Democrats' Budget Bust Is Not Only Sad, It's Criminal

IBD Editorials ^ | May 16, 2012 | Editor

[Kaslin]

Budget Policy: As another fight over the budget looms, Democrats again choose to do nothing except blame those who try to fix the problem. President Obama and Senate Democrats are masters of this do-nothing game.

House Speaker John Boehner went to the White House Wednesday to talk budget with President Obama. With $15.6 trillion in debt and a $16.4 trillion debt ceiling looming, you'd think the president would be keen to discuss ways of keeping us from a disaster.

But you'd be wrong.

His main interest, news reports indicate, was to talk up a childish "to-do list" of five new government "stimulus" programs that will cost upward of $30 billion and, as with his previous efforts, do nothing whatsoever to improve the U.S. economy, create jobs or deal with the debt and deficit threat.

For the record, Boehner says he won't OK another debt-ceiling hike unless Democrats agree to cut spending. This sets up a major fight just as campaign season heats up — which seems to be the Democrats' strategy.

But the Democrats' shocking lack of fiscal responsibility doesn't end there — not by a long shot.

In the Democrat-led Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid on Wednesday had a chance to finally pass a budget — which he and his colleagues have refused to do for nearly four years now, though the law requires them to pass a budget every year.

[Venturer]

For the record, Boehner says he won’t OK another debt-ceiling hike unless Democrats agree to cut spending.
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Anybody out there in La la land believe that?

[PubliusMM]

Shucks, most of us didn’t believe it the first time around...

No spine to take the proper stand. Bust them all...

[Kaslin]

Well, why don’t you wait and find out instead of jumping to conclusions

[Chode]

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[Randy Larsen]

How many times do we have to go through this mess before we can finally say that we have seen this before and react with experience?

Same folks, same result!

Maybe your crystal ball works better.

[Tzimisce]

The country can't afford four more years of this. At this rate, we'll be in the same disastrous condition as the European Union — with out-of-control spending, collapsing public institutions, riots in the street, weak economic growth and diminished expectations for our children and our children's children.

...isn't this already happening in the US?

[Ouderkirk]

For the record, Boehner says he won’t OK another debt-ceiling hike unless Democrats agree to cut spending.

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Anybody out there in La la land believe that?

Actually I do believe that Boner knows that he'll get fried if he doesn't cut spending and stand his ground this time.

[Venturer]

I tell you what. Look at the man’s track record and YOU wait.

[Bellflower]

Democrats are very often fat cat extortioners. They don't care about anything but getting wealth, power, material comfort and accolades from like minded degenerates. Quite a sick bunch. They haven't figured out that life is short, then judgment, and then eternity.

Mark 8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?