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Comments :: All condemn pending budget cuts, spread blame

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If Republicans care so much about cutting government why not own it, be proud of the things you advocate. Don't run and hide and point the finger at others. That sign alone is telling you they are playing their base like instruments. You really believe the party of 2 unfunded wars, unfunded tax break, medicare part D, TSA, Haliburton welfare, led thousands to be slaughtered in Iraq ( some great friends of mine lost their lives as well) and homeland security wants to cut waste. This would be funny if it wasn't reality. That's why most voters don't believe in the conservative agenda, because we tried it for 8 years and it failed horribly & miserably.

Who cares......everyone blames Obama because he is our problem.....he is hurting America with is communist agenda. Thank goodness we have a few republicans to keep a check on his agenda. lessismore

Statements like this is why no one takes the Republican party serious, if actual middle of the road voters step up and stop this crazy talk then maybe we can get some things done. Have the people on this message board seen the Republican approval ratings, Obama's is at a 4 yr high but you think he will be hurt by this. Republicans if you really care about your party take it back from the nut jobs, run on your morals not crazy talk dribble.

This is all a joke. Nothing will happen, except the democrats and Obama will look like clowns. That's why they are trying so hard to prevent the sequester, because it will show that they are nothing but hate mongers who use fear tactics to get what they want.

Let the ax fall. It's time to cut the head off this goverment mess and learn to work with less.

There are no cuts. This years budget will be higher than last years. Next years budget will be higher than this years. But this does show everyone how controlling the federal government is in your life when EVERYTHING will supposedly be impacted by fake budget cuts.

This what folks get for supporting either one of these parties. The middle class will get a serious hit this year, and most likely push us to a recession. But on a good note, the "gap" will be much wider when it's all over.

I totally support these budget cuts. I hope the Dems and Pubs do nothing.

A whole lot of folks have had to make some really hard adjustments to their lifestyle over the past 3 years. It's high time the government did it too.

And they'll never do cuts this drastic on their own.....

Nor has he done anything to "control" or "scale back" such programs. DoingMyBes

Sure.

but then neither has virtually any other president in recent years.

Indeed, as mentioned, Bush expanded quite a few of them as much or more than Obama has.

there's plenty of LEGIT things to be upset with Obama over, or blame him for. Let's not start making stuff up, huh?

"Obama himself has done relatively little to "expand" such programs junkmail5"

Nor has he done anything to "control" or "scale back" such programs.

Ripcord....I have read it, and I understand what Obama is doing. That is why Obama!s first steps were to nationalize health care, and expand the entitlement and welfare base- lessismore

he didn't actually do any of that of course.

As always the most reliable way to know the truth is reverse whatever lessismore claims it is.

Obamacare, while a terrible law, isn't even remotely "nationalized healthcare"... which would be significantly better, and cheaper, than what Obamacare is.

And again- food stamp enrollment began to boom in 2001... because eligibility was greatly expanded THEN. Years before Obama was even elected. Ditto most of the other programs you're talking about.

Obama himself has done relatively little to "expand" such programs

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