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The Republicans spend us into massive debt and huge deficits with tax cuts for the rich and wars of choice.

The Republicans ignore the spending problem until a Democrat is in the White House.

The Republicans now make as if spending and the deficit is an immediately urgent issue, and the only solution is to cut Social Security and Medicare.

The President sits back and lets the GOP dictate this discussion, just like they did on healthcare.

Compromises will have to happen, and I think most of us realize that. The issue is that the Republicans have started the discussion in the far right crazy wing, and the Democrats seem to start the discussion from the middle. We've got a great recent history at screwing ourselves by compromising our ideals before we even sit down at the table.