[GeronL]

Apparently it cuts $6 billion in 2012.

Cuts will never happen beyond that.

This is a joke.

[TomGuy]

Apparently it cuts $6 billion in 2012.

Cuts will never happen beyond that.

This is a joke.

I'm still waiting for that $100 Billion pre-election cuts pledge to be fulfilled. They kicked that can into 2012, too.

[ichabod1]

That is four tenths of a percent of a 1.5 trillion dollar budget. And you’re correct, this House cannot bind future houses, so anything after next year is out of their control. Of course, they can put things on the books and then later congresses have to vote to change or overturn them, if they wish. That’s a lot of what these f’king rats are doing now - defending the increases they’ve made the last three years.