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Dave Ramsey on the Affordable Care Act. by Jody October 14, 2013 7:11 pm

The math tells us... by FrankC 2013-10-15 01:12:08
- Anything that is subsidized becomes expensive. by TB 2013-10-15 07:43:55

Half a billion dollars by TB October 13, 2013 11:20 am

Republicans have done all they could to block, confuse, disrupt and interfere with this process. by bowser 2013-10-13 21:36:26
- They have no shame. by DanS 2013-10-14 04:32:22
He doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground by Robert 2013-10-13 19:14:45
- There's a lot more stories where that one came from. by TB 2013-10-13 19:56:26
- better critiques by Robert 2013-10-13 19:47:40
  - Thanks. We crossed posts, but we're obviously reading the same stuff. by TB 2013-10-13 20:01:11
    - Oh? by Robert 2013-10-14 10:28:51
      - It ain't paranoia if you've watched it happen for years. by TB 2013-10-14 15:13:11
        
        But then, you would think that, wouldn't you? by Robert 2013-10-14 23:18:07
Just think, TB. by ER 2013-10-13 12:01:21
- If you think the politics is the most important takeaway, yeah. by TB 2013-10-13 12:10:19
  - I gladly pay school taxes and I never had kids. by ER 2013-10-13 13:04:16
    - You won't be contributing to Obamacare by RobVG 2013-10-13 14:45:27
      - That's not true. by alcaray 2013-10-13 19:30:17
        
        At this point in history I think you can just tack any new spending onto the debt. n/t by RobVG 2013-10-14 07:09:58
        
        income - spending = debt or surplus. how profound. by alcaray 2013-10-14 16:16:36
      - So who will be contributing to Obamacare? by ER 2013-10-13 16:08:02
        
        Why don't you actually find out? by TB 2013-10-13 16:49:35
    - Nobody said anything about taxes. by TB 2013-10-13 14:24:26
      - Somebody's taxes will pay for at least part of it. by ER 2013-10-13 16:21:15
You try creating 30 or so new and exceedingly complicated websites without any of them having trouble at launch. by alcaray 2013-10-13 11:40:11
- There lays the problem by SteveS 2013-10-14 08:36:53
- Do they really have to interact . . . ? by DanS 2013-10-14 04:37:25
30 million. by TB 2013-10-13 11:33:27

Good news from the EPA? by TB October 13, 2013 2:37 pm

"Bipartisan Distrust of the Beltway" by TB October 12, 2013 1:57 pm

Politicians are like lawyers, or businessmen, not to be trusted. by ER 2013-10-12 15:14:24
- Odd. by TB 2013-10-12 16:10:10
  - Not odd at all, by ER 2013-10-12 16:32:59
    - I'm going to give you a chance to take another look at that and maybe edit a few things. by TB 2013-10-12 16:58:52
      - I haven't a clue what you're talking about. by ER 2013-10-12 17:42:04
        
        I'll try. by TB 2013-10-12 18:25:40
        
        Same old crap. by ER 2013-10-12 18:59:36
        
        And then see? Boom. by TB 2013-10-12 20:46:14
        
        Its a lot simpler than that. by ER 2013-10-13 04:29:16
        
        Geeze. I'm getting as windy as you are. by TB 2013-10-12 18:46:01
        
        We're supposed to be writing, not breaking wind. by ER 2013-10-12 19:01:08
Some liberals opposing war is taken to imply an anti-beltway sentiment? by alcaray 2013-10-12 14:31:45

"The Six Big Takeaways From the Government Shutdown" by TB October 11, 2013 11:11 am

I agree by BuckGalaxy 2013-10-11 20:10:46
- As I have always done, I will go where my philosophy and ideas go. by TB 2013-10-12 09:38:17
  - Your views flip 180 degrees every time a different party achieves power. by alcaray 2013-10-12 14:36:16
    - No. They don't. by TB 2013-10-12 14:39:02
      - You don't see any difference between your response to conservatives expanding the money supply and liberals doing it? by alcaray 2013-10-12 19:32:07
      - There! You just did it again. by ER 2013-10-12 15:20:37
Republicans vowed to paralyze Obama's political efforts, and they have. by bowser 2013-10-11 19:06:06
Superfluous tripe. Who gives a shit how it will affect politicians. n/t by RobVG 2013-10-11 18:06:37
- I don't get your response. What tripe do you refer to? by alcaray 2013-10-11 21:23:26
  - The article is like oatmeal in meatloaf. n/t by RobVG 2013-10-12 12:37:58
    - Ah so you did read it. by alcaray 2013-10-12 14:33:57
- Politicians give a shit. by Robert 2013-10-11 18:20:53
Good piece. Are you heartened? by alcaray 2013-10-11 12:41:01
My big takeaway: by ER 2013-10-11 11:56:53
Seems to have been written before yesterdays' release of the NBC/WSJ poll by Robert 2013-10-11 11:34:07
- The Famous Poll... by TB 2013-10-11 12:01:55
  - Oh goody! Unskewing is back! by alcaray 2013-10-11 12:42:16
  - Perhaps you can see now, by ER 2013-10-11 12:29:18
    - Maybe so. by TB 2013-10-11 13:24:10
      - Maybe so, by ER 2013-10-11 14:18:03
        
        "Insulting, arrogant, petulant and patronizing." by TB 2013-10-11 14:24:51
        
        Tom, you blindsided me almost on one of my earliest poists when I came here. by ER 2013-10-11 14:31:25
        
        Okay, now it's getting creepy. by TB 2013-10-11 15:06:09

Smallest government spender since Ike? Obama. (Forbes) by bowser October 12, 2013 8:58 am

The numbers: by TB 2013-10-12 09:43:10

What the Constitution says... by BuckGalaxy October 11, 2013 8:33 pm

Deathwatch for the GOP by BuckGalaxy October 11, 2013 8:43 pm

Another poll that made news by TB October 11, 2013 2:21 pm

Your poll is from September. Have you checked the more recent ones? Obamacare is up. The GOP is down. by BuckGalaxy 2013-10-11 19:57:55

The inevitable GOP-Tea Party spilt is just around the corner by BuckGalaxy October 10, 2013 7:46 pm

Bookmark this. It will happen before the midterms. by BuckGalaxy 2013-10-10 21:11:54
- Maybe so. by TB 2013-10-10 22:14:54
  - Its quite simple, really. by ER 2013-10-11 05:42:30
  - Miss the the entire point of this thread. by BuckGalaxy 2013-10-10 23:13:13
  - Damn that Obama and his eleven-dimensional chess! by Robert 2013-10-10 22:40:39
Democrats don't have that problem, do they? by TB 2013-10-10 20:38:06
- What comes next by BuckGalaxy 2013-10-10 21:01:30
  - Consider this by BuckGalaxy 2013-10-10 21:25:57
  - The only good Republican... by TB 2013-10-10 21:21:23
    - "Republicans in that same ideological category" (as Reagan) by Robert 2013-10-10 21:33:22
    - I know you hate it when I remind you of this... by ER 2013-10-10 21:32:59
    - Cut the bullshit. Reagan was willing to compromise. Today's GOP is not.. The sooner they shed the Tea Party the better for them and the country. by BuckGalaxy 2013-10-10 21:30:19
- The poor little lemmings. by bowser 2013-10-10 20:59:01
- What? by Robert 2013-10-10 20:55:44
  - No, it isn't. It's not even an analogy. by TB 2013-10-10 21:09:01
Actually a traditional Republican party would look good right now by Tony 2013-10-10 20:36:05
- And what would "traditional" Republicans actually DO in Congress? by TB 2013-10-10 20:48:31
  - I gave you 3 off the top of my head, below. Have I "got something"? by alcaray 2013-10-11 01:47:13
  - The fact you have to ask that question is so sad. by BuckGalaxy 2013-10-10 21:32:19
  - Like in the good old days when legislation came from committees made of both parties. by alcaray 2013-10-10 21:11:41
  - Behind those questions... by Robert 2013-10-10 21:08:36
  - Yeah, Tom. Your boys are so abused. by ER 2013-10-10 21:05:30
  - Let's start with accepting the democratic process and re-learning how to compromising? by BuckGalaxy 2013-10-10 21:05:23
    - That statement just circles around to where I started. by TB 2013-10-10 21:33:48
      - And that's because... by BuckGalaxy 2013-10-10 21:51:06
Hoist on a myriad petards by Robert 2013-10-10 20:17:01
The enemy of my enemy... by ER 2013-10-10 19:54:28

Something to think about over the next few days of budget kabuki by TB September 30, 2013 10:12 am

Any thoughts on the market jump after the "shut down"? by FrankC 2013-10-01 11:20:55
- Buy (or in this case, sell) on the rumor; sell (or in this case buy) on the news. by alcaray 2013-10-01 15:39:52
- The stock market has been nuts for quite a while now. by TB 2013-10-01 12:19:33
Kabuki! I wonder how you would have termed it had it been Democrats vs. Bush. by alcaray 2013-09-30 15:52:13
revenues are high, and discretionary spending is down, by your links. by ER 2013-09-30 11:03:04
- Hardly that simple by SteveS 2013-09-30 12:15:05
  - " last time the Senate produced a budget " - March 12th, 2013 by Tony 2013-10-01 12:21:15
    - The narrative is still proverbial by SteveS 2013-10-03 06:20:54
  - What majority? The GOP lost two elections and only hold the House. by ER 2013-09-30 12:25:15
    - Never said the GOP had the majority by SteveS 2013-09-30 12:45:19
      - If what you want is spending cuts... by ER 2013-09-30 13:41:47
        
        Please list the spending cuts Obama is willing to negotiate on. by TB 2013-09-30 13:59:49
        
        You don't negotiate with terrorists. by ER 2013-09-30 14:20:19
        
        Then why is Obama trying to negotiate with the president of Iran? by SteveS 2013-09-30 15:54:10
        
        Obama never alienated me, by ER 2013-09-30 17:41:55
        
        There aren't any, are there? Never have been. by TB 2013-09-30 15:12:19
        
        That is Democratic policy. by ER 2013-09-30 17:44:28
        
        "We won, so shut up." by TB 2013-09-30 19:35:31
        
        Bush LOST the popular vote in 2000 by ER 2013-09-30 19:53:05
        
        "Graciously conceding." Is that how you remember it? by TB 2013-09-30 20:02:03
        
        "It's (near) midnight on the East Coast... by ER 2013-09-30 20:07:50
        
        Eastern Zone weenies. by TB 2013-09-30 20:13:52
- The GOP is attempting to slow down or stop another massive entitlement. by TB 2013-09-30 12:02:14
  - The GOP is attempting to stay relevant. by ER 2013-09-30 12:18:47
    - Great. You've got yours. by TB 2013-09-30 12:32:59
      - You need to take responsibility for your decisions. by ER 2013-09-30 13:38:13

Syria to give up the chems? by FrankC September 10, 2013 1:24 pm

Long ago . . . by DanS 2013-10-01 11:58:39
Assad is in survival mode. He'll give up the chems. by BuckGalaxy 2013-09-10 22:43:23
- Unfortunately, it doesn't matter. by ER 2013-09-11 11:04:30
They're stalling. by ER 2013-09-10 14:32:39
- Well, I don't know... by FrankC 2013-09-10 16:05:00
  - I'm starting to lean that way myself. I'm tired of getting blamed no matter WHAT we do. by ER 2013-09-10 16:08:45
- Why should they? by bowser 2013-09-10 14:35:51
  - Syria attacked Israel without provocation. by ER 2013-09-10 16:07:29
    - Best to check before being so sure. by bowser 2013-09-11 18:10:46
      - Dahm juice, but seriously by FrankC 2013-09-12 18:29:32
      - But truly - - - by bowser 2013-09-11 18:15:27

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