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Politics

Charlie Sheen Vs. Washington When it Comes to Spending

Nick Gillespie | 3.30.2011 10:03 AM

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From the folks over at Bankrupting America, a video that lays out how much stuff is costing in terms of federal debt.

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  1. fullmetaltrousers   15 years ago

    WINNING

    Er... Losing.

    Crap...

  2. Restoras   15 years ago

    cue Tony!

    Oh what the heck, I'll do it.

    We don't have a spending problem, we have a revenue problem. Eat the rich!!

    1. Tony   15 years ago

      Seriously, why can't you people get over your childish aversion to raising taxes? Or are you that wedded to welfare for the rich?

      1. Restoras   15 years ago

        Oh I dunno, maybe because a growing economy that provides greater potential opportunity for the vast majority of its citizens, as well as full employment, is preferable to the generational thievery you advocate.

      2. creech   15 years ago

        Says the kid who thinks it o.k. to steal other kids toys if Santa wasn't good to him.

      3. yonemoto   15 years ago

        bracket creep.

        1. yonemoto   15 years ago

          i.e. Sure, tax everyone who makes 100k now, but what happens when a loaf of bread costs $100?

        2. R C Dean   15 years ago

          bracket creep

          Look, Obama's bracket is done, already, kaput, fini. No need to rub it in.

  3. R C Dean   15 years ago

    I look forward to Obama's sweaty, regrettable viral campaign videos distributed over Facebook under the tutelage of media genius Robert Gibbs.

  4. goddesses   15 years ago

    Charlie hasn't won yet; we see Gloria Alrred in our future-winning!

  5. Gregory Smith   15 years ago

    Charlie Sheen makes money, the government steals it. So, Charlie wins.

    Boycott RadioShack: They hate the Second Amendment.
    http://libertarians4freedom.bl.....econd.html

    1. Dick Fitzwell   15 years ago

      Are you still in high school?

      1. Gregory Smith   15 years ago

        Don't be a dick, Dick. I'm a college graduate.

        1. Jack On   15 years ago

          Just like President Obama!

          1. Gregory Smith   15 years ago

            Just like John Stossel! He's also a college graduate.

        2. Heroic Mulatto   15 years ago

          Clown college doesn't count, dude.

    2. Greer   15 years ago

      I'm not sure that not giving guns away for free is hating the 2nd amendment. I like beer, but I don't give out at halloween, does make me a prohibitionist?

      But my first thought was, boycott Radioshack? That should be easy. haven't been in one in about 30 years.

      1. Gregory Smith   15 years ago

        Read the story in the link, it's very simple.

        1. Independent owner of a RadioShack stores does a "get dish and get a free gun promotion" and triples his sales.

        2. RadioShack tells him to cease and desist.

        Conclusion, RadioShack hates guns and gun owners. And what do we do in a free society when someone hates us? We boycott their asses!

        1. Dick Fitzwell   15 years ago

          Wow! Great stuff!

          1. oncogenesis   15 years ago

            It writes itself.

  6. Ray Shunnel   15 years ago

    But those interest payments on The Debt go to people, people who save or create jobs!

    There, that wasn't so hard, was it?

  7. chaussures puma   15 years ago

    en

  8. alaamiah   11 years ago

    of federal debt.

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