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tuttletacoma Wrote: Dec 04, 2012 12:53 PM

mary 3517 the supportrers of comrade hussein are more like drug addicts who will never be productive citizens as long as comrade hussein is giving them their daily fix of free handouts, they will continue to worship him repubs have a golden opportunity with this hussein made crisis of the fiscal cliff, reports tell us he wants to take the country over the cliff because he has been told by his handlers repubs will take the blame, thanks to the marxist media if the repubs vote present, then what comrade hussein wants comes thanks to his marxist party voting for them and more economic hardship on the country gives repubs a chance to take control of the senate after the 2014 election

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dweimaraner Wrote: Dec 04, 2012 1:01 PM

so active duty military and their family members are free loaders as well? My family pays less than $100/year for healthcare, and the government even paid for 9 full years of college education for my wife and i between ROTC scholarships and the GI bill. Is that leaching?

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Ress Wrote: Dec 04, 2012 1:04 PM

You know better than to ask a dum-bass question like that. Our warriors deserve all the compensation they get and then some. Unlike most of the government, they actually serve all of us.

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jay_p Wrote: Dec 04, 2012 1:06 PM

Our military is bloated. If I was in Obama's shoes, I'd halve the defense budget. That alone will help our deficit and debt.

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dweimaraner Wrote: Dec 04, 2012 1:07 PM

you would be surprised at how many dirtbags are serving. just because you served doesnt mean you are a hero. ibetween my wife and i we have chaptered out many underserving servicemembers.

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dweimaraner Wrote: Dec 04, 2012 1:13 PM

you could easily cut 25%

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Ress Wrote: Dec 04, 2012 1:16 PM

Yes, the bloat and the freeloaders need to be carved out. But the compensation of warriors is fully warranted.

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JamesB2 Wrote: Dec 04, 2012 1:17 PM

Clinton did that and we got 9/11

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Bigdogoffthechain Wrote: Dec 04, 2012 1:17 PM

and you would soon be dead.

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Bigdogoffthechain Wrote: Dec 04, 2012 1:24 PM

really?

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Ress Wrote: Dec 04, 2012 12:59 PM

The Republicans have got to fight with all their energy. So they will be credible when at last it is time to pick up the pieces.

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Confirmed: Obamacare is an Unpopular, Shoddy Trainwreck

Let's begin with the unpopularity, then move on to the substantive issues. Sooner or later, the latter will impact the former. A new poll reveals that the same people who re-elected this president by a three-point margin still oppose his signature "accomplishment" by double-digits. Independents remain particularly sour on the law, the worst bits of which are slated for implementation over the next two years. In Jeffrey Anderson's write-up of CNN's poll, he explains why voters didn't unequivocally embrace Obamaism on November 6th (via Mary...