If this was a triumph, I’ll eat my hat.
War is Peace.
Freedom is Slavery.
Spending is Thrift.
It actually decreases domestic discretionary spending this year by 4%.
EVERY DIME SPENT BY CONGRESS IS AT THEIR DISCRETION!
Some “victory”.
On every serious proposal pubbies caved. No answer to the planned parenthood demagogery. So dems win removal of spending cuts.
No stones to defund Zero care so it stays and as NPR crowed today, it has money to take care of other minor cuts.
Much of the cuts were from pots that were slated to be eliminated any way like czar positions that were not filled.
Oh yeah...we should cheer alright...with a Bronx cheer.
Elections have consequences only if you actually use your mandate....I HOPE they will stand and fight in the next rounds.
And message to Ryan: cut more corporate welfare in your proposal...you’ll go a lot farther if your resolution is not perceived as weighted against the poo-er.
The consensus seems to be that Republicans got the better of the deal.
Oh c’mon, Boehner got rolled like a barrel.
Boot Boner! . . . Boot Boner! . . . Boot Boner!
Call your representative!
Boot Boner! . . . Boot Boner! . . . Boot Boner! . . .
You can dress a sow in a ball gown, tie bows on it, call a presser to describe it as anything you want and all you’ve got at the end is an overdressed pig.
All I’ve got right now is more disgust and disappointment in “my” government than I’ve felt in my lifetime.....INCLUDING the absolute worst days of ‘Nam.
Don’t tell us you’re going to stop the massive flooding in the basement by bailing with a thimble and pretending there isn’t a broken water main.
When in the heat of battle you find your army in full retreat, there are 2 things you must do to stop the tide...first, you must stand fast and hold the line...then and only then can you muster your forces for a counter attack....this budget holds the line, does not really decrease spending, but does not increase it either...the counterattack begins now...start the judging from this moment forward...
We're learning that this is not true. It is a fraud.
I've been criticized for being hard on Boehner, but I supported him strongly during last weekend's negotiations when he needed it.
Now it turns out we were supporting a lie and a scam against our own interests. That is a big step too far. I'm pi$$ed.
Mark Levin stated that the actual number is much smaller as some items “cut” were never allowed to or were not going to be funded in the first place. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice...
This was the wrong time to go after abortion and Planned Parenthood as a primary objection. It fires up the Dem base while not reducing the Dems power. There are $200 BILLION dollars worth of duplicated federal programs. Each continuing resolution should have focused on eliminating a few billion $ from some group of duplicative programs, forcing the Senate Dems and Obama to have to justify why Dept X and Dept Y have to cover the same ground, until the voting public's eyes glazed over.
In the words of Col. Potter.... HORSE PUCKY!!!!
The republicans folded like a house of cards. They bent over, grabbed their ankles and let the demoncr4ps do them from behind..... Bohner is a RINO as are most country club republicans.... go along to get along MY A$$.... I did expect this though.... I am now looking at the country I fought for and wondering where it went....
Love those jokers at the onion.