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Edited on Wed Jul-27-11 11:56 AM by hedgehog
between beginning to dismantle Social Security/Medicare/Medicaid or stopping all the checks next Tuesday.
Then, when he decided that cutting programs was better than seeing the entire economy crash, talking heads accused Obama of playing games because of course everyone knew that the Republicans wouldn't take yes for an answer.
Today I was reminded that part of the reason we're in this mess is that Moody's. Standard and Poor's, et. al. threatened to downgrade our credit rating unless we cut the deficit to their liking. Say what you will about the Tea Party Congressmen, at least those jerks were elected by someone. Who the hell put the rating firms in charge?
I'm rambling here, but more and more I get a picture of Obama attempting to negotiate with nihilists who'd almost prefer taking down the entire economy and the government with it.
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