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58% say 'Shut it Down'
RtWngExtrmst
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58% Favor Government Shutdown Until Spending Cuts Are Agreed Upon
As Republicans and Democrats in Congress haggle over the budget, most voters would rather have a partial shutdown of the federal government than keep its spending at current levels.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 33% of Likely U.S. Voters would rather have Congress avoid a government shutdown by authorizing spending at the same levels as last year. Fifty-eight percent (58%) says it's better to have a partial shutdown until Democrats and Republicans can agree on what spending to cut. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
The partisan differences are striking. Fifty-eight percent (58%) of Democrats prefer avoiding a shutdown by going with current spending levels. But 80% of Republicans -- and 59% of voters not affiliated with either major party -- think a shutdown is a better option until the two sides can agree on spending cuts.
Congress never passed a budget for 2011 but authorized spending for a few months. That authorization will expire soon, and Congress must act quickly or some federal government services could be shut down. Payments for things like Social Security, Medicare and unemployment benefits would continue, however.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/february_2011/58_favor_government_shutdown_until_spending_cuts_are_agreed_upon
I heard the House Crybaby say the "American don't want the government to shut down". Actually, it's the azzhats in Congress that don't want it to shut down.
As Republicans and Democrats in Congress haggle over the budget, most voters would rather have a partial shutdown of the federal government than keep its spending at current levels.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 33% of Likely U.S. Voters would rather have Congress avoid a government shutdown by authorizing spending at the same levels as last year. Fifty-eight percent (58%) says it's better to have a partial shutdown until Democrats and Republicans can agree on what spending to cut. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
The partisan differences are striking. Fifty-eight percent (58%) of Democrats prefer avoiding a shutdown by going with current spending levels. But 80% of Republicans -- and 59% of voters not affiliated with either major party -- think a shutdown is a better option until the two sides can agree on spending cuts.
Congress never passed a budget for 2011 but authorized spending for a few months. That authorization will expire soon, and Congress must act quickly or some federal government services could be shut down. Payments for things like Social Security, Medicare and unemployment benefits would continue, however.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/february_2011/58_favor_government_shutdown_until_spending_cuts_are_agreed_upon
I heard the House Crybaby say the "American don't want the government to shut down". Actually, it's the azzhats in Congress that don't want it to shut down.
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I say not only 'shut it down', but 'shut it down, give them 10 days to come up with a not only a balanced budget (not in 10 years, but by the end of this year), but also a clear plan to reduce the deficit by 1 trillion per year until it is zero...or else they're FIRED!!
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I say not only 'shut it down', but 'shut it down, give them 10 days to come up with a not only a balanced budget (not in 10 years, but by the end of this year), but also a clear plan to reduce the deficit by 1 trillion per year until it is zero...or else they're FIRED!!
Bingo! We have a winner!
Margaret Thatcher
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
Mark Twain
heaped on this country. You have to want a better country for its
citizens. The politicans created this mess but point fingers at
each other for a solution. Pain is going to happen sooner or later.
Let's get it over with now while the price for a stronger country
might be cheaper.
Why shutdown at all,workers will only get a furlow,thie allows them to get full pay while at home doing nada.<1FMJ>
you have to shut it down because there is no more money. By the way, they are already doing nada.
A balanced buget amentment would be all it takes to wipe out OBAMA care and all the other wasteful spending the dems have in store for us.
Neither party is mature enough to admit to the problems they have
heaped on this country. You have to want a better country for its
citizens. The politicans created this mess but point fingers at
each other for a solution. Pain is going to happen sooner or later.
Let's get it over with now while the price for a stronger country
might be cheaper.
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Maybe that's the plan.
Neither party is mature enough to admit to the problems they have
heaped on this country. You have to want a better country for its
citizens. The politicans created this mess but point fingers at
each other for a solution. Pain is going to happen sooner or later.
Let's get it over with now while the price for a stronger country
might be cheaper.
Politicians,, better look in the mirror; that's who created the mess. It wasn't Democrats, and it wasn't Republicans. It was Americans.
Republicans came up with a meager 61B and and the Democrats flip... Funny yet sad.
I say not only 'shut it down', but 'shut it down, WE AMERICANS give them 10 days to come up with a not only a balanced budget (not in 10 years, but by the end of this year), but also a clear plan to reduce the deficit by 1 trillion per year until it is zero...or else they're FIRED WE AMERICANS TAKE TO THE STREETS, OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT, IMPRISON A FEW OF THEM AND START OVER..!!
Worked in E'jip and seems to be working in a few other countries at the moment.
I think it even worked in France once upon a time.