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Re: It's working... Not quite...

By: oldCADuser in FFFT | Recommend this post (0)
Thu, 01 Dec 11 3:26 AM | 47 view(s)
Boardmark this board | Food For Further Thought 		Msg. 36512 of 65535
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Of course they could order a few dozen less F-35 fighters (at $156 million a copy) or perhaps scratch the next two aircraft carriers being planned (at about $10 billion each) not to mention the subsidies which we're paying oil companies (which, depending on how you figure it, can run in the $10's of billion EACH YEAR).




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Re: It's working... Not quite...
By: clo in FFFT
Thu, 01 Dec 11 3:13 AM 		Msg. 36511 of 65535

11/30/2011 5:20 PM
GOP: Offsetting cuts must cover payroll tax relief
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The Senate Republican alternative, unveiled in late afternoon, envisions extending an existing pay freeze for government workers through 2015 — a provision that would apply to lawmakers. It also proposed gradually cutting the government workforce by 10 percent, or 200,000 positions.

http://www.fmnewschicago.com/news/article.aspx?id=1212964

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