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Re: A lesson in socialist irony!

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From: 3149 Dead
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 21:37
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On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 13:01:43 -0500, Libertarian Lilly wrote:

>>> The Budget for All
>>>  
>>> Budget of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Fiscal Year 2013
>>> 
>>> The Budget for All puts Americans back to work, charts a path to
>>> responsible deficit reduction, enhances our economic competitiveness,
>>> rebuilds the middle class and invests in our future. Our budget makes
>>> no cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security benefits, and asks
>>> those who have benefited most from our economy to pay a sensible
>>> share.
>>> 
>>> Our Budget Puts Americans Back to Work
>> 
>> So you say.  But I can't help but notice that you aren't offering a
>> refund if your promises don't come true.
> 
> It's worked so well these past few years! They borrow & spend TRILLIONS,
> double the national debt and the unemployment rate is still high, though
> they've pissed away trillions!

How about Bush's tax cuts.  Did the economy take off like a bald-ass 
baboon?

Oh, it didn't, you say...?
> 
> AND they have to enslave Americans for generations to come, to pay for
> it all!
> 
> 
> "We are spending more money than we have ever spent before and it does
> not work.... We have never made good on our promises.... I say after
> eight years of this administration we have just as much unemployment as
> when we started... and an enormous debt to boot." - Henry Morgenthau,
> who served as Roosevelt's treasury secretary during FDR's
> administration. He was the one who originally worked with FDR to
> formulate those spending policies, the New Deal.
> 
> Yes, Obama is emulating FDR.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depression_of_1920%E2%80%9321
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