Pres Obama's spending binge......

interesting graphic -

gives me NO confidence in the long-term viability of social security......

I have no question that government (never mind Obama) is on a long-term trajectory to drive me to the poor house.

AND, I don't think the presidential choice has much to do with resolving the problem.

Government has a fetish for spending - and it does not matter who's in charge. If you think for a moment that your November ballot card has anything to do with it - I have a bridge to sell you.

Yes, we've seen that in the last few days where the Republicans are already trying to weasel out of the agreement they made, and appropriate $30 Billion MORE for the DoD than what the DoD asked for... (And for two unnecessary wars: one war that doesn't exist any more, and second one that will wind down in two years...)

But for those neo-cons who "never met a war they didn't like", it's standard operating practice.

Would one of those wars happen to be the one Obama refers to as "The War of Necessity" perchance? We are talking about one of the two wars that the Democrats voted overwhelmingly to authorize, right?

On September 14, 2001 bill House Joint Resolution 64 passed in the House. The totals in the House of Representatives were: 420 Ayes, 1 Nay and 10 Not Voting. The Nay was Barbara Lee, D-CA. [2] Lee is notable as the only member of either house of Congress to vote against this bill.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorizat ... Terrorists

This is one of what you are referring to as "unnecessary wars", right? And you want to lay this solely at the feet of the Republican party because . . . . . . . .

The Washington political machine (Democrat and Republican) loves wars ---- it's the only thing that has ever created non-incremental economic gains.

Kate wrote:

My graphic is bigger than your graphic

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Facts suck don't they?

Yep- the facts suck if your a Obama supporter.

Amazing what they will do to lie to the American public- and shameless lying.

This president has put this entire country at severe risk with his spending- and the bummer part is that we owe it all back with interest.

All the spending was supposed to bring the economy back and it did no such thing (predictable because the government does not create jobs- the private economy does)- now we still have a stalled economy - only with trillions more in debt that needs to be paid for.

Hey- Obama screwed all of us- liberals and conservatives alike.

Well, then we should start by leaving the military budget cuts THAT WERE ALREADY AGREED TO in place; getting rid of the $4-Billion/year subsidies to the oil companies; increasing the tax-rates on those making over $250,000/year back to the pre-Bush rates of 39.6%; and taxing the income of the hedge-fund guys back to the same rates the rest of citizens pay instead of capital-gains rates; going after all of the millionaires who have been hiding their money in off-shore bank accounts, etc....

And since the two unnecessary wars were never paid for, we should start doing something about that.

Yep, we got screwed alright... It's time we put the GOP knuckle-draggers back in their place.

LadyJazzer wrote: Well, then we should start by leaving the military budget cuts THAT WERE ALREADY AGREED TO in place; getting rid of the $4-Billion/year subsidies to the oil companies; increasing the tax-rates on those making over $250,000/year back to the pre-Bush rates of 39.6%; and taxing the income of the hedge-fund guys back to the same rates the rest of citizens pay instead of capital-gains rates; going after all of the millionaires who have been hiding their money in off-shore bank accounts, etc....

And since the two unnecessary wars were never paid for, we should start doing something about that.

Yep, we got screwed alright... It's time we put the GOP knuckle-draggers back in their place.

How about your little knuckle-dragger... Pelosi... she wants to move the 250,000 limit to 1 million...

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) issued a statement Wednesday calling for a permanent extension of the Bush tax cuts for the middle class, demanding House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) schedule a vote on the plan as soon as possible. But her proposal differs from others offered by Democrats, including President Obama, that call for an extension of the rates for incomes below $250,000. Instead, Pelosi wants a permanent extension of the Bush tax cuts for incomes up to $1 million, the statement said.

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/0 ... f25d3947bc

Who's balking now? rofllol rofllol rofllol

she's wrong, pure and simple. Unlike our conservative friends here, we liberals do not walk in lockstep with every democrat. Case in point.....all the slamming of Romney by some conservatives here stopped the moment they realized he was going to be their nominee, now he can do no wrong. Conservatives.....thy name is hypocrisy.