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Old 07-18-2014, 04:06 PM  
crockett
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Originally Posted by Robbie View Post
For a govt. that has been at a "grinding halt"...it still managed to change the entire "health care" system and turn it into a giant gift to insurance companies. And it also managed to find time to kill thousands of more people around the world with bombing and drone strikes.

I'd love to see the federal govt. actually come to a "grinding halt" sometimes. But it just keeps getting bigger and more powerful every day.

But they've got the majority of people believing that "nothing is getting done".

Newsflash: The govt. isn't supposed to be "doing" stuff constantly the way it does these days and spending money that it doesn't have and running the debt to 17 trillion dollars.

That's the way I see it anyway.
For an entity that has been brought to a "grinding halt", it still managed to spend more money than at any time in history.

EDIT: I left out the massive spying that our govt. is doing on it's own citizens. "Grinding halt"? I wish.
To be fair the health care system was put in place during the first two years. That's when Obama was able to get things done. After Republicans won the house everything then came to a grinding halt.
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