Choose carefully, readers:
"Democrats will replace Republicans as the party of “no.’’
Obama will use his veto.... Much of the government spending has been politically untouchable. About 60 percent goes for entitlement programs, including Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.
What a lie when half of the $1.5 trillion in spending is to the Pentagon.
The nation also is paying for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and major reconstruction projects in those countries.
Then why did we smash them to smithereens?
Both parties have considered it politically foolish to mess with Medicare and Social Security.
Yeah, there is always plenty of tax loot for wars, corporations, banks, Israel, and to fund the lavish lifestyles of politicians, but when it comes to YOUR health....
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Related: GOP legislators pledge to cut and investigate (By Jennifer Steinhauer and Robert Pear, New York Times)
“No one wants to rule in Islamabad right now. The economy is a mess, and the International Monetary Fund is pushing the federal government to impose deeply unpopular taxes. These parties will continue to oppose new taxes and a military operation in North Waziristan. The [Pakistan Peoples Party] government will be sandwiched between the US and IMF on one side and the opposition parties on the other.’’
“She made the astonishing statement to me that she was more fearful of our own soldiers than she was of the enemy’’
"Comedian Jon Stewart took up the cause, using his Comedy Central television program"
Oh, I thought he took up 9/11 Truth but then he would no longer be on television.
Of course, a government that lies to its heroes would never lie to you would it, Americans?