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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 08:29 AM Original message |
Obama vows to cut spending: Where and what should he cut? |
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meowomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. corporate welfare |
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Crankie Avalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. Cutting down on any aggressive wars lying around would be a dynamite start. nt |
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BobRossi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
3. NASA, NSA, DARPA, CIA, FBI, DOE |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 08:34 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. NASA is not a good start. |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 08:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
15. Yeah, DARPA only invented the internet and GPS |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
4. The Pentagon. |
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NOW tense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
6. The war on drugs |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 08:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. ! |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Second Biggest Waste Of Money Ever |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 09:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
24. right |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
36. Sorry, but Biden and Holder are both BIG TIME drug warriors. So no savings there. nt |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
7. Military |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 01:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
37. I agree... get the military back to taking care of the military... |
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Zen Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
8. Cut the insurance companies out of Medicare D -- |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
9. medicare plus, let medicare negotiate, end the Iraq war |
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Alter Ego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
11. Pony subsidies. |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
12. Saturday mail delivery. Not a biggie, but it's a start n/t |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
13. Department of Defense!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #13 |
33. I think even then we would be spending more than the next ten biggest countries combined |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
14. Cut Congressional salaries |
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exboyfil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
35. Don't cut Congressional salaries |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
16. iraq. nt |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
17. No 'aside from that'. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 08:54 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I wasn't taking it off the table. I was taking it as a given |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 09:34 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Given the trend we're seeing here, not so obvious. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
19. I hope they examine and justify every contract done recently |
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sentelle (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 09:47 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. also examine them |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
23. how much does the government subsidize the meat industry? |
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Rainbowreflect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
25. Bush & Cheney's retirement and Secret Service expense. |
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MessiahRp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
26. I have a lot of things I would do... |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
27. No more funding foreign wars or drug wars. Huge savings. |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
28. Federal Bureau of Prisons. We're holding 100,000+ non-violent offenders. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
29. Faith based bullshit |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
30. Mercenary companies need to be put out of business immediately |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
31. Subsidies for non-food-grade corn (ie, corn intended not to be eaten as is). NT |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 10:30 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. That would be brilliant. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
34. End the Mohair Subsidy |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
38. Eliminate corporate welfare and the war on drugs and cut DOD by 75%, . |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
39. DOD |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
40. DoD, dismantle Homeland Security. n/t |
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