Posted on 03/30/2011 3:30:57 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour
Sources tell me that budget negotiators on Capitol Hill have tentatively agreed on a deal that would involve at least $33 billion in spending cuts from this year’s budget. That’s $23 billion dollars more than Democrats have previously agreed to in short-term continuingresolutions, and $28 billion less than Republicans previously passed in the House.
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$33 billion out of how much?
If this is their idea of cutting spending were screwed.
They’ll spend that much in Libya; so much for any budget cuts of significance.
Great, the Republicans managed to get the Dems to agree to cut about 2% of what was needed to cut.
You guys are so hooped that there is no point to even trying to control the budget. You might as well have a good running start towards the cliff and force the Republicans and Democrats to run 100 trillion dollar deficits and be done with it.
Party on!
There is only one solution: Start over!
This is smart. The Dems wanted to turn the debate away from debt reduction and discipline to “those evil Republicans shutting down the government”. Take the small victory, build momentum, take a false issue away from them and live to fight another day. Don’t throw the good out for the sake of the perfect.
This is a 1% cut ... 2% actually since 1/2 the year is gone.
... and since about 80% is discretionary, its really a higher level... about 10% on that $300 billion in domestic discretionary funding that remains in this fiscal year.
is it even a ‘cut’, when they are cutting from the absurdly high baselines sent by the spendaholic Pelosi/Reid/Obama budgets of last year?
$60 billion - much better number, should stick to it.
Name one good thing about such a meaningless, miniscule cut in our out of control spending. 1/2 of 1% or whatever the fraction turns out to be? Get real.
Attitudes and negotiating approaches like yours is why we have such debt and why Boehner feels confident in his fecklessness.
NO negotiation
NO compromise.
SCREW the Dems and their constituent freeloaders.
Let it shut down.
Momentum?
What do we shoot for next year( after adding 2,000 billion more in debt), 34 billion cut?
At this rate the budget should be neutral by 2180.
I can give you $15,000,000,0000,000 reasons why this is not good enough [that’s 15 trillion in debt]
“This is smart. The Dems wanted to turn the debate away from debt reduction and discipline to “those evil Republicans shutting down the government”. Take the small victory, build momentum, take a false issue away from them and live to fight another day. Don’t throw the good out for the sake of the perfect.”
I agree with you, ... BUT ... they needed it to be $60-100 billion ... that’s why it was wrong to go in with $60 billion upfront, they should have been bolder.
Everything the GOP does gets watered down 4X.
They NEEDED to defund Obamacare and make that a key principle, not take it off the table. They needed to do a $100b+ cut.
It’s also why the Democrats/Reid HAVE DONE NOTHING. They dont want any fingerprints on this... Republicans should stick to their guns UNTIL REID PASSES AN ALTERNATIVE.
Boehner should go back and say “Great, pass it in the Senate, then we will pass something in the House and lets compromise from there” the ‘there’ will be a Senate version at $30 b and a house version of $60b ,so you get AT LEAST $30b and hopefully more like $50b at the end.
Minimum. They talked $100 billion to get elected. They started negotiations by saying they wouldn't shut down the govt. 0bama reigned them in instantly by saying no more than 60B and they capitulated immediately.
They ended up with 33B. Pathetic.
You’re right. What was I thinking. Oppose everyone who votes for this. Injure our GOP allies and give their seats to the Dems, they’ll help us fix the defecit. Reagan was crazy with that 11th Commandment thing, what did he know about defecit reduction anyway. (Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
What are you drinking?
Compromise is weakness.
They better cut all they said they would or they’re out next election. I’m tired of this ‘living to fight another day’ BS.
Hold to the last man NOW.
That was then.
This is now.
Amen. Put up a bit stink so the media blames us. Then maybe we can get Obama elected again so we can really get ahead.
“bit” should be “BIG”.
Going backwards… 100 to 61 to 33 billion…way to stand firm boys
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