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Nancy Pelosi To Fox News Sunday: It's A 'False Argument To Say We Have A Spending Problem'
2013-02-11
[MEDIAITE] On Fox News Sunday, House Minority Leader Nancy San Fran Nan Pelosi
Congresswoman-for-Life from the the Socialist paradise of San Francisco Bay Area, born into a family of politicians. Formerly Speaker of the House, but it's not her fault they lost. Really. Noted for her heavily botoxed grimace...
(D-CA) told Fox News Channel anchor Chris Wallace that the ongoing debate about a balanced approach to deficit reduction should not place undue emphasis on spending cuts. She said that it is "almost a false argument" to say that Washington has a "spending problem." Pelosi noted that there have been "plenty of spending cuts," and budgetary priorities like education and food safety must be protected.

"Sequestration is a bad idea all around," Pelosi began.

"The fact is we've had plenty of spending cuts, $1.6 trillion in the Budget Control Act. What we need is growth," Pelosi said. "Slashing spending indiscriminately, she said, would hurt growth prospects for the U.S. economy."

"What we do need is more revenue and more cuts," she added. "What I would like to see that is a big, balanced, bold [budget] proposal. Short of that, we must do something to avoid the sequester."

Wallace asked Pelosi for her thoughts on House Speaker John It is not pronounced 'Boner!' Boehner's
... the occasionally weepy leader of House Republicans...
(R-OH) insistence this week that Washington must "deal with its spending problem."
Posted by:Fred

#19  Well, after listening to her for X amount of years, I think the woman's problem is that she's just a fuckin idiot.
Posted by: tu3031   2013-02-11 21:19  

#18  ..the riots will be in the dark blue disarmed urban areas. Those beyond the outer belt won't have much of a problem other than keeping the refugees confined to the interstate on their way to the next deep blue urban area. Just tell them the 'free' stuff is over there ->
Posted by: Procopius2k   2013-02-11 21:10  

#17  I can see the future and in the future, when it collapses and the riots begin, Nancy of Morons will say, "Let them eat red tape"
Posted by: Silentbrick   2013-02-11 18:34  

#16  Ditto BH6. I would only add "feckless pathological liar".
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-02-11 17:07  

#15  I agree Raider, & this woman is a pathological liar; as are many in her profession. She can be comforted by the fact that 20% of the electorate will be so stupid as to believe it. Another 20% will be too apathetic to care, and the last 20% will be the die-hard statists that don't care because they're good w/having future generations be tax serfs. The sad fact is this - neither side really wants to cut, and it might be too late anyhow. Bring on the cliff, the sooner, the better. Or just shut down congress to essential DOD functions to protect the country from outside attack. Although I think our internal stupidity has already runined us.
Posted by: Broadhead6   2013-02-11 17:04  

#14  Sooner or later the global banking system is gonna crash. With this kind of denial in positions of leadership, and outrageous trading practices by banks and hedge funds, the outcome is pretty much guaranteed. Everybody still thinks they've got their own place at the betting table ... but no-one wants to admit that their checkbook is empty.

A crash may not happen this year ... but it's gonna happen. I hope that people like Bernanke and Pelosi get pelted with eggs when it does go down.
Posted by: Raider   2013-02-11 16:28  

#13  Two words: Botox Overdose.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2013-02-11 16:18  

#12  Don't forget LSD. Her eyes look a bit dilated in the video, especially considering all they lights they must have been using for a televised interview.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2013-02-11 15:36  

#11  #6 The sad|scary part is that people _believe_ her.....

It's sad to think of who put her in office--particularly if they think she makes any sense. One would think she has been hittin the California mind bender medical marijuana or Thai Stick before the interview.
Posted by: JohnQC   2013-02-11 14:03  

#10  It's A 'False Argument To Say We Have A Spending Problem'

It's a LIE to say (As you do) That we DON'T.

Gotcha, or do lies NOT count, well if you're in power, I guess they don't (Until election time)
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2013-02-11 12:35  

#9  I got a nose bleed reading this article.

For all of those who point at Bush's last four as the real reason for the recession, just remember WHO was SOH and WHAT party controlled both the HOR and the Senate...geez, the abbreviation for House of Representatives is so appropriate for them these days
Posted by: Bill Clinton   2013-02-11 10:20  

#8  Didn't she vote for the sequester?
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2013-02-11 10:17  

#7  As any alcoholic or druggie will tell you, it's a supply problem, not a behavioral problem.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2013-02-11 08:49  

#6  The sad|scary part is that people _believe_ her.....
Posted by: CrazyFool   2013-02-11 07:55  

#5  Wife to Husband "I do NOT have a shoe buying problem. You don't work long, enough."
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2013-02-11 06:51  

#4  A friend of mine was pulled before his bosses due to his fondness for "long lunches"
The first question they asked him was if he had a drinking problem?
No,he said; "only when I'm broke"
So no, it's not a false argument to say that Washington has a "spending problem." especially when it's broke
Posted by: tipper   2013-02-11 06:39  

#3  Scandalous, her speaking to those tabloid people down in the village.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-02-11 05:38  

#2  Doublethink
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2013-02-11 01:34  

#1  Yokay - uh, uh, the US has too many committments + outstanding liabilities, etc. which it doesn't want to change or reduce???

See - twasn't a "spending" problem after all.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2013-02-11 00:42  

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