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Steve G asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 8 years ago

The Republicans in the House are all for spending cuts, right?

So, why do they not want to cut spending for the spying program that the Obama Administration has been running? Obama is wrong on this one, in my opinion.

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  • 8 years ago
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    Wrong.

    They are only for cuts in programs they disagree with, like food stamps.

    But "crop insurance" payments to millionaires? The more the merrier!

  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    No the Republicans in the House are not always for spending cuts. They will cut spending that helps poor people but have no problem with passing a 1 trillion dollars farm bill. I am wondering where the conservative outrage on this legislation is at, haven't heard a peep about it.

  • Sean
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Read something about the republicans not funding the Al Qaeda rebels in Syria with this bill like Obama wanted. Obama is split between spying on the American people and funding terrorism

  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Yeah, he is wrong on this one and the Republicans should. HOWEVER...

    It is politically dangerous to cut defense spending, which this is. If something happens and it comes back to cuts in the program that could have prevented the event, the GOP is sunk. ALSO, you don't add or cut or even discuss intelligence appropriations in public. You discuss them in public, they're public knowledge. Our enemies are in the 'public'. So, going out there and saying, "Yeah, we don't support this program, we're not going to do it anymore." would be kinda stupid, don't you think?

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Every administration for the past 40 years has been running it.

  • John
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    If you're referring to the NSA their time is better spent on spying outside our borders

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Only if you allow them to tie abortion bills to Motorcycle safety Bills at the last second (page 21)

  • ?
    Lv 6
    8 years ago

    They have never willingly cut anything from defense.

  • 8 years ago

    They only want to cut spending on the poor and working class, they have no problem with corporate welfare, pointless wars, foreign aid, raises for themselves, duplicated budget items, etc.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    We call those republicans RINOs.

    That is why I only will vote TEA!

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