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CBO: Obama Budget Will Hurt Economy
Townhall.com ^ | April 24, 2012 | Bob Beauprez

Posted on 04/24/2012 8:01:43 AM PDT by Kaslin

  Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats don't even bother with a budget – even though they are in the fourth year of trillion dollar plus deficits.  Apparently, they've already decided that after you've jumped off the cliff, it is a little late to think about a place to land. 

President Obama has submitted a budget to Congress as required by law each year, but even Democrats won't support him.  The House defeated the 2013 White House budget 414-0 last month. Harry Reid says he has no plans to even bother scheduling a vote on the 2013 budget in the Senate.  Last year, the Senate unanimously defeated Obama's 2012 budget 97-0.  Obama says he knows how to fix things, and is making his case for a second term, but apparently not even one Democrat on Capitol Hill trusts him enough to support his budget. 

Already rejected by even his own elected Democrats, last week the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office piled on with their own criticism.  The CBO says that economic plan outlined by the Obama Budget would "hurt the economy in the long term."  The following is reported by The Hill

"The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Friday that President Obama’s 2013 budget will hurt the economy in the long term, arguing the larger deficits it would produce would reduce the amount of capital available to businesses."

"After five years, the CBO says, the Obama proposals would reduce economic output by between 0.5 percent and 2.2 percent. "

Congress was right to reject yet another White House budget that would do even more damage.   And, it didn't take the CBO to confirm that Obama economic policies would hurt the economy – we have 3 ½ years of evidence. 

The House Republicans approved a budget presented by Rep. Paul Ryan, Chairman of the Budget Committee, but Reid has stalled letting the Senate vote on it, too.  So, America finds herself flying blindly through the worst financial storm since the great depression.    

Look for someone to ask in the first Presidential debate, "Mr. President, restoring the economy is the number one issue facing America.   Why then did you draft a budget that would 'hurt' the economy even more?"  That question should be on the mind of every voter. 


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1 posted on 04/24/2012 8:01:45 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Does any freeper know how Pelosi and Debbie Blabbermouth Schultz voted in the House rejection of the Obama 2013 budget? Did they vote no or did not vote?


2 posted on 04/24/2012 8:23:33 AM PDT by kushnejz
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To: kushnejz

My guess is that they didn’t vote.

Both of them have their lips planted too far up Obama’s anus to openly vote against him, IMO.


3 posted on 04/24/2012 8:31:05 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Kaslin
Well DUUUUHHHH!

Looks like CBO has too many Haaaavvvaaaad grads. It only took them 3 years to figure out that Obozo and his handlers are on course to destroy this country.

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4 posted on 04/24/2012 11:11:32 AM PDT by Dick Bachert (I really want Obozo to have another term -- in Leavenworth! 25 to life sounds about right.)
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5 posted on 04/24/2012 11:28:50 AM PDT by QT3.14 (ZerObama: Our first White Black pResident)
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To: Kaslin

I think you could win a whole domestic policy debate against Obama by telling people over and over his budget was rejected 414-0. What is the point in trying to go forward with him when even democrats won’t support his disaster of a budget?


6 posted on 04/24/2012 12:40:59 PM PDT by Andrei Bulba
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