“the GOP goal was to make a downpayment on spending cuts and fiscal responsibility in FY2011.”
You have got to be joking? They cut less than 2% of the yearly deficit. Not 2% in spending, 2% of the deficit.
The RINOs just have no idea what kind of fiscal shape this country is in. Even Paul Ryan’s budget, if fully enacted, will not get us out of this mess.
“You have got to be joking? They cut less than 2% of the yearly deficit. Not 2% in spending, 2% of the deficit.”
Of course the numbers are small relative to the overall task, but this is cleaning up a mess the Democrats left because they didnt pass their budget last year. Until you go afer entitlements, 80% of the budget is ‘baked in’. This cut is $70b off Obama’s proposal, and was all taken out of domestic discretionary, which is about $800b or so, so on that it was more like a 5% real cut or 10% off Obama’s proposal in that category.
Not big, but there is no denying its a different direction from every single budget that Pelosi passed since 2007, which EVERY YEAR had double digit increases.
Yes, we have to do a LOT more, but again, this is a start.