US Congress narrowly averts government shutdown

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  1. smk762

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    http://edition.cnn.com/2014/12/11/politics/spending-bill-brink/

     
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    So does this mean Obama wont need to raise the debt ceiling again in March 2015? They already has enough cash to keep them running until September 2015??? I'm confused!
     
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    I'm not sure. I thought they'd agreed to continue to indefinitely raise the debt ceiling after the last shutdown, but that might be Baloney's fault.
     
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    I wonder how much is going to the military ...
     
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    Just one more brick in the road to hell.
     
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    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU4GdHLUHwU[/youtube]
    Pentagon admits $2.3 Trillion missing and Rumsfeld calls it a matter of "life and death."

    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYNVNhB-m0o[/youtube]
    9 TRILLION Dollars Missing from Federal Reserve,Fed Inspector General Can't Explain

    It takes a lot of money to run wars ...
     
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    Geesus you would'nt think the U.S was broke after seeing all that military spending would you?

    I cant believe they just keep borrowing and borrowing from the Fed like it never has to be repayed back???
     
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    I can't believe our dollar is "worth" less than 83 cents against the US dollar that is 18 TRILLION dollars in debt....
     
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    This ^^
     
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    The guy who lives in the big house up on the hill and drives a new sports car will continue to live the rich lifestyle right up until the creditors pull the plug and he is bankrupt.
     
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    I hope they do on the greedy bastards!
     
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    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyvFHpxjDJI[/youtube]
     
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    Its not the 18 trillion that's the worry, it's the 100's of trillions in unfunded pensions and so on that's gonna sink them
     
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