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Old 01-15-2011, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by finnbow View Post
Unless and until Congress, particularly those making all the spending cuts noises, show their meddle, the whole debt ceiling argument is a symbolic distraction. In many cases, the same folks clamoring for not increasing the debt ceiling want to increase DoD spending.

My tip to Congress - cut the tough guy rhetoric and silly symbolism and get to work finding meaningful cuts and enact them.
Right. "Shit or get off the pot!" as it were. They will want to cut everything except the expansion of empire.

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