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Re: Now is not 10 years ago.

TB — 4/6/2011 4:32:26 AM (archived)

What the heck does that have to do with anything? More government employees will fix your grocery prices?

If the government had only grown at the same rate as inflation over the past ten years, the deficit for 2011 would be a tenth what it is.

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Ryan budget proposals released - TB - 4/5/2011 4:17:29 PM
- This is how serious the spending issue is - TB - 4/5/2011 6:55:48 PM
  - Spending - steves - 4/5/2011 7:41:35 PM
  - Re: Per an economist from the University of Missouri - TB - 4/5/2011 7:16:05 PM
    - You have nowhere to go from here. - Eri - 4/5/2011 9:56:40 PM
    - "Deep down inside." - TB - 4/5/2011 7:54:17 PM
    - Re: Deep down inside, you know it's a combination of both. - steves - 4/5/2011 7:49:10 PM
    - Deep down inside, you know it's a combination of both. - RobVG - 4/5/2011 7:28:39 PM
  - Per an economist from the University of Missouri - Eri - 4/5/2011 7:05:43 PM
    - The real hoot - steves - 4/6/2011 2:32:42 AM
      - Re: California is not such a good example. - steves - 4/6/2011 3:57:25 AM
      - California is not such a good example. - Eri - 4/6/2011 3:06:53 AM
    - Re: Re: Retiring officers in the military - ER - 4/6/2011 1:42:04 AM
      - Re: OK, there is a misunderstanding here. - steves - 4/6/2011 2:48:55 AM
      - OK, there is a misunderstanding here. - Eri - 4/6/2011 2:33:14 AM
    - Re: government employees - TB - 4/5/2011 11:28:03 PM
      - Now is not 10 years ago. - Eri - 4/6/2011 2:00:06 AM
        
        Re: Now is not 10 years ago. - TB - 4/6/2011 4:32:26 AM
      - Re: Dependence cycle - TB - 4/6/2011 12:08:34 AM
      - Re: Re: government employees - steves - 4/5/2011 11:50:07 PM
        
        I'm certainly not going to argue that our government is not bloated. - Eri - 4/6/2011 2:17:52 AM
        
        Re: I'm certainly not going to argue - TB - 4/6/2011 4:35:57 AM
    - Re: Retiring officers in the military - steves - 4/5/2011 10:31:11 PM
      - Whoops, it's that number 9 thing n/t - steves - 4/6/2011 3:32:18 AM
      - Try 6 figures - Eri - 4/6/2011 3:17:56 AM
      - Apples and oranges - steves - 4/6/2011 2:59:52 AM
      - A three or four-star general retires. - Eri - 4/6/2011 2:23:58 AM
    - So you want a few million government employees on the dole, too? - Eri - 4/5/2011 9:47:06 PM
      - FEMA? give me an fn break. - robvg - 4/6/2011 12:34:17 AM
        
        It's a matter of priorities. - Eri - 4/6/2011 1:57:04 AM
    - Retiring officers in the military have the same sweet package. - Eri - 4/5/2011 9:35:16 PM
    - Re: Re: Per an economist from the University of Missouri - steves - 4/5/2011 8:02:59 PM
    - Re: Per an economist from the University of Missouri - RobVG - 4/5/2011 7:20:06 PM

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