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Post by lifesaver on Oct 15, 2013 18:40:05 GMT -5
I will admit that might be a bit of an overreach, but when looked at in conjunction with all else that is going on, such as mandatory health care purchases(eventually) to outlandish rules concerning coal etc. Our government seems to be amassing more and more power and is less and less afraid to show it. 10,500 pages of regulations written thus far for obamacare. Those regulations are meant purely to obfuscate and confuse the people who are subjected to this train wreck, which is you and me. The bill should never have passed.
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davew
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Post by davew on Oct 16, 2013 14:29:34 GMT -5
Well, as of now, it looks like the limit will be increased to $17 trillion and the only change due the law is that people looking for subsidies will be required to prove that they have low enough income to be eligible for them. I don't see that as a problem at all, but I expect to see some slimebags who feel it's always easy to spend someone else's money coming out with a straw person who "was cheated out of their subsidy because it was too much of a burden to prove their low income". You know, some mother who lost 8 relatives in the last 2 months prior to the sob story, etc. I don't believe any of those things are legitimate, and I don't believe the politicians actually care that someone might be slighted, but instead they'd rather buy the votes they'd get from the people who would have otherwise lied and gotten the subsidy.
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moose
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Post by moose on Oct 17, 2013 2:00:48 GMT -5
The government is going back to work (yawn). On the brink of the biggest financial disaster the world has ever seen because of the US Government's inability to pay its bills, and the bill to end it is still laden with unnecessary pork! I would've thought that someone (collectively) would have come to their senses and fund only what is absolutely necessary. But Noooo, instead we pay all back wages for all those affected by the shut-down compared to the private sector where we rely on unemployment benefits that are deducted from our checks in case we can't work. Happy vacation to you lucky government workers! Additionally, we fund a death benefit for a late Senator's wife, where the private sector purchases insurance for these unfortunate occasions. We're doomed as a nation until we get our heads out of our asses and get rid of all these fucktards (thanks for the term gburger717) in office! abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/10/174000-to-a-senators-widow-and-other-surprises-in-the-fiscal-compromise-bill/
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Post by Venter on Oct 17, 2013 8:45:10 GMT -5
Well, I guess it's all over! We can get to a National Park... and we get to bury our heads in the Federal Sand once again! Anyone want to join me for a Lemming Party at the Grand Canyon?
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Post by lifesaver on Oct 17, 2013 17:28:50 GMT -5
The government is going back to work (yawn). On the brink of the biggest financial disaster the world has ever seen because of the US Government's inability to pay its bills, and the bill to end it is still laden with unnecessary pork! I would've thought that someone (collectively) would have come to their senses and fund only what is absolutely necessary. But Noooo, instead we pay all back wages for all those affected by the shut-down compared to the private sector where we rely on unemployment benefits that are deducted from our checks in case we can't work. Happy vacation to you lucky government workers! Additionally, we fund a death benefit for a late Senator's wife, where the private sector purchases insurance for these unfortunate occasions. We're doomed as a nation until we get our heads out of our asses and get rid of all these fucktards (thanks for the term gburger717) in office! abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/10/174000-to-a-senators-widow-and-other-surprises-in-the-fiscal-compromise-bill/ Agree Moose! I'm tired of kicking that can down the road.
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