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Steve Benen: At the end of the month, deep, automatic sequestration cuts are due to kick in, hurting the economy, the Defense Department, and the general public…..
Today, President Obama said he and Congress have already approved more than $2.5 trillion in deficit reduction, and got to $4 trillion “with a balanced mix of spending cuts and more tax reform,” with the latter including changes “so that the wealthiest individuals and corporations can’t take advantage of loopholes and deductions that aren’t available to most Americans.”
Is there time for a major budget agreement and a tax-reform compromise? Of course not, which is why Obama suggested Congress pass “a smaller package of spending cuts and tax reforms that would delay the economically damaging effects of the sequester for a few more months until Congress finds a way to replace these cuts with a smarter solution.”
And, of course, Republicans immediately rejected the idea and threatened to do deliberate harm to the economy…..
More here
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Severely stressed about it all:
President Barack Obama makes an announcement on sequestration in the White House Press Briefing Room on February 5
The Obama Diary 
yes indeedy No Drama Obama 🙂
Congrats Sher!
thank you GGail!
Haha. I just provided the link in the last thread and voilà, it’s up here too.
Can’t beat YouTube alerts 😉
What a guy!
He made it plain but now the media is off on another tangent about drones killing Americans who happen to be terrorists. I guess we should have sent some Federal Marshalls to arrest them. So much for due process I guess.
Or sent them a subpoena in the mail.
Damn. I forgot about that. Yhat would have solved everything, eh?
It would be heroic if Bush had done it. The left would have bitched, and the RWNJ’s would have cheered.
And now…. the left is bitching and the RWNJ’s are bitching.
What’s wrong with this picture?
Makes ya kinda wonder. Don’t it?
Makes ya kinda crazy.
That too. 🙂
Congrats Sherijr #1
thank you.. I hardly ever get to be first ~ feelin’ lucky today 😉
Love him and so nice to see his sense of humor on display!
Well hello. Congrats Sher
thank you thank you very much !
You’re welcome. My spelling has been so bad on this blog I gave you a nickname 😉
thats okay, I like it 😉
I’m in DR. office and read text. Thought there was laughter? That’s what was typed. Who is the DV? She needs meds.
So much good news today
Encouraging quote of the day
“Instead of giving myself reasons why I can’t, I give myself reasons why I can.”
~Unknown~
video on gun control – please share with others
more good nes at http://whatisworking.com
Thank you. I had just posted and then saw your Tweet.
Thank you.
NP, were all on the same wavelength!
Well TOD Twitter Brigades:
CBO is reporting that the annual deficit this year is going to be $845B. First time in 4 yrs with below $1T. CBO also says that DC is making and slowing faster progress with our economy had it not been their continued Jingoistic games with our budget.
🙂 😎 🙂
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The POTUS is looking 😯 mighty 😎 and totally Relaxed 😉
If it is a RWNJ cartoon, it backfires mightily.
I don’t know the cartoonist Japa, so not sure – but it’s a gem!!
Here you go Chips, http://www.bokbluster.com/
Ah, thanks LovelyPlains – only looked at two toons, that was enough!
So now we know it was a RWNJ. Yet, this toon, IMO, probably doesn’t convey what he probably thinks it conveys.
Isn’t it a laugh Japa?! The cartoonist thought it depicted the end of civilization as we know it – I just high-fived myself! Oh, it’s blissful to be a liberal!
That is one good looking President!
Glad they’ve already taken my blood pressure so it was normal! 🙄
Deficit projected to shrink considerably
http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/02/05/16855478-deficit-projected-to-shrink-considerably
Maybe Morning Joe and his crowd can relax for a day or so now.
Steve Benen: At the end of the month, deep, automatic sequestration cuts are due to kick in, hurting the economy, the Defense Department, and the general public…..
Today, President Obama said he and Congress have already approved more than $2.5 trillion in deficit reduction, and got to $4 trillion “with a balanced mix of spending cuts and more tax reform,” with the latter including changes “so that the wealthiest individuals and corporations can’t take advantage of loopholes and deductions that aren’t available to most Americans.”
Is there time for a major budget agreement and a tax-reform compromise? Of course not, which is why Obama suggested Congress pass “a smaller package of spending cuts and tax reforms that would delay the economically damaging effects of the sequester for a few more months until Congress finds a way to replace these cuts with a smarter solution.”
And, of course, Republicans immediately rejected the idea and threatened to do deliberate harm to the economy…..
http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/02/05/16856450-obama-seeks-balanced-deal-to-avoid-sequester?lite
The six Newtown teachers and administrators who died protecting their students at Sandy Hook Elementary School will be the posthumous recipients of the 2012 Presidential Citizens Medal.
President Obama will make the presentations to surviving family members during a ceremony on Friday, Feb. 15 in the White House, according to a White House official.
Read more: http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Slain-teachers-staff-to-get-presidential-medal-4252876.php#ixzz2K3z9qtsK
New post: http://theobamadiary.com/2013/02/05/now-is-the-time-to-honor-them/
Good healthcare news, good technology news and now good economic news. Pres. Obama is WINNING!
Just a heads up, in case you don’t know already, if you tweet Piers Morgan with anything negative (in my case, to start showing respect for PBO by calling him “President” Obama), hard core RWNJ trolls will start tweeting you with sickening stuff. Says more about Piers and his followers than the trolls, IMHO.