How is lamenting an irresponsible 30-40% in Operations and Maintenance come January 4th "blaming the troops?" That's how sequestration will work - Google it if you don't believe me. O&M funds are the very heart of what keeps the military alive. So here we have it: Entitlements untouched with more million of Americans every day going on Food Stamps, disability, and perpetual unemployment, and on stage left a national security disaster.
I can see you have your own agenda on this, but I am not sure what it is.
Take care.
“Entitlements untouched with more million of Americans every day going on Food Stamps, disability, and perpetual unemployment, and on stage left a national security disaster.”
Because we won’t cut entitlements (a separate argument) you say we can’t cut defense
A less than 10% cut in defense over 10 years is not a national security disaster. Threatened O&M cuts in current year budgets are not because of budget cuts, they are because of an undisciplined bureaucracy throwing a tantrum that they don’t get as much as they wanted.
The budget control act sounds like a very irresponsible bill, What idiot would vote for, support and praise such a bill?
“I want to take a minute to reflect for a moment that we have a bipartision compromise here. It doesnt happen around here often. That's a good thing. . ..To my friends on the right we are cutting spending.....We are actually cutting spending when we do this. That's cultural. That's significant. That's a big step in the right direction. We are getting two thirds of the cuts we wanted in this budget.
Paul Ryan: Bipartisan Budget Control Act Marks a Cultural Shift in Washington(Aug 1, 2011)
In this case its very simple : “ Dont go on the House floor and give a public speech heaping praise on a bill as a big victory for the American people before you vote for it and then a year later demonize the same bill and act like you had nothing to do with it's passage acting as if you were against it all along.” because if you do I wont lie to defend you, I dont give a crap how honest and brave Republicans (or Rush) keep claiming Ryan is.
He is acting like Obama.
You know last week the Republican controlled House passed a 6 month CR for the first half of FY13 (Oct to March). They could have eliminated any automatic budget cuts in that bill if it was so important.
They choose to pass a bill then run against the same bill in the election by doing nothing now. I am not buying it.