2seaoat wrote:I am speaking what most Americans already know.....we are broke, and it is damn well time to take care of Americans, and throwing this nation's wealth down another rabbit hole to be defined later.....like how we are going to pay for revenue neutral tax cuts....it is borderline traitors when they talk this nonsense, because they do not represent American interests.
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sure. everything is good. looks like obamas foreign policy is doing just fine,,,,
the worlds on fire, but its all good.....
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