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Aparajita Bhattacharjee @apsmine9 (358) 11 Dec 24

It's the first time in my entire life as a service holder that I've fallen short of money a week after my salary has been credited in my account. I've heard somewhere that He Decides. He Provides. So, despite the dampening...

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Liquid Gold fell from the sky

AbbyGreenhill @AbbyGreenhill (45490) • United States 19 Sep 16

God is nice but something else actually fell from the sky yesterday - rain, glorious rain. It started out mid-morning as light drizzle and we were rather disappointed. However, all that changed in the afternoon. When the...

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2 Dirham was the Difference

Isiaka Morufu @nattyweb (169) • Ibadan, Nigeria 14 Sep 16

It is good to budget whatever you want to buy or purchase and head to the supermarket with extral money . Today I budgeted to spend 10 Dirham, but when I got to the cashier I discovered the actual cost is 12Dirham. Actual cost...

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Lottery winnings can fund the deficit

hoseasmate @hoseasmate (720) • United States 29 Nov 12

Instead of forcing individuals to pay taxes, can't the government force them to buy lotto tickets? This surely would wipe out the deficit in just a few short years. Each month a certain amount of people would be required to...

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The Great Debate

dcunni2990 @dcunni2990 (120) • United States 5 Oct 12

I watched the 1st Presidential Debate on Wednesday night after tyring to take a nap from 7:30-8:55. I couldn't. I had a bad night sleeping the night before. I had a headache & was tired, but I really paid close attention to the...

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A real life example of the left and the Federal Government.

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 4 Nov 11

The financial blunders of 3 friends of mine, and a mother who just couldn't say "no" are a great analogy of left and the Federal Government... These three sisters were raised in a good home, taught in good schools, and...

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The US Credit rating is all in the news

estherlou @estherlou (5015) • United States 9 Aug 11

I never even knew the US government had a credit rating until recently. And now, for the first time in our history, we have lost the AAA rating we have always enjoyed. Does that define us as a world power? Or does the change just...

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$239 billion new debt Yesterday!

estherlou @estherlou (5015) • United States 7 Aug 11

Wow. The government gets $400 Billion in allowable borrowing power, and added $239 billion in debt YESTERDAY. Sounds like same old same old...business as usual in...

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Obama gets the old "one two punch" for his Birthday

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 5 Aug 11

First, Wall Street hands Prs. Obama the first punch... the dramatic drop of the Dow Jones average, and right on his birthday! But the presents just keep on a-rollin' in. Today Standard & Poor reduced the United State's...

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This puts the Federal Debt and Deficit in perspective!

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 4 Aug 11

"If the US Government was a family, they would be making $58,000 a year, they spend $75,000 a year, & are $327,000 in credit card debt. They are currently proposing BIG spending cuts to reduce their spending to $72,000 a year....

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What will be the future of our nation?

kingparker @kingparker (9673) • United States 5 Jul 11

As you might know, our nation, the United States of America is indebted, deeply in debt for the next decades. I don't know how we gonna solve this deficit problem on hand, and how we going to be compete with other nations who will...

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Cutting Aid to Infants? Is NOTHING outside of the budget cutters?

valentinesdiner @valentinesdiner (1214) • United States 26 May 11

Part of the deal to pass the budget last month was to cut the WIC program (food and counseling for women, infants and children 5 years old and younger) by hundreds of millions of dollars that had already been approved. Really?...

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It's official, the US Federal Government is now Upside Down...

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 21 Apr 11

There has been deficit spending for as long as there has been a United States of America. That are nothing new. What is new is deficit giveaway programs. For the first time in our history, the government now gives out more...

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US debt and budget deficits

flydanman @flydanman (111) 13 Apr 11

The IMF has warned the US to start tackling its budget deficit which is set to be a whopping 10.8% of GDP this year. One of the biggest bond traders in the world has positioned itself to benefit from spiralling costs of US debt as...

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An idea to quickly and easily slash state budget deficits.

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 31 Jan 11

I have a quick and easy solution that will save the state budgets tons of money... Let the non-violent, first time offenders out of prison, since they don't belong there anyway!

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62 students per class?

laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 17 Jan 11

Detroit Public Schools may close half of their public schools and increase high school class sizes to 62 students. Yikes! Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb is trying to balance the budget with a huge deficit of $327...

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Is the US now a third world country?

2004cqui @2004cqui (2812) • United States 18 Nov 10

If the retirement age is going up and people receiving social security and medicare will get less, are we turning into India an other countries with no social system?

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Obama on the tax cuts.

ladybugmagic @ladybugmagic (3978) • United States 7 Nov 10

Here is his weekly address. He addresses the tax cuts that Eric Cantor and the GOP refuse to compromise on....

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Colorblindness

teddy @m_5ugar (1013) • Malaysia 22 Oct 10

Do you know people who are colorblind? I know that 8% of male and only 0.05% of females who suffer from red green colorblindness. If you are colorblind, what are the major problems that you have to face? What can a designer do to...

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Tax cut or the national deficit?

gewcew23 @gewcew23 (8007) • United States 24 Sep 10

What to do about the Bush era tax cuts have sparked fierce debate. Three positions have emerged, the let all of the tax cuts expire, let the tax cuts for only those above 250K to expire, or let none of the tax cuts to expire. I...

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