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Post by BeenThere...DoneThat... on Aug 1, 2011 2:40:43 GMT -5
Debt Ceiling Deal That Cuts Trillions, Creates 'Super Congress' Announced By Party Leaders WASHINGTON -- Congressional leaders and President Obama on Sunday night announced they've cut a deal to avert a historic U.S. default, saying they have assembled a framework that cuts some spending immediately and uses a "super Congress" to slash more in the future. Read More: www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/31/debt-ceiling-deal_n_914538.html~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...is the "Super Congress" a super idea?  |
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verrip1
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Post by verrip1 on Aug 1, 2011 12:07:15 GMT -5
It's Super Freaky.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2011 12:39:53 GMT -5
The deal calls for a first round of cuts that would total $917 billion over 10 years and allows the president to hike the debt cap -- now at $14.3 trillion -- by $900 billion
Crap 917 billion cut over 10 years & the president gets to spend an extra 900 billion dollars. Sounds to me like we been took & it's business as usual in Washington.
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fairlycrazy23
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Post by fairlycrazy23 on Aug 1, 2011 14:01:59 GMT -5
The deal calls for a first round of cuts that would total $917 billion over 10 years and allows the president to hike the debt cap -- now at $14.3 trillion -- by $900 billionCrap 917 billion cut over 10 years & the president gets to spend an extra 900 billion dollars. Sounds to me like we been took & it's business as usual in Washington. And is that real savings or baseline budgeting savings? |
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