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Congress and White House agree on budget bill which should end clashes
The US House of Representatives has approved a two-year federal budget bill in a strong showing of cross-party support, further avoiding the specter of another government shutdown. The measure, written by the Republican and Democratic heads of the House and Senate budget committees respectively, was approved by a 332-94 vote. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesAhhh! The smell of bullshit is still in evidence in the corridors of power in America!
Dec 13th, 2013 - 03:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The budget cuts aim to carve 20bn - 23bn from the nation's 642bn annual budget deficit. WOW a whole 3.1%!
Would this be the same ‘24bn’ that “The October government shutdown, which halted many federal services across the country, is said to have cost the US economy?
Of course not! Ha, ha, ha. You have to laugh.
I bet these prats were really embarrassed by the worldwide derision their small minded partisanship caused.
This budget is a disaster for ordinary Americans, Patty Murray knew it going in, and all the democrats know it. It's not the smell of bullshit you perceive; it is human excrement being dumped wholesale on the rest of of Americans.
Dec 13th, 2013 - 09:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I cannot fathom the mindset of the many voters in the US that don't see an issue with running continuous deficits. Deficits have their place especially during economic downturns and unexpected national disasters or emergencies, but a continuous deficit is the result of a major structural mismatch.
Dec 14th, 2013 - 01:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0Australia runs a much larger welfare state (viewed as socialist by many Americans) but balanced budgets are so much part of our political discourse. And looking forward at potential budget shortfalls due to changes in our economy and workforce is always being talked about.
The majority of Americans are resigned to the fact we have a horrible and idiotic President and most everyone I know is just in a holding pattern until he is gone.
Dec 14th, 2013 - 10:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0#4yankeeboy, you and your kind always seem to point to the president as the weak link. This problem did not begin with him, nor will it end with him. You have been voting for bad politicians for decades, and now only because of Obama's slightly darker skin has he become a flash point for what a bunch of old white men have been inflicting on Americans for years. If you want to do something, clean the house completely and burn every copy of Hitler's propaganda playbook you can fine. It's the source of the right's most effective propaganda plan, and you have drunk the proverbial Kool-Aid.
Dec 14th, 2013 - 04:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 04 jobs, still can't make it
Dec 15th, 2013 - 05:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://money.cnn.com/2013/12/12/news/economy/4-low-wage-part-time-jobs/index.html?iid=s_mpm
USA's “American dream” loong a tale of the past
http://money.cnn.com/2013/12/12/news/economy/4-low-wage-part-time-jobs/index.html?iid=s_mpm
tid bit from the article: “Among the major developed countries, only in Italy and the UNITED KINGDOM is there less economic mobility, according to Corak”
Once a chav, always a chav.
The decliene of the Anglo nations continues unabated.
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