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Obama to Boehner: "We Don't Have a Spending Problem"

lois01 Wrote: Jan 08, 2013 12:59 PM
Stop paying taxes and move off the grid if you don't think you're getting enough recognition.
lois01 Wrote: Jan 08, 2013 1:10 PM
his WE does not include me.
scrow Wrote: Jan 08, 2013 1:08 PM
You might have missed the point where he said _we_, not _I_. Unless you're addvocating that "We the People" stop paying taxes and move off the grid?

Reading is your friend!
usmcpgw Wrote: Jan 08, 2013 1:02 PM
Cass Sunstein advocates that the Government's stealth infiltration should be accomplished by sending covert agents into "chat rooms, online social networks, or even real-space groups." He also proposes that the Government make secret payments to so-called "independent" credible voices to bolster the Government's messaging (on the ground that those who don't believe government sources will be more inclined to listen to those who appear independent while secretly acting on behalf of the Government).
usmcpgw Wrote: Jan 08, 2013 1:01 PM
Cass Sunstein advocates that the Government's stealth infiltration should be accomplished by sending covert agents into "chat rooms, online social networks, or even real-space groups." He also proposes that the Government make secret payments to so-called "independent" credible voices to bolster the Government's messaging (on the ground that those who don't believe government sources will be more inclined to listen to those who appear independent while secretly acting on behalf of the Government).

The truth hurts, especially when you're coming awfully close to being crowned Captain Six Trillion.  Steve Moore's exclusive sit-down with House Speaker John Boehner reveals that the president is in deep ideological denial, and can get a bit testy when confronted with the facts:
 

What stunned House Speaker John Boehner more than anything else during his prolonged closed-door budget negotiations with Barack Obama was this revelation: "At one point several weeks ago," Mr. Boehner says, "the president said to me, 'We don't have a spending problem.'" The president's insistence that Washington doesn't have...

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