The Treasury Department reports that government spending hit an all-time high for a single month in March, totaling $250 billion. (new AP report)\nHAHAHAHA
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They are not conservatives at all. They call themselves Neo-Conservatives which is not conversative at all. They are pro big spending, pro government, pro intervention, pro pandering to illegals, pro regulation, pro church inside of state.
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very well said my friend. Its a power trip for the government.
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In many cases it is important to find an answer to a problem but we are overdoing it. We have gone hog wild on this.\n\nGovm't spending is way out of hand. Our total taxation is over 51% and climbing. \n\nWe need NASA to keep pace with science and world progress. \n\nOur govm't was designed to protect the people not subsidize them which means our welfare programs have gone too far. \n\nThe fruit fly study was for the benefit of the orchardists.
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The forced inflation moves the the numbers up. These are the inflated numbers the Republicans are pushing off to the press and America. Just like Fox's 39%=31% approval rates. The whole thing is bogus, and your best off just not listening to any of their lies. A dollar today = a nickle from the amount of currency the Bush administration has printed. We need Bill Clinton back to show his graft again to America, and show everybody what they have been doing. I want to see at least over 50 indictments with Bush and Cheney first in line.  McKenzie Calhoun is a Republican, and a Rush Limbaugh smoocher.
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None really. In theory there is some gold in Fort Knox and every time money is printed it's secured by the gold. In truth, the treasury can do whatever they want. They have a theoretical endless amount of money. Of course, if they print/use too much money - they'll cause inflation that that in turn will lower the purchasing power of that money so the government should be cautious about that.
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Every time you spend money which is a government entity there is no separation. Every piece of money says IN GOD WE TRUST. It's what this country was built from. There should be no separation.
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NO NO NO NO NO!!  The government haven't got a clue when money is concerned. They've got so much of it themselves, they lose track of the value of it. It should be down to the 'Joe Bloggs' of the country, at least they know how far money stretches and what its like to have to scrimp by.  Why does the government not do what us the public want? Then they would get voted back in time and time again?
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It causes the government to spend money on war materials, many of which are made in the USA. The money is debt-financed, which suggests that the positive effect may only be short-lived.
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How can they afford that?  There running a huge deficit and dumping money into Iraq.  They need to quit spending more than there income.  I would love it if they would go though the budget line by line and cut all the unnecessary garbage out and get out of Iraq asap.
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You can find copies, spreadsheets, and some analyses as well as other links at the U.S. Office of Managment and Budget here: \n2006 - http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2006/\n2007 - http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2007/\n\nHave fun!
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This is indeed a "booming economy".  I have heard the people of Haliburton say it a number of times.  Seriously, I am tired of people trying force feed us that the economy is doing so great.  It is not.  There are a number of problems with it.  Here are just a few.\n\n\n a one trillion dollar war\nout of control spending in government\nrecord numbers of foreclosures\ncollege tuition and health care costs doubling\n20% of Americans owning 80% of the stock\nrecord deficits in spending\nnational debt doubling\ntrade deficit every year for the past 30 years\nmillions more in poverty every year\nhalf a trillion dollars a year spent on interest this year on \nnational debt. yes, that was just the interest.\n"real income" down each of the last five years\npersonal savings at an all time low\n\n This doesn't sound like America.  Unfortunately it is.
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Republican spending is bad in the pork arena.  They claim to be for less government then they create 1000's of pet projects.  They don't respect the taxpayer!
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president@whitehouse.gov I actually sent him a money request from paypal for $500.00 and it got paid. I thick he has secretaries or something just check it. I will keep send ing those requests, 1 per month. They probable just say, W owes this guy, where's our unlimited account of funding?
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Sadly, you are trying to pretend that this happened only during Clinton's years, so unfortunately if I agree with you in part I fear I am going to hurt your feelings again. This is not intended to be a slander against you, because you are right in what you say, you just don't go far enough.\n\nYou are right, every President's budget since 1982 has skimmed money out of the Social Security Trust Fund to hide how much the deficit is. This past year, the federal government diverted over 400 billion (I forgot who the President is now, apparently you did too). Regardless of who was in office during these last 25 years (8 years dems and 17 years reps) it has been shameless and criminal. And yes, you are right, this is the REAL problem with Social Security; if it had been left alone from the beginning, there would still be enough of a build-up for many years of Baby Boomer retirements until the population stabilizes again. Technically the Trust Fund is full, but in actuality it is full of inter-governmental bonds (the treasury borrows from SS and gives an IOU).\n\nWe should all be ashamed that we have allowed this to go on for so long, even though the government has done such a good job trying to make certain we didn't notice it.
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No, I dont believe that. Nowadays, people spend more no matter how much they earn.
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Cost: $1.35 Billion so far\nTook: 3.5 years so far
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The increase is (7-0)/0 which is undefined.  You sold infinitely more units in April than you did in March.