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rurallib

(62,459 posts) Wed Oct 9, 2013, 09:29 PM Oct 2013

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I will believe Republicans are serious about the debt

when I hear them say "we'll raise taxes on the rich" and "let's cut the Pentagon's spending."
Until then it is all theater.

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I will believe Republicans are serious about the debt (Original Post) rurallib Oct 2013 OP

And let's require large corporation to bear an equitable portion of the income tax liability, just indepat Oct 2013 #1

Amen to that rurallib Oct 2013 #2

... Scuba Oct 2013 #6

And lets have campaign finance reform C_U_L8R Oct 2013 #3

MORE for THEM, NOTHING for US blkmusclmachine Oct 2013 #4

Well, the defense part of the sequester didn't shake them like we thought Recursion Oct 2013 #5

They are doing their best to fund parts of government they like. B Calm Oct 2013 #7

How many millions did they spend voting to overturn the ACA? randome Oct 2013 #8

indepat

(20,899 posts)

1. And let's require large corporation to bear an equitable portion of the income tax liability, just

Reply to rurallib (Original post)

Wed Oct 9, 2013, 09:43 PM

Oct 2013

as if they were people.

rurallib

(62,459 posts)

2. Amen to that

Reply to indepat (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 9, 2013, 09:44 PM

Oct 2013

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

6. ...

Reply to indepat (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 10, 2013, 06:12 AM

Oct 2013

C_U_L8R

(45,021 posts)

3. And lets have campaign finance reform

Reply to rurallib (Original post)

Wed Oct 9, 2013, 09:55 PM

Oct 2013

that makes Citizen United invalid and puts a stop to
all the gerrymandering and racist roll purging

blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)

4. MORE for THEM, NOTHING for US

Reply to rurallib (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2013, 12:18 AM

Oct 2013

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

5. Well, the defense part of the sequester didn't shake them like we thought

Reply to rurallib (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2013, 12:39 AM

Oct 2013

That's one case where we misread them: they really don't mind the defense cuts as much as we thought they would.

B Calm

(28,762 posts)

7. They are doing their best to fund parts of government they like.

Reply to Recursion (Reply #5)

Thu Oct 10, 2013, 06:14 AM

Oct 2013

randome

(34,845 posts)

8. How many millions did they spend voting to overturn the ACA?

Reply to rurallib (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2013, 06:14 AM

Oct 2013

How many billions has the government lost because of the shutdown? They were never serious about debt.
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