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	Name:	Talullahhound -
	Subject:	Obamacare is not a drop in the bucket!
	Date:	11/17/2010 10:30:14 AM

I think they have to make reducing the deficeit a priority. We need serious spending cuts. One area I think they need to look at is foreign spending. And I think they need to seriously look at the war in Afghanistan and do a serious cost/benefit analysis. I say that reluctantly, but I question Afghanistans commitment to keeping the Taliban at bay. I think before we commit any money to anything, we need to ask ourselves if we can afford it. We need to start thinking about what we need to do as a "world leader" and get serious about what we can afford.

I'm very skeptical about this package that Obama has laid on the table with India.

I don't know enough about financial markets to say what I think they should do about the banks and foreclosures. Obviously, there can't be any more bailouts.

I think there needs to be a massive PR campaign to make the American people really understand the bad position we are in. I don't think in the current political climate, people don't really understand that it is not just jobs or tax cuts, but this needs to be a national priority. The situation we are in is every bit as threatening as when we were attacked on 9/11, except this time, the enemy is ourselves. Tax cuts for small business, but no tax cuts for individuals.

I wish I was smart enough to know what else we should do. I guess I go back to what anyone would do if things were going south financially. You can't take anything off the table. Got to live within your means. Before we can have "entitlements" we've got to be in a position to afford them.