Posted on 12/11/2013 7:22:23 AM PST by markomalley
Marco Rubio is coming out hard against the budget deal brokered for Republicans by Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan that does away with recent spending cuts.
“We need a government with less debt and an economy with more good paying jobs, and this budget fails to accomplish both goals, making it harder for more Americans to achieve the American Dream,” Rubio said. “Instead, this budget continues Washington’s irresponsible budgeting decisions by spending more money than the government takes in and placing additional financial burdens on everyday Americans.”
On Tuesday night, Ryan – the House budget chairman – and Democratic Sen. Patty Murray – who leads the Senate budget committee – unveiled a budget agreement that they said would avoid a government shutdown in January.
But conservatives are not happy with the discretionary spending levels in the deal, which Ryan and Murray have named the “Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013.”
While sequestration – the across the board spending cuts to government agencies – capped 2014 spending levels at $967 billion, this agreement raises that spending level to $1.012 trillion.
“In the short run, this budget also cancels earlier spending reductions, instead of making some tough decisions about how to tackle our long-term fiscal challenges caused by runaway Washington spending,” Rubio said. “I voted against sequestration because of its effect on key programs, including the defense budget, but higher spending and more revenue are not the appropriate ways to address that problem.”
Pot calling the Kettle black alert!
Rubio, if we are going to talk about Irresponsibility, we’ll have to start with your effort at Amnesty.
That is the Gold Standard of Irresponsibility.
Ryan drank the fame koolaid
See, Rubio is a *real conservative* after all.
What happened to his amnesty bill ?
Oh yes, he opposes it now that he got it passed through his house the Senate.
The first step should be the elimination of “Base Line Budgeting”.
Rubio, go back to being a race hustler. Your opinion is no longer of any interest to conservatives.
Well if we can get the deal with less spending, I’m all for it.
The first step should be the elimination of “Base Line Budgeting”.
Ryan is now a full-fledged Washington insider.
These “all talk” so-called conservatives had better start working on their UNIFIED attack on the Senate RATS next year. We need the Senate majority — Reid needs to be put out of Obama-business.
Rubio is right. Ryan is a phoney idiot. He looks like the fool he demonstrated he was in that debate with the other idiot Biden.
Message from Obama To Paul Ryan. Delivered via Patty Murray:
“If you don’t give up on sequestration then I will shut down the government once again and the MSM and I along with Senator McCain will blame it all on the GOP. That trick works every single time we try it and there is not reason why we should abandon such a successful strategy”.
Paul Ryan got the message.
For once Rubio is right. I notice Boehner is totally on board with it. What shock. Now if he can just jam amnesty through.
In Rubio’s defense, he realized he was pawned by the establishment to support CIR and now supports a piece mill approach - enforcement first.
I would modify that to say that he got so much crap from Republicans over it that he now supports the House stated approach, much because time was allowed to pass with the House doing nothing.
That massive Senate bill stunk like dogcrap on a hot day, but he helped push it though.
( I noticed that Lindsey Graham won't be seen with his memtor Mc Cain anymore
Paul Ryan can forget ever getting the GOP nod for President. I can’t believe he became a political whore by getting into bed with fatty Patty.
“We need a government with less debt and an economy with more good paying jobs...”
...so you can give them to illegals?
“In Rubio’s defense, he realized he was pawned by the establishment to support CIR and now supports a piece mill approach - enforcement first.”
Ha! He changed his position to try to save his behind after a conservative backlash. Make no mistake, he would still try to ram amnesty through if he thought he could get away with it.
Voting for only those who refuse to run doesnt result in much good. Might as well stay home and watch TV.
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