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House GOP Lists $2.5 Trillion in Spending Cuts
U.S. News & World Report ^ | 01/20/2011 | Paul Bedard

Posted on 01/20/2011 11:46:26 AM PST by WildSnail

Moving aggressively to make good on election promises to slash the federal budget, the House GOP today unveiled an eye-popping plan to eliminate $2.5 trillion in spending over the next 10 years. Gone would be Amtrak subsidies, fat checks to the Legal Services Corporation and National Endowment for the Arts, and some $900 million to run President Obama's healthcare reform program.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Government
KEYWORDS: budget; spartansixdelta; teaparty
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To: US Navy Vet

Foreign frickin aid!!


101 posted on 01/20/2011 7:23:02 PM PST by HeartlandOfAmerica (Insane, Corrupt Democrats or Stupid, Spinless Republicans - Pick America's poison.)
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To: Domandred

You’re right. Thanks........:)


102 posted on 01/20/2011 7:23:55 PM PST by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: WildSnail

bfl


103 posted on 01/20/2011 8:13:53 PM PST by Outlaw Woman
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Hey, that must be why the 1 yr old dryer we inherited from my FIL last year takes TWICE as long to dry clothes as our previous 17 yr old one.

Because, of course, if the heating element only gets half as hot, people will only dry their clothes halfway. *snort*


104 posted on 01/20/2011 8:42:27 PM PST by agrace
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To: pleikumud

One could eliminate all discretionary spending with the exception of Defense and we would STILL be running a $400B deficit. That is how big the problem is.


105 posted on 01/20/2011 9:26:12 PM PST by MontaniSemperLiberi (Moutaineers are Always Free)
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To: Michael Barnes

To go much deeper we have to start working on “entitlements” - that’s NOT going to happen overnight no matter what. The best conservative in the world still understands reality, and while we on FR like to shout from the rooftops that we should cut the budget 100%, it has to be done correctly.

I would, however, like to see something specific on further reductions to at least inflation-adjusted Clinton-era levels within a few years or something like that.


106 posted on 01/21/2011 5:34:16 AM PST by RockinRight (if the choice is between Crazy and Commie, I choose Crazy.)
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To: davidosborne

Cut the D of E, but make sure it’s explained by showing how education was BETTER before it existed, and how it’s a STATE RESPONSIBILITY (or local), not Federal, and that if your schools suck, it’s your state’s fault.


107 posted on 01/21/2011 5:35:38 AM PST by RockinRight (if the choice is between Crazy and Commie, I choose Crazy.)
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To: SamuraiScot
How about [eliminating $2.5 trillion] over one year?

That's exactly what I was thinking...

By the way: does anyone know if the National Endowment for the Arts will be stripped *completely* from the public dole? (I also note with great satisfaction that "Title X Family Planning"--i.e. Planned Parenthood--is on the "axe" list, at long last...!)
108 posted on 01/21/2011 5:55:21 AM PST by paladinan (Rule #1: There is a God. Rule #2: It isn't you.)
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To: SamuraiScot

I hate it when the Dems engage in deception with “10 year” projections and I equally hate it when the GOP does the same thing. Americans need to know how much spending the GOP House intends to authorize for the next fiscal year. Anything beyond that is smoke and mirrors. The US has had a trillion dollar+ deficit for two consecutive years. The number for 2011-12 will be the clearest indication of whether the GOP has received the message from the voters.


109 posted on 01/21/2011 6:06:06 AM PST by littleharbour
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To: WildSnail

It’s a complete sham. this will reduce our current deficit of 1.5 Trillion to 1.25 Trillion per year. We have a 14 Trillion plus debt. After 10 years, we will have added another 12.5 Trillion to that debt.

It’s not serious, and it won’t do anything. We must stop budget deficits immediately.


110 posted on 01/21/2011 6:34:00 AM PST by ecomcon
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To: Saltmeat

I have a high efficiency washing machine, it is HORRIBLE!!! You have to do very small loads and wash on the longest cycle for the clothes to get remotely clean. I don’t see how it saves any energy when I have to do triple the amount of loads at 60 minutes run time each.


111 posted on 01/21/2011 6:54:59 AM PST by panthermom
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To: panthermom

Getting clothes clean is no longer a high priority. In fact, many indigenous peoples don’t wear any clothes. Think of the energy savings! Maybe you can buy some CCO’s (Clean Clothes Offsets) from them, in order to continue using your elitist luxury items.


112 posted on 01/21/2011 7:04:17 AM PST by ecomcon
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To: WildSnail
Sorry, but this NEVER EVER gonna happen. With the Kenyan's daily approval index skyrocketing since his call for civility, the GOP are more than likely quaking in their boots wondering how they are going to live up to their election year promises. They passed the repeal of Obamacare and all the Kenyan run media is playing it as "POLITICAL THEATER" since they know they have the Reid and Veto firewalls in place, and everyday his polls increase. Until the Tea Party gets rid of the RINOS and finds a spine, we are sunk.
113 posted on 01/21/2011 7:37:24 AM PST by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: WildSnail

If the national endowments for the arts and the humanities, the legal services administration, Americorps, Job Corps, and Corporation for Public Broadcasting funding still remain, it’s a poor start in my opinion. The time to DEFUND the Left in this country has begun, let’s do it.


114 posted on 01/21/2011 7:42:07 AM PST by MSF BU (YR'S Please Support our troops: JOIN THEM!)
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To: KansasGirl

“I don’t understand why the GOP is not going for cutting back to Clinton era spending levels. It would be fun to listen to the Democrats argue about that since they like to argue that those were the best of times, before Bush screwed everything up!”

That is one heck of an idea, no joke. Is anybody in the GOP listening? I’d like to hear the reason(s) why this can’t be done, other than a lack of cajones.


115 posted on 01/21/2011 8:07:21 AM PST by MichaelCorleone (Sarah Palin is America's Margaret Thatcher)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

YouCut http://www.majorityleader.gov/YouCut a website where the American people can vote, both online and on your cell phone, on spending cuts that you want to see the House enact.


116 posted on 01/21/2011 9:09:52 AM PST by alexandria ("If this be treason, make the most of it!" Patrick Henry)
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To: glorgau

BATF, Education, EPA....I will think of more, I’m sure.


117 posted on 01/21/2011 9:41:23 AM PST by 4mer Liberal
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To: Jack Hydrazine
Name your favorite government program or agency you would like to see defunded!

1) BATF: $1.12 BILLION.

2) AFDC: $??? near as I can tell, several billion dollars per state.

3) EPA: $10 Billion, plus FTE personnel costs.

118 posted on 01/21/2011 9:51:11 AM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: WildSnail

They should not be allowed to project numbers out like that. They should only be allowed to project out what will happen during the two year course of their term. After that it is out of their hands and in the hands of the next congress. So, does this mean a $500 billion cut over the next two years? Or is it rigged so that if no future congress touches it, most of the benefit will be realized in years 9-10? So sick of the deceptions and half-truths.


119 posted on 01/21/2011 10:31:04 AM PST by ichabod1 (Hail Mary Full of Grace, The Lord Is With Thee...)
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To: griswold3; WildSnail; All
What's more, the "Spending Reduction Act of 2011" proposed by members of the conservative Republican Study Committee, chaired by Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, would reduce current spending for non-defense, non-homeland security and non-veterans programs to 2008 levels, eliminate federal control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, cut the federal workforce by 15 percent through attrition, and cut some $80 billion by blocking implementation of Obamacare.

i’m so proud of Jim Jordan, my congressman, and can honestly say i knew him when

DITTO, griswold!

Jim Jordan is the real deal. He's as solid a conservative as is in the House, and he's committed to cutting spending and upholding conservative principles across the board.

I just about burst with pride when Rush spent a segment on what Jordan is doing here......fulfilling a promise to the American people.

It is a GREAT thing that he is spearheading this effort and working with DeMint in the Senate.

120 posted on 01/21/2011 10:34:22 AM PST by ohioWfan (Proud Mom of a Bronze Star winner!)
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