tombi123 said: Really, that was the agreement? What a waste of money! How many nuclear power plants could you build with $100 Billion?

 

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What's $100B among lib friends? I smell the Amero soon...

GamingChartzFTW said: tombi123 said: Really, that was the agreement? What a waste of money! How many nuclear power plants could you build with $100 Billion?

LMFAO!!!

The funniest part about Obama pledging these funds, is he has no authority to spend them. How we spend out money, and what we spend it on, is Congress's job, not his.

TheRealMafoo said: Obama vowed to not vote for a policy if it’s not at least deficit neutral. If he is going to veto anything that raises the deficit, why worry about the cap?

Well, there are a few reasons why the debt ceiling would have to be raised even if Obama did not allow the passage of legislation that added to the deficit. First, the U.S. pays ~$400 billion in interest on its outstanding debt. If all the legislation passed by congress did not increase the deficit, the government would still be required to pay interest on outstanding debt thereby possibly necessitating raising the debt ceiling. Second, there are supplemental appropriations that are outside the deficit and could increase the national debt which could also necessitate an increase in the debt ceiling. See. there are scenarios that could necessitate raising the debt ceiling without increasing the deficit. Also, in response to your first sentence, Obama cannot vote for legislation. He is now the president and not a member of congress.

Imagine the good that would happen if some of that $100 Billion per year was put towards developing Cold Fusion ... Unfortunately, it will mostly go to enriching the lives of dictators.

HappySqurriel said: Imagine the good that would happen if some of that $100 Billion per year was put towards developing Cold Fusion ... Unfortunately, it will mostly go to enriching the lives of dictators.

Well it's 30 billion now.  The thing seems to have fallen apart pretty spectacularly.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8422133.stm

my favorite part...

Lumumba Stanislaus Di-Aping, the Sudanese negotiator, said the accord spelled "incineration" for Africa and compared it to the Nazis sending "6 million people into furnaces" in the Holocaust.

I mean... really.  Sudan?

Sudan is playing the genocide card?  What Rwanda didn't want any of that?

You know if they gave me just $250,000. . . I'd be really happy.