuesday to roll back income tax increases on the vast majority of Americans, finalizing a deal on the so-called fiscal cliff after weeks of gridlock. The approval, in a session that stretched late into the New Year's holiday, came after hours of closed-door debate among Republicans, with conservatives threatening to derail a bill that had overwhelmingly passed the Senate in the early hours of the morning.
The final tally, 257 to 167, included support from 172 of the chamber's Democrats and just 85 of the majority Republicans, far fewer than half. The vote divided House GOP leaders, with the second- and third-ranking Republicans, Eric Cantor of Virginia and Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield, among the 151 in their party voting no. Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), casting a rare vote, and Rep. Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.), the House Budget Committee chairman and 2012 vice presidential nominee, voted in favor.
The final tally, 257 to 167, included support from 172 of the chamber's Democrats and just 85 of the majority Republicans, far fewer than half. The vote divided House GOP leaders, with the second- and third-ranking Republicans, Eric Cantor of Virginia and Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield, among the 151 in their party voting no. Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), casting a rare vote, and Rep. Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.), the House Budget Committee chairman and 2012 vice presidential nominee, voted in favor.
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RTHTGakaRoland 2013/01/02 20:45:53
THAT'S what ALL this spending is about - the rest is meaningless in light of the huge amount of American treasure turned into weapons for sale and stockpiling - weapons for wars that can never be fought - weapons to fill up the planet.
Unbelievable.
The mentality underlying this attitude among the far right toward the president is some of the ugliest stuff I've seen. It's not specifically racism - although I do believe race is a contributing factor . . . . it's classism; it's that nauseating belief among certain people that their culture, or class, or birth, or race, or wealth, or political choices, makes the WORST of their "own" kind better than the BEST of the hated group.
It's like the vacation myth - GWB took 10 times as many vacations as Obama, but every time Obama takes days away the right comes down hard.
The epitome was the NRA ad . . . GWB had Secret Service protection for his children, but Obama is the "elitist hypocrit".
But then again, I am prejudiced, because it is known that there is a whole lot of corruption going on these days in the high up end of the now elite!
Silly statist.
You endorse 20% but can't bring yourself to endorse 100%. Very hypocritical of you.
A national government can never borrow, spend more than its income and expect to stay in the black for very long. Staying in the red financially for a long time is detrimental to the nation.
"It's irresponsible. It's unpatriotic."-Obama.
"Raising the Debt Cieling isn't about spending, it's about paying our bills." - Obama- Paying our bills IS spending, moron.
Please explain.
And just how IS that budget coming anyway?
Give the corrupt goons less of our hard earned money to
Piss away and more power over our lives. They do
Nothing right.