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There's no question we have a spending problem, but we also have a significant declining revenue problem as federal tax revenues are stuck in the 15% of GDP range, an all-time modern low.

Federal tax revenues had averaged closer to 20% since the 1940's, but right-wing ideology has shrunken that number and drowned government revenues in the bathtub.

No sequester.   Put an end to corporate tax welfare and 1% tax welfare first.

Nothing about the run away SPENDING ??

Spending should be dealt with when unemployment is under control.

So, now unemployment is out of control? Seems that we just went through an election that stated the opposite.

Unemployment will never be "in control" as long as spending is out of control.  You can't "spend" your way to control.

Put 3% of the American people back to work, and the economy automatically picks up.  Revenues increase, spending increases, sales tax revenues increase, corporations pay more taxes, etc.

4-5% unemployment is the sign of a healthy economy, we have data, it works.

Right now, Obama is paying people not to work.

And, how do you put 3% of the people back to work?

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And, how do you put 3% of the people back to work?

Businesses won't hire because there is a lack of demand. But there is a lack of demand because people can't find work. Sounds like a real Catch-22, doesn't it?

Well, it doesn't have to be. There is one part of our society that can put people back to work and rejuvenate the process of strong economic recovery when no one else can. That would be the federal government, of course, whose role should be to set the economy soundly on the right path during times of stagnation, recession, and depression.

The federal government needs to implement a $250 to $300 billion stimulus program devoted to putting people back to work, repairing the crumbling US infrastructure. That is an investment that would pay back over and over again.

It's not difficult to understand this. It's not rocket science. It is just common sense, except for those who are hopelessly stupid or those who deny reality because of political bias. I think you know who I am referring to.

Instead of using a scalpel, the cuts will be done with a rusty hacksaw and cauterized with a zippo lighter.

How ironic that people who supposedly want (demand!) the govt to create jobs are endorsing a slash-and-burn policy that will only put more people - public AND private sector - out of work....

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Instead of using a scalpel, the cuts will be done with a rusty hacksaw and cauterized with a zippo lighter.

How ironic that people who supposedly want (demand!) the govt to create jobs are endorsing a slash-and-burn policy that will only put more people - public AND private sector - out of work....

If handled that way then a pox on all of their houses and chambers.

Reid and Bboehner are supposedly discussing a quick bill to allow administrative flexibility on the implementation of cuts.

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Instead of using a scalpel, the cuts will be done with a rusty hacksaw and cauterized with a zippo lighter.

How ironic that people who supposedly want (demand!) the govt to create jobs are endorsing a slash-and-burn policy that will only put more people - public AND private sector - out of work....

If handled that way then a pox on all of their houses and chambers.

Reid and Bboehner are supposedly discussing a quick bill to allow administrative flexibility on the implementation of cuts.

There are right ways to do things and wrong ways, and this is the wrong way.

That said, I do think the sequester cuts should take effect...just for people to see what the results will be.

Some won't notice; others will.  They should remember what they see.

As they say, you don't know what you've got until it's gone.

Just once, I'd like to see the state not pay to plow after a snow storm...just to remind people what it looks like when cuts to basic public services occur.

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And, how do you put 3% of the people back to work?

Businesses won't hire because there is a lack of demand. But there is a lack of demand because people can't find work. Sounds like a real Catch-22, doesn't it?

Well, it doesn't have to be. There is one part of our society that can put people back to work and rejuvenate the process of strong economic recovery when no one else can. That would be the federal government, of course, whose role should be to set the economy soundly on the right path during times of stagnation, recession, and depression.

The federal government needs to implement a $250 to $300 billion stimulus program devoted to putting people back to work, repairing the crumbling US infrastructure. That is an investment that would pay back over and over again.

It's not difficult to understand this. It's not rocket science. It is just common sense, except for those who are hopelessly stupid or those who deny reality because of political bias. I think you know who I am referring to.

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So you, as an expert, are saying that we are stuck at 8% unemployment?

I guess if you listen long enough you'll accept it too!

I've got a lot of data with quite a bit of options and opportunities for expanded job growth, even some recent cadidates made suggestions for job growth.

Seems as though they lost the election to a group that likes to give away free-stuff in exchange for votes.

But hey, you're a smart guy, I must be wrong...... 

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Instead of using a scalpel, the cuts will be done with a rusty hacksaw and cauterized with a zippo lighter.

How ironic that people who supposedly want (demand!) the govt to create jobs are endorsing a slash-and-burn policy that will only put more people - public AND private sector - out of work....

If handled that way then a pox on all of their houses and chambers.

Reid and Bboehner are supposedly discussing a quick bill to allow administrative flexibility on the implementation of cuts.

There are right ways to do things and wrong ways, and this is the wrong way.

That said, I do think the sequester cuts should take effect...just for people to see what the results will be.

Some won't notice; others will.  They should remember what they see.

As they say, you don't know what you've got until it's gone.

Just once, I'd like to see the state not pay to plow after a snow storm...just to remind people what it looks like when cuts to basic public services occur.

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So you, as an expert, are saying that we are stuck at 8% unemployment?

I guess if you listen long enough you'll accept it too!

I've got a lot of data with quite a bit of options and opportunities for expanded job growth, even some recent cadidates made suggestions for job growth.

Seems as though they lost the election to a group that likes to give away free-stuff in exchange for votes.

But hey, you're a smart guy, I must be wrong...... 

The theory that President Obama won because of a tsunami of takers is false and shows a complete lack of demographic understanding on your part.

I guess its easier to blame the people who are not working than face the real issues facing this nation. It's easier to say people are lazy, unskilled, and want 'free stuff' than to take a long hard look at the economic policies that have decimated the middle class and thrown millions onto the unemployment lines and into poverty. Wingnuts don't do complexity, they want things simple and in sound bites. It's easier.

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So you, as an expert, are saying that we are stuck at 8% unemployment?

I guess if you listen long enough you'll accept it too!

I've got a lot of data with quite a bit of options and opportunities for expanded job growth, even some recent cadidates made suggestions for job growth.

Seems as though they lost the election to a group that likes to give away free-stuff in exchange for votes.

But hey, you're a smart guy, I must be wrong...... 

The theory that President Obama won because of a tsunami of takers is false and shows a complete lack of demographic understanding on your part.

I guess its easier to blame the people who are not working than face the real issues facing this nation. It's easier to say people are lazy, unskilled, and want 'free stuff' than to take a long hard look at the economic policies that have decimated the middle class and thrown millions onto the unemployment lines and into poverty. Wingnuts don't do complexity, they want things simple and in sound bites. It's easier.

It is simple really...people blame the poor because they can. It's much easier to pick on someone who can't fight back...so the more ignorant among us like to place the blame on the poor..single parent..or the mentally ill..rather than take on big corporate welfare.

 

Wow, I never thought you would resort to name calling, I am not ignorant, I am a realist.

You need to come out of your little hole and travel a bit, not to a resort or a cruise, but into the cities across America.

So many of you spend all day on these boards, getting most of your information from news sources, blogs, left/right-leaning television programs etc.

I travel for a living, and visit the highs and lows of America, trust me I've seen a lot more than most of the clowns on these boards.

The "free-stuff"  generation is rampant in America, and to someone like you, it's easier to blame corporate America.  That way no one will accuse you of being "mean".

Seems as though they lost the election to a group that likes to give away free-stuff in exchange for votes.

Give obama everything he wants...

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So you, as an expert, are saying that we are stuck at 8% unemployment?

I guess if you listen long enough you'll accept it too!

I've got a lot of data with quite a bit of options and opportunities for expanded job growth, even some recent cadidates made suggestions for job growth.

Seems as though they lost the election to a group that likes to give away free-stuff in exchange for votes.

But hey, you're a smart guy, I must be wrong...... 

The theory that President Obama won because of a tsunami of takers is false and shows a complete lack of demographic understanding on your part.

I guess its easier to blame the people who are not working than face the real issues facing this nation. It's easier to say people are lazy, unskilled, and want 'free stuff' than to take a long hard look at the economic policies that have decimated the middle class and thrown millions onto the unemployment lines and into poverty. Wingnuts don't do complexity, they want things simple and in sound bites. It's easier.

It is simple really...people blame the poor because they can. It's much easier to pick on someone who can't fight back...so the more ignorant among us like to place the blame on the poor..single parent..or the mentally ill..rather than take on big corporate welfare.

Wow, I never thought you would resort to name calling, I am not ignorant, I am a realist.

You need to come out of your little hole and travel a bit, not to a resort or a cruise, but into the cities across America.

So many of you spend all day on these boards, getting most of your information from news sources, blogs, left/right-leaning television programs etc.

I travel for a living, and visit the highs and lows of America, trust me I've seen a lot more than most of the clowns on these boards.

The "free-stuff"  generation is rampant in America, and to someone like you, it's easier to blame corporate America.  That way no one will accuse you of being "mean".

You must travel mostly in the southern wingnut states because those are the states, by far, where the "free stuff generation is rampant".

The highest rate of people who don't pay taxes and the states that get more in federal funds than they pay in taxes, the welfare queens of the union.

So I guess when ever yo hit a state line like Mississippi or Alabama or Louisianna you immediately mutter "Bunch of takers."

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Wow, I never thought you would resort to name calling, I am not ignorant, I am a realist.

You need to come out of your little hole and travel a bit, not to a resort or a cruise, but into the cities across America.

So many of you spend all day on these boards, getting most of your information from news sources, blogs, left/right-leaning television programs etc.

I travel for a living, and visit the highs and lows of America, trust me I've seen a lot more than most of the clowns on these boards.

The "free-stuff"  generation is rampant in America, and to someone like you, it's easier to blame corporate America.  That way no one will accuse you of being "mean".

So you are able to drive through neighborhoods and spot the 'takers' and not confuse them with people who have jobs or may be between jobs? 

Thats some skill you have.  Or do you just see a skin color or ethnicity and make an assumption?

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So you, as an expert, are saying that we are stuck at 8% unemployment?

I guess if you listen long enough you'll accept it too!

I've got a lot of data with quite a bit of options and opportunities for expanded job growth, even some recent cadidates made suggestions for job growth.

Seems as though they lost the election to a group that likes to give away free-stuff in exchange for votes.

But hey, you're a smart guy, I must be wrong...... 

The theory that President Obama won because of a tsunami of takers is false and shows a complete lack of demographic understanding on your part.

I guess its easier to blame the people who are not working than face the real issues facing this nation. It's easier to say people are lazy, unskilled, and want 'free stuff' than to take a long hard look at the economic policies that have decimated the middle class and thrown millions onto the unemployment lines and into poverty. Wingnuts don't do complexity, they want things simple and in sound bites. It's easier.

It is simple really...people blame the poor because they can. It's much easier to pick on someone who can't fight back...so the more ignorant among us like to place the blame on the poor..single parent..or the mentally ill..rather than take on big corporate welfare.

I question that one.... I see the rich get their fair share of blame.  I think the biggest problem is the continual blame game from both sides. How can anything ever get accomplished when everyone is too busy blaming everyone else.

We are undoubtably heading down a hill.