the cbs evening news with scott pelley - pentagon may scrap traditional military pensions
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the pentagon is considering a controversial plan to replace traditional military pensions with a 401k-style plan ultimately saving 250 billion dollars over the next two decades sharyl attkisson reports

crnc the quotbreak upquot
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the policies of president obama and congressional democrats have resulted in 20 of young adults being unable to find work seeing the danger these policies pose to our generation 18-29 year olds are quotbreaking upquot with their decade long romance with the democratic party find out more at ourtaborg

military math
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http:wwwmarkfiorecom take a look at the latest quotcutsquot in defense spending brought to you by just about everybody obama congress defense contractors they all get in the act and somehow manage to make an increase sound like cuts after wading into the budget wilderness it becomes a little more clear and yes it is worse than this cartoon depicts a mark fiore political animation

weight loss
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weight loss: http:bitly2fh1ktwltbrgt-------------------ltbrgtweight loss:ltbrgtltbrgtto help with weight issues and for overall improved health many people turn to diets in fact government statistics show that while about 65 percent of americans are overweight 38 percent are actually doing something about it ltbrgtltbrgtand according to a recent survey by the national health institute about a third of overweight americans who are trying to lose weight are doing so by eating less carbohydrates carbs largely because of the increased popularity of fad diets like atkins diet and the south beach diet ltbrgtltbrgtalthough there have certainly been other low-carb or low-sugar diet plans before and more will most assuredly come out in the years ahead lets take a look at the basics behind many of the major plans and lets take a look at how they fit into the real world today because while it might be great to lower the bodys sugar content and be healthier wouldnt it be great to learn how to do so while

tim geithner to paul ryan: quotwe don039t have a definitive solution we just don039t like yoursquot
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treasury secretary timothy geithner on the obama administration039s definition of leadershipcongressman paul ryan: let039s show slide 8 i know you didn039t necessarily want to see this chart the red is the status quo that039s the baseline we039re on treasury secretary tim geithner: you could have taken it to 3000 or 4000congressman paul ryan: yeah right we cut it off at the end of the century because the economy according to the cbo shuts down in 2027 on this path treasury secretary tim geithner: i like this chart i looked at this chart yesterday you039re talking about i think more than half a century but if you look at the gap between uscongressman paul ryan: i understand the gap treasury secretary tim geithner: between 10 and 20 it039s a pretty small gap in that gap thoughthat 10 to 20 gap which is all we039re debating todayis a gap where you039re achieving that slightly diminished path congressman paul ryan: here039s the point if you039ll allow me this is your time so we039ll just take a long time here039s the point leaders are supposed to fix problems we have a 994 trillion unfunded liability our government is making promises to americans that it has no way of accounting for and so you039re saying yeah we039re stabilizing it but we039re not fixing it in the long run that means we039re just going to keep lying to people we039re going to keep all these empty promises goingso what we039re saying is in order to avert a debt crisisyou039re the treasury secretary of all peopleif we can039t make good on our bonds in the future who is going to invest in our country we do not want to have a debt crisis it comes down to confidence in trajectory do we have confidence that we039re going to get our fiscal situation under control and prevent the debt from getting to these catastrophic levelsif we go back to the preceding chart chart 13 you039re showing that you have no plan to get this debt under control you039re saying we039ll stabilize it but then it039s going to shoot back up so my argument is that039s europe that is bringing is toward a european debt crisis because we039re showing the world the credit market039s future seniorspeople who are organizing their lives around the promises that are being made to them todaythat we don039t have a plan to make good on thistreasury secretary tim geithner: mr chairman as i said we039re not disagreeing in that sense i made it absolutely clear that what our budget does is get our deficit down to a sustainable path over the budget window congressman paul ryan: and then it takes off treasury secretary tim geithner: let039s ask ourselves why they take off again why do they do that congressman paul ryan: because we have 10000 people retiring everyday and healthcare costs going uptreasury secretary tim geithner: that039s right we have millions of americans retiring everyday and that will drive substantial growth rates for healthcare costs we039re not becoming before you to say we have a definitive solution to our long-term problem what we do know is that we don039t like yours

tax dollars at war
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based on a quotflashpointsquot interview with dennis bernstein ampamp dave lindorffdirected ampamp animated bychris fontaineproduced bysoftbox

what did dr martin luther king jr say about war costs
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answer: quota nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual deathcome home americaquotwith millions out of work at home it039s time to stop spending so much on what king called a giant named militarism join us at http:facebookcomwarcosts to honor king039s dream

obama blames congress for jobs
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president obama gave a press conference after the latest government report showing only 18000 jobs were created in june michael shure breaks it downthe largest online news show in the worldfacebook: http:wwwfacebookcomtytnationsubscribe: http:bitlyewuu5i tyt mobile: http:bitlydnkfpf twitter: http:twittercomintentuserscreen_name=theyoungturkshttp:wwwtheyoungturkscommembershipfree movies: http:wwwnetflixcomtytread ana039s blog and subscribe at: http:wwwexaminercomx-5445-politics-in-education-examinerread cenk039s blog:http:wwwhuffingtonpostcomcenk-uygur

rnc: shared sacrifice is bs
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rnc chairman reince priebus argued on fox news that senator harry reid is wrong to push the idea that rich americans should pay their fair share to help balance the budget and reduce the deficit michael shure explainsthe largest online news show in the worldfacebook: http:wwwfacebookcomtytnationsubscribe: http:bitlyewuu5i tyt mobile: http:bitlydnkfpf twitter: http:twittercomintentuserscreen_name=theyoungturkshttp:wwwtheyoungturkscommembershipfree movies: http:wwwnetflixcomtytread ana039s blog and subscribe at: http:wwwexaminercomx-5445-politics-in-education-examinerread cenk039s blog:http:wwwhuffingtonpostcomcenk-uygur

broken promises: spending
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president obama039s budget projects that the deficit for the current year will total 133 trillion the fourth straight year of deficits over 1 trillion under president obama the nation039s total public debt has reached a record 156 trillion

the ed show - targeting the poor with gop budgets
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aug 21 2012ezra klein breaks down the numbers and shows how paul ryan and mitt romney039s plans are a sure bet for one thing: attacking programs that the poor rely on economist jared bernstein joins ezra klein to break down the shocking numbers that unfairly target poor americans

war spending is over if you want it reprise
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us federal discretionary spendinghttp:wwwwarresistersorgpagespiecharthtm

anthony gregory on the costs of conflict
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research editor anthony gregory introduces some of the issues raised in his new independent policy report quotwhat price war afghanistan iraq and the costs of conflictquot

bachmann faces tough tax question
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august 12th 2011: during an appearance at the iowa state fair in support of her presidential campaign rep michelle bachmann r-minn was asked by a local small business owner why wealthy individuals should continue to receive tax breaks in the face of a crippled economy and a mounting national deficit

2012 r: obama created 240 million jobs
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2012 republican presidential hopeful rick santorum accidentally admitted that president obama created an enormous number of jobs in an interview on cnn michael shure breaks it downthe largest online news show in the worldfacebook: http:wwwfacebookcomtytnationsubscribe: http:bitlyewuu5i tyt mobile: http:bitlydnkfpf twitter: http:twittercomintentuserscreen_name=theyoungturkshttp:wwwtheyoungturkscommembershipfree movies: http:wwwnetflixcomtytread ana039s blog and subscribe at: http:wwwexaminercomx-5445-politics-in-education-examinerread cenk039s blog:http:wwwhuffingtonpostcomcenk-uygur