"Rod Speed" <rod.speed....@gmail.com> writes:
> Dan Espen <des...@verizon.net> wrote
>> Rod Speed <rod.speed....@gmail.com> wrote
>>> Shmuel (Seymour J.)Metz <spamt...@library.lspace.org.invalid> wrote
>>>> Dan Espen <des...@verizon.net> wrote

>>>>> Is this the same DOD spending that got cut
>>>>> by agreement to settle the budget crisis?

>>>> You expect politicians in an election year to remind voters that
>>>> they agreed to something instead of campaigning against it?

>>>>> The other DOD cut that's raising controversy is the one I pointed
>>>>> a link to recently.  The DOD actually wants to close down our tank
>>>>> manufacturing plant.  They say they have more than enough tanks and
>>>>> parts.  The GOP has been raising holy hell.  They even had the nerve
>>>>> to claim it would cost more to close the plant than to leave it open.

>>>> They might even be telling the truth; the real issue is that they claim
>>>> that they are interested in cutting the deficit, and then fight tooth
>>>> and nail against any measures that might actually do so, even measures
>>>> that they had previously agreed to. The elephants in the room are

>>>> 1. Congress passes laws, not the president.

>>>> 2. The real argument was never about the size of the
>>>>     government, but about which programs to fund.

>>>> 3. Solving the budget problem requires a long term
>>>>     solution that no major party can back out of.

>>> Nope, other countrys have fixed their deficit without doing that.

>> Hmm, did they discover oil?

> Nope.

>> Which other countries?

> Australia.