Because when they can't answer the facts, they just change the subject, or respond with personal attacks.
It must be sad to be a Liberal.
2006-09-17 05:26:27
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answered by zzz 2
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HEY lordkelvin!!!
YOU WROTE....
For the same reason that they are willing to spend millions of dollars to right a wrong... as long as it's other peoples money.
UMMM...I THINK YOUR CONFUSED
(NATURAL STATE FOR A REPUBLICAN)
ITS THE REPUBLICANS WHO ARE SPENDING NOT MILLIONS
BUT BILLIONS OF OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS $$$...
BUT HEY...REPUBLICANS JUST THINK...HEY AS LONG
AS ITS OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY, RIGHT?!!!
G.O.P.
Government OVERSPENDING Party....
Though the Bush Administration's official budget lists the national debt and deficit as being incredibly high, they are actually far worse than reported, according to Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN). But don’t just take his word for it, even if Cooper is a Rhodes Scholar and Harvard Law graduate. The following figures appear in the official U.S. Financial Report, released by the Treasury Department:
* The true national debt is $49 trillion, not the $8.3 trillion Bush reported
o That's $156,000 for every citizen, or $375,000 for every working American
o This figure has more than doubled in the past five years
o We paid $327 billion last year on interest alone
* The true 2005 deficit was $760 billion, not the $318.5 billion Bush reported
o This is 6.2% of the GDP, not 2.6%
* It's all getting worse
What accounts for the huge discrepancy? Unlike businesses, the government uses "cash" instead of "accrual" accounting. This means that the government does not report future spending promises like Medicare and Social Security, or even future spending guarantees like veterans' benefits and federal employee pensions.
"Cash accounting tells you what's in your bank account. Accrual accounting tells you what's in your bank account and what's on your credit card statement," Cooper told BuzzFlash in an interview. "Whether you're promising to buy a road or something at Target, you need to know what you promised to buy. That should be a binding obligation of the government. We've made a world of promises to folks that we need to keep."
But wait, there's more! The U.S. Financial Report does not mention that if Medicare and Social Security are factored into the equation (which the Treasury Department did not), the true deficit was actually a whopping $3.3 trillion last year, over ten times more than Bush claims. And when Social Security projections are adjusted to reflect current life expectancies instead of the old 75-year mark, Cooper said the true national debt is "probably closer to $65 trillion."
Worried that a new Democratic majority in the House would be blamed for the higher numbers in the future, Cooper has taken it upon himself to make it clear that the problem has already been created by Bush's failed economic policies. "This has to be announced on their watch, using their voice," he said. "There's a great urgency about this: we only have two months left to educate all Americans about how the Bush deficits are literally destroying America's credit."
"I think [the report] is the most powerful critique of the Bush Administration" because they produced it, Cooper added. "No Republican can deny this attack."
In order to get the word out, Cooper reprinted the entire U.S. Financial Report in a book with his own explanatory introduction and a warning on the cover reading, "The Official Report the White House Does Not Want You To Read." He said the measure was necessary because the Administration tried to hide the report by distributing it to fewer than 20 members of Congress in the midst of the Christmas holiday season with no accompanying press release or media announcement.
According to Cooper, conservatives won’t touch the issue because it would make Bush look bad.
Yes why are the Republicans resorting to so much insults
and name calling? Are they now FEARING their greedy
corruption is coming to a halt???
2006-09-17 14:49:38
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answered by Anonymous
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Post Turtle
A country doctor is suturing a laceration on the hand of an old farmer.
Old man: "All you need to know about politics is that young George Bush is a post turtle."
Doctor: "Oh? What is a post turtle?"
Old man: "When yer driving down a country road, and ya come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top? That's a post turtle. Ya know he didn't get there by himself, he don't belong there, he cain't get anything done while he's up there, and you just want to help take the poor thang down."
2006-09-17 12:35:44
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answered by Cassie 5
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For the same reason that they are willing to spend millions of dollars to right a wrong... as long as it's other peoples money. They don't believe in responsibility for ones own actions. Also if you look up the synonym of hypocrisy in the dictionary you find liberal as the first choice
2006-09-17 12:56:42
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answered by lordkelvin 7
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You never seem to be able to provide any examples when you ask these questions. Do I smell a troll?
By the way: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll#In_Internet_Forums and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll
It's not a personal insult, but I am sorry that you lost your chance at using me to make your remark seem logical. :)
2006-09-17 12:22:20
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answered by Not Allie 6
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Our tolerance stops where your intolerance begins.
2006-09-17 12:26:04
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answered by Grist 6
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Thumbs down!
2006-09-17 12:40:41
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answered by thumbsdowndevil 3
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hell you ought to see what they send by e-mail, death threats and cussings a sailor would be embaressed by!
The truth hurts them and that is the only way hippie raised kids know how to act!
2006-09-17 12:27:56
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answered by Anonymous
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Prison torture & deport all liberals. Start today
2006-09-17 12:22:45
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answered by menifeedave 2
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thats what happens when you back a group of people to the wall,we come out swinging,get use to it !!!
2006-09-17 12:32:25
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answered by ? 7
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