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Title: If Spending Cuts Kill Jobs, ‘So Be It’: Boehner
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RawStory
URL Source: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/02/ ... ts-kill-jobs-so-be-it-boehner/
Published: Feb 15, 2011
Author: Sahil Kapur
Post Date: 2011-02-15 17:19:49 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 7595
Comments: 5
WASHINGTON – House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) on Tuesday showed little concern for the federal job losses that could result from the GOP's proposed spending cuts. "In the last two years, under President Obama, the federal government has added 200,000 new federal jobs. If some of those jobs are lost so be it. We're broke," Boehner told reporters, according to Talking Points Memo. "The biggest danger to our country is if we do not act," the speaker added. "The status quo is shackling the future for our kids and grandkids – that's why we have to act." Republicans have proposed a slew of budget cuts worth $32 billion to a multitude of federal programs. GOP lawmakers have long insisted that federal spending cuts and job growth go hand in hand, portraying heavy government spending as a prime cause of the economic downturn. "Where are the jobs?" was an oft-repeated slogan by Boehner during the 2010 midterm election cycle, as he and his colleagues attacked Democrats' stimulus and other spending programs. But Boehner's remarks not only reveal that Republicans accept those two goals may be contradictory, they suggest that the GOP considers spending cuts a higher priority. As the unemployment rate remains high at well above 9 percent, surveys consistently show that jobs are the top concern on voters minds. President Barack Obama unveiled his budget this week, also calling for across-the-board cuts to various programs, receiving criticism from progressives and being dismissed as insufficient by Republicans.
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
Federal job loss; firing every last one of those worthless parasites would go a long way to fixing the economy.
Yup. But I'm sure go56 and lucys bimbo mom will be along shortly, to tell us how CRUEL it is, that we remove the parasites from the body. I'm SO sick of the socialist "useful idiots" that love the government, even as it robs them...
Socialist ass-hats think "There will be no more money when the U.S. dollar has no value, until that time we can keep printing more." And yes, that IS from LF's answer to Ben Bernanke, go65, leading disfunctional and delusional socialist of the forum. "You want me to kill THE ENEMIES of Jappos, I'll kill THE ENEMIES of Jappos, Rebs, or Sioux, or Cheyenne... For 500 bucks a month I'll kill whoever you want. But keep one thing in mind: I'd happily kill you for free." Algren, "The Last Samurai" They don't need to fire them all. For example Air traffic controllers. There are some that we need but I would bet most could be eliminated. We would be much better off as a nation.
Start with eliminating Boehner's job. A worthless parasite cry baby. How much will we save by eliminating his job?
Hell, why not just fire them all? God will look out for the planes, and he works cheap.
Tuesday showed little concern for the federal job losses that could result from the GOP's proposed spending cuts.
#2. To: Happy Quanzaa (#1)
Federal job loss; firing every last one of those worthless parasites would go a long way to fixing the economy.
#3. To: Happy Quanzaa (#1)
Federal job loss; firing every last one of those worthless parasites would go a long way to fixing the economy.
#4. To: Happy Quanzaa (#1)
Federal job loss; firing every last one of those worthless parasites would go a long way to fixing the economy
#5. To: A K A Stone (#3)
They don't need to fire them all. For example Air traffic controllers. There are some that we need but I would bet most could be eliminated. We would be much better off as a nation.
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