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Topic: Obama Vastly Exaggerates
The Impact of Sequester Cuts |
Obama Vastly Exaggerates
The Impact of Sequester Cuts
Investor´s Business Daily, by IBD Staff
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Posted By:RustMB, 2/12/2013 10:13:09 AM
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| Sequester: In his State of the Union speech, President Obama is sure to issue dire warnings about the automatic spending cuts resulting from the "sequester." But look closer, and the cuts are far less than meet the eye. As the March deadline for the sequester draws closer, Obama´s rhetoric about the cuts it will impose grows more overheated. In his radio address over the weekend, he said they would be "a huge blow to middle-class families and our economy as a whole."
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
kanphil, 2/12/2013 10:24:20 AM (No. 9171900)
I won´t be watching the SOTUS tonight, but two things I hope for: That he doesn´t forget to thank John Roberts for his perfidious vote for Obamacare and that Joe Wilson or somebody shouts out"You lie!" Both would be entirely appropriate.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Cavallodifiero, 2/12/2013 10:33:40 AM (No. 9171924)
Obama vastly exaggerated all the things he was going to accomplish as dictator of the US!
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
InOhio, 2/12/2013 10:41:31 AM (No. 9171947)
PLEASE call it what it is: the OBAMA SEQUESTER
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh, 2/12/2013 12:20:03 PM (No. 9172170)
How many people think there is at least 10% fat in the federal budget? This "cut" is a bit over 2%. You could cut 5 times as much without significantly affecting programs.
The reason politicians are upset is that the payoffs are slowing down. Not stopping or decreasing, just slowing down. It makes it harder to buy votes. If BO´s supporters ever wake up and realize the federal goobermint can´t buy them happiness no matter what it does, support for liberals will tank. That´s the danger to BO´s plans.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
fljack, 2/12/2013 4:43:07 PM (No. 9172713)
It is the Defense cuts in the sequester which will be turning us into Europe.
The other side is a joke.
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