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Israel's Miracle and Washington's Mess

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Obama's Sequester and the Debt Ceiling

Obama's line in 2011 was that first we protect the united states And then we'll sit down and have a talk but what you're doing is just you're all crazy and irresponsible. In the end he was compelled to negotiate and they came up with this sequester and the debt ceiling went through. We're now in 2023 that is way less than it was on republicans in 2011 Like let's put it this way like Republican green ice shade responsibility does not exist anymore so that appealing To republicans by saying yeah, the democrats are big spenders and irresponsible But look we got to keep the economy humming. That's how we get jot wasn't very effective.

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